The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-20
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO Es.
TA8LISH BOUNDARIES FILED
REPORT.
Took Nearly Three Days Hard Work
and Much Wranging-committee
Has Much Work Yet.

of the forestry bureau, will leave to-
night for their homes, the business
Of the meeting as far as the stockmen
not on committees are concerned hav-
ing been finished up this afternoon.
The committee appointed Monday to
settle the boundaries between the
sheep and the cattle men in the
Wenena reserve made it's report this
afternoon after nearly three days hard
work. The committee was divided into
subcommittee to apportion the diff
ferent sections Of the reserve in
manner that would be satisfactory tC
both the sheep and cattle men. While
both factions were bent on obtaining
every bit Of territory available the
sessions in the main We're harmonious
and it is believed as result of the
Walla Walla meeting that better
feeling exists between the cattle and
sheep men has been reached. The five
districts decided upon are as follows:
District No. Embracing the dis
trict beginning at the southern boun-
dairy of the reserve, being the full
width Of the reserve east and west
and extending north to about the CEN
ter of township 8, thence to the forks
Of the Umatilla river, where the north
and south forks meet The committee
appointed by the chairman We're T. T.
Glenn, J. A. Woodell E. F. Wilbur,
William Slusher, w c. Johnston, John
District No. 2.-Embracing a por-
ton of the reserve beginning at the
center of township 3, being the mouth
of the north and south forks of the
| Umatilla, extending east and west to
the boundary of the reserve and north
to the north line of township 4, ex-
cepting the said township 4, where the
northerly boundary is the south fork
Of the Walla Walla. Committee, Will
liam Choate, J. A. Woodell, w. c.
Johnston, T. A. Won Hollenbeke, H. c.
Bryson.
| District No. 3-Including all the
country in the reserve north of the
south fork of the Walla Walla for the
full width of the reserve and extend
ing north to the state line between
Oregon and and Washington, also as
far east as range 80 and as far north
as the north line of township 7, in the
state of Washington. Committee, Eu
gene Thomas, Mike Lynch, H. DAWN
and T. A. Won Hollenbeke
District No. 4.-Comprises all of the
reserve between ranges SO and Al,
and between township and the north
Fathers, S. Literal, H. DAWN and
Charles HaleS.
District No 5-Includes the re-
remainder of the reserve and the
committee appointed was w. S. Oil
plant, Rauth Morrison, Literal, Dav
in, Jackson, Hale, Campbell, Hollen-
beke, Mottet
Committee Has Much Work Yet.
The committee of % men will prob
ably not finish it's work much before
Saturday. The next work mapped
out for the committee is to determine
who has rights On the reserve and
next prior rights. Bryson has been
selected as chairman Of the commit
tee and, being familiar with the mat
tiers in hand, business has been dis
patched at rapid rate.
i Many Applications Filed.
Up to noon today applications for
grazing permits for 170,163 head OF
sheep and 1922 head of horses and
cattle had been filed with the reserve
officers. Applications from sheep
men numbered So and from cattle men
al, representing about the total num-
Der Of stockmen attending the meet
4 ing. Many applications are yet to be
filed by stockmen who were unable to
attend the Walla Walla meeting. Until
} these are received the reserve officers
say it will be impossible to issue any
permits, but it is already apparent that
the number Of applications will exceed
the range capacity of the reserve.
Last year it was estimated that 100000
head of sheep and $4,000 head of cat
tie and horses were ranged in the re-
serve, but it was generally admitted
that the range was badly overstocked,
and it is to guard against these condi
tions that the reserve officers are re-
quiring every stockman to give the
number of sheep or cattle they own to-
gether with the number they desire
to range in the reserve In requiring
these figures the o2ces are getting
statistics Of much value. The IS sheep