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JULY 12, 1917 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PACE S CATTLE AND HORSE On of th atrongnat organization to th west la the Cattle t Horse Halsere Association of Oregon, which Ik an organization of atock growera whose purpose U to pro mote (li Interests of the lndiiKt ry nil th property of It member from tlu'ft, Tim association was organized on May 14, 113, at fluk.T, Orcein, nil had It first meeting and -cured' soon thereafter what consti tuted a charter membership of 47. Meeting are held annually, and the work of the sssoclutlon la hop! up to th minute by It very able officials, Tha total membership at the rinse of III annual meeting which ' was U'IJ on April 14 and 25 at U Urando thin year waa 637. Members are to be found In all tha run an counties of thn state and lu fait all parta of thn alate and a number of nearby aluts arn repre sented In thn membership. Thn association has reached the poalt(on where Its atrength la recog nized' by thn etale officials and slate legislature, and airy action taken by lha aaaoclatlon, Ita executive committee or Ita omclula la given treat consideration. At the annual meeting tbla year there worn 101 mcmbera present on opening; day and many others ar rived for th following day. An able address waa delivered by tha president. Woi. Pullman, thn key not of which waa atruck In theae cloning remarks: "Save the female atock, and dlapoaa of thn males, thu leaving more rang for the atock that produce the beat reaulta. Few atockmen make money on leera. The atockmen who make money are those who grow cattle. There la a good outlook for the cat tle business." "Stockmen must use better Judg ment In providing for Juat such seasons aa thla, bettor Judgment In election of atock to be wintered." Thla Aaaoclatlon baa kept an In spector In the Portland Union Stock Yarda alnce January 1, 1914. It look after range depredation! and glvea more and better protection to cattle, and borae growera than la furnished by all other sources com bined. It haa aaalated In the ar reat, prosecution and conviction of many rang thieve; It ha broken up more organized band of th level and haa aent more of them to the penitentiary than ha been done or could have been done by any other power. Kvery cattle and horae grower In thn North went ahould be member of thla Aaaoclatlon. The success of the aaaoclatlon In prosecuting atock thieve la beat Il lustrated In the address of one of lit member at th La Grande meeting. William Jones, of Juntura, Ore gon, aald In part: "1 do not know much about law, and a good many attorney employed by Individuals to prosecute cattle thieves are In thn sumo condition a myself. There haa been wholesale stealing of cattle and horses In Mal heur and Harney counties for sev eral years last paat. Last year we found about 00 head upon which the branda had been changed but none of the several owner of theae cattle except myself belonged to the Association at the time they were stolen, I found six head of my cat tle near the Nevada line and secured an Indictment In Malheur County against the parties who had atolen them, and the other men who lost cattle In thla aame round-up aecured Indictment In Harney County. Sev eral casea wre tried In Harney County and aome In Malheur Coun ty, Including one of mine, but In each Instance the trial resulted In verdlcta of acquittal. We then ae cured further Indictments In Hurnoy County growing out of the same theft. 1 then applied to the Asso ciation for assistance and the Asso ciation aent Judge M. D. Clifford and Senator W. 11. Strayer to Hum to aaslat In the prosecution of theae range thieve. When they were called upon to plead they plead former acquittal in both Malheur and Harney Countlea. The associa tion' attorney tried the case against B. M. Seward, the ring lead er of the band of range rustlers, and after examining 30 witnesael and ubmittlng the case to the Jury, the Jury found In favor of the State of Oregon. B. II. Seward then made a clear breast of thn whole affair and the next morning plead guilty and waa aentenced to the Oregon peni tentiary. Thla was the greateat vic tory against range thlevea that we have ever been able to secure and the credit therefor la due this Asso ciation. I appreciate Its efforts and will pay my duns and assessment In the Association until "Doom's Day". The association at this time pass ed resolutions ssklng that the par doning board release no man con victed for stealing livestock without giving Its executive committee an opportunity to be heard In the mat ter. The next meeting of the associa tion will be held at Ontario, Oregon, on April 23-34. 1918. The officers of the association are: Wm. I'ollman, president; Geo. II. Russell, 1st vice president; W. H. iJaughtrey, 2nd vice president; Wm. Duby, treaaurer; S. O. Correll, sec retary; Gerry Snow, brand Inspector. The executive committee follows: P. 0. Smith, Burns, Ore.; Herbert F. Lump, Boise, Idaho; Tom Logan, Krogan, Ore.; Wm. Jones, Juntura, Ore.; Ike Mills, Paulina, Ore.'; P. A. Phillips, Baker, Ore.; K. C. Oxman, Durkee, Ore.; Luke Lloyd, Imnaha, Ore.; Henry Haas, Enlurprise, Ore.; Grant Mays, The Dulles, Ore.; Chas. Wendt, Baker, Ore.; Henry Lazlnka, Uklah, Ore.; Thomas Muck, Baker, Ore.; W. P. Warnock, Joseph, Ore.; Robert Williama, Joseph, Ore.; Ed BtaulTer, Jordan Valley, Ore.; Frank Lowden, Jr., Walla Walla, Wash.; Raymond Calavan, Prinevllle, Ore.; James Nelson, Nye, Ore.; J. P. Blunt-hard, Prinevllle, Ore.; P. J. Brown. Baker, Ore.; E. W. Coles, Haines, Ore.; Albert Campbell, New Meadows, Idaho; Walter M. Pierce, La Grande, Ore.; P. A. Pitzpatrick, Paisley,, Ore.; J. E. Snow, Dayvllle, Ore.; Wm. I'ollman, Baker, Ore.; Geo. H. Russell, Prinevllle, Ore.; W. H. DBughtroy, Portland, Ore.; Wm. Duby, Baker, Ore. We huve a limited supply of extra copies of this special edition of The Journal for aale at 10 cents each. ADVIHKH WOOL GKOWKK8 (Continued from page 4) no guarantee that the war will last Indefinitely, and there are growing signs that the government is not go ing to sit by without doing anything at all. The future, therefore, Is very obscure, except that the gener al sentiment of the market Is very strong. "It Is our opinion that growers cannot afford to overlook the fact that prices are very high, and that their profits, In the event they are able to realize on their clipa, will show them very good returns on their Investment. "We would not suggest shipping wools to us and holding against such high levels; on the other hand, we feel that It ts good business to make some sales." 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