Show LEITER leimer FROM MAJOR BLAIR dimits BlAIR 8 RAN RANCH nanch I 1 cirp WEBER WEDER county sep 8 1864 S ma MR EDITOR sir sir mirnd 47 of N ewa I 1 was pleased to td il bee see ee that ever and anon some good thing 11 drops from th editorial sanctum strange yet true tor for what you cavedo have done nes nev your mem I 1 oy and that of your assistants will be held in faithful remembrance by the farmers of web r county but do not stop your efforts efi orts my 0 only nl y fault with the article I 1 will presently offer a comment tipon upon is your modesty a marveil marvell in your office I 1 woud add a wonder possibly since president t brigham founded bounded settlements the of utah no standpoint view hab hae fI resented itself s ab 1 0 pr eminently citizens of ahse th se valleys as the present one to consider the law law liw oa 01 fencing f and I 1 an am pleased I 1 eased that the question is mooted at so eary FY a day through the columns of the NEWS that the sense ot of the people may be fully had through their represent representatives natives at te vie isit bitting tin of the eti etl legislature egi eli 1 slature next winter on the repeal peal of the law on fencing to e er observe ing in men and especially to 0 o those who annually pay a large percenti per im of their crops to support the law I 1 have no doubt its repeal will be hailed balled as the bercon of future prosperity pros perg perz and happiness to all classes of society that the law has been and isa ia a nuis nce ince none can consciously deburr to A I 1 jaws laws become nu nugatory nuga ato toy y or void when the power to enforce them is beyond the control of the executive and other officers of tho law that abia 1 the case with this statute Ipie I 1 presume sume none sincerely doubt except in a very few localities cali ties fencing material is not accessible to the masses of the people for the want of means to obtain such as the mountains afford this being the case neither lawgivers or their officers honor the law and therefore ther eforo find it bard hard and we may add impossible to enforce its provisions the result of which is as hag bag jeen been demonstrate d not only in weber but other co intes that men owning large herds of cali call ca tle tie have gr grad zd t cm tin around the tha settlements for protection it t the expense of the agriculturalist tur alist until the range is all eaten out while the stock of the settler is left to perish or beek sek bek their avi living g within the pales of a non called a fence this is done with impunity the owner of the stock sheltering bim himself seif belt under the fence lair from damages th thala is outrage on the political economy ot of our citi x ns calls loudly for legislative protection protect lorl iod what shall eban be done with our stock is the cry throughout he the countr country 3 felc fence Fenc ethem them in f make it unlawful for neat cattle as well as hogs to run at large from jue till november improve the lawon law on the duties regulating keepers authorize the county courts to levy a district pound tax for the purpose of building a safe corral which shail shall belong belom to the people of the district mke make the bond 0 of the r paya le ile to the people of the district bold him account ab e for all damages done by stock and delivered to him that he suffers to escape from his bis custody allow him good pay for services etcetera etcetera in conclusion permit me to bay say that from th beat data I 1 have been able to obtain the damage done by stock to the cr eps of weber cunov Is id excess of the value of the increase by far of the stock for the me same period of time and at present price prices it is said by some ahe the probable damage this year would pay for half the stock in the county varther Fart bir hir I 1 must say that our fences are I 1 belie belle believe vei in weber on an average as good aa as any county in the territory poor fences and ased fee d eaten out have h a ve demoralized demo our stock 0 cincinnati rus P S MR mii EDITOR da do as 39 you pease with my iny scribbling yet ilont let the fencing an I 1 ato sto chock ek affair teat rest until readied rem died my aly fence is 6 feet high and I 1 fear I 1 shall loose the ahe little grain I 1 have ff rowin the cattle cattie are ane ma I 1 with bu hunger riger some something must be done I 1 wih the convention hid h id taken up the suJe sule bule ct peace to ti the ri righteous oteous C |