The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-04
MORMONS GET SHEEP RANGE
STATE LAND FAvORITIsM
FEemanl ceunty Frauds Leok HAD for
The state Aaministratlsn~Big sheep
@en Get Large hissks - 0raEinm
I.aad.


AA1 AAaAeANAu4N AAsAAtNkANh kFaAEEs
With which the state was endowed BY
the enabling act. Former state Ed.
administrations have bsen industrious
In making these selections. That
they we're Dot made before IL no re-
fieetion on previous AdministFations
for they toFesaw the possibilities
which might, aud are. obtaining In
great irrigation projects. government
and otherwise. ard bided the tima.
wisely waiting Developments. OF
course, bad they been able 20 ioFeses
the great projects Of the arid belt.
and taken advantage Of them, il
would have been sell; but, this vas
0atside human probability.
During one q the sieuasHbeTg I'D i.
ILLUSTRATIONS Ne bad law passei
iKing a maximum acreage ahieh the
state land boFad could lSass. OF
agricultural land ihls maximum nas
100 aces Ot grazing iaBds. Gao
aeFvs. The purpose oi ihis limiia,
slon uas 70 prevent the possibility ~
big sheep msn combining 20 control
the range situation.
No sooner had Governor Go0dlng
warmed the chair In bic once than
b. sel Shout to do assay wigh tbis
protection against q monopoly Of the
range W idaho; all for a two field
purpose: First. to afford him 80 OF.
poFtnuity 60 engineer a valuable
political deal with the big Mormon
sheep ounsFu o. the south east; sec.
ond. 20 provide for grazing for bis
ouh nocks, aud those Of bis co shsep
met u this part Of tbs state.
Although the stats land board,
early IN August, hsd selscsurs u
lands IN FFeomnt county: yet.
secretly. quietly they sent ssuatuE
Day az there from Carsia county,
Tho Fremont county man vas G. q.
NooEs, > msmh~r Of the Lac, lssisla
guFe. bay waa alpo = member II the
lasi Legislature; but, Day uAs Nor
mon. Anate was not. Day coaid
bo entrusted With the carrying out Of
che deal with absolute safety. for in
IL uprs bic isIlow believers In ihe
vaEaSira Of the Mormon creed. he
himself, is a 1.-THE payer. He va
the man 90 do the lob
lie sent secretly along aud made
the selection. There is no partlcu
lar complaint 10 this. but. mark
you. eve days sftsTzArd there we're
made out land leases for lpa persons
10 this $4,000 acres uf land. No
publicity whatever to The leasing Of
Il. Secrecy, absolute. was maiu.
tanned. This land vas weil worth
10 cents per acre per annum. yet. II
vas leased to four big Mormon sheep
companies tor cents per acre per
year. No graft1 Well guess 30
Nov Il 10 not necessary for Mr..
Unodiag Ia enrich bis hank account
this week or next through this deal
In order for him 20 be placed 10 the
roll Of graft IL means to him, by
the grace OF the Mormon Hierarchy =
perm iselon In Utah. the votes In the
next republican state convention, Of
Fremont and Bingham counties and
ell Mormon delegates 90 the state con
vention. These are the oouoniieu
where the big sheep companies oper.
ate. They can control tho republi
can conventions In these two counties
absolutely. II they do 50, Cooling
will be the beuefacior Of the deal.
The question naturally arises, Why
did the state land board not lease
thia ia, 900 acres Of land directly
30 four mcu9 II they had been deal
ing with the four instead Of dong az
they did In leasing Il to i94 men
who are camp tenders aud sheer
herders for the four the fraud would
have been too plain. The answer IL
this; After Gooding hired lawyer
10 draft this bill; lobied with mem.
bers Of the Legislature 10 pass Il, and
algued II which was last winter, the
demands OF The Mormons Of the south
east for their tithpayers on the rolls
came thick aud fast and constant.
Every branch Of the state IL repre-.
sented by one of these fanatics, and
10 per cent of bis salary monthly
goes direct 10 Salt Lake City TO cup.
port the PolyRamous, Dominant
Hierarchy. Thus, when uoodine
faced this lease which for political
consideration he had to make in thi,
quiet, stelthy manner; the fear oI
God was In bis heart lest be should
be accused Of pressing the limit, 90
be figured out this deal: To have
these sheep companies procure che