Everybody was just struggling to feed their families. He did remember incidents of cattle rustling and horse thieving. According to Barrow, horse thieves were considered the lowest type of criminal because they deprived cowboys of their only means of transportation across the rugged West Texas terrain. Barrow also said that back in the early days when lawmen were scarce, anyone apprehending a low-down horse thief or cattle rustler served as judge, jury and executioner. Shooting apparently was the most common sentence, since there were no trees on which to hang the offending party.
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Lawmakers also approved a state poll tax and passed child labor laws that set a minimum age for working in certain types of jobs. T.C. Barnsley Sr. was the first Anglo settler to homestead his ranch in Crane County. The flight goes 120 feet. Later in the day, Wright's brother Wilbur flies the aircraft 852 feet. Using the newly operational Pacific communications cable, President Theodore Roosevelt sends message around the world.