Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-15
ON RAILROAD LAND.


Tho Union raclnc hss leased 100000
1uIef o'iis land 60 csillomru in Wyo.
ming, aud hereafter ,hu Utah sheep
owners who have been tending their
n0ck5 upon the railway sections can Io
s1 only upon leasing tuum from tHc
Union Pacific land auI water Gem.
pauy which, notwithstanding its
name, really hos no in,orest On The
railway but isan aggregation VI cattle.
owners Tho land embraced Ia the
lcisu 90 this company iuu.y4r6 Oh the
railway suctiOus wgst Of iIIlIihtI on
tho south eide Of tho Union Pacific
track, aud west 10 Carter station on Ihe
north, % tho Utah linz, except iour
sections AROUND eEoh station and a strip
ou the south " tho railway lFacl,
which the Union Pacific land depart.
mrut has reserved Tor sheafing grounds
and other benefits 10 the sncupmtn.
For some yoars past tho railway
has been paying taxes on this land,
auI shout 2,Ull,0lO acres farther east,
NO the railway men say, aud they have
concluded 10 set some benefits cut o!
o., Tho controversy between theep
and Cattlumru helped them 90 DO thiE,
iJs both have been roaming over that
part 90 the country. Tue cattle own
rTs were getting tue worst of 10, Tor
the sheep destroyed the range, there.
fore they were only TOO glad 10 accept
the railway offer 90 lease all she Union
Pacific lands ia the disputed disIricts.
~ course the alternate government
section 10 lilll open % all pITgicB.
Tho railway company, however
has uyluCol "a desire 10 be fair 10 both
usttltmcu auI thtrp owners, hence
lHr iunHofs VI tho lend arc advertising
90 tublrt tho whole OF any part 10
those now occupying a.. This ls In
accord with an express provision Ia the
. original lease by which the railway
company iuFIslgd that sheer owners
who hnl regular teTgIas ground
turru should BOO prJ,ugt1. lI tao tsry.
Ey the provision luU faguy yWr-
rfs -- EL1 most % ,Acm IN thsi
urgI0u GIu Ul"h lgH who keep
their herds 1n thn wyoming Taugr,
pgyiug aEvs tHuIrH. 10 tho
slpfu-hSvr tha psly.IeIs OF leasing
sYillclout land NJ low hgusH, itiI
believed hist this movement will pF1-
vent Tue ulstlius u Ihs cattle and
shrrp Interests, because both viii b.
confined 10 their respective loCnlitiug.
Indirectly associated with the Famo
| subject "a lhu recent rise IN tho cattle
| market aui the effect 10 will have On
the price Of sheep, A short tlmo ago
"a business man, who was one Of Salt
| Lakes councilman, made a trip 90
Texas On hia TgIurn he advised
Utah and Wyoming Cat.lcMUn % hold
/ Tor better prices, sB ns felt rlEs they
we're coming slJu. some hou4uI HE
advice anu pfuhicl boy 10 uther-
| thought 10 was "Uu1m tAlEn aud sold
| before the raise ~ -'cr-A proceeding
/ which they gru now lnmtutiug, Ih X
| gra,Iumau now declares that cattle
/ win 90 ~ sull further 10 price, aud
| that within ninety DAYS beef will bee
| shipped Into salt Lake % supply the
| home lunguu,
Even n lnis latter should not take
place, the rise Ia beef issuTo 20 bou,ft
| the tuetp interests. Upon this basis
| the declaration n made that within D.
| few weeks the Utah sheep market VIII
n.l itself iu better condition Tor
fl3ckowuev than has been known for
/ yeArs. And as the mutton TniseIs'
prospects go up, 10 will the prices OF
hogs and poultry, SO there VIII be "a
rise In FOO -lssh all along the line,
The prospects thus presented arc
| quite nbuunng In tho stUcAraisurs, anu
/ receive thuir force from strong prota.
| Ulity OF being VOL founded, They
| win revive new homo In many who
| have been long under the ban OF dis.
| cOurUgumunL