La Junta tribune., 1914-05-02
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Early last Tuesday morning shsr-
III Alex Yant called At the office q
the great family journal. took the -
itcr In tow and deported him By a.
tomobile 70 . point thirty-sight
milss south In Red Rock Canyoa.
He gave no intimation ~ to his In
tentions. or whether he had any at
all or not, and II he mad he relent-
Cd. as he brought the editor back
home again early In the evening. af.
ter an eighty mile automobile jour
ney. without = mishap. q puncture or
even skid. although Il was power
full slippery and like a corduroy
road ON some portions Of the famous
Santa Fe Trail.
From La Junta We went straight
to Timpas. or as straight AZ the var
ious and sundry deviations In tho
road would permit. and from that
point in southwesterly direction to
Sheriff Wants 1000 acre stock
ranch In the vicinity Of Red Rock
Canyon. He owns 1000 acres OF deed.
ed land around Red Rock Canyon
and besides that has about 1000
acres more of school land. which pro.
vides excellent grazing for the 1000
head Of cattle Mr.. Yant now has
roaming over the hills there.
Az we approached the entrance To
the canyon we met Foreman Hens
Icy and two cowboys driving n bunch
Of about $50 steers TO the head Of
the canyon where the corrals and de-
horning pens are located. and had
our first experience In witnessing
the dehorning process. From The
PENS the cattle wsrs driven lnto .
shule. - ~ enA q svtish M :
sItdlnS o6et WA . heye thsoasA =
jsst isrGs sseuoh fos . stsss 70 Dshs
bis head through. A. soon - ~
steer poked his head through the
hole the aiding door descended like
. guillotlne and enclosed his neck.
holding him fast. A cowboy thea
enclosed the horns Of the animal
with = huge pair Of "pinchers" and
pinched the horn off. Sometimes the
animal struggled and beloved. and
at other times he di0 not seem 70
mind Il n all. They say that Il
hurts Just about ~ much ~ Il doea
70 have . tooth pulled-and that's
bad enough. The denuded horn 10
then doped With . solution Of pine
tar and tuspeatine. and jag Of cot
ton soaked with the same mixture
showed into the socket Of the horn
70 assist In the healing procsss and
also 70 kesp away the files. Il would
take about two days 70 ashorn 3se
cattle. With three men working On
the Job.
After working for 40 hour or two
the bunch adjourned and vent down
70 the ranch house . mile down the
canyon where an elegant dinner was
served b. Mrs. Henslsy. and after ~
outins Of that kind Il takes some din.
ner 70 fill . man up. After diasee
the dshosnins fiesta was resumed
and they were stili At Il whsn ws
seastsd % The Journey baek hoas
With ths hope Of heating the HACK
cloud that was coming ~ fro0 ths
west IN . race for L. Junta. We
beat the torrential douwnpour iato
tswn By about fifteen ninutss.
NJ. vass's cattle sss 10 flee cosdl-
tioa. aad hs expects 70 kssp then q
tAs raase uatil Dscsabss. cad tAsa
taks about half Of ths huneh =
Rocky Ford 70 fsttsn thsm uD -
bsst pulp In the feeding psas asas
ths bsst factory. Ths ssaainiag
SOC Will - wineersd o. shs FaaeA.
and plenty Of cake" asl bay VIM
- Stored there during Ne suaass
% puIl thsn through 10 cass q
storms sueh ~ we haA 1ase wiatee.
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