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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1952)
f PAGE SIX HERALD AND NKWS. KLAMATH B ALLS. ORKGON WEDNESDAY, JUNK 2B, 1 0.12 WEDNESDAY, .MINK 2,1, 10,12 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON PAGE SEVEN stUodeo Performers to Be in Jktba as ike Fairgrounds Mere My 2, 3 arid 4 World s GOOD START Two Roundup princesses who had never stroked a qolf ball before, tied for first place in a novel putting tourney at Reames Go and Country Club. The two princesses each took 26 puts for nine holes. Shown above are ths winners and their sponsors. II to rl Mrs. John Shaw, Princess Carol Hamilton, Mrs. Dick Reeder and Princess Aurelia Tltierson. The club women entertained the entire Roundup Royalty Court and escorts the day before the Queen's Ba SAM MORRISON, who with his wife operates the Pony Ride on S. 6th Street, seems to be having as much fun as his guest, 5-year-old Lynn Passaretti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Passaretti, 2111 Darrow Street. 1 w m ' ( 1 i( -?cF- A ROYAL DISH Steward Mike Regan, of the Klamath Yacht Club, givos two princesses a pre. view of botter things to come. The princesses are (loft) Janet Ditrdorff and (right) Aurelia Patterson. The girls and all the other Roundup p lncesses had worked up demanding appetites on a long cruise on the lake with Mrs. Howard Pernell at the helm of the Pernell's cabin cruiser. Occasion for tho cruise and feast was the entertaining of the Roundup girls by the Yacht Club. RESTING ON A RAIL are three queen candidates: Left to right, Marianne Hellekson, Carol Hamilton and Anne Curry. New Twists Used in Branding By MALCOLM KI'LEY J II Branding In almont tn old the catiie Industry, and thcre'e been llltlc chanice In the methods used lo marlc ownership of cattle since the West w wild and woolly. A favorite wav even today li lo throw a couple of rove on a calf, and burn on the brand with a hot Iron. But there have been a tew change In details: For Instance, imtead of u-ilnu a wood fire these davs. oftlnics gas flames are used, and In some cases even electric rls. A new twist used especially In putting a brand on dairv animals but not so much on beef Is the use of chemical burning agents. Another new. and more literal, twist In branding Is the use of the "table'1 and branding chutes. The table Is merely a chute Into which the animal Is run. uanprd, nu then the whole shebanR pivots over on Its side. That eliminates the throwing and roping of calves. Also a couple of hav hands that never saw a Inriat can still "turn the tabic" without much skill. The chute, of course, merely holds the animals upright while the branding iron Is applied. The )oung calves are usually branded on the open range, pap ,!eularlv to keep them from wan dering unidentified Into other herds or from being picked up. Inno cently or otherwise, by cowhands hunting stragglers. In colder seasons, cattle hair grows long and sometimes brands are difficult to read. To facilitate Identification, there are other ways of marking animals. Dewlaps and earmarks are common, and some times both are used In combination with a brand. A dewlap Is a fleshmark made bv cutting a piece of flesh part way off of a cow s neck, shoulder, brisket or wherever the owner wants to place It. They are easily sren from a distance, hanging furred flesh dangling from the ani mal's chin or other parts of the body. They are fairly common In the Klamath country. Earmarks are many and varied, and are made by slitting, cropping or clipping out parts of the ears. There are crops, splits, half crops ((over and under), over and under I slopes, under bits, over bits, swal :Iowforks and combination of any two or three of those and more, j Heavy flesh marks, cattlemen i report, will set cattle back a few days in development. Their use has been somewhat discontinued be icau.'.c fewer cattle are grazed on the open range In this dav of feed lots and concentrated pasture feed- mtr. Feed lot men like to run the rattle through, brand them and let em go to feed right at the be ginning. Then there's no bruising or mauling of fat cattle during the operation later when they're to be ; sold. 1 According to Livestock Inspector Chct Lelchty. who headquarters I here In Klamath Falls, estimates there are about 10.000 brands re cordrd In Oregon at present. He noted It's against the law to brand livestock unless first the brand Is re corded with the state department of agriculture. There have been lots of cases, he says, where two or three duplicate brands have been re corded. These are being eliminated today under the present recording system. Identical brands are common place, but can be placed In dif ferent positions on the animals and actually be a new Identifica tion. For instance, a Diamond R brand on the right hip may mean the cow belongs to one rancher, and the same brand on the left flank may mean It belongs to another. In cases where cattle from other states are brought In to summer, such as here In the Klamath Basin, earmarks and dewlaps can spell the difference In identification Re cording within the state would pre vent mlxup. Lelchty explains this with a formula brand equals design plus position. Fleshmarks and earmarks aon t need to be recorded along with the brands, though Liechty ex , plained it makes things a lot sim- pier if the marks were described in the brand application or re I newal. I Unlike the days of rustling and cnasing on catue, mere is very little altering of brands today. Laws and enforcement hold down illegal cattle movements to a mini mum, and even the Oregon State Police carry brand inspection booka ( in Klamath County presented them by the Klamath County Cattleman'a Assoc) for close checking in case of suspicious actions on the part of cattle shippers and handlers. The next brand recording period will start in July. 1954. and run until January 1. 1855. Thereafter, brands may be renewed each Jive years. .It M'ff it-!' aa Vflnaii in im M A R G Y BROWN. 1951 Roundup queen, looks the pert as she watches some rodeo preparations. 8 Wm k Qk J? &Ii Ti D 3-a i if iXW
