Show PLACING POISON ON THE RANGE THE relations existing between sheep owners and aad cattle men on the ranges do not increase in n friendliness as the feeding grounds become year by year more and more circumscribed on the contrary the me rivalry and aad antano antagonism 4 lem between the two classes increases lu in intensity unfortunately I cengr aas falls fails to take any action with a view to ending this conflict of interests and the courts are to a great reat extent powerless to check it ender under the law any part of the public domain is as free tor for sheep as for catt leand vice versa but it seems seem s a pity that there should ee be no plan b by y which the two classes class efi of 0 animals could be kept separate orby or by which the public range could ae be dl di elded between the two A catie cade lately transpired in ia idaho in which an aa extraordinary plan was resorted to tor for the purpose ot preventing sheep from encroaching upon the magelof range of a herd of cattle saltpetre Salt petre was exposed in ia such a manner as to poison the sheep a man named larkins an employed of the promontory cattle company being the person alleged to have done this A man maa named faust fanst foreman of a firm of wealthy sheep men entered a criminal charge against larkins for exposing poison on OB the public lands and had bad him arrea arrested ted the case is in IB the idaho courts iven aven it the range were private property to protect it from trespassing tres passing stoc stock k by exposing poison upon it would be an aa unjustifiable it not a criminal course and the wrongful nature of such a policy is greatly in creased when its design F is to keep sheep off eff portions of the public domain upon which they have a right to enter the object being to give cattle the exclusive use of such lands in this territory it is a crime to ex expose ose poison with the intent that it shall shall be eaten by any animal belong tog ng to so another person and any one convicted of such an act is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years until toe the public lands shall become by purchase or lease private property it is difficult to see to this cou flici between sheep and cattle but all concerned should defend deir interests by means wah are not prohibited by law |