Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-24
WORK ZOE THE COURTS
Controversy Of Cattle and Sheep In.
tefesls 10 The Hands Of The Law.
UTAH MEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED.
Conformation Of the II q Mining Suit
Defendants In the County Mat
ter TO Appear Nov. 2.

The fight between tho cattlemen
and sheepmen over Wyoming lands
seems TO be fairly on. Tue test case
Instituted 10 agsinst n Salt Lake sheep.
owner, and is likely TO become A.
famous In Wyoming NJ the Bufotd
case IL In Utah legal procesdingt. The
Woolgrowers' association will make
the legal fight on behalf OF the sheep
owosr against whom the initial suit IL
started, and who has gone to Evanston
TO attend TO the business. The Wool
growers' association has engsgcd Al
torucys Arthur Brown and II. r..
Hondersou 10 conduct lie side OF tho
case. which may be carried 10 the
higher courts for adjudication. ft l.
said the issues arc precisely tho
same ne those passed upon
by the supreme court Of ;he United
states, favotaply TO tue sheepmen, Ia
tho suit OF the Central PaciBo W NJ.
u. Buiord, 10 U,ah. La this case the
court held that the sheep ownlfs hAI
iuli figut Oi way over railway sections
10 tue uuOrcupivd sections VI tue pub.
no dtmAlu; AID Ia eject raid that ~
The railway lands were TO DO protected
~ tfesphss II must be by fencing 40 D.,
10 allow proper hisnways. Many VI
tie Unioa Pacific sections IN Wyo.
Mug have been leased 10 cattlsmon.
VINO now seek 10 keep oil Tho sheep u
uqlite owners to suU..uase. The
sheep owners inbist that IL Ia only "A
seneme against tncm, gnd that tbs!
nave right ~ the unoocupied publid
domain; aisO that ~ Ia going tntre
thuy iguJTantiy ttespass ON tne railway
lauds, tnen there must be fences VI
some iuuioAtiou oil wuete the lines
are, and aisO must be avenues lett lof
thcm to rtaob the Iubhc domain.
There may be n NJ hnd clio q y cen.
to'tod legal contest before the Question
10 nnaiIy settled.
DISTRICT COURT.
Judge BAr,oh 10 still IN Ogden, at.
tending to court business there, usncu
his division OF tho lniid district cOutl
was not Ia operation TO-DAY. The pelil
iufofs hau been excused 10 appear this
mOtHing, anu were on hEnu In force.
Owing ~ ,he ia .ge's absence they
were iurther excused I'll tomorrow, "
ultil such tune tueteRiter ~ tnvJ
sh0uiI be wAntsd.
Judge Merritt Hgein gave his alten.
tlon 10 tue suit involving the Mauol
anu ueysur iuttteslB Ia Meicuf uii uinR
uisttic,, anu the cnisl portion VI today
was occupied IN the nearing.
a.
were rs follDws;
American Loan add Trus, company
Va Oregon Short Line AMI Utsn aud
Northern Railway Company; on mo.
ZION OF Lc Grand Young the time Tor
hearing tho motion 10 intervene was
sbottoued nj Saturday next.
The grand Jury came into court anu
reported seven indictments under the
laws VI tho Territory.
Tho court liked November 2ud ~
the day ior tue afraigument OF all de.
fend 'n's Ia indictments In connection
with the county business.
OTHER ITEMS.
An appeal was taken today, from u.
). CImmlss rner b immot's court, IN
the case OF Valentine IL. Thom IS We.
Valontihe h. CAys, m which the
plaintiff seourei Judgment In the
court for s2s5 65.
US. Commiv Toner Som mer entered
judgment by default today In poll tax
suits by tho city against q. a. Rich,
ards, Morris Keeie, u. w. Dh.gs, ia
Evans, II bert Va Dykr, Frank vAu
Cot, /. A. Clayton and q. IL. Eller
bsck. Tho costs IN each case arc g.. 90
n addition to the 50 y II tax.