Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-09-26 | Page 8 | Homesteaders in Fight with Lumber Company

uu HOMESTEADERS IN FIGHT WITH LUMBER COMPANY I Manchester, Cal , SepL 26. Mendo- I clno county homesteaders, In dispute with the L. E. White Lumber company com-pany for the possession of government land near Alder creek, Mendocino county, appealed to Walter L. Fisher, secretary of the Interior, for protection, protec-tion, toda, against what they termed "tho depredations of ten heavily-arm cd gunmen who havo been Imported from San Francisco by the L. E White Lumber company to destroy the jiomesteaders houses and personal property." The land In question Is still unpat- ented federal territory, under government govern-ment control Sheriff R R Byrnes went Into the woods last week to prevent pre-vent violence, but the homesteaders ' still declare they aro in danger and ask permanent protection from the land office The petition to Secretary Fisher, slgne l by twelve homestead crs, Is as follows "Hon. Walter L Fisher, Secretary of tho Interior. Washington, D. C. We humbly petition you to use your influence with the United States Marshal Mar-shal and send deputy marshals to the Alder creek country and stop the depredations dep-redations of ten heavily armed gunmen, gun-men, who havo been Imported from San Franolpco by the L 13. White Lumber company to destroy the homesteaders' houses and nersor.sr.' property, which they have done in three different cases' A tether cannot can-not come to town for provisions an.l leave hie home hut when he comes back his house is destroyed. These gunmen havo run families off after destroying their hsmes and threatening threaten-ing them with bodily harm. Enclosed find photosraph of one of threo houses destroyed This is all done on government gov-ernment land " on-