Range War on Plains Kills Sheep by the Hundred
Masked gunmen have slain hundreds of sheep in a violent range war across the plains. Local ranchers fear further raids as authorities investigate and tighten patrols to protect remaining flocks.
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
Masked gunmen have slain hundreds of sheep in a violent range war across the plains. Local ranchers fear further raids as authorities investigate and tighten patrols to protect remaining flocks.
A renewed Western range war erupts in northern Wyoming as armed sheep herders prepare to defend their rights. Attacks on Welsner near Sheridan and Hugh Dickey camps, plus Wild Horse creek losses, mark the fiercest violence in years. Notices warn herders to leave, and up to 9,000 sheep have died with thousands scattered and preyed upon by wolves and coyotes. Cattlemen vow to fight back as guerrilla tactics and rugged terrain shape the looming conflict.
The long running Wyoming sheepmen and Colorado cattlemen clash over a Little Snake river deadline. Sheep herders defy the boundary, risking life, while cattlemen assert honor by enforcing the restriction. The conflict traces back two decades to Ute tribal removals and frontier tensions.
A discussion of range conflicts between cattlemen and sheep herders, law enforcement in frontier areas, and the push for federal control or leasing of public grazing lands. The piece weighs open-range politics, proposed lease systems, boundary disputes, and a Denver convention aimed at preserving open grazing and welcoming homeseekers. Entities include New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, sixtee n public land states, and federal policy debates.
Rural Route 1 Fort Edward NI reports Dr Kings New Discovery as a trusted remedy praised for curing asthma six years ago and treating tuberculosis in his son's wife. The testimonial claims the cough ended and all symptoms disappeared with the medication, and notes the drug is guaranteed by druggists with 50 cents to a dollar and a free trial bottle.
Wichita stock broker Arthur Paulling posts a sharp wheat advance profit. He reports twenty five thousand dollars today and a hundred thousand in the last thirty days from wheat dealings in Wichita Kansas.
Treasury Department announces new enforcement against a class of government graft aimed at curbing corruption. Officials outline measures and anticipated impacts on public procurement and oversight. The move signals a tightening stance by federal authorities to deter illicit benefits in public service.
Washington May 16. Secretary Cortelyou forms a commission to create a new plan for distributing government deposits among national banks. The goal is to end political pulls, reduce favoritism, and extend public money access to smaller banks, with 179 million dollars outstanding and a New York City heavy concentration.
New York May 16 Mrs Augusta FE Stetson, a prominent Christian Science leader, is described as favored to succeed Mary Baker Eddy. Observers cite her isolation from strangers and extensive church investments as signs she will assume the mantle, though some question persists about her acceptance.
New York May 16 Japan voices earnest desire for a U S alliance though warns anti Japan sentiment in San Francisco could block any deal Baron Osawa a Japanese peer and Red Cross official says no expansion plans beyond existing navy were discussed and that Philippines could be kept by the United States if offered but not desired under current conditions He reports no broad anti Japanese feeling outside San Francisco and cites Manchuria as settled.
Chihuahua Mexico May 16 One major result of the Central's Manganillo extension is opening vast timber tracts in Colima. The Colima Lumber Company, a New York capitalized firm, has surveyed and begun a fifty mile standard gauge line into the pine and oak rich mountains near the Colima volcano to grade and exploit the resource.
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