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SHEKP HILLS. SACKBRUSH PLAIN SIX MILES SOUTH OK H KADQL'ARTERS. 

 BRACE'S RANCH, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO 



present occupation and conditions, subject to such regulation as the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. 



Quite a number signed the paper; in fact, all that were ap- 

 proached; but as the region is large and the ranches widely separated 

 it was impossible to get them all at the time I was there. Mr. Brace 

 said that he would take the paper and get the balance of names, as 

 it was about time for the summer round-up and he would then send 

 me the paper. Of course, it will be understood that no sheepman 

 signed this paper; in fact, it was not offered to them. The names 

 that appear on it are ojily of those occupying and owning land ivithin 

 the boundaries of the proposed reserve. 



The country, for many miles south of Grandview, is now a dusty 

 wind blown desert, covered more or less with sage brush; all other 

 vegetation has disappeared. These conditions prevail well down 

 towards the boundaries of the proposed reserve and the sheepmen 

 look with longing eyes towards that fertile region occupied by the 

 cattlemen and over which hovers that protecting mantle known as 

 the "Priority law," not a written law, but nevertheless one of such a 

 nature that it is observed by the sheepmen and recognized by the 

 courts. 



The country within the proposed reserve is of a diversified nature, 

 with an elevation of from 4,500 to 5,500 feet. It consists of rolling 



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