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Show H ! suau.iTioNs to oiiit i wiv Hj ,1 UTiiit-. !" B l j Tun Lcclalafur l nctlnff wisely In I J Belting down to pracllotl woik ao early In Hie MMlon. A unit number of ' UlUhtYelni.il Introduce I, lose-alnK more or less n( merit, anil there will le H ample time to conslJcr them carefully Hj before lasslug upon them. A few H good mearures, nrccesuy fir the well. H fare of tho Territory, will be much H better than a luu ot legislation Inutlly H prepared and enacted. The pcorle will H not Ju so of the Iienltlaluro l.y Ihu H , quintlly, but liy the quality of the laws H It enact H We take tho present opportunity to H j tuxgist to the Alterably that ainou H the Arouodtuentt necessary to our H ' prttcnl lawn, Is one concerning lite H lexcd qucstloii of eslnvs. At the l session of ISA) an act as i assed con J, ' nrnlnictreitai'lnir, animals which, It H I wa thought at the time, would le B lulUclent to meet the wnnU of the a. H rloultural and ttoik-ralaliii; lnlcritls, H ij ' auildoawaywUhohJectlouatilefeituren Hl lu the ritray lawr. Hut experience B li alioitn tint it I IntuDlcient. J l-'armeri are III! auljrct to Ireeputa for which the law makes no adequate rro . Tjiilon. Homo of their crloTaucea are V Jj thcetl H Owner of land In . common rnclo. Hi I tureilo not always nejtct each olbers' rights. KorlnstahC", holder nfn farm Hi I surrounded by other heti of land en. HI I ilsmlty a common lemo, whenhohaa H laniored hit iropor hai not tilled hU ! land, nrty nirdanltmuiuponltori, re , ! tend to do to, or turn them loose upon liUinrtlonorihe Held, U the IninN H I nenl danger of damage lo tho it .Join- H lug crops. The law j rorlJea that an H action at law may uieuu against the H owner of trepn-sliii ntilunls, or thoiig- J rlevei lerwn may take up the In H Irudlnir. nulmals and caro for tin ni till HE i the owner (an Lu notified. Hut all H w tlilalaoi.tu lo terloutobjiillon, inlalla HH D great trouble ant, lime ixetie before H fff a remedy can bo liul,lf at all, umlaut. H w guntathat an uiiuoe of prevention U flj worth morothaii a pound of euro. H II Another grlovanco la that aulmala H (i'l liny run at large In regions where BB ' 1 tract of laud are iuchcd for farming, H ' and may break down foucua and com HH mil damage, nulrtdni la very illlll. HH cult lo obtain. Hometlmea wire feucca H f are cut pur)OioIy to let thuniln, or by HH r men llJIug through HolJi for cjn i Tenlance, and roaming animal enter and crop are Injured. Thilr uwuria I may be Iiundreda of mllu away, and recovery of dainattea la a f orlorn hofie. HH Oue more grlovuutu la, that there la no fl j person, oulalde of lnwroratei cities H ( and towns, who la authorized by law H l lo keep and i -iro for uiilmala takcu up IB 3' by the ownura of Improved tro,erty H ' H trLsrased ujioii, make ronipmlnt and HH o that the law Is compiled with. It seems as though thu law might I e HH reasonably amended lu tin se parllcu HH lira, l'ltat, Mnke Itunliwful for any owner of laudwlthlua joint oucloaure HH to either herd or turn animals loose HH within that oucljsuro while thwru aru Bfl etandlng or ungathirod cutiroiu Bfl; any portion of It, Hecoud, Provide for H Ihu taking up of trespassing animals, , and their care, and the necessary U gal HH I roceedlnga by a poundkeepcr or ruth , oUlotraamay ledistguatod, In eviry jVI precluct, the tamo as In towua and it , 1 iltlca. Bi Y t ( It will Iwaeen that the provision In fll " J' Htcthn a of the ptesent act, page I J I I 63 of the lawa of 1890, dois HI not cover thu ground of com HI idalnt. All the trouble, expeuto mid H! caro devolve on tho Hrsou who la H! damaged by trespassing animals, and H In the case of a louo woman or ioor Hr man, or an) irson who It unfamiliar H' wltlitholaw, gleat birdshlp tntura H audthtrolt little ibamo of a nrasJ), H , Will some of our loglslstors from the H" rural districts examine the law, look H Into thote grievance, and lutroduce H ilthvr n good estray bill or the neu'as. H ry amendment to the presint statute? H If they do tiny will earn tho gratitude H of a great man) of their counlry von H stltumta and iierform good nrvlto to H the lerrltory. |