Show A NEW LAW ACCORDINO to a washington correspondent of the reno gazette gazelle rho tho secretary of the interior Is worried about aboul the matter of timber on public lands lauds as the present law is very unsatisfactory A conference of western representatives was wag held at the Secre office recently and consideration of the matter postponed until next december when a new timber land bill will probably be framed 12 the present laws lawa governing this thia matter bre are in a very unsatisfactory shape lind and the whole subject needs thorough consideration A new now timber law jaw should be enacted suitable to present demands and the old statutes is be entirely abolished the timber of the country should be properly protected and measures ought to be adopt ed ad for its reproduction but settlers in newly opened places and especially in the regions ot of the recky mountains must be allowed to timber absolutely necessary for building and other ordinary P purposes in the lacall localities ti as or the work of colonizing and im improving proving these western wilds will be brought to a standstill the old eld laws framed to preb pree preserve erve the timber of df the country suitable for shipbuilding to the use of the navy ard are altogether inapplicable to the situation in thib thia part pait of the united states and the extension of the provisions and pains and penalties of those statutes to the conditions here is oppressive to the people inconsistent in principle and unnecessary to the purpose for which those acts acta of congress were framed the stumpage swindle of the past few years is now thank heaven swept entirely away but great injustice still prevails timber must be cut for fencing and bull buli building ding materials and in many places after the hardy settler has climbed the steep rugged heights and felled the scanty timber growing on the sides of those almost inaccessible ces sible peak peaks bome some agent of the land department is after him with a sharp stick in the tho shape of a suit for the violation of a law framed trained for a different object but interpreted to meet this case and thus work injury and hardship instead of accomplishing a public good wo we hope that before any general bill la Is framed to govern this important matter the people of the west will take care to furnish tarnish congress with correct information as to the needs and peculiar conditions of this part of the public domain on which such legislation may way be based as va will do justice to the settler bettler as well as give protection to the valuable timber of the country american merino sheep give in some places a very large yield of wool mr JR of the keystone farm arm in pennsylvania recently clipped from one sheep named old don 32 younds bounds and 8 ounces and from a yearling named young don at its first shearing earine sh 21 pounds 8 ounces at the same farm farin ewes awes one hundred of which were year yearnings lings averaged 16 pounds 4 ounces each this is con eldered unsurpassed by any authenticated clip in america and Is certainly certa ceita an extraordinary yield |