The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-15
KINGS OF THE RANGE
Among the Boys Known as Rust
lers and Barons.
A VIEW OF BOTH CLASSES
the South Pass Regional Great
Showing Made.

cruel war is over, and the bad, bad regu-
lator of the range-bsron class languishes
IL the cooler, or by buttonholing his friends
and future political sspirants in his sec
ton, has secured bail, and thereby is en-
titled to enjoy very precarious bit of lib
erty, and the gentle, law-abiding rustler
has safely stored away his laurels in his
war bag and returned to his peaceful, but
questionable, associations, it is high time
TO eliminate the cause and effect in the
matter from the pomp and splendor of
glorious war, and tell something of the
truth about the state Of affairs in this new
fedged statelet with an overwhelming Re
publican and female majority.
DEFINITION OF TERMS.
What is cattle earon2 Well, cattle
baron may be one of two degrees a resi-
dent manager, supported by a cattle syDdi-
cate, the members of which reside in some
less favored land; or an individual who by
hook or by crook-some times by crook and
hook-has managed to obtain goodly num-
Der of horned stock and cayuse ponies
which he pastures on the public domain
until in the fairness Of his prosperity he
corporate person is vested the sole right to
slaughter the ineipient bsron's cattle to
feed his own roundup" gang; to brand all
innocent, unohending calls which have not
the honor to bear the MARKS of his iron and
knife; TO hang, kill, burn or drive of all
and sundrv who may have the hardIhood
70 question his rights or attempt to
avail themselves of his own peculiar eppor-
tunities; to rob, impoverish and maiQne
such undesirable citizens as may come from
the effete and tenderfeoted east seeking to
make to themselves home in the woolley
and exclusive west, and in pursuance Of
such unlawful enterprise enclose the
patches Of arabic and meadow land along
the streams where the lordly barons crop
OF mavericks were won't to sprout. There
lie an old adage that ''there should be honor
among thieves" but an old csttleman, pri-
marily puncher, at my elbow facetiously
suggests that the quality of honesty found
among the cattlemen of Wyoming would
pass through very fine sieve, and that an
individual exhibition of fairly good square
dealing in one Of the class would be
greater curiosity than q section of Holmes
Hole There are exceptions TO this rule,
however, l am told, but believe they al
ways die poor or go into the sheep culture
business. In the present case the
range baron cares nothing for the ruatler
or his petty depredations. He can always
hire the true blue rustleI to practice his
tricks on other owners and so break even
on the deal. II is the man who, lacking the
opportunity to secure home elsewhere on
the public domain, comes to this part of the
wild and woody west, and not being posses
sed Of the generic qualities of the baron or
the rustler (embryotic baron). has, in per-
suance of humber methods, enclosed the
lands along the water courses with barbed-
wire fences to such an etent that the
bAron's cattle and ponies are compelled to
go long distances to quench their thirst
unfortunately being unlike their owners
unable TO get along comfortably on whisky
straight. Under these conditions it is
hardly 50 be wondered at that the naughty
baron shosld apply the fable of the wolf
and the lamb and either kill or drive out
the small rancher.
TO DEFINE HUSTLER.
The rustler proper is genus homo who
came to the country, generally in a prema-
ture manner, as q coWpuncher Lured
hither by the rather dazzling monthly
wage Of $50, he soon finds that TO deserve
the goodwill and esteem of his EMPLOYERS
he must earn large percentage over and
above his stipulated wage by rustling
mavericks, !. e., preSumptive orphan or
founding calves. When there is danger of
q serious diminution of his percentage
earnings through scarcity of mavericks, it
is part OF his recognized duties to rope
young and inexperienced calves, tie them
head and heels-much the same position as
bucking and gsgging az praciiced in the
Rrmy-leaye the animal In q secluded spot,
drive the mother into the next county,
then return, brand, waffle and clip the
ears Of the maverick and ioyfuIlv
HE him to the p. D., n. O., or r. r ranch,
as the case may be, and receive his lust re-
ward and the encomiums OF the foreman
for bis assiduity in his employers behalf
Gradually, however, the conviction dRwns
on the rustler's adolescent mind that with
home ranch in his own name and a strict
attention TO business he can become cat
tie baron in his own interest and behalf
So when Brocky Bill, Texas Pete, or Rust
Ter Joe has fairly settled down to the prac.
tice Of his new convictions he becomes 8
bad, bad man in the estimation of the
Stock association magnates and needs q
little killing on to reform his wicked WAYS
"a case of big dog eat the little cur
RENAISSANCE OF MINING INTERESTS.
Reuenons a nos montons and follow the
trend of NY former letter. For many
years the camp remained in the dormant
condition outlined in previous letter, and
any party evinoing temerity enough to al
tempt the exploration of veins beyond the
depth commonly accepted SIS the ultima
thule of ore in paying quantities and quail
tiles they was promptly sat down upon by
the eminent wiseacres who had stranded in
the camp in previous years. At last, how
ever. an enterprising mining operator
Emil Granier, found his way into AtlaniC
district and after some time spent In look
ing over the situation and prospects
quietly set about obtaining q title to the
placers in Rock creek and its tributary
gulches. In short time the old Frenchman
as he is commonly named, had acquired By
location or purchase, at nominal prices
r1iQoar ground n the pf of oh .
acres. People in the camp, who had tried
in their poor way, with insufficient knowl
edge OF the methods of successful placer
mining, laughed IN their sleeves IS they
sold their placer claims for $50 and $50 pc
claim Of twenty acres 10 the foolish oil
Frenchman. Regardless OF the cover
sneers which greeted him on all sides, MIR
Granier steadily pursued the even tenor O
his way, and at length when all the grounC
of value in the vicinity had passed irrevo
cably into his hands, he began making sur
veys for large ditch to convey the water
of Rock creek along the precipitous side O
the mountain, distance OF about ten miles
TO the lower end of his mining territory OF
Rock creek. In this enterprise an.
the necessary outlay for q saw mill, etc.
ETC., Granier expended the approximat,
amount of 100000. and following close OF
the heels Of this stupendous outlay be be
gan, at an expense of about $50 1000, thu
construction Of an extensive reservoir a
Christine lake, with bitches and fumes I,
convey the waters of the lake TO Rocl
creek, as the water in that creek was no
IN sufficient quantity TO suit his purposes
This occurred IN 1884, 'S5 and $50; last sea
son Mr. Granier cleaned up S96 900 as tn,
result of the seasons run, vita about ter
men employed. The operations of Granie]
attracted the outside attention, and mef
began to look for the source of eli thi,
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