"they should be encouraged to carry firearms now rather than discouraged"

"...Governor Withycombe this morning points out that nearly all sheepherders are aliens, and that they should be encouraged to carry firearms now rather than discouraged, to protect themselves against coyotes, and to hasten the destruction of the animals...."--The Times-Herald, Burns, Harney County, Oregon, February 20, 1915. Vol. XXVIII No. 15 Pg. 1.