The Glenwood post., 1908-12-26
Notice Of D.coatinuanee
Saturday, December %. 1905
A LITTLE LESS SNOW
MIR. P1NcHoT, PLEASE

Not satisfied with charging about
all the crimes in the calendar to Gif-
ford Pinchot, head of the government
forestry bureau, the Avalanche adds
another to Mr.. Pinchot's long list of
dreadful misdemeanors in an article
Tuesday evening wherein is unfolded a
terrible tale of inhumanity and cruelty
to live stock in the Plateau valley.
The story fairly bristles with ac-
counts of the terrible suffering dis
covered by an officer of the state
humane society and in reading the arti-
Gle one can see cattle by the hundreds
sinking to the ground and perishing
from hunger, cold and weakness.
Doubtless in this portion Of the story
there is much more truth than there
should be, as it is we'll known that all
over this western country there is an
unusual shortage of feed this winter
and considering the fact that feeding
was begun earlier than usual, it is
not surprising that stockmen should
lose heavily from their herds.
But the laughable feature of the
story and the downright Stiffness of
the same is in the attempt to charge
up this terrible condition to Mr.. Pin
chot and the government forestry ser
vice. Listen to this:
"There is naturally an incentive to
find responsibility for this state of
affairs, a state of conditions which
could not very well have existed when
cattle ran wild. 1t is state of con-
ditions that the so called civilization
has brought on. The Avalanche knows.
But it hesitates to bring forth with its
old time fire the reason. Pinchotism
and the forest reserve, for the benefit
of the big fellow, is responsible and
every self-respecting ranchman knows
it. -
Who ever heard of such rot?
We're there no losses of cattle by
cold and starvation in this county
prior to the establishment of forest re-
serves? Isn't it fact that years age
before Mr.. Pinchot had been heard OF
in this county, when stockmen were
at liberty to pasture as many cattle as
they chose upon given area of Uncle
Sans domain notwithstanding the
permanent injury to the same and none
could say them nay, unusual losses IS 9
rasult of aavara Uiut aro uara ,nnro nnm
mon, and in greater preparation than al
present!
But this is just about on a par with
the balance of the Avalanche oppo
sition to the forestry system and its
argument tO against the same.
But we want to call the attention OF
our good neighbor up the street to one
thing, and that is that he has only made
vague and general statements, tht
proof of which he has altogether over
looked. Now if he will furnish relia
BILE proof that Baron Pinchot has hi.
thumb on the lever of the universe tc
the extent that the recent big snow.
and the unusually cold weather follow
ing the same are traceable to him, il
he will just make it plain that the
lateness of the last spring and the
scarcity of irrigation water which
Notwithstanding the opposition of the
Avalanche, Mr. Pinchot is seeking te
protect, are due and traceable to the
head of the forestry department and
that through his negligence the hay
crop was short and for that reason and
because of the extreme cold weather
for which Pinchot is also to blame
there is among the cattle in the Pla-
teau valley and elsewhere unusual NOR
tality, we think it will then be in orde,
to bring extraordinary pressure to
bear upon Mr.. Pinchot to induce him to
regulate all these matters to the great.
er prosperity Of our stockmen, many Of
whom in spite of their own feeble eff
forts are bound to suffer heavy losses
before the winter is much further ad.
vanced.
Truly such nonsense a. the Ava.
lanch indulges in and its method Of
begging the question by spoiling . good
story Of unfortunate conditions, which
always have resulted from a shortage
of hay and long feeding seasons-sueh
nonsensical and unfair tactics are q
disgrace to journalism and unworthy
Of one who makes any pretense toward
being honest and fair.
If the Avalanche man had made an
effort to explain Why and wAsrsin =
law which IL drawn Ast Of an TO pro
tset the actual ssttsss - snaA eat
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