WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
PAGE THREE
Nothing Wasted
As Range Animals
Go Through Pens
II J I .His Kiyi,.r
In On wimlN of I In- rowlmy
K'imk, "There's mi mote nwn fur
tin' liiniiliiini nm," In Texas,
llwil In.
In Oii'K'iii, ucciikIIiii! In Hunch
ei Irurlier Ken Cullrk, II'h llli'
nurse there's nil more room for.
Illl'lllcllllUt llllN Stale, liliiho,
WiwIiIiikIoii mid Moiiliuiii. ruiiKC
mv " are niiiiiilliiK tip nil ome-
I'Hiud klnifN of the nM-ii Hi;ti'-H.
mm hiiHilIni! ihi-m off hi nun-hew
ttlm mi' miiviatliiH llii'i" lulu flHh
looil anil "KiinIitii l)riKnti Hioiico
Mi'iil" fur thrill v hIiiiiiim'n.
i'olenllal sailille horses Hint
would Hiiiiit In. wlilnnyliiK to your
whistle, nti.llnK your pockets for
HUKai, Miiorllnn Ills illslrusl of run
lor eais in,. brink" hit over Dip
head by pat-klne, hoiiHi. knuckeis
Ml Ilii- I tilt, of :ir n day, I,, one
small Oti'iion plant . At Dial rale,
within a decade id,, clmicr of
hooves will have died lo mi echo.
olil West's Ulllllllll Kiillop.
ill! herd will Ih- only a ehoslhcrd
In Ihe skies.
Will HrltiK $.10
you'll have mi Ul lor n ponv
In Ihe old ,i,yH. who today will
brlnu jri n h meat. I'm kciH pay
lo .') rents a poiiml. Al top
price. If he's fal. Iif'll bilnjj $:)(),
"Nobody Invi'H a horse more
Dlan I do." Cullrk pruti-slrd, an
up ilpiwd his wide brimmed hut
forwaiil mid scratched his head
"Hut figure It this way: A horse
cats an much an a steer, mid when
you sell ilu horse for input you
KPt $23 or $.10 and a nick fi-ellim
In your stomach Hint doesn't eo
nway for dayK. You kc( S2M for
llu steer when hp's been on ratine
Dip same IpiikDi of tlinp, anil you
leave the slnrkyards recline
well."
An Cullrk explained It, there's
Just bo much taiik'p; you can't
stretch It whrii iTlm-r iMipulatlon
Increases. Kurlhrrmorv. today.
Dip harts-d wire rancher have
frilled milBt of It. Morses'
lioundltif! Iioovph. a h ihpy rarp
about In banilK ,lo the desert pas
'"' no (food. On lop of that,
every hunttiy horse fppdlni! on
IiIk'Ii di-sci t pasture Ib liikliik
food away from equally turnery
cat Dp.
('Din An I'IIIpbI
Ifrj Dip old la'w of Biirvival Of
Dip flttctnnd nbvloiiBly, rattle
re Dip flttpst for meat.
Actually. It Isn't Dip row which
Ih drlvbiK Dip horse from thu,
riifli... f-fMir-t...... ... I.'- .....
i n llir mo-
lor car. Thp nutomohllp has rob
bed Dip Ralloplni! Iwivburni-r of
IiIb funcjlon II'h taken awny
his Job. Ilu bnd u rlitht to the
raniiP an lonu as he wn doltiK Die
nailon'H hauling.
Want lo ko back lo Dip biiKKy
and Dip tieast ko horses will no
loiik'pr Ih- trucked to the butcher? I
Well, then - says Cullrk, II'h oh I
vIoub Dial the horse linn to ro.
He Bald he trucked a load of
ranee noises lo packers liisl week
In iM-autlful condition - "not a
spot on 'em." Weight mavbe
U0O poundB. Kal. Half of ilietn
would havo made wonderful work
horses. And you could have saved
thpm nil from the broncho nienl
counters In I'ortland, Seattle. San
Kranrlsco, for htIiiii $.'15 apiece.
Maybe, Ii-ks.
No Taken, I'ouiul
Hut there were no Inkers. So
two dozen Utile pointed ears
twitched forward at HtraiiKc mils
cb for Die IiinI time In pnekera'
conn Is Monday.
'Lone Ranger, I'm Waiting!"
wZmmZiJ
9- i a.
4
Biived for Henllmenl. Thai nuiiib up Die
llouuhl for liulilici Inc.
BlaliiB of lluck, iH'aiiiiriil blu InickHklii who ImhinIb u full set of per
feci blin k points. Allhoni'h ncrawny and ncared when purchased by
"hoss nailer" Kollie Mphlnnil. linik hi II 1 ma 11 ;i c lo convey Die
Idea that he was "iiialllv." Now lal and Rlossy, liuek lotiRHonly for
li master a miiBier who 1 lili s hard anil lonK and w.-inls n horse
who ran read his DioiiKhls before he IhlnkN 'em.
Headed for Last Roundup
"in in !!
IVltelMMk . .'f
Kven Newt Morris, with 30.0i0 acres of land out of Milliran, had to
Biirrei iler to Die Inevitable and oust some of the Btar boarders from
hisjaimclaiid. Hut ll hurl! Watchers at Dip scene of truckur Nick
Ctuisc'H unloadlm- of the IS. saw In Morris a stern-faced rancher
whose countenance clearly showed he didn't like having to sell his
horses. Watching this range miiiv Inst of the truckload to consent
to cnler Die corral -is Dr. Pavld M. StrohauPr. fileral government
insH'clor slnlloned at Kedmond pncklng ctjmpany.
"Nobody needs lo 1m told that
the old west has passed." Cullrk
said, reviewing bis half century
on Molilalia and Oregon ranges.
"Hack during world war 1, old
Hill Hi nu n's Horseshoe Har ranch
out II tulles from Class butle
shl)H'd nunc horses Hi. in any
other spot in the world.
"Hut now, look at It." Cullck
went on nfier a pause. "Ijist win-
. . . finally, down . . . next, dead.
Now, this spring, their bones lie
In the tail grass beside the high
way. Doesn't that show pretty clearly
there are too many'horse's on the
range, he nsked logically? And
Isn't It better lo kill them for food
than to let them die In ngony?
Asked when the butchering of
nurses will slop. Cullck said t
ter, Die Clnss butle country had I wouldn't. Not soon. "Not until
a big share of the :X) horses that
Kiaivni in mcsc pans, during me
Widay storm Prettiest little
palominos you ever saw, some of
them." ,
Waaler Takes Toll
Then he told what he silw. as
he drove through the long, frozen
miles between Bend and Hurns.
Cnunt, pitiful horses starving . . .
nearer dead each nip he made
Die ranges are cleaned of them.
and Die whllefaces have It all," he
prophesied.
AulmalK "Culli-d"
"If you have too many chick
ens, you cull, don't you?" be
quizzed. "And If you have thistles
taking up nourishment tomatoes
should have, you pull, don't you?
"Well, In the same way, horses
don't belong. Not nnv more."
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