The Meeker herald., 1896-11-21
Fired The Indians.

Der and Deputies Smith, Wilmington
and Rich have succeeded In riding the
state of hide hunting Utes.
Warden Lands party was not strong
enough to arrest any of the large bodies
Of Utes encountered, but names and
modes of identification were obtained
and in due time requisition will likely
be made on the government for the
guilty Indians.
Messrs. Land and WILDER went to the
Uintah Indian agency and had con-
ference with the agent, and the latter
sent out the Indian police to round up
the missing bucks. The agent promised
to try and keep Uncle Sam $ wards at
home in future.
The warden turned back number Of
Utah outfits who were coming In with
four-horse wagons. and thus a repetition
of last years slaughter along the border
was nipped in the bud.
Messrs. Land and Smith left for Den
yer Tuesday morning to report to the
governor, but in the meantime, Deputy
Wilmington and Special Deputies Rich
and Nichols are on duty and game VIC
lators are not given much time to ply
iniquitous traffic in this county. The
western end of Routt and the Rawlins
road is also being looked after.
From now on vigorous campaign is
to be kept up against all violators Of the
game laws, says Warden Land. We
hope so. Had the present efficient SER
vice been inaugurated three weeks
earlier thousands of deer would have
been saved to Rio Blanco county.
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A good deal of the deer slaughtering
which goes on along the border each fall
and winter is instigated by traders who
purchase the buckskin from the Indians
and others at very low prices and then
sell to eastern dealers at large profits.
This traffic should be discouraged.
If the wild game (deer anu e,n,-.~
naming in Northwestern Colorado are
to be protected from total destruction, a
stringent game law must be passed by
the legislature at its forthcoming ses-
sion. The. time for temporary measures
and dilly -daliying is past. Heroic meas
ures are now in order.
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Colonel Ben Price, who was in town
the other day, said that there is not one
deer in the Coyote basin region where
there were tweLty year ago. Three
weeks ago when the Indians were opera
ting in his neighborho0d, he was afraid
to leave his house fearing he would get
hit by stray bullet. as the Utes were
keeping up continuous bombardment
in all directions.
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In the capacity Of guide, Stuart Edgar
Travelled all over the upper country dur
ing the past summer, and he reports
deplorable state of affairs regarding the
rapidly diminishing game, throughout
the whole region. Mr.. Edgar is strongly
in favor of an effort being made to save
what's left.
A glance at the official vote shows
that the people of this county remem-
bered Hon. John W. Lowell's work in
their behalf.
Capital will now take its love for labor
off the fire and put it back in cold stor-
age for another four years.-Detroit
| Tribune.
A cabinet-making job is open to
everybody, neither apprenticeship nor
trade card being required. There are
no experts in this business, one being
Just as apt to guess right as another.
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If Mr.. Thomas platt is the least bit
superstitious he will hesitate about re-
turning to the senate with an Ohio men
in the white house.
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Senator Hill is accused of having
voted for Palmer, and Of having voted
for Bryan, also for Mckinley; but in our
opinion, it matters not who he voted for
he's dead political duck anyway.
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The gold Democratic free trade papers
insist that no other issue than finance