The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-06-06
The Sheep Question.

The sheep Question.
Sheepmen have been notified By
the people of Ketchum that sheer
will not be allowed to Craze in thai
locality this summer. This NOV.
will keep many = dollar out of thei1
town, and the sheep will grsse or
tho government domain all thu
same.-Shoshone Journal.
Well, according to the Journal
tho people Of Ketchum. ought te
have a guardian. But let US see
How many dollars have they driven
out of town and how many dollar.
have they brought into town by
this transaction? -
Four bands of sheep and fou,
sheep herders. The sheep wear raw
wool on free trade basis and ca,
grass; SO they can hardly be ex.
pected to blow themselves in to any
great extent among our clothiers
and grocery men, and they drink
water, which fact precludes the
possibility of their, making any ex-
tensive run on the saloons. In
fact the number Of dollars the sheep
spend is nil. The herders eat NUT.
ton from their own flocks and about
$3.50 worth of groceries, etc., per
month, and buy an occasional pair
of overalls and shoes, which, all
told will not exceed an average of
$l5 per month to the herder. Allow
for an owner to be on hand occa-
sionally and it is safe to place the
total amount of money put in cir.
culation by the sheep men and
herders in this vicinity at not to
exceed $50 per month. The town
is glad to have that trade, to be
sure, and feels kindly towards all
the sheep men who drive in here in
the summer, and will do everything
in its power to make it agreeable
and profitable for them to come
here. 1t is not an effort to drive
them away. The proposition is
simply to divide up the range be-
tween them and the town stock
owners on q fair and equitable ba.
sis, doing injury to no one. There
is plenty of room for all and the
sheep men can still camp within
easy access of the town.
On the other hand, If it should
come to a question as to whether
the sheep must have the town
range or nothing, we should GER
tainly say nothing. For when they
take the town range they drive
teamsters out of range of town to
camp-a dozen or 50 of them
practically destroys the dairy indus
try which has amounted to q good
deal Of money annually to the town
cost every citizen who has horse
Or q milk COW from two to four
dollars month to have them driven
three or four miles away to find
grazing, whereas in former times
there was such excellent grazing
right around town that such stock
did not have to be driven and was
not inclined to wander away.
Furthermore, one Of our chief
is hunting and fishing.
Sportsmen come here every season
by the score to enjoy themselves in
these sports, and are not generally
without goodly supply of cash to
put in circulation. If the range
around town ie given over to sheep,
The fish will be driven from the
streams, the wild fowl will. be scared
from their usual haunts, and the
The town ranges absolutely devas.
,ated. All in all, the loss would be
many times greater than the gain
% this community. All this can
Do properly and satisfactorily ar
'anged. The sheep may come and
Keep their place. Just so the town
herds and the sportsmen, and no
me will be injured financially or
otherwise.
Mothers will find Chamberlainb Cough
ssmsdy especially valuable for Group aud
shooping cough. It will give prompt
elief and 10 safe and pleasant. We have
old it for several years and it has never
allied to give the most perfect satisfaction. |