Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-25
THIEVING CATTLE MEN.
now rnsY sruaL 1mr rrnnv vL,NUs
between rive ana - riIiiIns ~ NCros Of
tire ruulIc Domsin Fencen IA ny tho
Rspaciuus Cattle SIuGs,


tire ruulIc Domsip Fcnc~r Ia ny tho
RspacIous cattle HIuGs,
Somc time since the commissioner of
the general land office at Washington
ordered a survey OF certain public llnbs In
Colorado and Nebraska, with view o.
bringing suits at the next term OF the
nourt agaiuct cattle companies that have
illegally fenced in large tracts ut laud "a
those states y special agent who has b5Cu
experimenting the survey IN Colorado, iu
a report to tho commissioner, says eight
cases have been found against thu Prairie
Cattle company, composed Of S,O'chmcu,
An examination has been ma le q! tracts
containing 100 square miles, % square
miles, lG square milcs, - square thjieS
and the agent is at present examining p
t,aCt containing over 100 square milgs All
nf these are under tho control Of the
Prairie Cattle company and, the "Eent
says are illegally fenced in.
OliIisls in the laul oiIlco say the prlc-
| tee Of illegally feuciug large tra3ts OF land
| and making fraudulent entries has been
| greater the past year than ever before.
rEty claim that between five aud six nil
| hons of acres are row illegally fenced aai
that several million acres are irauduleutly
entered. Complaints from settlers are
| being received daily by agents and ~ the
| land III ~ here. The settlers say the cat
| tie meu G,o driving thCm away and taking
| from them Ru6s which they have settled
| upon. OHe of tho land Office officials, ia
| speaking Of the subject to day, said that Il
| the practice is continued cattle men vii.
have entire control OF the best public lands
| u the United States within twCuty years.
| Relative - the fraudulent entries OF lands.
a land ageut IN New Mexico Informs the
general land commissioner, that Of the
euxRe5 in THAT territory ninety per Ccu-
| are fraudulent, and another agent in DA
kola, writing upon tho same subject, say S
that seven y-t7o per cent. Of the entries
are fraudulent in that territory.
How the ThinG - Done
Referring 90 the prsctics Of largo com
pauies makiug fraudulent entries ON lauis
illegally icuced, Major Mckenzie, OF tie
land Cftise, said These entries arc made
along the streams tha: run through the
Land. Cattle men will employ men to hen
their stNok and then will give $50 or fl0l
TO each onB 70 make an entry fer 100 acres
When he has secured his patent it IL
uuie-I.oOL that lie must transfer it % th,
party wlo advanced the money. Macy OF
the cattle dealers will not employ mo-
uuless they will agrce 70 mako the entries
|
California, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana
Utah and Nevada is practiced by means @
the desert land act. That act provide
that IN soliciting GAO acrys OF Gesert land
p cents p3r acre shall be paid down auc
that persons entering the land shall b.
allowed three gears in which 70 pay tht
remainder. lJstead OF taxing desert land
the practice % 20 take the vesy best land
Parties hold It and get the use OF It for three
years for comparatively nothing ard thcr
they continue 20 get the use Of it WEl.o i
IL in dispute"
Complaints from settlers como ir0l
nearly all tho Western states, aud terri
, tories, l.. +. Sanders writes from Lara
, mie, Wyoming, of one cattle man, q
whom lie says "iIe has land cutcrel +
fictitious nIWas and parties hired 10 sutc
7 | land for him, and he has tho land agcr
}. bought, think, so that he will not ont,
, | land under his fence. He has land cntere
under fictitious names as dese.t Iaud that
would be satisfied TO take \ quarter scc'iO
aud mako II a permanent home" j. Nc
FariaEd, Of Harper Kansas, says Il
the name Of GDd, | ask, is this a kegIbl
can form OF Government, whom TIE POI
mao, with barely enough to keep bod
and soul together and pay for his on
hundred and sixty acres OF Land, must Pc
the taxes Of the country aud the ca;tI
kiigS 90 free ? If 80, | was b,E fool {,
spend thIco years vi my lie b deem
such country
Driven ~ tho P-i t OF - RDvoIyer.
John Fleming, Of American Falls, Idaho
says iu a letter addressed 10 Sec.e;arl
Te,l2r: Il am engaged in sheep raising
with 600 sheep depending upon tn
public range for their suosistcuca. NJ,
TaUChe Is located ucar 10 cattle men thA
claim tho entire range for fifteen mile
| ggraTC. Those cattle men h2vJ thtCateGet
10 take my life should | persist in raugIn.
within what they call thoir range. The.
have sad ia DO way will they p-O9laia
themselves peaceful otherwise than How
iug by speCl! CJutraC. certain portions OF
the public domain Tor my grazing pur
poses. \ few days ego, while driViul
along on the public highway, | met il
congress with five COW boys, and briOu
tho chaplain had time 10 olor prayer th
speaker commenced pounding me- over th
head with q large SIX shooter, eXc!4imins
at tho sama time: 'MOge from my raug
! to-day or | il SEQ that You do IL TO morrow,
~ the same time pointing his revolver a
me-"
William Z. HJlr, Of Denver, Col, says
; Cattle men enclose say half a mii.iOi
acres to which they have no shadow o
color OF right, aud not one acre OF whiel
they actually own in fee"
DRuwaED WHILE SAVING AnOTHEH
A usrmgn waters Death while ECscuiuI
siGhIug Lau.
\ lad ao2dont occurred a. Ksy Els
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