The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-14

II Cannot enter, for the evidence Of
Ownership is at hand and continues 10
he %.
For this reason, because there could
lie 20 suspicion Of, o. 0 for crime,
no charge was bnoaght against Messrs.
Williams and Swan, Such . charge
would have been a malicious perseeu-
ton.
With the butchers the case is far DIFF
ferent. When they receive an un-
branded calf without the mother no
possible means exist for lis identiRca-
tion; and where crime is thus made
easy, crime is frequent.
The following are the facts Of the
recent butcher cases" They are the
same in bothexeept that Mr.. Bresnahen
bought his calves when alive and Mr..
LaRose his when dead.
For several years the stealing Of un-
branded calves from the ranges neal
town has been a daily occurrence n
widely known as any hlct Of common
notoriety; and their purchase by the
butchers here, in most cases i~nnocently,
has offered II fatal facility for 1t. To
rope a calf on Grow creek, drag It away
from its mother, kill and bring II to
town is an hours work well paid for by
the price obtained. The boy who has
/ .lr.aa sU.ll a. al1. "A 1aaaAu .walnakaa
the next rs "a full blown road agent or
horse thief.
Scores Of applications have come TO
the committee during the past two
years 10 enforce the law forbidding this.
n ote the class from which these appli-
cations come-not the wealthy stock
man, banker or merchant; their herds,
far north, are not affected, but from
every poor man OF woman who Own n
COW or two, and lives and works In or
about this town. The repeated assur-
ance Of these poor people is that al
though the GOV brings a calf every year
they ''neyer raise one" When the calf
Is three to six months old the COW ap-
pears believing without it, and II ID
never seen again.
The executive committee considered
these repeated complaints. They APP
pealed TO the butchers. All but two
readily and cheerfully consented to OBJ
serve the law. Mr.. Dresnahen on the
contrary said repeatedly 10 the inspect
ors, "You can't enforce that law and ]
won't observe IL till l am made TO dc
SO. / irish yon ponld test IT," In full
meeting the executive committee deter.
mined to follow Mr.. D~resnahen's sug.
gestion and test IL, and ii Is proper to
say that no charge or insinuation OF
stealing was made against him, but
simply n violation of the law forbidding
purchase Of unbranded calves.
The cases were tried and the men ac.
quilted, but the validity OF the law was
not for n moment questioned by bench
or counsel, and the object of the associ'
alton was attained.
Mavericks statistics OF the expense oil
calf branding need but q word OF refu'
tation. lie tells you they are peculiar
to this law. This is not the case. The
owning of n brand, recording 1t, the ID
bor of branding and damage to hide,
are the necessities Of cattle breeding,
even on the smallest scale, from Texas
to California. Tho law made for the
safety Of all can know no exceptions.
If this letter corrects any erroneous
impression left with fair-minded men,
ignorant Of the particulars, by Maver'
ick's letter, its purpose is answered.
The support Of such men the associa.
tion wants. The opposition Of those
who find the laws u burden and hin.
drance to their peculiar business, 1t is
accustomed to and expects. Yonrs
very truly, Tnos. STUndIs.
Cheyenne, Dec. 10, 1880.