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Show CATTLE AND SHEEPMEN j IN IDAHO AT WAR j BOISE, Ida., June 1. War has again broken out between cattle and sheepmen in Owyhee county. The auctioning of grazing leases of state grazing lands set for June 28 is the cause. The state land board proposes to lease 9200 acres of the state lieu lands recently selected by the land commissioner in various small bodies which control streams in proximity to cattle ranges used by Owyhee county coun-ty settlers. j The settlers are up in arms. Theyi say that to lease these lands means ' giving control of 3SG.00O acres of "range to sheepmen. The sheepmen say this is an entirely incorrect version ver-sion of the situation; that they' desire de-sire to molest no one, and only want! grazing lands where they can. water their sheep. The land board has taken tak-en the matter under advisement. |