Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-12-30
MIR. and NJ. =. II. RiddcIl and Miss
f. StClair are down from Derth.

MIR. and NJ. =. II. RiddcIl and Miss
T.. stellar are down from Derth.
the White Pine sheepman, who is
creating all this sentiment around
Ely?
When the Eiko county sheep sIalt-
I'd south there was no kick from the
White Pine stockmcn. However.
just as soon as il was learned that
the sheep would be taken further
south than usual they commenced
to object, and are attempting 10 lead
the uninformed into the belief that
they are going to be ruined by the
rabies scattered all over that county
ny Elko county's sheep. 4 man
with glass eye could see into the
whole matter and not half try. Nc
Gill and the remainder Of the White
began TO fear that they were no
longer to have free access TO all the
winter range III southern White Pine
and northern Nye counties, as they
have in the past, and they proceeded
TO create a sentiment against the
movement TO take our sheep south.
Without taking the trouble TO III
vestisate the destination OF the sheep
from this county, they have made
every attempt to stop these sheep
and force them back onto range
where they could not live. And they
have done all This merely because
they wanted their old haunts all to
themselves, as they have had in the
pa:i. They have had that southern
country so long that they imagine
they have life lease on il and fear
the cncroachment of others on the
territory that belongs as much TO
Elko county shecpmen as il does TO
White Pine shcepmen. Hence all the
hubub at Ely; hence the special meet
ing Of the board of county commits
sioners, who live there and who like
to play into the hands of their home
folks; hence the appointment of
Bailey as sheep inspector. who can
have no authority to interfere with
the driving of sheep south or in any
other direction, as long as the sheep
are not infringing on the right of
others.
If these are not facts. why did
these disgruntled White Pineites
wire TO Assessor Weathcrs of Elko
county to ascertain If certain sheep
men here owned land in proportion
TO the number of sheep being driven
south, thinking that they might have
a chance TO harass them to pay the
15.ccnt tax? If these are not facts,
why did they threaten the hoCk-mas-
ter of the O'Ncil sheep and tell him
he must go no further and that he
must drive his sheep back 10 Ello?
Who gave them the right to make
laws of their own in the effort TO hold
a range to which they have no more
right than the ElRo shccpmen?
But, after all, they need not worry.
Elko county's sheepmen have never
intended going onto the usual range
used by White Piners during the
winter. II is a big country down
there, where there is no stock of any
description, and the sheepmen from
this county, who are driving south,
especially the O'Neil Brothers, the
Nevada Land & Cattle Company. T..
&. Murphy, Joe Baillee and others,
have all along intended going into
Sand valley and Little Cherry Creek
sections to winter. And these sec.
tions have not been ranged by McGill
and the others whom he has induced
TO join him in the Scare. Chaun.
cey Griswold will drive 70 his usual
winter range I'm Lincoln county. near
Phoebe.
The sheepmen to the south are
crying before they are hurt. The
fear Of losing that to which they have
no title has so frightened them that
they have lost their judgment, and
they are rcsorting to the nimsicst of
excuses in order TO create sentiment
against Elko county's sheepmcn.
The whole matter has been placed
before the state officials, both by
the sheepmen from White Pine and
the sheepmen of Elko, and on Tues.
day of this week Governor Boyle
telcgraphcd from Carson TO the dis.
trict attorney and sheriff of White
Pine commanding that they do not
interfere with the movement of
sheep. stating that the whole propo.
sition was one that should be handled