The Delta independent., 1912-01-05
MEN OF THE RANGE HAVE
A GLORIOUS OLD TIME.
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has overtaken a large part OF Tex
as, where people are raising half
bale per acre oil cotton on mad that
a few years ago carried cheap, COM
mon sIeers on basis OF one steer
to ten or more acres. You need noI
. look to Texas for young steers
for spring. You know what is being
done in Colorado, Wyoming Utah,
and Notwithstanding up pastures
and planting sugar beets, alfalfa
and many other things that are
more or less new. But where is
there a place aside from the forest
reserves, where additional pastures
are coming in for use? 1t is fact
that there must be grazing lands II
cattle are to be bred or grown and
rlatured Nothing else will take the
place of grass, and without it your
alfalfa, milo maize, kaffir corn, sor-
ghum, beet tops and beet pulp are
all OF very much less value. You
in Delta county and on the western
Slope are fortunate in having f:r-
est reserve for grazing, all OF whlcn
carries me back a few years to the
first meeting held on the Western
Slope at Glenwood Springs, when
this question first came up, and be-
cause l favored federal control
think about the only one at the meet
ing who did-some of the boys came
around and told me quietly that
had better not stay there over night,
as some of the men We're ho1heao-
ed and might do something unpleas-
ant, all of which now seems very
funny indeed. That was the meet
ing where the presiding officer ruled
that they would vote first and de-
hate the question atterward. 1here
is another step to be taken and the
thinking men out here in the West
sbould never cease working until it
is accomplished: That is to preVali
on congress to pass some Ia" lnae
will first classify the unoccupleu
unappropriated public lands, ana
then put the lands fit for grazing
under some form of control or regu-
1ation similar to the forest reserve
scheme. When that is done the III
tIe ranchman may be assured Oh
some pasture, and need not worry
over the possible over-stocking ana
destruction VI llS lCt5A
es nv some Denver, Pueblo or Salt
Lake speculator with sheep or trah-
scient cattle. Never rest until you
get this law passed and never vote
for a man who will not pledge hlm-
self to stand by you in this cause
1t will double the value OF every
thing Won produce in the way of hay
grains and other feed. Settle your
range controversies, do away Win
the range sheep nightmare that lot
years has threatened you from o'ah'
and clothe your live stock opera
tions in peace and security. BY the
way. men who run cattle on lores'
reserves can borrow more money
ner head. than those who do not
q I'd when you get range control out
eide it will be possible for many
little fellows to get financial ASSIST
ance that today is refused them.
In regard to your own welfare ana
the prosperity OF your INDUSTRY
about the first thing you should look
into, is whether your representative
at Washington is representing you
or is he promising you cheap pupllc
buildings at unimportant points as
a sop and voting for things that
hurt you, in exchange for soclai
recognition and patronage in WASH
ington. Out here in Colorado ana
in a large part of the West, about
all that we produce that brings In
rea, new money includes live STOCK,
wool. hides sugar bcets, fruits anu
minerals. We produce these Things
There is lot of rot going around
the country about the high cost OF
living. AS some one has said: THE
cost of High Living is its proper
name and lot of politicians have
taken this up and as there are less
votes cast out West, here in the pro
ducing country than down East in
the consuming country, they want