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THE WAR OF THE HOSTLERS.i’resen! Mains of it (liv*n by u llcccnt Wy«inias Arrival.m wI JrA MAH WHO KNOWS ALL THE STORY. How (ho Rust! era KaUIeil (ho CatlSo jOwners uml ThrcutvMiml Their jLlvnM-IiAWK Held to lie Inoncrativo ,■in •Toliriscni County—Tho County \ in a Condition of I\tralysl*—Tho {Outcome Hard to Soo. ,Tho protestlu# resolutions against martial ; law In norther Wvumlnc, Stated In »» Tkpi* ink special of yesterday ns having been i I passed ly rlL.'zumj of t asper in muss muet-. lug asomhtcd, lias ru-uwwkcntd public interest In tliu rroubles of our neighbor across (ho border. A Tiviflt/Ni: reporter's search *,I for nows from tlio Boat of war terminated successfully yesterday ofturooori, ivlion the , fiCrlbo ran across Thom a* J. llouujti, Into I proprietor of tho UulYnlo (Wyo.) /wTPi, who N stopping hi tho city. Mr lion ion discussed tiio situation frroly, and in routs toInterrogations, mudo thu following state- i11 men is.• To begin with, lot mo Impress upon you tI the fact* which K an Important one. that *the tight now on originally Involved but two j I classes of our citizen*, namely, the culilo* j men—owners of large herds—uml the f thlovo*. who tiru known in Wyoming us••rustlers The class known as small j ranchmen, or honest granger*—men who , own a few her.d of cattle and farm In n v small way—need not huvo been drawn Into ; c the difficulties ut all. had they so elected*That you may hotter undois und my position relutlvo to the matter, I will say that ( during seven years' residence In Buffalo. y which Is tho county seat of Johnson county tho greatest extent of mv llvo stock possos- twton was contained in a third Intercut In ;icow. and my landed property Is confined to I HufTulo real estate. i \The town of llutYulo I* 100 miles from j ; any railroad point, and yot has enjoyed the i convoulcr.cos of ijectrlo llgh;s and water-work* l*r a number of year*. About 10 per CCulof the area of the county Is Irrigable land which produces wonderful crops by means of Irrigation. Too it 1st tOl from r ail- ,road tr.insportutIon to take udvuntuge **f outside markets savo through the limited ichannel opened once a year by w grain contractor of Fort Ouster, Mont., which Is also | { distant from a railroad point, tho producers are obliged to coniine thelt trading to \b» local market Tho result of farming In .Johnson county can bo summed up thusTho farmer trade* UN prt ducc Cor pruvUk a ft and rlothlng. scils enough u» hoof lt;all »; . \pay his um and cochin tU hr for Improvements and hired help. This Is by no means j 1 a rolledluii upon tho farnurs of Johns u county, for among them m o uain lliuti win hi u«h* ar« nono more industrious. I tumpiy eltJthn facts— proofs of which can easily be I i furnished —to show that the former tinau- * i olal prosperity of tho city of liulfulo otiu- *not bo attributed to tho mailer of farming ••in truth, tho only source of revenue ever contained in thu eoiioty has been tin* herds of cattle on thy rang**'* The-o «»;iti!u are or weit tliu direct cuusj of Holfalo being I I lighted by elect rlcUy, and having graded Mreut.s and a well equipped lire department; j ‘ of bur tritlz« ns Miiariinc In thu privileges of an Improved system of waterworks uml a graded .'Cbook Tlio sale of cuttle, of which tboro havn ranged In Johnson county is high us 80,COD lioad at a time, made lhuothings possible.’• But vvliut «*f thobo prisoners »i Fort Bu^cdl?••We ire coming to that. I know whereof I '•peak when J say thnt the / uud ihclr friends uud bymputhizer* have bei u paying ut loast b0 per ecut of thu taxes of Johnson county slnco hs organization. llurlug six years pa it, or ever sine** I’r ink (.■am m ri - j tired from tin fthcrtff't* odlne an m tupu^ known as u gang of rustiois bus fastened with ever iuereaslng hold its tentacles upon the uultlo buslne* of Johns m county. Tho rustlers Stole Calves fium the«r employer* and started hard-* of their own. Uws were passed by tho I'crrltorlal I • gis-bilure covering (ho evil, but w| nwsed would not testify, or they were sou lied out of thu country, and tho stealing went on worse than before. Bustlers rude the range ahead of tho spring roundup* and branded with ibolr own device hundred* of e it Ives* belonging to tho cuillcmco. Tlio law* were doctored uml new Indictments found. Outof 180 returned during the past six years i there have been six convicted, I think 1 ho sheriff stood In with the rustler*, stud would lake no hand In receiving cvlden. o that could bo UH. il against them. MfettHrrf v utfrom bad tu worse. ‘gulchiy bmrnlng iii.itthe criminal law* of Jnhmvm voumy worn inopora tl vt*. ti,. worst chiir-ieivr of outlaw »Inn • rlt; lt;kl! 'I 1* '« . I lull.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Jun 14, 1892
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