East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-21

The RESERVE
FIVE COMMITTEES APPOINT
ED TO HAVE CHARGE
Amicablc Sessions of Cattle Men and
Shecpmen's Committee Left Good
Fecllng-Appllcations to Craze 17O.-
1853 Head OF Sheep and 1922
Horses and Cattle Received.

Walla Walla, Dec. 21,-Nearly 400
stockmen, who have been in Walla
Walla since Monday attending the
meeting called by the officers OF the
forestry bureau. left last night for
their homes, the business of the meet
ing. us far as the stockmen not on
committees, are concerned, having
been finished up.
The committee appointed Monday
to settle the boundaries between the
sheep and the cattlemen IN the We
naha reserve. made its report yester-
day afternoon after nearly three days
hard work. The committee was divid-
the different sections of the reserve
in manner that would be satlsfac-
tory to both the sheep and cattle men.
While both factions were bent on
obtaining every bit of territory avail
able the sessions in the main were
harmonious and 1t Is believed as n
result of the Walla Walla meeting that
cattle and sheepmen has been reached
The five districts decided upon are as
follows:
District No. Embracing the dis
trict beginning at the southern bound
airy of the reserve, being the full
wdlt hof the reserve east and west
and extending north to about the CEN
t,t- bn 70 lrG
of the Umatilla river. where the north
an dsouth forks meet. The committee
appointed by the chairman were T. T.
Glenn, J. A. Woodell f. F. Wilbur
William Slusher, w. c. Johnston, John
Rust. William Choate and D. b.
Smith.
District No. 2-Embracing a por-
ton of the reserve beginning at the
center of township 8, 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,
William Choate, ]. A. Woodell, w. c..
Johnston, T. \. 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 Washington, also as far
east as range SO and as far north as
the north line of township Z, in the
state of WASHINGTON. Committee, Eu-
gene Thomas, Mike Lynch, II. DAWN
and T. A. Won Hollenbeke.
District No. 4-Comprises all of the
reserve between RANGES 80 and ~
and between township and the north
| line of township 7. Committee. z. q.
Fathers. S. Literal, II. DAWN and
Charles Hales.
District No. 5-Tncludes the re-
maInder of the reserve and the com
mittee appointed was w. S. Oliphant
Rauth Morrison, Literal, DAWN, Hale.
| Campbell, Hollenbeke. Mottet.
Committee Has Much Work Yet.
The committee of 22 men will prob
ably not finish its work much before
| Saturday. The ne~t work mapped
ont for the committee Is to determine
who has rights on the reserve and
next prior rights. Prvson has been
selected as chairnan Of the commit
tee and. being familiar with the mat
ters in hand, business has been dis
patched at a rapid rate.
Many Applications Filed.
Applications for grazing permits
for 17O.162 head nj sheen and 16,422
head of horses AMI cattle have been
filed with the reserve Officers. Ap-
plicatious from sNeepmen numbered /
SO and from cattle men 141, repre-
senting about tie total number of
stockmen attending the meeting.
MANY aprIio"'ions are vet to he
filed ry stoc'r-non who we're unable to
attend the wrro vVala meeting. I'm
I'll these nre reooive1 the reserve Of
ficers saw II VII he impossible to issue
any permits. Ut f. Is already appar-
ent that the nv 0Ner OF applications
will exceed TIE range capacity of the
reserve.
Last year II was estimated that $50
| 900 head OF sheep and so 900 head of
cattle and ho' SOS were ranged in the
reserve. bu' T. was generally admit
| ted that the range was badly over
stocked, an II g 10 guard against
these con 'itir7 that the reserve Off
GERS are re u'ing every stockman to
give the M .,re~ of sheep or cattle
| they own to~~'-0- with the number