Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-05

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ot The district court IN ibis town aud
mike their anldaye before him. We
seldom have the opportunity of questions
ing tho parties M tp the character 0i The
land, or TO lrarn from them ia what man.
nor the company ubiuins control OF tho
pnd, and have "a ruly entirely upon the
paperHand small maps furnished or pre-
scented
From ). b. prlrhard epctlal nncni, Cunui.
con, Colorado, hpY ~, iHA
The principal lrands are porpctmted Oh
what have designated as the hly or
grading lands, and are IN proportion 20
bona Ode ogtriea aB porhapA one 90 ton.
A large portion ot them are made by col.
fusion between the cnttloi1en and their
employees. The method II well under.
stood by the department, and may ray
In thla connection that these arc the most
dinlcult cases special agent has 20 deal
with ia tho llHt place, all the parties
are Interested Ia conceallng the fraud
aud, secondly, the poorer settlers Will not
make affidavit or give testimony IN any
case, for fear Of lncurrng the displeasur9
of their wealthy nciglbors, 4
The unlawful iuuolpg OF the public
lands hns been largely carried on In this
district, principally In the South Park aud
along the mountain streams. ia n former
report on this subject estimated that not
less thnd 100000 acres were fenced IN The
Sonih Park nl0ti', aud I now think that
figure falls short ~ tbs fact. The effect
" this W ~ retard or entirely keep back
Ulnlerntiou a stranger hunting . home
wuull hardly have The courage 10 enter an
Enclosure, Knowing that ny 10 doing be ~
once makes an enemy OF men whom be
guppoHes, by the number OF acres ui land
lnclosgd 10 bc rich aud powerful
From Register sud iiUeeigur Pueblo Col. No
voinbrr 10, 1874.
Southeastern Colorado IL essentially a
grazing country. The supply Of water ~
too scarce Tor general agricultural pnf.
poses, aud hence our vast plains are de-
voted 20 stock raising, and most OF the
desirable streams md water,hoioe have
been and are being constantly appropfl.
ated by stock riisers IA order 10 control
ranges Tor theirCattle. 4
II has been estimated that IN Bent
county, which II peculiarly adapted "
tins missing of stock, probably iuur-ifths
OF thc hand Ii Illegally fenced, aud the
most desirable spots within the various
large incioaurcs have bern entered either
ifauduicutly or IN evasion Of tho law
With Che cxcnptinn ~ "a few residents
on the Arkanans river there " very little
iDhabliancy between Trinidad and the
RanNla stale iite, q tfagt 81 country
Nhich allDHhds 10 large Enclosures. prae-
ticaily She E0alheaStuln corner Of the
t,au 80 fruced.
The citacl q Illegal icpe3ug Is detrlncf-
fai 90 ans bghj Interests Of tie state The
bona ode snttltrs naturally avoid conflict
Mo hs large aud powerful corporations
who $50 droadg ln forced poffoHsOn ~
Tie choicest ~ ihs public lahd, and fhfy
10 nos dnfe 10 Invite the hostility 81 thrse
companies ~ RDlng Within ihrif Enclosures
10 order 70 make settlement,
COutegnenlly Thousands Of settlers are
practically pfe, eDied frUiu obtaining
h0mes TIM oftet 81 such policy v
lpfcFs.aiily 10 shut On immigration and 70
delay and banpef the development ~ no
resources Of fle country,
ttls tfae that iorciblc mpans arc not
uScd except IN rare easesi but pfac-
ilcMiy flieir obpDsiilOn 30 ihe bona iae
stttilfs amounts ~ Tho sumo thing, since
faw are courageous enough % dispute
thelr possession, honsoeyer unjust OF
lIlegni u may be,
FROM Heelsiof and lieceitet Tucson, Afisona
october w, iast.
The water supply II tne key 70 The con-
troll ~ the eraxlnQ lands, rad that supply
beng very limited 10 most grading 70.
gi0ns Il Is controlled by u homebsead,
I prirempfion, tlnihrr-cultufe Or desert on
[ w, ana sometimes by ndllssite iOcatlon
! N some lns,afrcs, where the water sup
by Is nlors general aud The needs ri tbs
eseokmen greater Il - controlled bl
Location andef aevelal % All N these
lave
tattlc owners d sImltla ,peaus revup,