Show WILD HORSES ARE MENACE herds on national forests annoy rangers no orders issued by government for extermination of animals on nevada reserves from the new york tribune wild horses by the thousands are overrunning the government national forests of nevada and neighboring states and the authorities author ties in washington are besieged with petitions from stockmen stoc kmen and farmers begging them to put a stop to the ul uis anee sance A recent dispatch from ron reno 0 convened convey ed the intelligence that there are fifteen thousand of the untamed beasts upon the Toi coquina and monitor forest reserves in landor county alone and that orders have been received by the forest randers to begin a systematic war of extermination upon them this di snatch although twisted as to facts does not exaggerate the number of horses now supposed to be roaming at large in the districts mentioned As a matter of probable truth there are ara a good many more than fifteen thousand wild horses in nevada and the neighboring states and aery herd is a dest to the owners of vegetation and domestic stock the part of the reno telegram which is not true is that relating to the orders sent from washington neither the forest rangers any other amplo employees ees of the government hae been told to destroy the horses and unless they do receive such orders they will confine their energies to fencing crops from the trespassing tres passing animals or rounding them up when they appear and threaten damage to the range indeed if half the stories brought to the capital are true all the rangers in uncle sams service would have little chance of destining desti the big herds that are roaming over the western stites within the last few yearb they have increased to uch such an extent that in many any localities they are classed as varmints var mints with wolves wildcats and grizzlies grizzlier grizz lies and every mans rifle is turned against them no fence is strong enough to stop these horses and when they appear in enforce force they have even been known to knock down and kill cons cows and gilves af after ter each visitation from a heard beard the ranchman is likely to mourn the loss of his domestic horses and it requires only a few das association with aith their new companions for the best broken animals to become as wild as the nomadic comrades A study of the wild horse problem brings to light many interesting facts bout about the animals the legislature of nevada it seems passed a law many i ears ago specifically allowing I 1 hunters to shoot wild horses and to sell their hides for whit they could coul get in the open market the law opened the way kay to a new and unusual unusual industry and many men found the killing of wild horses very profitable besides the work was exciting and anc gave the business the added zest of oi sport As time went on and the business busine qs of killing these outlaws as the wild horses were often termed on the ranges assumed greater and greater proportions stockmen stoc kmen found that the professional hunters were in many cases abusing their rights and were killing branded and shod horses this put an end to the business for on complaint of the stockmen stoc kmen the nevada legislature promptly repealed the law it is estimated that animals were killed during the time the law was vas in force this figure gave the basis for last weeks story Z the report however had good basis of fact for the wild horse question ihas has grown to be as serious in the last few years as it was when the nevada legislature was forced to bract the old law the united tates states forest service has not given orders for the killing of a single horse because it has no right to do so the forest officers of the nevada national forests realize how bow bad conditions are and will do anything to assist the stoc stockman stockmen kmen koput to put down the nuisance any one who finally dis discovers coers an effective method to sett settle lethis this problem will have done a great service for the stockmen stoc kmen of state west of the missouri river As an old and experienced stockman now in the employ of uncle sam said of this wild horse bore problem theoretically it seems a very simple matter to handle but practically it is 13 quite the reverse on the ranges of many of the national forests the supervisors have been at their wits ends for sea several eral ears trying to devise a method to meet the difficultly apparently an entirely satisfactory method can not be found because of the inadequate laws now enforced in the diff different er states |