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An Orcas Island correspondent blames railroad-linked land companies for hoarding the island while residents carry the county tax burden.
“The Lake Superior and Puget Sound Land Company, together with the Hackney estate, controls about 90,000 acres, on which they do not even pay taxes, thereby throwing the burden of the county's support upon the residents.”
Tensions rise on Orcas Island as residents clash over the rights of sheep farmers to graze large herds on public lands, pitting economic interests against community access.
“The petitioners state that the sheep eat the grass which is necessary to keep their own cows and milk the cows until they can get cleared and pastures made.”
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