The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-11

boy Is at 9 roundup. It is the quickest
metnoo OF dtvesting him Of the o
nance and the poetry that has grown
up apd a a0a nun IN popular tradition.
The spring roundup on the Marias
began this year about the middle Of
May. The Marias roundup. which Is a
type, left Benton on May 10. On the
banks OF Dead Indian coulee the usual
work began. The outfits represented
were n Benton and st. Louis, the
Marrow Guage. the Pioneer-Conrad
Kohr's outfit-the Floweree, the James
Townsend and a number of smaller and
individual owners.
The cattle Of the Pioneer company
the D. H. s. brand-were famous
on the Musselshen and the judith III
the early days Of cattle raising in Mon
ushered more horse thieves and cattle
killing Indians out Of the world than
all the courts and juries of Montana
since 1t was created a territory. Davis,
Sam Hauser and Granville Stuart were
the owners in those days. Granville
Stuart managed the outfit. His name is
still well enough remembered to cause
cold sweats.
Single Roundup
How large Is the Martas roundup?
Well, it will cover 800 miles east and
west and 200 miles north and south. It
extends from the Missouri river across
the Canadian line and from the mouth
Of the Marias and the Bear Paws to
$4,000 calves will be branded.
Usually there Is q break between the
spring and the fall roundup but not
this year. The boys will be engaged in
branding calves until July and then
will start the fall beef roundup: It will
continue until October. About so riders
are employed. They use 500 horses. The
a month. Horse herders receive $45,
broncho busters $50 and cooks, $65.
These men work IA, 10 and 20 hours a
day, eat four meals a day, drink IL cups
of coffee, sleep in a tent or outside
the tent in the mud u in the saddle, as
necessity may dictate.
Easy work? After watching them
at their routine work from daylight to
dark one can understand why S many
of them make asses of themselves when
they come in contact with a liquid
lightning distillery; the monotony Of
one extreme drives them into unbridled
excitement Of the other.
Camps, are usually pitched near
water, although water may be hauled.
A queer arrangement is a cooks tent.
About eight feet in front Of a large
square tent the back end of the cook
wagon is placed. A canvas roof is
drawn over the wagon and back to meet
the roof of the tent. This is the cooks
galley. A large sheet-iron stove is taken
off its roost on three poles behind the
wagon and set up just inside the tent
door. A table for dishes is placed in
the back end of the tent.
The high end-gate of the wagon is
let down, forming a table for the cook
and disclosing a built-in cupboard that
fills about one-third of the wagon bed.
It has a place for everything, from
pies to a raising of bread which is
mixed each time, just before moving
camp, and set away to raise in the
wagon. The 'jolting puts it in perfect
condition for the oven,' according to
the cook-and no n ever disputes
the word of a cook on a roundup. The
cook works from 2 a. m. to II p. m. He
is supposed to sleep only during the
winter season.
"The men line up at the call of
meals like they do at a postal delivery
window. AS they pass by the table, in
the rear, each man grabs a tin plate,
a tin cup, knife, fork and spoon. He
fills his plate from the pots and pans
that stand about, fills his cup from q
two-gallon coffee pot and sits down on
the ground to eat. If he wants q sec
ond helping he waits on himself. When