The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-26

from the rlghtful owners thereof, and TO-
enforce the stock AWs Of the Territory 0f
Dakot ssl
8. The officers Of the sAssoeia tion shall
consist of a Chairman and Vice Chair
man, elected annually " ait the i frst meet
ling held after the fa1ls rom mp, and a
Secretary, elected BIT each Iileefing
Wh0se work is TO be superinteAded By
| the Chairman.
The represents ation in the Assoeis
tion is to be bY firms, each firm being
entitled to but one vote.
s. There shall be at least two meet
ings Of the Associate annually; to be-:
held at the time and place appointed by
the Assoc ociation; and at the request in
writing Of any three members of the
Association a special meeting shall be
called by the Chairman, who Shall, how
ever, give at least one weeks notice
thereof. Seven members SHALL constitute
a quorum for transaction of business.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
i. Calling the roll. 55
II. Reaafng minutes Of last meeting.
III. Election of new members.
CIV. Unfinished business. sSSj;s2 II
V. Reports of officers and committees.
VI. Election of officers. j
VII. General business.
mo member shall gather cattle on
any range not his own during the months i;
between December 1st and the date of, 4
general spring roundup, without giving
due notice reasonable time beforehand
to the other ranchmen Of the neigl1bor-
hood. # 81 55f ;s
Sin order to attain greater efficiency
in round-ups, we hereby agree to place
our men under the orders of the foreman
of the roundup, SO long as they remain
with it, and in case of refusal by any &
man to do faithfully and well the duty
assigned to him, or to obey the orders
given to him by the foreman, in driving,
cutting out, and other work, we hereby
authorize the foreman of any roundup
\ to prohibit any man so offending from
any further participation in said work.
9.-It is the sense Of this Association,
and is hereby made binding on its mem
bers, that any man who shall hereafter
turn out any female neat cattle upon the
range shall place with them, at the time
of turning loose, not less than seven (7)
serviceable bulls for every one hundred
t10O head of female cattle which are two
years old and upward at that time; and
\ 4 siset en- or rhefare:J1ilg- Lat nfl each year
thereafter, every member shall supply
the same proportion of bulls of the same
usefulness and quality to all female cat
tie OF the above age of which he NAV
then be The owner. Proved violation Of
subject for complaint, the penalty to he
decided by a majority Of the Association
present at the next meeting.
10-H any of the cattle companies or
stockmen along the river refuse to obey
the rules and bylaws of this Association,
1t will refuse to act with or allow
them to take part in the roundup; and
the captain of the roundup shall see
that no stockmen debarred by action Of
this Association from participating in
the roundup is allowed to take part in,
it, and he shall further see that no third
party. acting in the interest of said
stOckman, is permitted to take part in OF
derive benefit from the roundup. , :5
The following is list of the members
of our association as taken from the
printed bylaws: 3:;.s u .a
CONTINENTAL CATTLE Co., John n.
Simpson, ESD, Manager, Gays Building,
BERRY CATTLE Co., II. S. Boice, ESQ.
Manager, Mingusyille, Montana.
ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE Co., j, ].
Clemmer Esq, Manager. Cresco, Iowa.
GUSTAyUS GRISY, Esq, Mingusville.
Montana. II. - s
Rowe, PARKER s. EAsToN CATTLE Co.
D. c. Rowe, Manager, Mingusville, Mon
tana. :-I7s.55;Sss
NE1MMEIA RANCH, Gregor Lang. NAN
ager, Medora, Dakota. 5f
TOWERS s. GUDGEL, Mingusville, Mon
tana. S
CLARK s. PLUM E. c., Dorr CLARK.
Manager, no Dearborn Street, Chicago.
| LITTLE MISSOURI HORSE Co., d. r.
Tarbeli, Manager, Medora, Dakota. Il
| n. T. REFRIGERATOR tAk w., MARQUIS
De Mores, Manager, Medora, Dakota.
SO Ho CATTLE Co., Medora, Dakota.
| L. D. & B. RUMsEY, j. L. Truscott.
Manager, Medora, Dakota. sszs5 s. 20
BADGER CATTLE Co., Howard Eaton.
Manager, Medora, Dakota. ri s'1a3 ID Z
CUSTER TRAIL CATTLE Co., F. Alden
Eaton, Manager, Medoras Dakota.
LIE MoYNE CATTLE Co., d. X. Wade,
Manager, MedOra, Dakota. i;5 isi$ss7 .5i351: a
| w. N. THOMPSON & Co, VIM. Dantz.
Manager, MedOra, Dakota.
f., H.. B. WADSwORTH & Co., M. Wads-
worth, Manager, Medora, Dakota. 4 4. ;s53
MALTESE CROSS BRAND, Ferris & Merri-
field, Managers, Medora, Dakota. 53S3 Ri 525S
I. ELKHoRN BRAND, Seawall q Dow, Man
/ ayers, MedOra, Dakota. {. -Sfs 81
Z. w. CASEY Il Co., Frank Moore, NAN
ager, Medora, Dakota.
r No provision is made in the constitu-!
tiOn for, the election Of new members
but the last meeting voted that any
stockman wishing to join could hand
his name to the chairman before the
coming meeting in April and be admitted
as a member. Among the addresses given
| is that of Clark s. Plum as / 10 Rando,nhj
/ street Chicago. If we mistake not II n
4 ITO Dearborn. ~
We have repeatedly stated That Tia
estimate Of the cattle loss Wis all r,,esa ,ssI
/ work and we are now more than over
convinced Of 1t. Ne win now nuke ina
broad statement that there il notE 4
stockman on the river Who cali be Or ~
i tain within one or two per cent. II what
i his loss actually IS. ItIsutterly ilppossi-
4 bic to tell. even after flie roundup.
More than ever are we certain however
& that the loss ins sths Bad Lands ii lese
than three spar renss.