Gunnison news-champion., 1904-02-26
One Thir5 Of C1afy Wrh-
7raWn from Settlement by
Telegram TEurs5ay
Morning
IT IS UP TO TIE People
Ualcss a Lively Fsatesf 8 Mas fle
Futarg Dcveiasnlcai OF Gaaas-
soa Cossaty Seriously Jc-
oear5izcA

Telegram yesterday m#ra.rE
drawing iru settlement asia nr.
HmuaV o.. establishing E ra-
servo Ila tHri n tar county Is.re
ug-. ai DHIH ersak and uHrI .f tae.
1mHisHa river The Iue runs Hr
-HatIa eHma-- abH8 tara m.las
north Irm tle GuuulsHu r4ueaI
Speaking and starting SIS m.bs
wesf Hi GuuisEH CITY. Er- . De-.
NORTH Ig-t missing Alt Carbon and
Anthracite Parts af DeIta. Mont
Rose aud PItAu cJuutias are uFlui
a This Is but starter. for tue
land 1tIac has information Laat the
entire country along the rasuuautal
divide and surrounding Guuni-m
within "a few miles Will ghme next
The most vigorous kie& are heard
aH every hand, for as Know ledge If
the way these reserye& are conduct
ed is spread the opinion grows that
they will stop home making entirely.
cause endless bother and expense
90 the ranchmen, Especially g. the
small land ownyr, and practically
stop prospecting BON the undeyeloped
sections of Gurtnison county. In
fact, as these re serves will take in
about all the lad not already oc-
cupied by homes ! or mining claims,
t will completed N check the indus
trial developmeuF of Gunnisou. and
for what, To p10vide for am imar
mary necessity r. water for imagIn-
airy settlers i'm Iontr0-e and Delta
counties
The strange topinion has gotten
out that II is useless to protest
Why this idea? ] A third OF ChafFee
county was set koff last fall and the
people Of Salid-a and other sections
protested till t'rhe hills rang. They
secured the aiRl of all our represen-
tatives and se'nators at Washington
and finally Succeeded in having the
entire reser, Sc set aside Are we
less able 10 7 protest when the dam
age Is twip 'e as great. Below are
published ,fletters from Senator Teller
and Congs essman Hogg that plainly
indicate ! heir position and show a
IS 90 cooperate The time
is here g. sr protests that have a de-
cIded rleglg and meaning At the
very leaa,,-t we can get the reserves
cat down 10 some reasonable amount.
Every man is Interested II one
mans cattle range is cut off. then he
backs over and crowds another II
mining stagnatcs, then all business
suffers A protest against the re-
serves viii receive the signatures of
ninety per cent Of the people Of the
county.
uE orrU~ES ErsUEEs.
D. A. Mcconnell is here from
Doyle aC.tating opposition 10 the re-
serves Mr. Mcconnell -av- the
auchmau of the upper Tomichi are
nearly unanimous In opposition
lie believes if present timber laws
were enforced that tine destruction ul
timber would stop and a5 much
moisture Boz conserved a- under rr-
est r.-.rv. Iuvs These are tHa raH
static laws that make 10 the duty of
the ~aur# fu assist u putting out
.rgs arH tr oaiI "a posse II necessary.
The .aw preventing r.. cutting of
green timber under .I-.I inches rn
diameter and rla Iw governing
timber cutters. After the .rn-
m.ur a.. allowed corporations ta cut
millions .' r0.. Boa ewul-Ha rwu-
r.Itr- .r policy fa faan punish
m..... settlers I.r their a..-.
Hr thinks .f win make am endless
amount trouble for settlers iu r.-
gard rr cutting uanas-rrv timaaraHH
iu securing raz.ur permits. a-nae-
Iai.v .rrug tho -ma.. rHu.luau.
who. .Hl ...l .. ...H.a.-. ID. U.a
taacr will mott -ar % fair -nnU THE
regulation allowing cattle tr a.ma I1
from distance u the .Hu.r also
uwa- .nl Il ta. reserve is ha. as
large rl~ may ha given range
through political influence.
MT Mcconnell thinks |aariau
Of nrr5t should D.. circulated
against Ela reserves. IIe has ua
doubt thar such a protest could be
made successful and points to the
fact that SlIida people did the sama
thing. Tie fact thar Nr. Fellows
threatened that if this reserve was
stopped the tunnel might be abuu-