Show zed robb cattlemen charged i 1 peche per head a d grazing fee ee on reservation indian agent ward hasiec has received e i v instructions to charge change dattle men per hoed head each year grazing fee for cattle run running dirig on the kaibab indian reservation io n and to charge for 1500 held claiming the reserva reservation tiomi will feed that many cattle this fee is W be charged despite vo to fact that water owned bythe by the indians B is in in such places that head oi 04 cattle could hardly find grazing to support ij b 61 within watering distance distan e of ciany iny water they own illy only practical wafer watering p places ces ire are owned by B A hogga edward ward lamb the beato i rs and E D woolley and of course these are aie the flie men hardest hit bit men have to pay a dollar arollar a ahead each ich year to water their cattle with their dibir own awik water th this is order vill ivill effect alli al cattlemen in katie kane county as well ell as s md me in wa washington sh ington and ana iron who own cattle thai havo hayo drifted from their ohto the k reservation ant aay be ti tikon akon up for or trespass f wo V do not knon know who is res for mhd idea t tat I 1 f th the 0 reservation out outside side of what wha t iff privately owned and what is hanovs now fenced na ad lai n used bahe J deans will sup rt hald q 0 o off cle I 1 hIi sN 13 ritt va in i X nu nun ta af ory a an n d surley durey ought t to be there the reservation will support I 1 1500 held head of bf cattle just about as well asa as a healthy puncher would be supported oried on one hummingbird a day the glazers grazers have boon been 4 paying 20 cents grazing tax now without any warning whatever t they are given until nov 1st ast or which is only eight days to get their cattle off or pay the extortion or have their cattle taken up for trespass any one can see that this is barefaced bare faced robbery asit as it is utterly impossible for the cattlemen to comply with the order within the time specified before the interior department put any such an ordea into effect they should have fenced the be reservation V the sheep men do not 90 get t off they are now to to pay per 1000 for the privilege lege of driving their sheep across the reservation on roads that have been open to the public for 35 years they will be allowed 36 hours in which to cross this is one of the grandest little to put cattlemen out 1 of business ever 1 I at ached hed who is behind it we confess we dont know but there is no doubt there are other interests besides just gov government behind it at a later interview between agent ward and the cattlemen it was decided that the cattle on the reservation should be counted and the number be paid for under protest 1 further in vesti gation |