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keep the water free from any sort of contamination. Formal co- 

 operative agreements between the Secretary of AgricuUure and 

 the city officials are in effect providing for this protection of the 

 watersheds of Tacoma and Walla Walla in Washington, and 

 Oregon City, The Dalles, Dufur, Wallowa, Baker, and Toledo in 

 Oregon. 



Forest Service and Grazing 



Sheep and cattle men from thirteen western states met at Salt 

 Lake City, July 21, for the purpose of discussing future action 

 by the stockmen to secure some remedial legislation in connection 

 with the use of the public lands for grazing purposes. An asso- 

 ciation called the United Stockmen's Association was organized, 

 the preamble of its constitution setting forth that the purpose of 

 the association was to insure control of the unappropriated, un- 

 classified public range, under the jurisdiction of the Department 

 of Agriculture. 



The meeting was attended by Secretary Houston and by ]\Iessrs. 

 Potter and Barnes of the Forest Service. 



With only one dissenting vote, registered by the Wyoming dele- 

 gation, they adopted the following resolution : 



"Whereas, indiscriminate grazing on public land has. resulted in 

 great reductions in forage, and 



Whereas, such indiscriminate grazing has been brought about 

 by the lack of supervision by the federal government, and 



Whereas, this condition results in great economic loss to the 

 nation ; now therefore be it 



Resolved by this convention of stockmen, representing the live- 

 stock interests of the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, 

 Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, New 

 Mexico, Washington, Nebraska and Wyoming at a meeting in 

 Salt Lake City, July 21, 1919, that congress be urged to initiate 

 legislation to the end that grazing on the unappropriated public 

 domain be regulated by the federal government under the super- 

 vision of the Department of Agriculture with the interests of the 

 livestock men properly safeguarded, and be it further 



Resolved, that we urge the heartiest cooperation between the 

 Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior that 

 this result be most speedily obtained." 



The dissenting vote cast l)y the Wyoming delegation is believed 

 to have been cast in order to insure that the interests of the re- 

 turning soldiers, sailors and marines would be protected, and also 

 to direct attention to the soldiers and sailors land measure spon- 

 sored by Secretary Lane which is now up for consideration. 



