Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-06
A GRAZING QUESTION.

| The Effect ef Secretary Teller's Order in
| the Cherokee Outlet Case-How Por-
ton of she Indian Territory Might Be
Made Self-Sustaining.
CALDWELL, Kas., Jan. 5.-There is con- /,
siderable excitement here among cattle
men holding ranches on the Cherokee out
let, growing out of Washington dispatch
to the effect that orders have been issued
from the interior department. for the re-
moval of all stock men from the outlet.
This state of affairs seems to havs been
brought about by an attempt on the part
of the Standard Oil company to fence IN a
large range which is and has been occupied
by small stockholders, who have paid taxes
to the Cherokee nation for the privilege OF
holding cattle on the outlet. Itseems these
small stockholders, together with parties
:, in Kansas who have been in the habit OF
letting their stock Craze on Cher
okee lands without paying taxes to the
, Indians or the state of Kansas, have made
!, certain statements to Secretary Teller,
| which have induced him to issue sweep
n ing order against all stock men, as we'll as
a the Standard Oil company, without regard
+ to any injustice that may be done to tnose
- who have paid taxes to the Cherokees II
~ good faith and bought the privilege OF
D. fencing and erecting buildings for the &C
(. commodation of their herders. The prln
IS cipal cause of complaint arises In regarc
ic to fencing, and from parties who, by rea
ID son of that fencing, are prevented IRON
n stealing valuable timber which Rnes tn
banks of streams running through tn
outlet So persistent has that steallnl
been that between this place and Re
Fork, forty miles south of here, the Quite
a has been denuded Of the best timber an
be nothing is left upon the banks OF stream
ey but struggling cottonwood, few elms an
Iv trees of class scarcely fit for hreWoot
:. This will drive out cattle men and IN wv
years no timber worth anything Will Q
% left on the outlet from one end to the otne
IS. The geneaaI view taken is that Secretar
&. TelIer's order us a virtual acknowlede
at nent that the eutlet belongs to the Unite
as States. and therefore the Cherokees hay
,is no right to make contracts for holdin
al stock thereon; and should his order b
:. carried out under this view, the uneas
2 spirits along the border will argue th
~ they have right to locate on the lands
ne question. and the result will be that inslt
Mt of twenty days after TIE stock men are T
+ moved, there will be general rush OF sc
at tiers upon the lands, and rush which CT
only be stopped by placing more trool M
for upon the border than the United Stat
can muster at the present time. III
Commercial, of this city, suggested as
solution of the territorial difficulties tn
as the surplus lands west ofthe 96th meridl'
ng be leased to stock men in suitably siz
ice ranges at fair rental, the proceeds to
dr. devoted to the support of Indians occuP
no ing the same. 1t argues that the amou
received from this source would more thu
pay the cost of taking care of the Indian
'eo relieving the United States treasury OF
heavy burden and that parties so occupy II
ite lands would protect the timber from d
I struction and make it impossible for on
I laws from the border states to find sa
re. harboring place within the designate
of area. At all events a common, sense bus
ness course must be adopted before lonl
IL otherwise s solution OF the territory pro-
gh lem will become so difficult that noth1n
IN. but large expenditure of money or pc
m bo,. bJaodsh ad will setts0 the QueStl On.