Williams, of the Circle Bar, controls the river for twenty miles here, and has fenced it in.

Of course he has no legal right to more than a section or two of it--all the rest is a steal--the V.T.outfit joins him on the West, and so on.

They all stand to keep out settlement--any kind--and they'll make a fight on you--the thing for you to do is move right in on the flat Jake has picked out for you, and meet all comers." To this Pratt said: "'Pears to me, captain, that I'd better see if I can't make some peaceabler arrangement." "We've tried all peaceable means," replied Jennison impatiently.

"The fact is, the whole cattle business as now constituted is a steal.

It rests on a monopoly of Government land.