Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-22

fact Is the spots where one of these
buzz wagons, as they call them, cannoS
be run are mighty few and far be-
tween. | used TO have an idea that 1t
was necessary tn have nice, smooth
road IN order to do anything with an
auto, but the way / have seen these
ranchers run their machines all over
the Panhandle landscape has caused
me 10 give my ideas a much-needed
revision.
why, it was only month or so ago
that a gang OF cattle lustlers lifted Il
bunch of cattle belonging to small
rancher living In the vicinity of the
Bar ranch, right ON the edge of the
Panhandle.
''The rancher sent part Of his outht
OF COW puncnors TO TRAN the stolen ami.
mails, and Mt the same time he nOti-
fled Bar q boss, who happened to be
a deputy sheriff
'As soon as lac got word OF the raid
the boss. in his capacity as deputy.
sWore IN a posse of eight or 10 OF his
cowboys. After armlng them with Win
chesters. he slowed them into Couple
OF big touring cars that the ranch
owners bought last fall for that very
purpose
Ut happened Chat the posse in the
two automobiles left the Bar q ranch
exactly "a hours behind the bunch OF
COW punchers sent out by the owner OF
the stolen cattle.
at was about sunrise when the
deputy left with the men in the two
touring cars and 1t was shortly before
noon that same day when the party
sighted the ruStlers, nearly $50 miles
from where the cattle were stolen.
THE rustlers were evidently not eX
pectlng TO be pursued In such an up
to-date fashion. for they permitted the
.tsfF tAa 10 40 t.sf1ya or
them before they got wise to the pres
ence of the posse
I'm the fight that followed n couple
of the rustlers got theirs and the rest.
four or five In number, made their os-
cape across a small river and headed
fci. piece Of rough country that made
their capture look mighty dubious.
THE COW punchers IN the autos wer4
all for piling out and taking after the
rustlers ON foot but the boss who
knew about what the machine could
do In a rough country, just told the
dude chauffcurs that had been import
ed from the east along with the ma
chimes to put the vehicles over the
river and up into the foothills after the
fugitiVes.
"A few minutes search resulted in
the discovery Of place who're the
water was only a couple of feet deep.
and the machines dashed across In a
cloud OF spray. The farther bank rose
up at an angie that would have both
cred horse considerably to got over,
but the two autos raced up II while
the members of the posse held their
breaths and ga2ed at one another in
amaZemeut.
I'm the pursuit that followed tho
rustlers were one by one forced 10
abandon their mounts and hunt cover
among the rocks aud gulIIes that the
country was full OF.
THE pursuing party, however, stuck
to their machines until they finally cor
nored three of the thieves in gully,
In the gunplay that followed one
hustler stopped a Winchester bullet in
n vital spot. but the other two we're
captured after both had been wounded.
1t Is not known whether one or two
members of the gang made their get
away, but whatever the number was II
is not likely that they did any more
cattle rustling In the heart of the Pam
handle The three rustlers that got
creased in the pursuit We're duly
PLANTED where they fell and the other
two were taken in the autos ana the
party started for the Bar q.
About the time they got well under
way the cowboys that had started out
hours ahead of the auto party hove IN
sight and were greatly chagrined 70
find that the buzz wagons from the
eftete east had been Instrumental IN
the capture or death of five members
of the most notorious gang OF cattle
rustlers IN that part OF Texas