The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-23

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MIR. Wands was reticent as To the de-
tails OF the novel industry, but from other
sources the whole story was learned
those backing the enterprise are L. Tim
norman, Z. May, +. d. Gardner. and
Felix k'augher. well-known stock men
and capitalists of the northwest. For
sometime the horses that have grown
Wild IN the mountains and isolated val
Ieys, ana those in the ranges not classed
as wild, have fallen so low in price that
they are worth but the mere bagatelle of
from $3.50 to s. each.
The aforesaid capitalists figured that
tney could make a a head, or total of
SSOOO by capturing the wild horses and
shipping them TO the abattoirs. Since
they got to work on the project, however,
they have concluded that the opuortuni-
Ties are larger; that they will have
more horses to handle. and win make a
vast sum before they get through with it.
Ihey have, therefore, Incorporated a
company and will employ a skilled crew
OF vaqueros and do a great business.
Many of the horses have no owners. and
they will be caught wherever they are
and brought to the abattoirs Vast num-
bers besides these will be bought at the
low figures mentioned and brought to
Trout Dale. This dispatch from Port
land last night gave some of the details
"IhereAre vast number of mongrel
horses ne# in various parts of the north
west, aHa it is proposed to get rid of them
at pE9dt, and, at the same time. give
the growers of good American horses a
better market for them. The mongrels
will, therefore, be brought to the abat-
totrs and killed. The flesh will be rem
dered of its ell and the residue, with the
bones and hapfs, will be made into a fer
tlilzee. as
value, will be snlted, and the hair, with
the names and tails, will be used in up
holstery WeTk. A portion of the meat
will be cdEpressed for use as chicken
food. 1t Isl estimated that in Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Nevada and Idaho
there are at present 100000 half bred
Wild horses for which no market can now
be found.n
The dispatch adds that the industry
of reducing the horses to oil, upholstery,
etc, has come to be considered so i'm
portant that the company proposes to
build new abattoir at Portland. Another
dispatch giver more details.
Several parties, both here and on
Puget sound" 1t says, have been fgur-
ing for some weeks on slaughtering the
horses. There are large numbers of half
breeds and cayuse horses eating the
grass on stock ranges in Eastern Oregon
and Idaho which cannot be sold any
where at any price. IL is thought that
thousands of these horses can be bought
for from 50 to "a a head. and that they
might be slaughtered at a small profit.
There is a sale for the skins, bones, oils,
etc, and it was even imagined that the
hams might be cured and shipped to
Paris, where horsehesh is eaten by the
poorer classes.
In addition to the hundreds Of thous-
ands of wild and mOngrel horses in the
regions alluded to there are many In
British Columbia
About 100 horses roam in the vicinity
of Dcadman's creek, near Kamloops.
These came from horses turned out by The
Hudson Bay Company many years ago.
They are headed by black stallion, who
became very fierce. Attempts to capture
them by the Indians are as a rule futile
Once small band of them was cor
rallied, and it was found utterly impossi-
BILE to do anything with them. The hard
winter this year caused the death of
many of this wandering band, as well as
many of the free Indian ponies.
In the whole of the Upper Fraser and
Dog Creek stations of this psovince," so a
dispatch from Vancouver stated last
night, lit is estimated there are 1000
horses never branded or lassoed roaming
the hills, wild and agile as deer. A
proposition was made three years ago to
shoot them down to save the ranges, but
it was deemed impracticable, and if cap
tured the trouble of breaking is more
than they are worth. The horses are not
in bands of any great numbers, but wan
der here and there over an immense dis
trict so that any scheme to utilize them
would involve killing them in scat
tered places and transporting the
hides and glue and oil pro
ducing sections of the car
casses for long distances to the rail-
way Beyond the mountains, near Fort
Pelly, is q band Of 1000 or 1900 which
defy capture. They are 100 miles from
the railroad. Here and there throughout
the millions of acres of prairie are many
other wild horses. Some escaped from
ranchers. Others are let go as not worth
looking after"
1t is expected to begin killing the horses
at the Trout Dale abattoir in a few
weeks. AS soon as the abattoirs are
finished at Portland these also will be
utilized. The company expects to make
big money. The promoters have exer-
cised secrecy in their movements thus
far, In order to have the advantage of
being first in the field.