Show Cowboys Kill Sheep in Range Dispute i 20 Armed Utah Utah 1 i Go to th Colorado C lor do Line Id to I Gu Guard rd Property t w i I Twenty men have left VerA Vernal l j i Uinta c county for the state V I vl viding ing Utah and Colorado to protect pro pro- Ulah Utah sh sheep which h have v strayed d' d over the Colorado border horder find nd d which are in imm imminent being destroyed by Colorado c cowboys cowboys cow cow- w- w boys bos according to word received here today K The dispatch t of of the the score of men follows upon the killing of 00 j I sheep by Colorado cowboys I 1 Mon n day The The sheep sheep were being tended by two herders herpers employed by Sin lr len Johnson The cowboys a tacked the two herders binding them to a wagon and then shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing at the sheep of which now now lie dead v The herders following the wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale slaughter of the sheep and after the cowboys hal had left the thc scene managed to ruu rULl their arms arma armson on the wheel of the wagon until the thongs were broken and thereby thereby thereby there there- by were able abe to effect their re re- re lease They then to Vr- Vr nal where twenty men were soon The men will seek the aid of th the Colorado authorities in bringing to justice justice The attack on the sheep follows a a longstanding war between the of Uinta county and cattlemen of west western rn Colorado The The- cattlemen af are said to beeh ch chagrined at discovering ring sheep on their lands particularly I I as this has been a hard winter and feed is necessary fo for the cattle T They ey decided upon vengeance and took the toe steps stated above It has been held that the stateline state stateline stateline line is is' the is-the the dividing point for tor sheep and cattle and in the past the straying of sheep across the border has led to much acrimonious dis dis- The dispatch from Vernal stated that unless the Colorado authorities authorities ties acted that salutary measures would be adopted by the Utah to prevent a recurrence of l Mondays Monday's ys y's trouble |