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"If j CATTLE TO THE MOUNTAINS 3 SO whit foe cattle, with cqItm ol their side, head up the mountain to government summer ! " lot waim a nay Wright Haidman ranchers. mwopiuntg mo ju mil a rive m three dayi. Chals With Your Home Agent ESTHER K1RMIS I had quite an adventure thl pt wcrk. i eti on cattle dllvr' S'ierl months I express ed ihe ui.h to Mm Walter WrU'ht, lUrdman area, that I MttuM like to a rattle drive, S many f my efcienlon ml! Bvmcii are rancher wive and talk of ttrandtng calve, taking cattle to mountain patures, and the big round up In the (all; that fell I should get some firt- hand experience. I came away feeling that a rancher' uife l KtHvlal breed tf woman. She not nly tarries on her house work, but must ha the atanv ina and desire to work right be ide her husband In looking after their herd. MiKlred Wright Invited me lo come out on June IS, the day he government allow a cattle on he mountain range. ThU was day from right nd the Il'matllla Forest range on the boundaries of Morrow and Grant counties. Early that morning. Mrs Vel- ma Glass, county health nurse, and I climbed Into Wright's Jeep, loaded with all the food supplies and with Mildred at the wheel, took off for the mountains. We had a trail-lunch renrezvous with the cowboys and cowgirls at an old camp site a little be- i rt i. .. fiii r-. i. TIME OUT FOR LUNCH ON THE TRAIL Walter Wright Hard- '''T7i Z.Z man rancher, and daughter Janet (lar left) with family friend, "T , u . i, i June rroctor ol M otter, nil their plates at the picnic table pre pared by the rancher wives. .5 s . "" government allows cattle the mountain range. This w JjiTi i ' J fc 'he sei'ond day of a three d I 'ffS. . , . itjtJr 1 cattle drive which started frt "L 1 '';! I the Ray and Walter Writ C - : f" g ') m. ; ranches above Hardman a ' ' r -V JK.-" v'ii t t"k them about 30 miles to t the other cars back lo the Board . diy, I mlne ht mother s Creek Junction, near Parker's! "haw lins-" fur him by rvrtitng MUL could bkk off the rad V th.n tank off uu a mwun the rif g Ihrre hxm Ua;i wiih Ihe icm iu -sun. tM-rw ih rlf t" lH-re Bak la the Jurutiun we drove and there on a knoll we spotted the run a away. We had mil- dutanred the riders so we nck- rd up on foot lo keep the rati In sight. But as soon a he heard the horsrs' huufs he was off like a scared rabbit. The riders tok NCPPNER CAZETTt TtXCi. Tw4y. J" It IM4 out after him. but gave up the hunt Ihey finally for another flowrr rut". Ihe end of the day's anve. iuni Mats I r!!ow with wild sunfluwets. Here Ihe Wright s have a tu.Mirg tatture wnere they krjit the fvw over nite. They still had another len. mile irek the neM day to the head tif U.vcl.n (Vk where they will iave Ihe cattle for Ihe summer. The rattle will be brought frvm Ihe numnitm ma tures ufneinte in CMotier Te Wrths have an uM log cabin at "liig Cat Jtu gs" whuh lhr rail "Cow Camp", tine 70 rroll -I.tr" R4blnt.n wilt stay and l -k after the raitie fir Ihe summer l ach day he will ride out on hi pinto iny and 4f thai everything U well and ocakiklonally lake out a bl.wk of alt fr the ht4 Ttie Wilx-hu tonte bp wnre a Week In bring hint grrtcerir It a suirly far a way f;.fn civ ili;atun( tut. stiat tautiful hn-umain rauit- We drvive to "t iiw Camp" and here Mlldted stoaked up Ihe i.. dink t. and ct-ke a stew of meat, pt !., and carrot fir Ihe riders. We ate out under the Ireea and I watched them (Continued on Page lour r ' i r Shok ixAloT ALWA'S IvftlTf Unbelievable things are made believable HERE. Convince yourself. We'd like you to enjoy our sincere, courteous treatment Come in. HEPPNER AUTO SALES, INC. Ford Falcon Thunderbird Phone 6-9152 or 6-9153 Pink snow fell In Durango, Colo,. 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Or order them by mail from the beautiful SiH catalog, if there's no center rearer you than 20 miles axay. meadow with tall green pines rearing on either side we made our camp fire and heated up the beans and made good, black, campers coffee. The picnic began to take on aspects of a family reunion when Mr and Mrs Ben Anderson, Hep pner (Hannah Anderson cele brates her birthday each year on this trail ride); Mr and Mrs Ray Wright. Mrs Mary Wright, Mrs Barton Clark and daughter, Nonda, Heppner; and Mr and Mrs Edgar Anderson, wheat ranchers from Arlington, joined the happy convention. These people have all had "their day" in the cattle busi ness. In fact, Ray Wright told me that he had been making this cattle drive for the past 50 years. Now his health would not permit it. We then caught our first glimpse of the cattle coming In to the canyon. Three hundred and fifty white faced Hereford cows, with bawling calves at their side, came pouring In from all sides, filling up the entire meadow. Man! What a sight! Nine riders, and Keno, the Wright's faithful dog, prodded the herd along at a slow gait. They drove the cattle Into- a holding pasture while the eager calves pumped their mothers for a short one, and the riders took turns eating. mis annual cattle drive is a family affair. The Wright's daughter's, Janet, a medical student at the University of Ore gon School of Nursing in Port land; and Patsy and her hus band, Don Anderson of Arling ton, came home purposely for this event. June Proctor, a fellow student of Janet's, brought over her own horse from Mosier for the drive. Barton Clark and son, Ned, (son-in-law and nephew of Ray Wright), Lawrence Williams and Les Robinson rode for Ray Wright. Because of the rough riding through trees and bram bles one sees why they are at tired in leather chaps and high boots. The trail lunch finished, the cowboys started the cattle on up the mountain. We packed the lunch equipment in preparation for the drive to "Cow Camp" to prepare supper for the riders. Before we broke camp, how. ever, we were in for some excite ment. A three month old, fright ened calf broke away from the I herd and came running back I headed for home. All of us "foot loose" people got out in the road, flapping our arms, trying to head off the little maverick. But he had other ideas! He nearly bow led us over in his mad race. Two of the cowgirls pounded after him on their horses, but they couldn't catch him. Walter Wright then Joined the group and laid some strategy. 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