Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-16
RECENT FENCE CUTTING.
Callahan and Taylor Counties Both Want q
Stop Put to the Cutting and
the Controversy.
ABILENE, TEX, Aug. II, 1890.


Editor Gazette:
1t seems that your correspondent here has
again been forced to 'the meetin - your
Baird correspondent terms it in regard to the
recent fence cutting that has been raging in
Callahan county for the past two mon his near
the boundary line between Taylor, Callahan
and Coleman counties. He restates in his arti-
Gle of yesterday that not foot of fence was cut
prior to the time OF the last cutting in his rock
strewn county of Callahan, and that he can
prove his assertions. Taylor county and her
his proof and will receive it at any time. He
also states that he may have said that the Off
GERS of Taylor were slow to act, but here he is
mistaken, for he stated that they bad been
called upon but would do nothing, although
they were doing and are still doing all that they
can to ferret out the guilty parties and have
them answer before the bars of justice. Here is
a plain case where Taylor county has taken
more interest to ferret out this wrong when it
was all perpetrated in Callahan county than has
his home county. We are fully aware since
this statement has come up that Callahan is not
populated altogether by angels, as their cores
pondent says, nor is the correspondent one OF
the angels. In regard to taking the affidavit of
our county surveyor for authority in re gard to
the county in which the cutting done as Is
pense. our surveyor has to say that he is not
able to hire team from the stable and go down
and -e-survey the land in question, but if Mr..
Dorsey will furnish a conveyance he will
take pleasure in furnishiAg the affidavit wanted.
Our state comptroller has in his office a COM
plete abstract of every county in the state, and
of Mr.. Dorsey, and upon his authority we SUBJ
stantiate our former statement that a: least two
thirds OF the first three pastures cut were in the
rocky county of Callahan. We wish to hear no
more from Mr.. Dorsey, as the comptroller's alb,
stracts would satisfy any one, and he is bound
to abide. therefore. aud the people of Texas
have been shown that the cutting of st least two
thirds of the fence cut was in the county of
Callahan, and that the officers OF Taylor county
assisted all in their power to cage the guilty
parties, and that is the credit they receive from
Callahan. Our surveyor says that all of the
fence cut belonging to Jones & Kelley is wholly
in their county, for he surveyed tie lines for the
above parties. Mr.. Dorsey should remember
also that the county line has been mo-ed one
mile west of its former location, and now passes
through sections 1885, Ss9, 800, rs, 127 and IS of
Galveston, Houston and Harrisburg railroad
lands Mr.. Dorsey seems to think that the citi-
zens of Taylor county are trying to throw the
blame on the county of Callahan, but 1 assure
him that we do no SUCH and that the fair name
OF Taylor, the banner county of Texas, has not
been injured in the least by his lengthy articles
to secure lineage or pay for reportoral ser
vices, and that we have enough honorable citi-
zens TO share small portion of the cutting,
and all of Callahan's if necessary.
E. E. RADFoRD,
Agent and Correspondent.