The Coconino sun., 1925-06-19

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fence wherever practicable, and thai
the practice Of allowing dual use OF
ranges by. both cattle apd sheep viii
be abandoned wherever possible.
In regard to complaints of sheer
growers that established trails be
tween winter and summer feeding
grounds had been narrowed, water
holes fenced and trails homcSteaded
+ Greeley announced that he had al.
ready issued instructions to all for
4 est supervisors to cooperate with the
stockmen in restoring trails to proper
condition for use and to establish new
routes where necessary.
4 He stated that the forest service
will endeavor to work out new graz
| ing plans so proposed cuts in number
of livestock grazed on the national
! forests Of this state will not have t.
be put in effect.
! He. said he would recommend thslt
the forest service cooperate on a
| fiftyfifty basis with grazing permit
tees in the national forests IN con-
structing necessary fences and that
if congress will make the necessary
appropriations he will be pleased to
have the forestry bureau assume the
entire cost.
He stated that of $4,000 forest
service funds available for raRge i'm
provements dming the next fiscal
year $4,000 will be expended on ARR
IONA forest ranges
Greeley testified that Investigations
by the forestry department had de-
termined that a reasonable degree of
grazing is not Injurious to reforesta-
ton or productive of erosion, and is
highly beneficial in keeping down
forest fires. The forest service recog-
nizes and appreciates that stockmen
assist IN putting down hundreds of
small fires annually, he said.
In reply to questions by Senator
Cameron, Greeley said he approved
the policy Of the state administration
TO construct a system of north ana
south roads in the state and that the
forestry bureau will cooperate in the
construction of a road from the north
line of Gila county to Flagstaff and
from the Old Trails to Grand Canyon.
He agreed that the section of the
Grand Canyon road on the national
forest should be built and maintained
with forestry funds. He expressed
the opinion that congress should aid
in the construction of the entire
project by direct appropriation, as
the Grand Canyon is a national play
ground.
In the following extracts from the
testimony only complaints and sug-
gestions are given.
Senator Ralph r. Cameron Of Ar-
zona acted as chairman of the COM
mittee, Senator Robert N Stanfield
Of Oregon, the chairman, not being
present. Nor were any other merf
befs of the committee, though Senator
Henry f. Ashurst of Arizona, who IS
attending all the hearings held in the
various sections of this state, was
present at those here.
Chairman Stanfield was represented
here by Ingnam G. Mack, sergeant-at-
arms of the committee. Senator
Cameron was accompanied by his sec
E. W. Campbell.
j. w. ("Billn) Strobe, assistant edi-
tor of the Miami Daily Silver Belt |
and representative of the Associated |
Press is with the committee during
the Arizona hearings.
Lou Charlebois, Flagstaff sheep /
man. asserted the way the forest serv-
ice has treated stockmen is uu-Ameri-
can in principle. 1t is all-powerfuE |
and there Is no appeal from its de- |
cisions and no redress for stockmen /
when it does not keep its agreements
He recommended board of appeals
part Of the membership to be stock
men. He believed the service is pre-
JUDGED against sheepmen; that the
only damage done by sheep to pine
is where forest drive
ways are inadequate; that forest fire
menace is reduced by stocllmen; that /
forests are run under eastern theo-
ries; that administration should be
by westerners familiar with range
that forest men who are
are afraid to tell the truth
about real conditions because afraid
they will lose their jobs; if sheepmen
given individual allotments of range
With long term leases pastures could
BE fenced and ranges would be inn
proved; that all unreseryed public
lands IN Arizona should be turned
over by the United States to state con-
,rol
John Hennessy of Flagstaff, like
Mr.. Charlebois a member of advisory
BOARD Of the Arizona Woolgrowers
said uncertainty of tenure
If men who had spent their lives on
5he ranges is one of the most dis
features to forest grazing
oermittees.
A. A. Johns of Prescott, president
Arizona Woolgrowers' association,
aid time not propitious for extension
If federal control over the public do
main. If government must have adj
litional control, remaining public do
main should be turned over to the
state.
Elmer H. Duffield of McNary and
Williams, sheepman, testified to harsh
and discriminatory treatment accord
ID him as pernIittee on the White
Mountain Apache reservation by the
agent. Said he was disciplined by
agent for being president of a small
association of permittees which had
in getting cattle grazing
'ees reduced over the agents protest.
Ouffiald asserted thp AGENT closed