Diary, 1917 March 1-April 7

File — Box: 2, Volume: 22

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This diary fills the missing gap in the previous book. After 1917 Woodbury frequently left such gaps. During March and early April Woodbury remained in Oak City and continued his efforts to organize the stockmen. Throughout March he counted cattle in the area to assure that permitted limits were not being exceeded. In addition to grazing problems, Woodbury was concerned with the ever increasing demand of office work. The entry for March 24 is fairly representative of the routine work done in the office.
1 March. Woodbury attended a stockmen's meeting during which a committee was appointed to help him with the counting of cattle. Another committee was appointed to help with the fencing of the range.
12 March. Woodbury drove to Holden to count stock in that vicinity. In the evening he met with grazers. "I could get no favorable action on the spring & summer range proposition... The community herder idea did not take very well." The grazers did, however, appoint a committee to help Woodbury count cattle.
14 March. In Scipio Woodbury "held a very successful meeting at which a general discussion took place and I presented several problems." Committees were formed to assist with counting on the Pioneer and Oak Creek Divisions of the forest. Again the idea of a community herder was not accepted.
19 March. In Holden "I held a short meeting with the stockmen after a ward meeting. Talked upon rates, transfers of stock & permits, and the benefits of a community herder."
24 March. A typical day in the office: "This morning I filed a lot of material that had collected ( 1 Hr.) I wrote a Z letter to P. S. Nielson, and a G-cooperation letter to Welch farm demonstrator of Millard County. (1 hr.)...I prepared for mailing a dozen or so use books. I then studied out and wrote a letter to supervisor concerning an auto policy for the district (3 hrs.) I then collected information from telephone central and wrote a letter to super--concerning use of telephone. (1 hr.)...Then I looked through some of the special use cases in order to become familiar with them. (2 hrs)."
27 March. At a stockmen's meeting in Oak City, Woodbury "explained the relations between the Forest Service and stock association and read & discussed with them some Articles of Association prepared by the Supervisor. A committee was appointed to canvas the rest of the stockmen to see how many would join "so that they could send the proper number of proxies when the organization meeting is called."
31 March. "Visited Welch, the Millard County Farm Demonstrator & conferred about cooperation in organizing farm & stock associations."
2 April. Woodbury gave the new Forest Guard, Chase Trimble some cattle tally sheets to total. "After he became interested, we discussed several points in connection whith the handling of the grazing business, such as protective limit and preferences."
4 April. Woodbury attended a stockmen's meeting in Leamington. "The Oak City and Leamington people had not previously come to an understanding concerning the spring range around Fool Cr. At the meeting they decided to fence from ledge to ledge at the mouth [of] Fool Cr. to keep stock out. They appointed Lewis Neilson to cooperate with me in determining the length of fence so they could order the wire."
7 April. "Drove 10 head of Walker's horses down to Oak City and turned them over to the constable (pound keeper.)"

Dates

1917 March 1-April 7

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