Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-03

v YOUR inserting a few statements G
18th regard to this matter. IL
i have not the paper by me, but aslI
fell as l can remember the aecusa. Z
on of "beating the law" Is grounded
pom the fact that / put in a bid for i
srtain sections of dry school lands at |
ne figures fixed by the legislature as
ne lowest terms. This bid was re-
1rded by the county surveyor, there |
ainQ no higher bid on the land, but |
he land board afterwards refused IL |
: they had raised the leasing figures |
,ove what the legislature agreed |
Don. He couples the district sur
svnris name with mine In his accusa-
81. making n serious charge against
public official for which the said sur
iyor is taking proceedings against
Ar should have said before that the
alluded to was one be.
'leen Mr.. Mercailes of the firm of
Swens & Mercailes, large sheepmen
the Panhandle, and myself. Mr..
nncan herds sheep for this firm, hav-
X Contract for certain number of
nrs for which he receives sheep in
aynent for his servlces-hence his
aim as stockman.
In the course of this conversation
ated to Mr.. Mercailes that had been
vised that could hold these sections
school land, having made the lowest
4 called for by the legislature and
adered the money to the land hoard.
He alluded to an old gentleman and
sfamily, whom / also "bulldozed."
"bulldozing" means warning a
I'm not to herd sheep on your land, l
lldozed him.
may mention that both these
sep outfits have been for the last
81 herding their sheep on nay land
ntinnally, not school land alone, but
iividual land that 1 have bought
d paid for. They own no land, and
50 not want to, suppose, as long as
ey can find way Of converting
flAss Into wool and mutton without
wing for II.
Irhe firm of Owens & Mercailes have
Sely leased two sections of land,
ich they studiously avoid feeding
s, In Hooks on, wishing, / presume, TO
srve them for the proverbial rainy
" came to this place year and half
and found that there was land for
that could be made suitable for
TX raising. / talked with all the
y lghboring stockmen and found that
-9nld come in without causing in
venience or i'll will. bought land
some sheep that were on it, put
N bucks TO them, have mares and
horses with them and cattle with
ham balls among them. l have
ed school lands and tried to lease
e. / have ploughed fireguards
ad these lands and fed
8. stock on them where
stock never fed before, and
NsTe mustangs, antelope and jack
&S0its grazed, viz: On the Staked
Ms. have hauled wire 40 miles
,fy cedar posts forty miles TO try to
stock on these plains and keep
Tbhorees from going with the mus
=, but on account of the instability
soul1e land laws i have concluded to
enD' and stop all work and improve
omncie TIL something definite is settled.
THEW Is mott the law that we are afraid
NJ IL q class of men who live or try
i, sesfe ~ imposing on others and who
the place where they can do the
teat injury TO others, or do the
most injurious 10 somebody so
\ ITO get bought out. This is
S3l, class of men to which
WV.men object. The bona fide
Avn who comes TO make this
q try bis home and work for a liv-
,00And for whom the state leglslates
'llIeably, Is welcomed and assisted, as
bound to be good citizen, from
FYThct That his interests are located
y 4nmovable. He cannot beat the
N Try and pull out.
% not a politician, but 1 try to
a. nthe law in whatever country I
lHc Hand1 want others to do the same.
annOt conveniently do so can
Nnl Use the privilege that have exer-
lhlI pnce before, of finding country
OtlSluifs me better.
nts - conclusion / would like to ask
Mejipn on the leading topic of the
w viz free-grass:
, NV viii 1t work In this country
'uHT ~ essentially a stock-rasing
-, ra9ry< Where stoekmen cannot
~ - Pi ranges however small at any
d opP y seems to me that degeneration
cIaep8 ciasses OF stock will ensue.
oiovE = VIII be overcrowded and the
TIVE that would he paid TO the state
IN UStund on leased lands will be
gueAn on the range In the spring
II kblnfesented by the difference OF
n uue between q half-breed fat
- m nd p poor scrub.
ASUVi means tallow and tallow
20 money. why not make
n IA most of the grass
New owing those who can. or
CHARphey can, utilize 1t to the great
!, ~ nntage to pay the highest for Il
rrnA lhe money so derived 10 the
oI Vantage to the state-model
nj, pr Instance, or a grand irrlga-
w teme to change the vast wilder.
Glass sween here and Now Mexico
,asebosi finest farming country IN
,sads 80 Show me where ana al
, nals bis point and ! will be free
reqssis' go for this is the only stun
Of NC aplScsI see.
70 3, l. fully. for Blacker & Tisdall.
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