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FRlbAY, 'APRIL J, 1539- r WlINu if LAIilit v . . 11. 1'i k. J Wild Horses Are Overrunning the National Forests. 'w'-""'"?" 7?'!'! ; ARE A MENACE TO PROPERTY Any On Who Finally Dlicoveri . Method to StUiThl Problem Will Have Done Great Service to Stockmen of Every Western State, From the New York Tribune. Wild hones by the thousand are overrunning the government Nation al Korcistn of Nevada and neighbor ing states, and the authorities in Washington 'are besieged with peti tions from stockmen and farmers begging them to put a slop to the nuisance. A recent dispatch from Reno conveyed the intelligence that there are fifteen thousand of the un tamed beasts upon the Toiyabe, Toquina and Monitor forest reserves in Landor County alone, and that orders have been received by the for est rangers to begin a systematic war of extermination upon them. This dispatch, although twisted as to facts, does not exaggerate the number of horses now supposed to be roaming at large in the districts mentioned. As a matter of probable truth there are a good many more than fifteen thousand wild horses in Nevada and the neighboring states, and every herd is a pest to the owners of vege tation and domestic stock. That part of the Reno telegram which is not true is that relating to the orders sent from Washington. Neither the forest rangers nor any other employees of the government have been told to destroy the horses, and unless they do receive such orders they will confiine their ener gies to fencing crops from the tres passing animals or rounding them up when they appear and threaten dam age to the range. Indeed, if half the stories brought to the capital are true, all the rangers in Uncle Sam's service would have little chance of destroying the big herds that are roaming over the Western states. Within the last few years they have increased to such an extent that in many localities they are classed as "varmints," with wolves, wildcats and grizzlies, and every man's rifle is turned against them. No fence is strong enough to stop these horses, and when they appear in force they have been known to knock down and kill cows and calves. After each visitation from a herd the ranchman is likely to mourn the loss of his do mestic horses, and it requires only a few days' association with their new companions for the best broken animals to become as wild as their nomadic comrades. A study of the wild horse problem brings to light many interesting facts about the animals. The Legislature of Nevada, it seems, passed a law pinany years ago. specifically allowing hunters to shoot wild horses and to sell their hides for what they could get in the open market. The law opened the way to a new and unus ual industry, and many men found the killing of wjlf Jiorsjs very profit able. ; Besides tht work wai exciting and gave the business the added zest pf sport., V . ' i As time went on and the business of killing these "outlaws" (as the wild horses were termed) on the ranges assumed greater and greater proportions, stockmen found that the professional hunters were, in , many cases abusing their rights and were killing branded and shod horses. This put. an end to the business, for on complain! of the stockmen the Ne vada Legislature promptly repealed the law. It is estimated that 15,000 animals were killed during the time that the law was In force.', This fig ure gave the basis for last week's story. , The report, however, had good basis of fact, for the wild horse ques tion has grown to be as serious in the last few years as it was when the Nevada Legislature was forced to enact the old law. The United States forest service has not given orders for the killing of a single horse be cause it has no right to do so. The forest officers of the Nevada national forests realize how bad conditions are, and will do anything to assist the stockmen to put down the nuis ance. ' ' Any one who finally discovers an effective method to settle this pro blem will have done a great service for the stockmen of every state west of the Missouri River. As an old and experienced stockman, now in the employ of Uncle Sam, said of this wild horse problem: "Theoreti cally it seems a very simple matter to handle, but practically it is quite the reverse." On the ranges of many of the national forests the supervis ors have been at their wits' ends for several years trying to devise meth od to meet the difficulty. Apparent ly an entirely satisfactory method can not be found because of the in adequate estray laws now enforced in the different states. Under the circumstances, the following plan has been recommended to meet the con ditions in the national forests: "It the presence of the horses is seriously damaging the national for est range and public sentiment favors such action, the supervisor may, upon petition of a majority of the permit tees of a grazing district, allow the horse to be gathered and disposed of according to the state or territorial laws. In such cases the forest ser vice will, upon recommendation from the supervisor, co-operate in the con struction of corrals or fences for the purpose of capturing the horses. "Forest officers may drive unper mitted horses from the national for ests at any time, but if the owners of the horses are known and owner ship acknowledged the owner should be allowed to adjust the matter by paying the grazing fee. If he re fuses to apply for a permit, then a trespass charge should be brought against him and the case conducted according to instructions. "Unbrandcd horses may be hand led according to the state estray laws but forest officers can not be allowed to gather such horses for the purpose of using or selling them, nor can they be allawcd to collect any remunera tion from any persan for corralling unclaimed horses. The policy of the forest service will be, therefore, to co-operate with the stockmen of the state or territorial authorities when they take the initiative in disposing Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS Barbour and Finlayson Salmon Twins and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs , Malthoid Roofing Sharpies Cream Separators Raecolith Flooring Storrett's Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Chandlery Tan Tar, Bark,' Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seine Web We Want Your Trad FISHER BROS. .'. BOND STREET GOT THEM GUESSING Mystery Concerning the Identity of Eugene Harrach. CLAIMS TO BE A NOBLEMAN The Youthful Prisoner Wat Arrested at the Regina Hotel on a Felony Accusation of Signing His Name to a Fictitious Check For $640, ''''i.li .,,, SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. The mystery concerning the identity of Eugene Harrach, the youthful pris oner arrested at the Regina hotel yesterday on a felony accusation of signing his name to a fictitious check for $640 in payment for automobile hire, is puzzling the local police and the acting Austro-Hungrian consul, Karl Ruiz de Rozas. Harrach asserts that he is Eugene Othmar Count Von Harrach, one of the richest noblemen of the Austrian empire. He also claims to be related to the family of Count Otto Von Waldstcin, who a year ago was er roneously thought to have been the supposed desperado slain in a fight with a posse of officers at Willows. The police admit there may be sev eral solutions to the mystery of Har well's identity. In the meantime Harrach is de tained in jail pending the investiga tion now being made by the police as to his identity. The prisoner has spent some eight weeks in this city, living at one of the leading hotels and spending money lavishly. All of his hotel bills, amounting to $2,000, it is said, were paid. CONGRESS TO PAY RANSOM. WASHINGTON, April, 2.-Presi-dent Rosevelt and Secretary Root want Congress to reimburse the citi zens of the United States who raised of wild horses in the national forests, but the present laws and regulations do hot admit of independent action by the forest service. The wild horse problem is only one of the many which stockmen have to contend with which the government is trying in one way or another to solve on the ranges of the national forests. Predatory animals, such as wolves, coyotes, mountain lions and wildcats, do thousand of dollars' worth of damage to stock each year in all parts of the country. On some ranges forest officers have to con tend with rustlers, who . sometimes succeed in stealing the great part of the stock which the predatory ani mats do not kill. Poisonous plants are another nuisance which give the stockmen considerable trouble in many parts of the country. Uncle Sam has always shown disposition to co-operate with the stockmen in combating these nui sances: in fact, he is doing better than merely meeting the stockmen half way in the work. On many of the national forest ranges for the last year rangers and guards have been assigned to the work of hunting and trapping, with the sole aim of kill ing on tne animals that prey upon stock. The work has met with mark ed success, and hundreds of wolves and coyotes have succumbed to the bullets and the poison of the hunters, Each animal killed means a decided saving to the sheep industry, for it is estimated that one wolf averages about $1,000 damage each year. Forest ofheers are co-operating with the stock associations to stop the stealing of livestock and run the rustlers out of the country. . The i war on poinonous plants has been ! carried on for more than a year by I the forest service, in co-operation i with the bureau of plant industry, I and, while the investigations have just been begun, it is already seen that their growth can be checked in many states. If it is possible to check the wild horse nuisance as easily as the other troubles which have bothered the stock interests, both the stockmen and forest officers will find the. West ern ranges rid of another serious drawback which helps to retard pro gress in the business. ' j MIT Uln in L3 f u) V Cardiff Coal (& Coke Go's StocR at $3.00 Per Share The Price of This Stock Will Positively Advance on Monday of Next Week .:- ' ' ' ' . , ,. THIS IS POSITIVELY THE LAST TIME THIS STOCK WILL BE OFFERED AT THIS PRICE. If you want any of it this week, hand your application to J. C. Lee or C. 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