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
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signs that the government is not go
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at all. The future, therefore, Is
very obscure, except that the gener
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