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MORE TRAIL DIFFERENCES.tbs Indian Territory Lessees Object toTexas Cattle Passing Through| heir Country,r The Texas bovine is confronted withmore opposition. Tho Dominion( attlr rnspi»T and others leasing herds in| the Cherokee strip, Indian Territory. r have notified Texas cattlemen that theyers,jen-bnyth-1 nga atonone cou](j not drive through that countryW. T. Lytle, president of the South-western Tlt; lt;'ae^ notified of the above, and he and Con-J tObothe gfossman Savers held a consultation'and sent the foil owing to the secretary! of the interior:Interior department, and I shall not believe it dh until I know that it is so. With other ob-of stacles thrown in the wav of Texas commerce” me i§ ly Kansas and Nebraska, this added, for the tnd purpose of getting our cattle at nominal fig uref, will prove disastrous in the extreme, and I have earnestly to request that you give such )illt;* orders at your earliest convenience as will al ftul low these men to get to marketbo (Signed) Jons Ireland,I Governor of Texas.Most of the cattle alluded to are from thisoc-section of the state, and it is hinted here that If no action is taken by the Federal author!* ties the Texas boys, rather than suffer great loss, will tight their way through inm- spite of foreign opposition.j THE (It APPEAL SUSTAINED. j Washington, I). C, July 4.—Complaintsash ; baviug been received at the Interior Depart* tnent that the cattlemen who hold leases on lands in the Cherokee strip, Indian Territory, me | forcibly obstruct and prevent the passage of cattle from Texas to the northwest through the strip, the secretary has announced that my the established cattle trails through that i country are free to drivers, and that theLite j right of passage will be maintained by all the nt. power of the Vnited States Government.ji-hisAi stiv, July 3, iss5. the ; To Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, secretary of the in-p re* i terior:It is reported that Texas cattle are beingprevented by Cnited States authorities fromtout j through the Cherokee strip, a distanceates j 0( about forty miles, in order to reach Colo- j a| cad rado. If true, immediate loss will result. The Partitf have driven from Texas about 50.000 \)V0 | head of edttle, upon the faith that they would be permitted to pass through. Irnme-I diate action should be takeu to keep thews: j route open, as great Injustice will be done, ;rk, resulting In best * loss to Texas cattlemen and with »'it t to anyone exclt; Ispeculative purposes. Have written you fully.JOSI i’H I. H,Representative Tenth Congrtsslon J District.'Sti- Governor Ireland w as seen, and he sent theime I following:I to Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, s tarv of the in-I terior, Washington, D. C.:There are now on the border about 50,000 head of cattle on their way to Northern mar-08- | kets. A Federal officer, said to be a marshal, the I has notified the owners that they cannot pass■ if :v ■•'VP-;—'' : ' ' W- ^ ‘along an agreed trail across the southwestern corner of the Indian Nation. It is not credible that this is done at the instance of thew
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Graham Leader
Graham, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 16, 1885
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