The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-02-07

WDNlU "" &1OtOO ucf hcUd, or approx
matcly f2O6. $1,000 The value OF
the two industries ia obvious. 1t
requires about two pounds OF hay per
dny for each sheep and for ordinary
stock cattle about twenty pounds per
day IL needed. II requires about two
ncrcg Of grazing land for each head
Of sheep ana about ten acres Of graz
ing lnnd for each head OF cattle
From n practical business standpoint
III" cattle industry " worth consider.
able nor" than the sheep industry.
However, thia bin is not meant and
does not prohibit shccpmrn from
: grazing on priyntoiy.owncd land or
on the public domain II merely pro-
i"cts the small settler or sorkman
who desires Ia make Il living for him.
self nnd family aud gives him an op.
pOttunlly to cnic for II few head OF
cnt,lc IN hts immediate vicinity.
There IL unlimited public range In
ihis County which is unsettled and
uninhhbitcd, for the grazing OF sheep
thereon
I a law similar TO the proposed bill
has been enacted IN the States OF
Arizona. California, Colorado. idaho.
Montana and Nevada, for the protcc-
/ proven very beneficial. Some OF these
Statutes. have beer In force for the
last nf,y years. Ir similar acts IN
other states have assisted the stock.
/ industry In the past and az the pres
. rnt time, does Il not stand to reason
that the cattle Industry Of klamath
County aud Eastern Oregon IN en-
titled to the some protection? Fur.
thcrmore. the conditions which exist
ed. In the states named at the time
these laws were passed. exists to
great extent In the State OF Oregon
/ today. and this Legislation ~ ncccs.
.aty to protect the Cattic.industry
. from the driving of tramp sheep
bands OF California. aH they came
North. TO craze on the desert lands
In Lake County and drive thru TO
the desert lands OF Idaho. In a
number OF instances. during the past
year, small stock and cattle owners
have been absolutely eaten out by
ttRmp bands OF sheep and have had
to sell their stock and cattle at a
loas on account OF the fact that there
was no feed upon the open range FOR
them IN thr vicinity of their home.
II In a matter OF public history that
conflict between the sheep-owners,
cattle,mon and settlers were Of FIRE.
squent occurrence. resulting in violent
breeches OF the peace II Is also a
matter OF record that sheep are not
only abl. To hold their own on tho
public domain with other livestock.
but viii I'm the end drive other stock
off tho range and that the herding
OF sheep upon a certain territory Is
am appropriation OF II almost as fully
RS II they were enclosed by n fence.
II H. not necessary to prohibit the
running nj large OF sheep altogether,
on account OF the fact that there
are In the State large areas OF land.
uninhnbited, where sheen can range
without Interfering with the sub
sIs,ence OF settlers or intcrrupting
III" public peace.
In order to make the settlement Of
Iour isolated valleys possible. II is
necessary To provide some protec-
tlon 10 the settlers against the in
lnumerablc bands OF sheep grazing In
the STATE.
u is not the purpose OF this sta
tutc TO make discrimination between
Isheop owners and owners OF other
Kind OF stock. but To secure equality
OF enjoyment pnd use OF the public
domain to settlers and cattle owners
with sheep owners.
The owners OF sheen do not permit
them To roam 1T will but they are
Iunfer the immediate control of herd
ers who have Shepherd dogs with
Them and wherever thew Craze they
take mll possession IT tho range as
crfectIve'v MS II the land were fenced
4, is a matter OF commoa obscrvatitr
ipnd ex,erience that sheep eat the
herbage closer to the ground than
cattle or horses. and their hoofs be-
ling shrrn. tho o""upancv OF sheep Will
d,yastate and kill all the growth OF
vegetation w'0~aver thew craze f"'
eny length OF time. II Is part oi
the public history of this State that
the industry OF ranCc-cpttle has been
largely DESTROYED bv the encroach'
ment of innumerable bands or sheep
Cattle viii rot Craze and VIII mol
thrive upon lands where sheep are
grazing to any great extent. has the
| settler who has been encouraged ny
the owners, the general government
20 settle upon the lands, no proper'!
rights 10 grasses growing upon sucf
J lands" Have the shccAowncrs the eN'
elusive right TO grasses growing up
lcrs no rights to the same? The
sheep industry over this County Il
cont oiled. and the same is probabl,
. applicable to Eastern Oregon. by
small number OF men, u, great many
, of whom own a few acres and make
their livelihood by grazing theii
sheep from one end OF the state &c
Hthe other. The cattle industry OF
this County and Eastern Oregon Is
mot controlled by any body OF mer
but by numerous individual owners
: having few head OF cattle TO turn
out upon the open range during the
spling months; to feed from the
grass growing uuon the public DO
main. There is sufficient room N
. this County and In this State for botl
| Industries. Cattle cannot ana Will not
0 Craze upon land similar to those
. which sheep Craze upon.
The constitutionality OF this, sta