tributed a groat deal toward the enforcement of the State 

 game laws . 



Cooperation with the Southern Pacific* In November 

 an informal agreement was entered into with the land Depart - 

 mont of the Southern Pacific Company whereby the Company 

 agrees to give our prefer once pomitteos first preference 

 in the matt or of looses. *.7e have fur-; i shod the Company with 

 maps showing the individual ran^o allotments, the names of 

 our preference permittees, the clasc of GtooZr to v/hioh the 

 national Porest lands aro open, and the seasons used, 'Then 

 applications i'or loasas are aado t the officials iTill refer 

 to these maps anc[ ive first consideration to our permittees 

 who are nov; usin^- tho Katioiial forest lands in the allotment 

 affected hy the Company's lands. This information has been 

 furnished, not only for the Porests uhero the Company has 

 formerly leased its holdings, but for forests li:..:e the Ghasta 

 where nost of the lands have horetofore been used without 

 leases; since it will be only the question of a short time 

 before their free use will "be prohibited. 



Hatton indicated that set principles had 

 been adopted for handling applications 

 on the Modoc v/hich would put this phase 

 of grazing work more or less upon an au- 

 toiaatic basis - Rachford, on "being asked 

 how it was wording out replied that on 

 the sheep applications he -hadn't had a 

 single objection to the action t alien; 

 that the advisory boards of the two stock 

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