| Show WAR WITH LIVE STOCK STOC MEM MEU and Sheep Interest In 10 Wyoming ar re at Variance Varlan e Trouble II III 0 Over May 1111 In III Uel 11 m Armed Tho following dispatch was vos pent from Cheyenne to the Denver Demor Post under date data of April 22 I Unless In certain of Wyoming heed tho warnings s of ot thu tho cattlemen there thero will be bo serious trouble and possibly bloodshed over a 1 division of the ranges Last spring who grazing several thousand head of sheep in southern Carbon coun county ty near noor tho Colorado line disregarded the published notices of ot the cattlemen to keep oft off certain ranges and as ns c result they lost heavily their sheep bo boing boIng ing clubbed to death and driven over high blurts bluffs Northwest of Buffalo a n few months ago ngo a 0 man named Selway Selwny lost over 2000 head ot sheep In much the same manner Ills His bands were driven over oer forbidden range ronge and the flock was visited by a n band ot or masked cattle cattlemen men tho sheep killed and tho herder I driven away awny It Is a 11 well known fact the locks of ot sheep In Wyoming Increasing at nt ata a n wonderful rate rato and the tha acres of ot open grazing land are diminishing The re relations relations lations between sheep und cuttle grow growers growers ers have as os a n result become more strained tho situation nt ot the tho pres present ent time Is far from encouraging Cot Cat Cattlemen In nil all parts of the stute who have hao witnessed this wonderful growth of sheep business bu and tho crowding of ot the tho arl now taking determined stands against what they thoy term unlawful ful tul encroachment upon the grazing lands that they claim as theirs by b rea rila reason son of or early settlement and long use for cattle pastures The cattlemen of ot county held a meeting recently nt at which It was decided to 10 male make a light fight further of sheep In that section A notice to the was Issued and Is now being published In III the tho pa papers n pers H It Is In part as follows It was shown clearly clearl that by ses seV seVeral cral eral grazing large numbers of ot sheep in Sweetwater valley for two weeks last fall they endangered every head hend of ot live JIve stock In said valley alley and In fact caused tho death of many cattle by b starvation In view of ot these facts hereby that a de do determined effort eort will wll bo Jo made lo 10 keep from grazIng Brazing In that section Tho dead deall lino has been marked and encloses cs thousands thou san II of of tha tho choicest grazing land In III tho country The have hae said that they the have as nH much right to the tho range anllO as the cattlemen and will tight light to tho last ditch for the rights that they claim are aro theirs As both tildes Hides are deter determined mined serious trouble will surely follow the entrance of sheep Into Inlo tho faction In other sections of ot the state have havo received warnings from the cattlemen to keep off orr certain ranges but like tho they thoy say 11 they the will pay Y no attention to the Iho notices It Is currently reported but thero Is III no good food authority for tor the statement that the n are arm arming ing to protect themselves and that In tome some Instances have en engaged the services of men who are arc ex exports ports perls with the rifle and whose bravery Is 19 unquestioned to go tram from camp to lo comp camp be he In readiness to repel an nn attack by the cattlemen This Is laid to 10 be the case ca e with the Warren Live LiveStock Stock company which ranges thousands ands ot sheep In southeastern Wyoming and northern Colorado This company has ha suffered the loss of or thousands of dollars as ns a 0 result of tit tile the mid of ot the cattlemen and It Is 18 said Mid will now no pro protect ted their Hocks omo what will willAs willAs As a rule the tho ranges In dispute be belong long to 10 or It cattle grower Sam Is the ole Folo owner If Ie p Ire are permitted to graze Craze nt at will the Ih feel teel that their will be ruined and if It sheep lire restricted re to limited areas the will starve There Is sure to tobe tobe be serious trouble over the tho vexed ques lion the Is becoming more alarming every e T day ria |
