The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-04-25
NO PASTURE FOR SHEEP.
A Million Must Leave Utah and
Other States Won't Have
Them.
Colorado CATH meH Have Set Aside d
Tract Large Enough for Only
Quarter @ a Million Head

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Colorado are preparing to resist an
invasion OF Il million sheep from the
state OF Utah
At conference between officers OF
the Colorado Cattle and Horse Rails
lers' association and traffic managers
of the Utah railways yesterday de-
cision was reached that a district
shall be set apart for sheep men.
They viii be allowed to unload their
sheep in no other part of the state
for grazing purposes. The sheep
district is in the high altitude of
LeadVille and comprises an area go
miles long and forty miles wide.
Aside from mine holdings, it is large
ly government land. The sheepmen
may occupy it, but not more than
4 million sheep can be grazed there.
| 1t is not known what will become of
the other z million sheep that must
| leave Utah to be saved from starva-
| ton.
". T. S May, superintendent of
the government forest reserves in
Colorado and Utah, is confident that
the sheep must be kept out.
colorado" said he, has the best
water supply of any arid state in the
Union. The water supply absolutely
demands that no sheep or goat shall
place his foot on any of the govern
ment forest reserves. Our wardens
have been fully informed on this sub
ject and will see to it that no sheep
shall Craze on forest reserves of Colo
RADIO"
Colonel May recently refused per-
mission for drove of sheep to pass
through the Battlement Mesa reser-
walton on their way to summer graz
ing.
1t is estimated that Utah has five
million sheep The ranges of the
state have in many places been OBJ
liberated by the trampling OF the
sharp hoofed animals, and already,
it is claimed, many sheep are dying
from lack of food. Large droves
have been sent into Idaho, but the |
pastures of that state cannot meet
the immediate demand.
+. p. Snow, secretary of the state |
board OF sheep commissioners of !
Wyoming, says no Utah sheep will |
be permitted to enter Wyoming, as
the state has > million sheep of its
own, and the capacity of the grazing
grounds is more than taken up.
c. W. Green Writes From North Dakota.
MNoT, \. d.
April, Is, 1901.
Editor of The TIMES:
Dear Sir arrived here the 22d of |
March. There was lots of snow and |
pretty cold that day. My father, j.
W. Green, my father-in-law, A. S.
Doutt and myself took our claims on
March 81, nine miles northwest of |
Minot, and five miles from the coal |
bank. This is as fine a country as |
ever saw for stock raising and farm
ing. They are sowing wheat, oats
and flax. The farmers say fax will
make from Is to 20 bushels to the
acre on newly broken ground.
Everything is high here. Horses
are worth from 5000 to $500 a
team. Cattle are worth $50 to $50
for good milk COWS. Wages are good
here, man can get 50 a day single |
handed or 81 with a team: from $50 |
to $50 month and board for good |
farm hands.
The stock runs on the range the
year round, scarcely any of them are
shielded in the winter or fed hay.
Flour is worth s.. so per hundred. |
eggs Is cents a dozen, butter CSC
for creamery. Chickens 81 80 per
pair and they are not anxious to sell |
at that, Water is plentiful here from
10 TO % feet, there are lots OF run
ming springs here
Timber is rather scarce but coal is
plentiful and sells from 81 10 81 so
per ton.
L think this is a good place for a
poor man if he will get out and work
they have no use for a man that
won't work. l expect to make my
future home here.
Yours. respectfully,
{. W. GREEN.