| Show THE SHEEP PETITION the following additional communications 4 on the anti sheep measure bavo a been received by governor thomas thomae FROM THE OGDEN BANKERS 0 to the honorable the governor of the territory of utah A bill having recently pawed passed both houses of the legislature of utah territory now in session the same being designated as house file no 65 and commonly known as the amenda amendment antto to the he sheep law prohibiting the herding of sheep cattle and horses within one mile of any stream that flows through a town or settlement in this territory we the undersigned undersigner under signed bankers of ogden city atah utah respects respectfully ulav request and petition that you veto said bill for the reason beaw n that we are satisfied that the same is in pernicious ni and class legislation intended to 90 injure ahe the sheep industry of the territory 1 and that its effect will be to destroy xa the same me we respectfully represent that the sheep industry in this territory brings into the territory each year foreign capital in the neighborhood of five million dollars and that the same is in the second largest producing industry in the territory that the money ioney tr brought in by paid faid industry to is circulated within the territory and an fn in the way of bringing money here to stay produces more than any other omer industry in the territory we consider that if this Is legislation isolation stands upon the books it will injure our business and all of the mercantile business wl within ain the territory besides withdrawing from the channels of trade great sums of money and would prove a uni verma misfortune we further represent that we are satisfied that no genuine benefit of any kind f or character can result from the enforce ment a law i D H peery prest lot ast catl bank ogden james pingree cashier at ast catl bank ogden J M langsdorf cashier farmers and merchants bank W N shilling V P utah ulah catl bank L B adams cashier utah national bank W F adams 0 E hill cashier coall catl bank A D heywood director comal NAM bank T A whalen director coall catl bank hen henry H cashier U L AT T co CON 0 flygare Ply gare director U L A T co W W W casey president citizens bank theo robison V prest citizens bank C M brough cashier citizens bank A P bigelow cashier ogden state bank john A boyle vice prest preat ogden state stale bank H C bigelow gelow Bl prest ogden state bank AIMED AT THE INDUSTRY to his excellency arthur L thimas dear sir I 1 see bee in the theo papers apera that H F no 65 has pawed paused the house and been forwarded to the council if it becomes a law as it now reads it would work a I 1 great hardship harushi to the stock growers of I 1 southern btag utah most of our valleys are not wide enough to get our corrals and herds a mile from the str streams earne there T way may be streams where the waters are made unhealthy but they are not in this country I 1 look u upon pon this as a measure aimed directly at the shee sheep in industry knowing that such a law w would drive most of the herds from the territory and the cattle and horses would share the same fate if the law was r rigidly adly enforced I 1 am interested in gift alf and about as much in one as theother the other it there was wa time I 1 would get up a petition but knowing that they will urge the bill with all possible haste I 1 thought it best to enter my protest at once asking your honor to veto at once ac it means the destruction of horses cattle and sheep and your petitioner in duty bound will ever pray JOHN JOHN R STEWART A pernicious BILL OGDEN utah feb to ta the governor your petitioners petition ers respectively invite your attention to the pernicious provisions ot of H F no 65 the bill if truthfully la belled would be called a bill to ruin the wool industry and nd wool growers 91 there is no stream that t does not run by or used by some city or settlement no matter where its source ma may be running water purifies itself alyin ad in a short distance and no industry of any nature can exist without water A bill to prevent anyone using air for breathing purposes would be as seft sensible sible and fair as this one if the bill should ever reach your tablet table we ask a hearing and that you yon exercise the veto power tested in you and your petitioners petition ers as to in dut duty bound will ever pray P INZY healy S patterson J S houtz J M U freland james Hai hamblen Ablen F 0 mer eer A E barnes john T rich 0 E colton J B air ririe e louis batron eurg haffley hadley W H Oam gampton james bartin martin george 1 I hooks w wool growers ITS EVILS PORTRAYED the following petition oi was signed by me e hundred bundred and twenty five of the most alt Dromi prominent nent citizens of payson PAYSON CITY utah feb 18 1892 to the honorable arthur L thomas governor of utah territory sir we the undersigned undersigner under signed residents of payson city in the county and territory of utah note with regret that there is now a bill before the ane legislature of utah territory H F 65 which should it become a law will have the effect to drive the sheep sheel and wool industry entirely from this territory wherefore we being directly or indirectly interested to in said odd industry would respectfully ask that in case such a bill should be presented to you yon for your signature that you will unhesitatingly place your official veto to the same for although we your petitioners petition ers are desirous ol of having the waters of the mountain streams kept as clean as possible yet we know that those these ame waters are permitted to gather more filth in flowing through one town than is in at present gathered from the on en tire mountain country from which such waters flow besides the loss incurred to the sheep and wool industry of the country is too great for the gain FROM THE FAR FAB SOUTH GLEND glendalee ALEt kane co feb 22 1892 to his excellency arthur L thomas governor ot of the territory of utah sir we the undersigned undersigner under signed citizens and sheep men en of kane county have just learned that HF no 65 has passed the house and for ought we know will have passed the council before this reaches you if it should become a law it would be 00 very disastrous to the sheep industry of kane county which I 1 is the principal rin x cipal industry of the county ve we therefore enter our solemn protest against this act in its present form becoming a law and most respectfully ask your honor if it should be presented to you for your approval to veto the same as by doing so you place a great majority of the citizens of kane county under deep and lasting obligations to you we are very truly yours etc R J cutter silas harris R E robinson B L leithead Sei thead silas brinkerhoff C N carroll alonzo warr harris laroy harris S M anderson henry blackburn armus jorgenson james W watson geo workman joseph bouton frank cutler homer A bouton david harris david fredericks MB cutler HE FAVORS THE BILL EPHRAIM utah feb 20 1892 to his excellency arthur L thomas dear and respected sir I 1 would most respectfully call your attention to the bill bil now pending in the legislature H F 65 to prohibit herds of stock and sheep from ranging on the streams leading into the cities and towns of this territory I 1 am aware that appeals from a number of the wool growers in different parts of the territory have been made to your excellency cel lency to veto said bill having known you personally for many years to be a man who is not afraid to do what is right when you are acquainted with the circumstances touching any question that maybe may be left for you to determine hence I 1 nave have no hesitancy in stating that yon 0 u will do what you deem proper and just tu st to the people that have been compelled pe d to suffer through the greed and audacity d of sheep owners from all parts of utah that have ranged their herds and erected their dipping corrals on the head of our streamy that the people are compelled to use for culinary purposes scores of herds of sheep have every season for the last seven or eight years been driven from all parts of the territory to be summer ranged on the mountains immediately east of this valley and the results have been that they have not only denuded the country of all vegetation that heretofore existed in abundance but being so numerous have tramped the surface of the earth so hard that it will not hold the water as it formerly would so when cloudbursts and electric ele storms occur the result is the water comes down with a rush bringing with it the filth of the sheep and renders the water not alone unfit for use but becomes so offensive t that h at the smell is stifling for weeks week after this sheep filth is not confined to the streams alone but the streets sidewalks gardens houses and cellars become cesspools ces spools that produce a stench beyond endurance and many a family have been compelled to vacate their homes on account of these devastating freshets fresh ets iny f am aware that in the face of these facts which thousands of people in this valley will bear me out in the she will tell you that these statements are not true and when he does so he is simply dishonest and ignores the rights of his bis fellow men for the lucre he obtains for the sale of his wool and sheep pardon me for intruding on so much of your time dear governor but I 1 am satis antis fled ed that I 1 have voiced the sentiments of hundreds of aur our best beat people irrespective of creed or politics notwithstanding the assertions made by some of the sheep republicans that never had any politics until they became sheep owners this is written by the solicitation of a number of my y friends in this county and also yours yours most respectfully for justice R CLAWSON A compromise SUGGESTED it is understood that a compromise has been suggested |
