The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
BUSTING PAYS IN WYOMING.
Hoss CastIemen Are Robbed by sen Who
ito Sot Love Their Neigh boTs.


The faost important QUESTION before
the people Of Wyo.zGins. western South
Dakota. Montana and Idaho today Is the
faud between the rnstIers and stoc kT1e1l.
For tn. information Of those who Do
/ not realize the depths and intricacieg of
/ frontier poiiteuess. II may be said that
! ''rrstler'' il the terrE applied to the man
I who steals horxes and cattle from the
! large herds on the western ranges The
rustler does not steal after the fashion
/ followed by thieves Of high aud low de-
| gree from the time Of Mar. who drove
/ away the oxen Of jupiter IN the night
and was traiied mp by tho foreman Of
! tho ranch next morning and forced to
take the back track.
Instead Of driving tie cattle from the
range on which they may be feeding
f.s Tustier adopts a brand similar 10
tAa1 owned b. his weather neighb0r.
This brand j. 50 fashioned that a few
lines added 10 the mark upon his neigh
Dor's cattle win change it to the one
adopted BY the T5lstler. Once he has
skillfully fashioned brand, the rustler
has only 10 be industrious and frugal,
and soon he viii enter the ranks Of the
stocknen and some other fellow viii be
stealing from him.
1t Is a noticeable fact, BY the way,
that those cattlc1nen whose herds in
creased most phcnomenally and inex-
plainably-at first the cows, even the
most antiquated steers seeming 10 bear
each year, acco. ling TO the Biblical
standard, some fifty and some an hun
dred fold-are the ones that are talking
the lOudest Of the necessity for enforc-
ing the law.
Another plan by which the large herd
owners of Wyoming lost heavily has
been that adopted by certain residents
OF Nebraska, living near the line divid-
ing the two states. These gentlemen
adopted brands identical with those
owned by the large outfits il eastern
Wyoming. This brand being registered
in Nebraska, its owner would be law
fully possessed of all cattle bearing it
found on Nebraska ranges. Large num-
bers which have drifted to the south
and east before the heavy storms have
been stolen in this way in past winters.
All this has eliminated in a condition
Of affairs closely resembling actual war
fare. The rustlers are yearly becoming
holder and more numerous, and the cat
tlemens profits are as constantly ap- /
preaching the vanishing point. The
State Stock Growers association has
been formed for the avowed purpose of
putting stop to rustling. Whether APP
proved by this association or not, the
hanging Of Waggoner, some distance
west CT this city, and the shooting of
I1sdale and Jones, in johnson county,
show that extreme measures are to be
followed.
The rustiers have already worked the
law III their own behalf. The arrest of
Joseph Elliott, a special agent of the
stock Growers association, and the
swearing out Of warrant for Fred
Coates, another agent who is acting as
Of the Waggoner estate.
S the latest move III the fight. These
men are charged with having ATTEMPTED
o murder the rustlers who were canned
IN Powder river.
When one remembers that the country
S sparsely settled, that immense in
erests are at stake affecting the bust
less welfare of entire states, that the
ustieTS are numerous, brave and reck-
ess, and that the stockmen, some of
whom are but rustlers grown wealthy, ,
re equally determined and ready if they
nd 1t necessary to resort to the extrem- :
st measures, it may be seen that the
ltuation promises anything but season !
+ brotherly love and peaco for the fu-
77a. Either the rustlc-s Will be killed
forced to leave the country or the :
ofiness Of stock raising on an extensive q
ealo IS at an end.-Cor. Omaha World ,
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