Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-30
CATTLENEN SEE ROOSEVELT
Get No Encouragement that Fence Removal
Order Will Be Resoinded.
PRESIDENT FAvoRS SMALL SETTLERS
stOckrRisers Insist Failure TO Pass
Leasing Bill and Removal OF
Fences VIII Drive Many
Out of Business.
From a star Correspondent)


WASHINGTON, April 2s.-(special Tele-
gram)-senators Dietrich and Mlllard pre-
sented to the president today the repre-
sentatives OF the Stock Raisers' associa-
tion who have been in the city for the
past week looking after general legisls-
y ion that will open the public domain to
= cattlemen under the leasehold PROPOSE
which Is contemplated in bills now
p, ding before congress.
President Roosevelt expressed himself as
desirous Of seeing the range problems OF
the west adjusted so the lands may be Sc
cured for small settlers with the least de
gree of hardship upon those now using
them for grazing purposes. In the matter
of removal OF fences, which was taken up
by the delegation, no assurance could be
given OF relief from the orders which have
been issued by the Interior department
providing for taking down the fences
around government land. The visiting cat
tlemen have little hope of securing any
modification OF the fence removal orders.
They assert that the removal of the fences
without the passage Of the grazing land
leasing law will cause the withdrawal OF
much capital from the cattle business and
will force many investors and owners OF
herds to remove their property to Canada
where the government is very liberal in Its
treatment OF stock owners.
Before leaving the capital the cattlemen
will endeavor to formulate bill providing
a leasing regulation applicable to the state
of Nebraska, leaving other states to de-
pend upon their own exertions to secure
| leasing legislation suitable to their needs.
The delegation Of cattlemen will leave
for the west tomorrow.
Fish Hatchery for Sarpy.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Mercer for q
| fish hatchery in Sarpy county was favorablJ
reported today from the committee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries. Commissioner
| Bowers of the Fish commission is ex-
ceedingly anxious that this measure should
| be passed, and he appeared before the
! committee In behalf of the bill. II IL
understood that the hatchery will be To-
Gated opposite the state hatchery, in order
that the two hatcheries may be operated
| together.
f. H.. Hunter of Des Moines and ]. w
| Blythe, attorney for the Burlington rail-
road, have been in the city for the last
| few days, presumably looking after the
| interests OF the Burlington railroad in con
nection with the merger, which has beer
set down for hearing by the supreme court
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON. April 2e.-(special Tele'
| gram Nebraska postmasters were ap
| pointed as follows: Noble Sanford, Axtell
Kearney county. vice M. NJ Shoff, removed
e. c. Taylor. Boone, Boone county, vice
+. w. Taylor, dead.
The postofice at Larland, Audubon
county, Ia, will be discontinued aftei
| May IS.
| These Nebraska rural free delivery routes
have been ordered established July /;
Bladen, Webster county, one route. will
George L. Solomon. carrier; area covered
thirty-hve square miles; population served
| 4S0. At Florence, Douglas county, one ad
| ditional route. with one carrier (no
named); area covered, twenty-four square
miles, population served, 440.
The order disseminating the postoff1ce a
Panther, Dallas county, Ia, was today re
scinded.