Show An f sibIe Game r since ince that distant stant lily dav when Cain Coin sl slew w hi his brother brother- Abel bec because because be be- c cause use there was not ot room enough ellough the earth the herds of both the same spirit of greed reed and selfishness has d dominated mankind and so this thia week we eve are arc train again called upon to tell the a story orY of the quarreling fg h herdsmen Wednesday Ved Wed of last week about 1600 h nd of sheep heep were ruthlessly slaughtered pear near Ache Achee on the Uintah railroad r Uro d n near ar t the e Colo- Colo Utah rado-Utah state line The report reports re- re ports port state th that t the herders who were with th the slee sheep were sud- sud denly surprised by q a. number numb nu b r of cowboY cowboys who captured them tied them tp to nearby trees tr and andt t then tl en after cutting th the t telephone telephone tele tele- le- le pIH phone e wires went into i ito the flocks of sheep and d deliberately clubbed more than a thousand of them to death Having finished finished finished fin fin- this ii 1 work they rode away Y into tho the hil hills a where tp find and c capture them willbe will willbe willbe be diff difficult cult The sho sheep p belong belong- belonged ed to R. R A A. Towney owney and gild S. S A A A. Taylor of of Gr Grand nd J Junction There were other flocks of sho sheep shop p irk the in-the the he section and also cattle and the range in that toca locality ty IH has s b boon long Jong contested ground between rival sl e and also bet between een sheep and cattle catte owners murders are ares s skid said id to have hay oc occurred there in incent recent cent years Y because becam e of the strife between the various h herdsmen to retain control of or ort t the w range V Ve do not care who co commit commit- te ted 1 t this latest te t crime cri br tir tL- tL what i 9 provocation was i for for the theof s. s ter of the toe sh sheep the sheep ep the C ci i H. H was wholly info infamous moos ts and shadow a shadow of justification from front any possible standpoint It is as if two merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants competing in business with each Other one sho should ld set fire to th the store of hi his competitor competitor and de destroy troy it in n order to obtain his neighbors neighbor's customers for his own s store ore Only the crime in the present instance is greater reater and more ore d despicable because it ed involved d the lives of hundreds of innocent dumb animals an an- There is abundance of room in this country for stock-graz stock lug ing There is not room enough h for the rang range For him there never has b been en room enough nough since the the earth was vas formed d. d But for men who are willing to to live and also permit their neighbors to live there is ample room room There i is one cause a s1 and o only lly llyone one for this fo foolish lish conflict It Itis Itis Itis is GREED I I The cowboys who who- killed these thes shee sheep are arc not the real eal crim criminals nals There are others higher up The men Inen who did the killing were hired to do it The law should get hold of thereal thereal the thereal real culprits and deal with them in ina a manner that will prevent nt for all aH future tine time a a. repetition of this disgraceful barbarous affair |