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Show WAR OF STOCKMEN NOW ON IN NEVADA Twenty-Threo Hundred Head of Sheep Near Silver Lake, Oregon, Slain by Masked Men. Special to Tho Tribune. RENO, New, April 30. A war between be-tween cattle and stockmen, the outcome of which cannot be foretold, fore-told, Is now on In earnest ln Portland. Port-land. This morning at an early hour ten men heavily masked overpowered the herders of Grube and Parker forty miles northeast of Silver LalTe, Or., and killed 2300 ahcep. This makes 4000 head tho sheepmen havo lost In this manner this year. Tho work Is alleged . to be due to the cattle owners and the sheepmen are armlnir themselves to prevent further raids. A clash seems unavoidable and when lt does come the people of the Nevnda-Callfornia-Oregon line look for a repetition of the troubles trou-bles experienced ln Idaho and Wyoming. Wyo-ming. James Talbot, one of the heaviest heavi-est sheep owners, has already started to fence off ten sauare miles of the choicest grazing land on the three lines and the cattlemen have expressed their Intention to contest his right to do so. Thus far no arrests have been made. |