The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-22

as cat attlemen. lose thousands Of dollars
yearly BY then. Stock Growers jour
nal
ii The Colorado Farmer sensibl remarks
that once in 4 while q partisan Of one Of
the various bieed of cattle has somet
thing to say about the poor sting;
qualities Of the offers and tie latests
victim Of such spleen Seem to be tho
Polled Angus. The actual truth Of the
matter is aseYery stocklnen Veil knows!
that animals that are not raised on the
range, and are stall fed. rarely, if ever
make good rnstlers Good rnnge animals
must be raised on tie range and accus-
toned from BIRTH to endure that Find OF \
life, and no one who has knowledge III
the premises can tfuthfully claim other
wise. [st6ek Grower journal. ~
The bill which Is to be introduced ii, / lc ID
congress for tile establishing Of cattle
trail from Texas to the British possess-s1
sions provides That: The secretary Of the
interior shall appoint three commits
sioners to lay out and mark by meter
and bounds q quarantined national trait
and grazing grounds, the trail not to exs
coed six miles Ia width and to be mar
roWed at places to a mere roadway, the.
grazing grounds to be established ut.
intervals along the trail, and not to ex-
coed twelve miles square; both trail and,
grazing grounds to be strictly quaran.
tined, and no cattle allowed to leave it
30 long as they have any signs Of Texas
fever among them: When the commits.
sioners make their report, tile secretary
of the interior is to file a map Of the trail
as laid ont, and then to give public no-
tice of its establishment and the with
tlrawal of public land occupied by it
from either sale, location OF settlement
for term of ten years. Ten thousand
dollars is appropriated for. the work.
When this publication is made, the trail
will be open at all times Of the years for
the driving upon it of any live stock by
any person, firm or corporation. CHI
cago Times. ". .S Z.
On Monday. last Senator Van Myck
submittedsa report from the senate COM
mittee on public lands. to accompany the
bill also reported by him relating to the
fencing of public lands. In the report
the committee Il wiittll,eHs tile least.
authoIit and In of "A and bold defence
las4 1ssses IaFge and
often foreign corpcrations deliberately
enclose hundreds of thousands of acres Of
land, thus closing the avenues Of travel
and preventing its occupancy by those
seeking homes. They all allege that the
lands within their enclosures still remain
open for settlement. Yet no humble set:
tier, with scant means, would persume to-
enter any such enclosure to seek homes.
The government has sufficient authority
to drive those seeking homes from the In,
dian Territory and to burn the ranches of
those inavding the Yellowstone Park,
while those appropriating these vast areas
hope the only remedy to be used against
them will be the laws, with the usual de-
lay in the courts, Therefore the commit
/ tee has added new section to the house
bill, authorizing the President to summa,
rily remove all distractions, and if nee
essary use the military power.-[Liring-
stone Enterprise. -.
. A Congressional committee sitting in
Washington, has been investigating the
leasing of Indian lands to stoekmen,
principally with view to elicitfng in
formation as to the character of the me-
gotiations, and whether any fraud has
been practiced in connection with the
leases. So far, no fraud seems to have
been unearthed. 1t has been found that
a number of these leases exist, covering,
in most cases, millions of acres, and last
ing ten years-the rate of lease-rental is
in most cases nominal. The bill intro
duced, making all leases null unless
approved by the Seeretaryo of the Interior,
should certainly be passed, the Indian
wards affording altogether too easy a
prey for parties who may see in this
method of business an opportunity for
securing large and valuable sections Of
land at nominal annual renal Tor n
long term, and then sub-renting to stock
men who want to use the Ian !, til M
selves for graz ng purpo Is, al an. nd
vanced price, which however trifling,
when calculated per acre, world mount
up to a very large sum when estimated
upon millions of ,ae .es. o le such case is
already reported, namely, that Of the
Cherokee Strip Live STOCK As. o siation,
which holds some six million acres
leased from the Cherokees at two cents
an acre, and subrentcd to two Kansas
parties for two and q half cents. The
reply Of Commissioner Price e iepu.
tation Of the Kiowa aud Coma,iche In.
dians; who called upon him on FRIDAY
last to protest against the lease of thei,
lands to cattlemel, showed that the
department was prepared 4 To- act A,
though tho bill referred I'd was aIrpafly
in operation with retroactive effect
He informed thenr that il they would re-
4 turn honle, call a council, and make il
! evident TO the department that d major.
\ ity we're nrffarorable to the ntinuatioI
4 of leases the department would cause
4 the lessees to surrender the land
4 The only proper c0nrse Il
4 pursue In regard to these Il IIl
i dim lands. iii view af the relations nov
], held by the Government towards It'll
Il Indians. ID to trent their property strictly
81 as Though held BY minors, for whom fflt
Il government acted MS trnstce. The 1easel
Il should be made hy tho government, with
Il the consent of the Intiinns, and the price
set and the rent objected By the govern.
iMent, and applied to q dinlfnutioi Of The