The Meeker herald., 1899-03-25
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.


opportunities for comparison that will
revert to the benefit Of the state.
The general government has seen fit
to make an appropriation sufficient TO
cover all expenses. Two of the
national committeeman, Messrs.
Skiff and Ferdinand W. Peck.
will visit Denver in the near
future to present the matter 10 the
people and stir up enthusiasm In favor
OF the exposition.
Serious range troubles are Imminent
in eastern Larimie county, Wyoming.
on the range between Salem and Lilrle
Horse creek Mark Coad and c. J.
Heysham. who recently placed large
number Of cattle in This district. are
having conflict with number OF the
small ranchmen who have occupied the
range for several years. 1t is alleged
that the smaller ranchmen gathered an
armed force of sympathiZers and about
II week ago gave Coad and Heysllam
notice to drive their cattle on the range
by midnight of March 10th under pen
atty of having the cattle and themselves
killed II they failed to comply. Coad
and Icysham applied to the county au-
thorities for protection and yesterday
Deputy Sheriff Warlaumont left for the
Stttle CI tut tAIetleu tTOuDle, Nni'H -
sixty miles distant from here. 10 pre-
vent the stockmen from carrying out
their threats.
Referring to the dispatch from Glen
wood Springs stating that the land
office there had received notice of the
failure of the general land office to
confirm the selection of some 10000
acres of indemnity land In Routt and
Rio Blanco counties. l.. c. Paddock,
state appraiser and former register of
land. says: "The land selected was
checked off at the Glenwood office and
the state has paid its fees of ~ cents
an acre. The lists sort to Washington
We're identically the ,ame in form as
| the lists sent before by ether gis-
trars. Under new ruling. made by
| some new bureau chief. the gen. raj
| land office at Washington now re-
| quircs specific base t, he set up
against specific selection. THIS new
3 rule involves consid rab'c rilicr work.
as it requires us to 20 into HE ques-
/ tion of fractional acres los. sttin" up
a fractional acre lost aga us. Nh claim
l for Il fractional acre : ctcd The
I new land board has en- lnyod i. T.
Joyce to formulate the lis according
| 10 the general land office rrl' and the
| work Is now going on. The state has
| checked off the lands nj the Gleuwood
office and has paid i's fea. aud will
insist on n reasonable time to conform
to the unreasonable requirements of
the general land Office"
The governor of New Mexico has ap-
pointed the following territorial officers:
Solicitor general. Il. l.. Bartlett OF San
Ia Fe: treasurer. Jefferson Reynolds of
Las Vegas; auditor. Louis NJ. Ortiz of
Rio Arriba county: superintendent of
public instruction, Manuel c. De Baca
| of Las Vegas: superintendent of the
penitcntiary. IL. o. Bursum OF Socorro:
librarian, Lafayette Emmett Of Santa
Fc: coil oil inspector, John 8. Clark of
Las Vegas: public printer. james ID.
| Hughes of SANTA Fe. District attorneys
We're also named as follows: For Col
fax and Union counties, Jere Lenhy Of
Ration: for Grant and Sierra counties,
Il. p. Barnes of Silver City; for San
Miguel. Moro and Guadalupe counties.
f. A. Spiess of Las Vegas; for Chavez
and Eddy counties. A. ]. Nesbit of Ed
dy: for Santa Fe. Rio Arriba and San
.Tunn counties. r. c. Gortner of Santa
! Fe: for Bernalillo. Mckinley and valen-
! ella counties. r. A. Finical of Albu-
querque: for Socorro county. S. Alex
ander of SOcorro. Other appointments
We're: Penitentinry commissioners. +.
II. Pierce of Juan Nevarro, j. L. Me-
I.auchlin. ]. Francisco Chavez and
Louis Baer: cattle sanitary board. ]. +.
Hinkle. W. ii. Jack. f. q. Austen. n.
NJ. Chaplin and NJ. Martinez: sheep san
itary board. Sol Luna, w. $. Prayer and
Henry w. Kelly: capitol rebuilding
board. f. A. Manzanares. W. U.. Pope,
VI I D.i. .,v,I ~
Cartwright: capitol custodian commits
sion. G. H. Wallace. Sol Spigelberg ard
A. Hinojos: bureau Of immigration. l..
b. Prince. Felipe Chavez, W. A. Hawk
ins. Frank Springer and A. c. Camp
bell: board of medical examiners. G.
s. Easterday. W. Eggert. J. II. Sloan,
]. Cunningham. w. +. Tipton and L.
| =. Martin.
| The White River Utes are going to
| fight for their old reservation in Colo
RADIO. II will he no sanguinary affair,
| this attempt to recover possession Of
| the green hills that border the White
| river After the Meekcr massacre,
when the pressure of the white settlers
| to enter upon land which was be-
lieved to be too rich and fertile to be
| left to Indians. became too great TO be
resisted Il treaty was negotiated with
the Ute tribe by which the Indians
decided all their lands in Colorado to
| the government in trust. taking in
| compensation new reservation In
| Utah. 1t was solcmnly agreed that
old reservation should he opened to
settlement. that the lands should be
sold to actual settlers at S1.25 per acre
and that over all land not So sold the
Indians should be allowed To hunt and
range their herds of cattle and ponies.
When the law providing for the crea-
| tion of forest reserves was passed,
President Harrison by proclamation set
aside many hundred thousand acres
| included in the Ute lands as a reserve
excluding all settlers from the benefits
of the treaty with the Indians Then
the government set up that the Indi-