Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-28
PUBLIC LAND HLEGALLY
FENCED.

The following correspondence gives
another turn to the land and grass dis
cussion:
DALLAS, Tx. Dec. 20, 1896
To the Editor of the Gazette.
In your lssuo OF the cath inst IS q list OF lands
stated to have been reported as Illegally fenced
In this list the Hespcrlan Cattle company ap.
pears as having 30 fenced 81 600 acres. The &C.
companying note of Mr. Commissioner swink
shows that this IS an error, and that his
report shows only boo acres fenced by said
company without right, as shown by data in his
hands, upon which alono his report Is based
am familiar With the aHalrs of that company,
and particularly with the title to its lands
within the last ten days have had occasion
to examine the titles to all OF the com
panys lands, and know the fact to DO
Shat every acre of land within Its fence IS
either owned or leased by It. Not one acre Is
Illegally fenced with the exception OF few
sections &c owns an it's lands, and these few It
would buy Il they could be bought under pxist.
Wing lava. Part Of the 800 acres referred to by
Capt. swlnk Is in point OF fact outside of It's
fence and the balance It owns by title not
noted In the abstracts and maps furnished 10
Capt. swink, and of which he did not, OF course
know. Re good enough to do us the Justice TO
correct the error OF your publication and the
wrong 1t does us. We have ever In the past
endeayored to comply fully and exactly
with the laws of this state, and are
now, aswe have always been, willing to pay for
every acreof land we have fenced, and have
done SO promptly and chcerfully,
l., q. KRANTHoFF,
Attorney Heeperian Catlle Company
Following ia Mr., Swink's letter, above
referred 10:
DALLAS. TEx., Dec, 20, 1885.
l. G. kranthoH ESQ, Dallas, Tex;
siB-Replying TO your inquiry as TO tho re
port made By me e the state land board of the
number OF acres fenced by the Ilosperian cat.
tic company. In Cotte county without author.
iiy, WI say that according to the abstracts
and maps furnished me, which constituted all
the data had before me, andupon which alone
my report was based, found that there were
blsO acres (eight sections) that were not noted
as sold or leased The statement that 10 re
ported 5lO09 acres is an error, clerical or typo
graphical, for certainly never so reported
lours respectfully M. SwINK,
Grass Commissioner
The letter of Mr. Plemons of Henrietta
- A''' DNS'"'' ~ piiHlcu SeSLeIuHy - "a
further and satisfactory protest from the
Hesperian Cattle company against the
statement made in the grass commission
er's report that 300 acres Of land was
Illegally fenced by 1t. Mr.. Plcmons
shows that no land is inclosed by that
company without legal right to il.
Mr.. John T. Stovall OF Harold also
convicts the grass commissioner Of in
correct statements He shows that one
OF the cattle companies reported to have
large area Illegally lnclosed is not In
existencei and another, instead of fencing
land to which IL has no legal right, owns
all the land II has under fence, and in
addition owns several thousand acres
more that is lying out, which 1t might
fence If II chose TO do so.
II these are fair specimens, there will
be little confidence in the grass commits
sioners' reports. They evidently have
not given the matter that thorough in
yestigation which the subject demanded,
but have jumped at concluslors which
are now shown to be false.
II is but another chapter ia the bungling
administration OF laundering law. Re.
peal the lease law and stop the whole
foolish business.