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Show UTTLC MMMiLINfl IN niOaiHU. Tun cattlemen of Wyoming have made grave cbargesof stealing against the rustlers and tho small ranchers who are opposed to thnc&UUklogs,' and there may be good grouuds for complaint In some lntam.e. Hut from whst we have heart there Is another an-other klad of stealing In vojue In that Htate, wbtch may account for airue of the troubles that alUlct the companies which own large herds and fall to receive re-ceive expected dividends. It Is exposed ex-posed by a gentleman In this city, lu the anuexed communlcatlou, which no doubt contains an explanation of one of the mysteries of the cattle business It wets In the year eO or 'et that the following fol-lowing took ptacoi A young man from Utah wa cow punching for a Wyoming firm On potcralocrajilons whon calve wero brand oJ, the foroimn would be afltUtafcl with fronting of the eyra, and bin boolcwbtohhedroppM was picked up by my I n (or nun t, and to bU aurprUe he notlood that the number bad multlpllod bylen thus on one occasion they bal branded 30 cahe, the foreman' took recorded 300, on another occa-lon 40 had tbo Iron applle I, the foreman' vision becoming be-coming somewhat rnUty, It wat recorde -too The ranch wai sold, and supposed to voiiUin WHW head of stock, when In retllty thoro ass but IKK). The price pal 1 usi $U0i As the sKkU account wm kej t by the foreruau, tbeflrm relied on their agon., an 1 the j urcbuer on the firm both wero dace Wei, You can rea lily see that the caltlemsn exptvilud a large herd natural I) accuird aomeonoof stealing, when, In reality, they never Herein pos,Mlou ol tho amount they paid tor. I eui'toct this Is only one cane out of many, Cvto. |