Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1885-02-26
A PROMINENT IIORSENAN
Makes u Few Suggestions Relative to
the Organization Of All Ass0cia-
ton ut Sun River.

Editor SuN RIVER Sun:
/ have converscd with several horsemen
lately with reference to having a horse
roundup the coming spring. and all have
expressed themselves In favor Of It. To
go at 1t Systematically It will be neces.
sary to form All association Of horsemen,
the same as other stock associations. II
all horse,ncn in the Territory from the
British line to Wyoming would form .
we'll organized association It would bs Of
great protection n and benefit to this great
and growing interest, and would to great
extent put n stop to "rustling" and steal.
ing. Each locality should have local
roundup in the spring and fall and gath.
or all the 'strays and advertise them &C.
cording to law, and all unclaimed animals
sold at public auction to the highest bid.
der. and the money SO obtained should be
expended to prosecute horse thieves, or
such other purpose as the association may
direct.
In nearly every locality there are stray
horses, and the owners Of the same have
spent both time and money searching for
them in vain. know Of stray horses
which have been on this range for two
years. By having a systematic roundup,
horse owners would have an opportunity
of recovering their stray animals At
small cost Another advantage to be de.
rived Is, that stray horses are means Of
encouraging horse stealing. Nine out of
ten horse. thieves maiden thefts are "pick.
ing up strays," and finally he becomes
professional Even now there are men
travelling around the country making in.
quiries about 'strays, describing the stray
horses color, marks, brands, &c, but they
are thieves in Disguise, who have seen the
horse, found out that 1t is a stray, md 10,
and behold the next thing We know the
horse is gone, and many Of our own
horses also.
As matter OF course every horse rails.
or Is familiar with the benefits to lie dc.
rived from organization, and having n
general roundup about the same time. to
get up the mares, to bride and saddle the
cow horses for the cattle roundup, and
again in the fall, when gathering the crop
OF colts to brand. am in favor of or.
ganization at once, as the sooner the move
10 made the more the benefit to be derived
! would suggest that an organization be
,l,rnn ,,tp Il,
Marias to the mouth Of the Prckly Pear
canyon, and from the Missouri river to
the main range of the Rocky Mountains
to be divided into convenient districts,
each district to have the roundup about
tho same time. The captain OF each round.
up should he furnished with the brands Of
each and every member OF the association.
All who are in favor of such an associ.
alton should take the initial stop at once,
and select some place for n meeting next
month, and discuss the matter thoroughly.
] hop. that all horscmcn will give this
matter their due attention.
1t would not out Of order to suggest to
our representative in the legislature that
II there is anything he can do toward en-.
couraging the horse industry In the Terri.
tory, by having a horsemcn's association
founded on the statute laws, now is good
time to take some action in the matter.
The Territory Is put to thousands Of dol.
lars expense yearly, hunting down and
prosecuting horso.thieves, which expense
to the Territory could be saved by a we'll
organized association.
Another matter which would respect.
fully call to the attention Of the l4th A.
scmbly and that is the stray law. The
law as it is upon the statutes, 10 very lame
and virtually dead letter. Can not this
law bs amended 20 rs to be Of some prac.
tical benefit to stockmen!
| ROBERT VAUGHN.