The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-11
Takes Forest Service Man to
Task for Expressions Re-
garding Sheep Industry.
ASKS SHARP QUESTIONS
Intimates Information Was
Received From Range
Pirates" Not Citizens.

AouiIa Nebeker. former president Of
the state senate and one OF the most
prominent. rqnchmen OF Utah, eiteFs
sheep Industry a highly paying one. Mr'
Ncbeker has been engaged Tor seventeen
years In the sheep business and is one
OF the best informed men in the country
on that topic His ire was aroused by a
report recently published that William =;
Barnes OF the forest service had SAID
there was profit OF Sl.Sl on each sheep
Mi. Nebeker has addressed the follow
ing letter To Mr.. Barnes. and although
the latter has since denied some OF the
statements attributed to him in the az
legged interview, the letter is good read
ing and shows the difficulties under
which shecpmen have 10 labor:
Mr. Nebekers Views
"Iaketown, Utah. Sept. S. 1911.
Mr.. William .. Barnes. Forest service
Ogden Utah:
Dear Sir-I notice through the Salt
Lake Telegram OF July % that you have
been investigating the sheep industry
throughout the west and that your tlna 70. .
ings are that Sl.Sl is the net profit for
one year on one sheep. ! am very nnch
interested in this statement as nave
been engaged In the sheep industry tor
the past seventeen years and have Sold
my wool on an average higher than Is
cents per pound and at times have sold
my lambs higher than 81 per head. wnlch
understand 10 be the prices on which yoIn
Is and has always been very much below
slsl per each sheep handled per. year.
Therefore. il behooYcs me. II am 10
remain in the business and do not soon
cr or later go into the hands OF a re-
ceiver 10 acquire the methods OF those
from whon7 you get your facts. so | am
impe!!ed 10 ask you rev questions ,ror,
sheepmen who feed their sheep harvest
ed crops during any part or the year?
"Second-Do the sheepmen from whom
,sSt, n
part OF the land upon which they craze
their sheep for any part OF the year?
Pertinent Inquiry.
.'Third-Were these shepherds from
whom YOU obtained your data home own
ers or were they living in tents and using
jackasses as pack animals as their means
OF moving from one locality TO another?
II OF the latter class. do they own all
or any part OF the land on which they
might stake such an improvisad home?
''Fourth-Are they American citizens or
are they Mexicans or French Basque?
"Fifth-Do they eat themselves or feed
their help anything other than tortilias.
frijoles or macaroni?
"SlXth-Are these shepherds from whom
you get your data such that you could
recommend that the future citizens could
depend upon them for his mutton and
wool supply?
proach these findings without public do
main? II not, ought not that which the
government is giving them be charge
against their business at what II is worth.
and is this done?
"Eighth--Is any charge made in your
manifest or depreciation?
"Ninth-Does not your data from which
you find such favorable conditions come
principally from what In the parance OF
the range are designated as range pi-
rates without homes. no children to edu-
cate or will educate. no investment. other
than in their floclls, jackasses and dogs,
and occupy the range in about the same
manner as bedbugs and lleas infest the
homes OF some people, there being at
present no adequate means provided by
which they can be gotten rid of
'Tcnth-Should not the facts you are
seeking be gathered from citizens who
are running their flocks on their own
land who have homes TO keep up. children
10 educate: In fact. from those engaged
In the industry who can and arc maintain
ing everything that goes with good citt-
zenship? Respectfully.
"AQUILA NEBEKER."