OCR Text |
Show TOO SpEEP ARE SLAIN BIG PINEY, Wyo.,' Oct. 18. Ranchers arriving here from the vicinity of Gray's river report a pitched battle between be-tween the sheep and cattle forces between be-tween the river and Plney creek, in which 700 sheep, the property of the Butterfield outfit, were driven over a high cliff and killed. The trouble originated over the expulsion ex-pulsion of the Butterfield sheep from-the from-the forest reserve, where it is claimed the herders drove them- without permit. In the. first Instance the' outfit was driven from the reserve by Forest Ranger Miller and put off on the west side. . On again entering the forbidden range the reserve -officers ejected them on the east side and into a strong cattle cat-tle country. - In some manner the cattlemen in that territory learned of the details of the trouble on the reserve and ran the sheep over the cliff. |