Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-16
TAKE ANOTHER VIEW
Sheep Men Say They Will Not Lease
Railway Land.
WOULD BE no urNErr 10 THEN,
They are as Able as the cattle Men to
Carry Oh Contest In The
Courts.

The publication in tBo NEWS y,stst.
day OF tie facts relative o. tIo Ir'U. 3
oi 500. COZ acres Of U.i0u Pacific lauj,
and tho pr position 10 fuplet 10. 10
,hcop owners las proven % c1u6iicra.
bIuiulerysi to the latter though they
are ia ~ way agllsteI or excited about
t. Tney have been anticipating just
such a move IN view 9 thr coute., be-.
tween sheep and cattle owners, auI
the natural Iesiru u the railway 10 got
revenue from its lands ny sale or rent.
but the sheep men sfo practically q
uuitiu declaring that they will mot
.oase the land. one reason they as
slgu fJr this IL that % would be no
benefit whatever that DO would
give them no protection from cattle
men, and would be Gully contributes
to the railway treasury without resp.
ing any return for their money.
Several sheep owners today voice 9
ihri, sentiments substantially ns flD
lUwu "rhe cgttle men Bud railway
Will ind that We are all Of one mind
iu this business. They ran q bluH ui
that Kind four or live years ago 10
northeastern Utah, uu, Is viii not
work this time. II We would gain
anything by II we would lease, but a.
We " Guild only lose, why, wo have loot
enough now. We will hyri on gov.
eminent lAnd or on our fauclobi Aua
the railway land may boz taken chfr OF
| by those who wish g.. but there VIII
be no bluii to cause bis land sales this
| time.
"Thv fact w that there are 10000
sheep Ia Ulnia county, WYomiu.,
/ where oil these leased laulr are. Zach
alternate section ~ government land,
| II there IL any contest, % will trsOlVU
| Itself between the Cattle association
anu the sheep association, The Iut.Hf
/ also includes Swcotwaiur county, o.
az Wyoming IN now the sheep 0watFs
will get fair play M tho cUutif.
The very questions raised ia this
| issue were settled ia the Bu.ufG We
| HOu,z Cssc 10 U,ah, and were decided
! in every court up 10 the L, :. Supreme
court, va favor o. tue sheep men,
La Wyoming we have more
/ points IN our favor than Ia Utah, TOT
| there ita fence Law there and there
was none In Box Elder
"By the Wyoming law q land owner
| must protect his land by fence, or herd
| without dOgs. ~ those who leaso these
laudg want TO recover Tor tfssyatH
they must DO one or the other, 10 the
sheep owners were 10 rent the
land from the cattle meu VIM
are said 10 have made the lease
with thu railroad, then We would have
| 10 fence 10 protect 0uftolytS. Ctlef.
| wise, cattle aud horses would fuu loose,
ami We would be paying fcntiOf other
/ 90 use the laud. Ihis We will not do,
| II the lessres want 10 use the land,
they may taEo the procedure they
would like ~ push on US. We will
herd on government land, aud We can
| take care Of ourselves. We have gOt
the right 10 cross railway sections by
/ the Usually Travelled routes. That wa
settled IN the BuiOfd Va HOutz Casr,
NJ the quarter Of million sheep
! will remain Ia Uinta county
/ lust ~ before. II tho cattle mon com.
/ muucc ttrspats proceedings tApy Will
have 10 designate the boundaries OF
their land according 10 law. Then
/ thoy will have 90 meet similar pro
| Creliugs from The sheep owners whose
| lanua they are now tfrsIussIng on.
/ We 20 not lniuk the cattle men want
| that kind OF contest, because Do
would do no good ~ either party. hut
! N it IN forced on us VIZ Will not tuv OF
leate railway land to keep out " a.;
we hal enough Of the last experience
| Of that kline We DO not think the
railway viii press this maltet
very iaG Tor theIs are com,
peling lines ia northern Wyoming
and south through this Territory, auI
| tue Union Pacific ifatilo department
does not want any trouble with sheep
men who eau estIsy change tue llue U.
| luUir businoss,"
Thus the situation stands Al present:
| Ihs cattle men want sheep owner 10
sublet laul tom them; tue sheepuwl-
era refuse. Now that both slices IRE
told, failure uuyrlJI meniH must rucull
the result OF the Proceedings now ca,