Show SHEEP MEN ALARMED THE following communication is in reference to a matter which seems to be seriously agitating the sheep owners on the weber it is signed by T H stephens M F harris lehi hennefer and john bond editor deseret fews yews we are sheep men and we hope you will insert this at once to give a public warning to all sheep men who summer range in summit and morgan margan counties the summer range is ia being bought baught and leased on the U UP P land held by by cattle men and we sheep men cannot get the same privilege to ato lease from the U P that cattle men get therefore as there is no fence law in the territory the sheep men cannot roam on the public domain without trespass ing ine uthe athe U P has no guide or land marks for the sheep men to see we hope toe present legislature will give this matter due consideration for there is great probability of damage to the sheep industry we hope it will be averted for we are all taxpayers and have large families to support hard winters to contend with and no money to waste we claim our rights as citizens under the law for many sessions past the legislature of this territory has been imbor tuned to pass some measure designed to relieve the friction which exist sand Erand is steadily increasing year by year between sheep men and cattle men but the subject is one which involves the right to control government lands which is not possessed by the legislature of any territory that power vests exclusively la in congress the ranges upon ghica both sheep and cattle feed are nearly always public domain to prevent trouble between the owners of the two kinds of animals the territory of each would require to be restricted and to do this would be to affect ane primary disposal of the soil which the organic act expressly prohibits the legislature of this territory from doing so far as land are concerned which are private property owned eitner by individuals or corporations legislation aiming to permit sheep or cattle belonging to others than the owners of the same to range upon them is out of the ques tiomi while it is apparent from the above communication that the interests of sheep men in morgan and summit counties are about to receive I 1 injury 13 jury perhaps to a serious extent it is not easy to see how the legislature can afford any relief |