, 1908-01-28

CARRIED only knows the country
through the windows of the moving
train. No question but what Mr.. Gar
field would have endorsed the Mondell
bill if there was no Burkett bill to
support.
The Burkett Bill.
Let us take the Burkett bill and stu
dy its meaning and its final results,
should it become a law. The grazing
lands would be used by permits. Mr..
Clifford Pinchot's letter read at Den
Yer convention and Mr.. Potter's per-
sonal statement at the convention was
that the probable cost for grazing cat.
tie and horses annually would be 81
per head, and the probable cost for
grazing sheep annually would be thir-
ty cents per head. 1t is now under
stood that it would take ten acres for
one cow or one horse and three acres
for one sheep, thereby making it cost
ten cents for one acre for one year; or
TO be more plain $64 for each section,
Citizens of Albany county, assuming
that we have 10000 cattle and horses
in Albany county, the grazing fee
would be SIS, 900 annually. Assuming
that Albany county has 200, 1000 sheep
the grazing fee would be 100000. A to.
tai of $135,OG0 that would be taken an
nually from Albany, county, less S1S,
500 mai would so to the state. S125,
500 would go to the range riders,
whose duties would be to watch each
and every one of you, n should you
disobey any of the rules and regula-
tons Put you in Jail. If 10 cents per
acre would o defray the expenses
for the first year it will be more the
next. Should this ever become a law
TO my mind there would be but two
endings, namely, a war or every stock
man in the state out of business at
the end of ten years; bankers and
merchants with closed doors. Does it
seem creditable that any mar of in
telligence would put a penalty of this
kind on himself and even worse on his
children and their great grand chill
Cren? No American will ever stand
for such results.
The Texas Yoke.
The Texas man who seems to favor
this yoke and burden has nothing to
lose so far as his state is concerned,
as the state of Texas never did have
any government land, and he only has
the selfish motive to come over on our
side of the line and gobble up large
tracts of this land, thereby finish his
dogas for the beef market. The state,
ment was made at Denver by their
leader that they had brought from the
state of Texas to the northern graz
ing lands on an average of 100000 cat
tie annually for the last twenty-five
Years, and we all know this to be true.
Now, gentlemen, the Texas man is a
wise fellow. By observation he sees
this country is fast being taken up by
the small man, and becoming an agri-
cultural country, thereby bringing to
an end the opportunity of finishing his
dogas for the market. To inform all
of you how much they are in earnest
in placing this yoke upon you they EN-.
ploy the best legal talent they~have
IN the state of Texas at a salary of
$1,000 per year, to get any kind of a
leasing bill through. You will better
know the gentleman as General Sam
H. Cowan of Fort Worth, Texas. l
can well understand the stupidity of
the men who favor the Burkett bill,
for the Texas man comes up here with
his shrewdness and makes you north,
ern people pay this mans salary and
other expenses connected Herewith
To be more plain they vote the Texas
Cattle association that is $50 strong
against other associations that have
the right of five votes. This ought to
explain everything.