The Elbert County tribune., 1899-06-29

ana fourth In hay Her yleiu per htfe
WAS as follows: Corn. 21.3 bushels;
wheat. 10. oats. 27.9: barley. 20; rye,
1G.7; potntoes, ~; and hay, 1-IS tons.
A dispatch from Cheyenne snys Mr..
u. p. Snow, secretary Of the stnte
Board OF Sheep Commissioners, re-
turned this morning from the western
part OF the state. where he has been
Inspecting several bands OF sheep be-
Ing fralIed Into the state from Oregon.
Under the new law passed by the last
Legislature. nll sheep trailed or shipped
by rnil into the stnte are TO be IN
specfcd at the border. Among the
shipments being mnde Into the state
at the present time are the following:
j. w. Blake, 1000 head, shipped by
rail from Oregon TO Montpelier. Idaho,
and frnilcd Into Wyoming from that
place; j. X. Fifzwatcr, 1000. Enrker
Bros. 1900: Il. Boettcher. 14.000; w.
]. Blake. 12.OO0; l.. r. Southworth, 20,-
900; Platte Valley Sheep company. 3O.-
900 head. These sheep will nearly all
he driven over what Is known as the
Lander trail and will be ranged In
various parts OF the state. About 4O,-
600 win he ranged In Central Wyo-
ming. about 1900 will go TO the Lar.
annie Plains. and the remainder VIII
kO 10 tut Dig liOTIl 'h''Ph',ss
OF the state are apprchensivc that the
advent of many sheep into the state
will result IN serious overcrowding OF
the ranges.
The summer session OF the Colorado
Editorial Association met at Glenwood
on the 23rd At the afternoon roll-call
the following were found to be pres
ent; Halsey NJ. Rhoads, Press, Den
yer: w. =. Kennedy and wife, Re
veillc, Rifle; Il. Price, A. G. Newton.
Press, Denver; w. T.. Kennedy and
wife, News. Grand Junction: II. A.
Haimbnugh, Sentinel. Denver: j.. II.
johnson, Hcrnld-Dcmocrat, Lendville,
Howard r. Lee and wife. Republican,.
Denver; ]. l.. Berry. Facts, Colorado
Springs: c. +. Liggctt. Press. Sheridan
Lake; Leo Vincent and wife, Represefs-
tntlvc. Boulder. A. Roberts and wife.
Press. Montrose: $. u. Brosius and
wife. Mail, Pueblo; W. l.. Thorndykc
and wife. Reporter. Lovelnnd: A. q.
Sechrist. Times. Wray: J. ID. Lawless
and wife, Sparks. Lamar; @. o. Finch.
Journal Castle Rock w. u. Pnbor.
Grand Junction; G. +. Rawalt, Cham
pion. Gunnison. j. II. Grecnnwaldt.
Tribune, Florence; Howard Russell,
Express, Fort Collins; George o. Blake,
Star. Grand Junction. At the afternoon
session the following program was car
rcd out: special and Boom Editions"
4. s. Lawless OF the Lamar Sparks.
who took the position that such did not
pay. ",>eeded Legislation" was fully
treated by @. II. Rnwalt OF the Gunni-
son Champion. who explained that
much Of the legislation desired by
newspaper men was defeated for the
sole want Of time. the local legislator
paying more attention to local bills
than to the passage of general laws.
Howard Russell of the Fort Collins
Express gave review on the topic.
docs Foreign Advertising Payr His
remarks We're thoroughly discussed.
and the general opinion prevailed that
II was best to let the foreign adver-
tlser alone. AT the evening session w.
II. Pabor read poem and Mrs. II. A.
1hayer delivered paper entitled ''The
Publisher and the Country Editor"
She was followed in n short address by
Congressman Shnfroth.
In response to n protest sent TO the
secretary of agriculture by John Clay.
.Ir.. of Cheyenne. In connection with
the orders issued by the Department OF
the Interior. prohibiting the grazing on
government forest reservations. and
particularly the order relating to graz
Ing on the Uintah reservation, which
had been used by sheep owners
of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, the
following has been written by the Sec
retary of the interior. Hon. E.A. Hitch
cock: THE Uintnh forest reserve en-
braces both slopes of the Uintnh
mountains in northern Utah and the
northern slope only OF the western part
of this range. These mountains are
covered with valuable forests of
spruce that protect the sources of sew
ernl large streams which eventually
discharge into Green river. those flow-
Ing northward from the range being
already utilized for irrigation. There
Is large agricultural population i'm
mediately adjacent to the reserve who
find 1t their only local timber supply
and the chief source of water supply
for irrigation purposes. Both of these
supplies would be endangered by sheep
grazing, which the experience of the
department shows is one of the most
prolific sources of forest fires, such
fires being often started by the shep-
herds in autumn to clear the ground
In the autumn and improve the growth
OF forage plants the following year. or
by their cnrclessness In not extinguisIi-
ing camp fires. Sheep grazing has also
been found Injurious to the forest COW
er, polluting the source of water sup
ply, and therefore OF serious conse-
quence In regions where the rainfall
is limited. The point made that the
sheep men should have had timely no.
tice Is without force in view of the
fact that this order was issued two
years ago. practically. and was given
wide publication and circulation in the
In being flooded with applications to
pasture sheep In forest reservations.
but as yet no departure has been made
from the regulations established in
1897. which were given careful consid-
Grafton before their issuance"
Alfred Packer. the imam eater" has
lost his case in the Supreme Court. The
pardon board is now the only possible
means for him to escape serving out
his forty-year penltentinry sentence.
The case decided by the court on the
10Th was an appeal from the Gunnlson
county District Court. This Is the
fifth time that this case has been be-
fore the Supreme Court in one form
or another. In the District Court OF
Hinsdnla county. mt the April term,
1881. five separate indictments were
returned against Alfred Packer, charg-
Ing him with the murder of Israel
Swan, Shannon Wilson Bell, Frank
Miller George Noon and James Hum
phrey. The Swan Indictment was
filed April 9th. and the other four
April Z, 1888. On the 9th of April,
Packer was arrested ON the charge of
killing Swan. He pleaded not guilty.
hut on April 18th was convicted Of
murder in the first degree. and on the
same day the court sentenced him to
be hanged May 18th Later the SEN
tence was set aside and the cause re-
versed. upon the ground that the sec
tions of the criminal code prescribing