The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-25
CARE OF STOCK.
NO RIGHT TO TRESPASS ON
OTHERS PROPERTY.
This City Cited as an Example For
Matter of Stock Ranging at Large

PAYlSON, Aug. Is, 1Ss5.-As Z have
written number OF articles on the
evils of allowing stock to run at large,
and no one as yet has written any
thing giving the stockmen's side of
the question, in order that the people
may understand the merits of the case
by reading or hearing both sides,
will gSe the ideas or arguments as
expressed by one of our leading stock
and sheep men. This man says that
he has the right to herd sheep on his
land or any other persons land Gin the
centre of our fields) from Whom he can
get the privilege, at any time of the
year, with or without fence. He also
offered to bet me money that his
herder could herd them for sixty days
under such conditions on forty acres
of land without letting them get off to
do any one damage. CNot being a gam
bier lost that chance to make money!
At another time, he said: What the
farmers want in regard to lucerne
seed and stock is like this: have a.
thousand dollars in money and [ place
it in the middle of the street. There is
a crowd of men on the sidewalk who
saw me place it there, and in order
that l may be sure they will take 1t l
want them put in the penirentiary so
they cannot. Why don't you take your
lucerne seed out of the way?
He also says that they have the
right to turn any Kind of animals on
their own land either with or without
a fence, and the only right their neigh
bors have is to prove that their ami
mails did the damage and collect 1t in
court. Gle now tries to qualify this
statement by saying The law gives him
that right) He did not say this at
the time. Of course. we all know this
and the only question is: is such law
that would allow this. right and just?
What safety can there possibly be for
the farmers crops under such condi-
tons? He says we want to Kill the
stock industry. The only reason he
could give for this is because we want
to keep them off our farms.
He says he was in the stock business
exclusively years ago, of course, they
always had a farm, and he could see
that the sheep were going to take
everything. so he concluded to go in
that business When told that the
sheep were destroying the range for
stock. he said stock could live and get
fat on the brushes in the canyon that
sheen could not reach. When asked
Why they could not herd or take care
of their animals on these ranges Of
thew can't fence them in, which they
ought to do) in order to prevent them
coming down by the hundred either
night or day to destroy the farmers
crops by the wholesale. he said there
were lots of men that had only one.
two or three head, and they could not
afford to herd them, or pay for them
being berded, and these men would not
be able to either raise or keep a COW.
in fact this seems to be the idea of a
great many people, and put forth with
great force by these stockmen, that if
they can't have the privilege for their
animals to run loose around, and
therefore on our farms, they will be
unable to raise or keep COW, there
fore a great injustice and oppression to
moor men results. He says he suffered
more damage and loss of crops than
we have Che having more land than we
bave) vet he has never tried to collect
damages. This is the best argument
that he or anyone else can offer
against stock being allowed to run at
large, although not given for thaA
purpose. Yet he and every one else
that have talked with on this ques-
ton, admit that the farmers property
ought to be protected III the same
manner that all other property is pro-
tected. but when he is told what that
would be, namely: a criminal instead
of a libel case, and animals taken for
the offense, and fines and costs i'm
posed sufficient to make it to their in
terest to take care of them, (the re-
verse of what it is now he says ne
does not believe in that way of doing
it. 1t can never be done in any other
way, except they are declared nris-
ance, which they certainly are, and
therefore not allowed to run at large.
1t has never been made to work sue