Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-28
DAMS PRIVATE MARK
FOUND oNik MOSQUITO, 1T SAVED
HARDlN'S LIFE.

''N"O'N N'rs'
Neither kniio Nor Branding Iron Was
Used on That Ranch, a. the oWner Was
Pretty Fair Shot and Always Kept In
Practice.
mem was pretty good shots' SAID
the oiu sheep raiser when the boys had
hnlshea tei!lhg ABOUT some glass ball
smoothing they hau done at the gun cup |
tournament, put toiks nowadays don Y |
10 no shootin ike they dlu Few years |
ago Ihete was Dah i1arolh now VINO |
run sheep fhnch III west IeAas III |
iooIi no coulu shoot'
ffetty GOOD shot' was nee asked
sne boys 10 Draw the oiu man out
Nell' ne was goou' lalr shot Tor
them Tunes and locallty. a COTS 40
was Dan 3 taVorite' lie run ABOUT 'OOo
sheep ana goou mahy cattle ana
horses. Inc ranchers all marked the
ears OF thelr STOCK, each man IN oil
iereht way TO distinguish thelr proper
w. Dan marx was mole In the Ieit
ear anu an uhuerDlt IN the flght' ana
ne never allowed Rniie 10 Do USED on
ms ranch. lie marked every animal
himseh with ms SIX shooter ana ne
never made "A mistake IL was slght
to see MN gailoplh across the prairle
OH ms mustang alter punch OF lamps
or round up OF sprlng caves, a-pIacin
MS marks win ms 40 ana never Vaiylh
sixteenth OF an men from where they
neiohgeu, Dan marked more mavericks
than anybody else III the country put
toSether'
rom practlcln 80 much Dan got TO
De 1rst rate ahot' lie used 10 nae
a'onR Ill MS pasture ana put MS marx
on the coyotes and jack rabbits Just to
keep ms mana IN IL got 30 that hine
times out OF ten "hen man killed
aeef "ith ms Winchester ne womb ma
mole In It's lett ana an uhdefplt III ls
figh1 ear ana he'u anyways send Dan
over quarter OF Vehisoh wheh ne got
IL nome / seen Dan win BET OIL sou
one uay from 'ehuefloot we was
rum hluns 'he roau ana we seen the
srounu a,huinpih up where mole was
SHOWN alohs OUT OF sight uhuer tho
earth' Dal ulhue MS proposition, the
40 went OH couple Oh times we aug
tne niole up ana there was the marks
IN ms ears rignt Where they belohged
AI.er uWhiie uoh thihk there was
hVlhg thins on pah rahch except ms
WIZ 'iiaU uiuh nave ms marx III lts
eats
Inns haple vi Ian got MN out OF
pretty pad scrape one tlhe' Along
ABOUT 1887 wheh iree range commenced
Rettih scarce, tine fence cutters got to
cu'tih the wire FENCES around tine pas
lures ana give the sheep men lots or
trouble Dan hau beeh cut mar
Go2eh t'mes' ana ne was mad one day
ms rouo out "ltnout MS gun ana saw
low Gown rustier named Iompkins
siloih ms wires ike hddlestrlhgs with
PAR Oh nippers' IompRlns got on his
morse hnu ie' OUT, ana Ian foae paek 10
MS faheh anu got MS gun lie struck
OUT ON IompKlhs traii ana oVerhauled
nm ABOUT suhuowh III the httie town
thao was tne county seat. Dan shot MN
| quietly ana was aoout 10 get a cup OF
cohee ana start oack nome when he
was surprised uy the sheriii arfestin
| MN, lou see' .ha1 was hpout the timo
the Jaw ana order gang got 10 ralsih
ohin IN 'he west ana ,tyih 10 SET down
on pfomiscuous shoouh ana personal
iloeity' Ihey scared up Judge and a
jury somewhere ana held KIND or court
tighe away 10 Try Ian Iompklhs mad
a, io1>ot itieiius IN 'owh' among the moss
thieves ana Ifee grassers' and they
S Toino IN ~ .he uIzeh ana swofe that
IoniphihS n"uh peeii oue Oh town ior
Wen, anu Una .ha' IAN story ABOUT ms
ou.tin 'no ieneo nun 20 Dan n"u no
wllncsSss, anu ~ pGsah 10 iooL kihd oil
iuhny lor MN. Ihey hau Iompklns
| Directly Dan went over and looked