Show an last news contains some sn and merited strictures on ono one T A byrnes formerly indian agent ut tit uintah mr byrnes colonel he then styled himself hima olf visited meeker at the close of the last uto ute trouble in his official capacity and strutted around for a brief time as the especial chain champion pion of Co coloross Colo lorows rowa deleterious band iio was profuse in lauding flauding the virtues of his people being just thou then fresh from the rood bird swamps of now new jersey and thoroughly imbued with the peculiar ideas prevalent among inchan rights people and was equally loud in denouncing the settlers sett lors who trying 0 to defend thoms elvos against indian a aggression 0 egression mr byrnes bymes shot off his mouth a few times as tho native vernacular has it but was finally called down and completely squelched squelch od his uto war timo time troubles however wore as nothing compared to his lawr lator tribulations when it came to rendering up an account of his sto stewardship to uncle sam several hundred head of I 1 D cattle were missing the colonel told the groat great rather father at washington that the olo elements ments got away with them the g f wanted the particulars and the colonel tried to procure tho the latter in the shape of alli affidavits davits from tho clerks of counties contiguous to the reservation t setting forth that the loss loas among range herds bordering on the reservation was from 50 to 76 per cent an affidavit of this character was requested from the clerk of Rio Blanco county but mr walbridge knowing that the catt cattlemen lemou of lower whito only claimed to the assessor a loss of from 15 per cent during the disastrous winter two years ago did not comply with air barnos request for a highest maximum affidavit of loss instead he furnished the jersey man with a certificate setting forth the true loss among 0 lower white river cattle in making public tho the contents of mr byrnes letter our contemporary exposes to public view one phase of the indian agency business that needs to have a little light thrown on it occasion aly the agency service sonvico is beyond question the rott onest connected with the general government much of the inefficiency and crookedness attaching to this branch of the public service bein being directly attributable to the ban baneful e auf influence of the indian rights association mr byrnes was a typical indian rights man meeker herald our esteemed fellow townsman mr jas hoy has been turning the liht light on oil the present incumbent ja n a mannor manner c calculated to make wm him soe see stars the present method of catching whisky whisks sollers sellers is a stench that rises to heaven the oath of a greasy revengeful old buck grown vay ray and toothless in the service of ini iniquity is is as readily accepted as tho the oath of a civilized american citizen tizon ci it is often moro more dangerous for a man to refuse an indian whisky than to give it to him because then the copper faced brutes have two inducements to lie aud and witness foes fees and somo some timm the concealment of tho cho real criminal lot us roo coe this mockery of justice come cease |