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[ " AREMAIOR ARE AREI AREMAJOR ARETMAJOR I MAJOR MENACE MENAGE IN WEST WESTThievery WESThievery TMAJOR Thievery hievery of livestock and agricul agricul- agriculture agriculture agriculture - - ture products by bandits who travel travelIn travelin travelin In high-powered high powered - trucks has grown grownto grownto grownto to such proportions proportlOns f hat flat iat it is now nowclasslfied nowclassified nowclassified classlfied classified as one of the tbe major men men- menaces menaces menaces - aces among rancherS rancherSand ranchers and farmers farmersof farmersof of the west nest \ est , accordln according to agriculture agricultureauthonties agricultureauthorities agricultureauthonties agricultureauthontiesDeveloping authonties authorities authontiesDe authoritiesDer De\ De Der Developing Deelopmg \ elopmg eloping with wlth the rising prices pricesof pricesof pricesof of meat and feed fcod food products prcducts , and because be- be because be because - cause of the lack of emiploymcnt employment em loymcnt formen for formen formen men to otherwise make a profitable profitablehving profitableliving profitableliving hving living the truck 'truck ' bandits bandlts ' have havel3ugmented haveaugmented haveaugmented l3ugmented augmented until untll they are now op- op opera operating op operating - era erating ting in many of the western westernst.ates westernstates westernstates st.ates states . it was reprtedIn reprted reprtedIn In Utah saddle horses sheep ca cat- cat cattle cat cattle t- t ttlc - tle tlc , , hogs hogp poultry , gram grain potatoes potatoescelery , celery and alfalfa arc are the chief ob- ob obI obJectlves objectives ob objectives - - I jectives Jectlves cf of the thle\ thle thie'v thiev thieves thlees \ ' es esaccordmg , - according -accordmg accordmg toI toTracy toTracy to toiTracy iTracy Tracy R Welling WeIIing , . executive e"ecuti\ e"ecuti eecuti e"ecutie e'cecutiti ececutiti " ' \ e secre secre- secreI secretary secretory secretary - I tary tory of the Utah State Farm Fann Bu Bureau Bu- Bu Bureau Bureau - - I reau federahonDnvmg federationDriving federation federahon federationDriving I federahonI Driving Dnvmg into the fields fieIds and on onfrequent onfrequent onfrequent frequent occasions OC03Slons into the yards yardsI yardssurrcundmg yardssurrounding yardssurrounding surrcundmg surrounding the hou houoe house . : > e the truckersround truckers : I round up the livestock IlVestock and load loadthem . . l lth th m onto the trucks and dnve dn\e dn e dri've drive \ ' to tomarket tomarket market , Mr Welling Wellmg saidr saidI saidThe saidThe said toII II r I The ' bandits " are , , as a rule , onlymterested onlyinterested only only.interested in m products leady ready foi fOl for formarket I in m older order to avoid any delay delayin I I1m in selling the stolen products , , he headded headded headded'The : 1m added addedI added'The I 'The The ' The theft of agriculture ploducts products pioductsis productsis : IS noticeable ncticeable during dunng the harvest sea season season season son The bandits load then loot lootdirectly lootdhectly : dh directly ecUy from ifrom the fields " "Many Many " legitimate fcnickeis truckels truckers who whoare whoare whoare are undei undel under contract to haul the theproducts theproducts theproducts products to the market for the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers find it desirable to " work "ork ork cork at atI atmght atnight atnight I mght night when the highways are clear clearI clearof clearof clearof of traffic and the cool air is lS less lessapt lessapt lessapt I apt to heat the motors of the vehi vehi- vehi- vehi vehiclPs vehicles vehicles - cles clPs clPsI I makesi Because 'Because ' ' of this practice 'practice ' it makes makesit i it all the easier for the thieves thleves to todnve todrive todnve makesII dnve drive their machines machmes into a field fieldand fieldand fieldand II IIit and unsuspectedly load the harvest harvest- harvested harvested harvested - ed product end land and make an scape escape escapeFarmers escapej scapeI scapeFanners I Farmers Fanners , who happen to see the theI thetruckers thetruckers truckers loading , do not on many manyloccasions manyoccasions manyoccasions I ! loccasions occasions interrupt inten-upt inten upt - , , because the le- le leI legitimnte legitimate le legitimate - gitimate gitimnte haulers are \ working orldng ' at the thesame thesame thesame I same hour " A large 13rge per cent of tlie the cattle"rustling cattlerustling cattle cattleI cattle"rustling i I "rustbng rustbng "rustling rustling " " perpetrated in m Wyoming Wyomingwhere , , ! where it lt is lS perhaps more prOl1ounc- prOl1ounc pronounc- pronounc prOl1ounccd pronounced pronounc-ed pronounc ed - I | prOl1ouncI cd ed than in 111 other states I is done at atl11ght atnight atnight l11ght night it lt 1t was reported by Russell RussellI RussellThorp RussellThorp RussellThorp I ( Thorp secretary secrctary and chief brand brandI brandmspector brandinspector brandinspector mspector inspector foi fOl for the Wyoming WycmIng stock- stock stockgrO Stockgrowers Stock-growers Stock growers - grO\\ grO grOers growers \ ers ' associationThe associationThe association associationThe I The modern m"dem mdem m'dern mdern " ' thieves load the ani ani- ani- ani anil1als animals animals - " mals l1-als l1 als - in speedy hIgh-po hIgh po high-powered high powered - " ered vehicles vehicles ve- ve vehides - hides hicles and drive to markets some some- sometimes sometimes sometimes - times as fai fal far ' eist e'1st e1st east from Wvomineas Womingas W Woming } oming omingas as Kansas and west we'5t we5t ' as a'5 a5 ' fai fm far as Cali Cah- Cah California Cahfornia Cali- Cali California - - fornia , Mr Thorp said'The said said'The 'The The ' The thefts made in m 'V V Wyoming Wyomingchiefly ' Wyomingchiefly om1l1g om1l1gChlCfly ChlCfly chiefly con consist concist ist of cattle , horses and andI andsheep andsheep andsheep I sheep On fl fiequent frequent equent occasions they theyshoot theyshoat theyshoot shoot shoat their prey , skin them andthen andthen and then load them on the tnicks tnlcks trucks " " "These These " men have ha\e ha e hae \ % enlisted enhc.ted enhcted : . the use useof useof useof of powerful pov.erful poverful . electric lights in round- round rounding rounding round-ing round ing - ing up the livestock and loading the thecarrIers thecarriers thecaiTicrs carrIers Once the " inimils "nim'l1s niml1s animals ' are areloded areloaded arcloaded loded loaded ] it is difficult dlfficult to catch the thethl thethin'ves thethi3vcs thl thleS thin'ves thinves \ ' \eS eS because of the high rate of ofspeed ofspeed ofspeed speed at which they tiavel havel travel " . Mr Thorp , who began his career careerI careeras careeras careeras I as a cowpuncher while the w \ west \ est wasstill wasstill was still y } voung oung in development deve10pment said hedoesn hedoesn he I heI doesn t remember " when "hen hen rustling rustllng was wasearned wascarned earned carned on on such a large scale cale asit asit as it is today ' 'The The ' The thefts usinllv USU'llIv USUllIv usually ' at ale alemade ( ' > made from the smaller 13l1C'herwhose iaurherwhose laufher 13l1C'her 13l1Cher iaurher ' whose brands aie alC arc notell not ' \ well \\ell ell known kno\\ll kno ll \ \ at atthe atthe the markets " At Ata recent meeUn meeting meetingf , . -f f - f -a a t3 . - a ' the Lhe Na- Na NatIcnal NaticnaI - - j I ticnal ticnaI Livestock LlVcstock G Gi ] ov 0\1 0 1 os \ , , crs ers ' assocla- assocla associa- associa assoclaI assoclahon association assoclation - - tion hon 'fi fi a ' ; a resolution recolutton ; " " vas lS as ! adopted eall- eall ca11- ca11 call- call ca11ing calllag eallhig - - hig ing lag . . on all pct pcHfp pcHr'p pcHrp re ' officers officcrs , highwaypatrolmen highwaypatrolmen highway highwaypatrolmen I patrolmen 1 > s'nd snd and ' 1ld procecuting prosecuting pro : cuting at- at attornes attorneys - - tomevs tornes torneys } for their thelr assistance in curb- curb curbling curbing - ing the the1 thccl : ' ' ' " ' violations vioIaUons Mr ' Thorp 'I11orp I11orp said saidAI saidAr saidAr ling AI Ar ' ' " 1el iei - > ei type of robbery whichI whichcrw"Onts whichcryonus which . c conts crw"Onts crwOnts cry-onus cry onus " ' " -onts onts - the farmers is the theflf theftf theft , I ' f farm fann Implements during durtng tlie the winter winter win- win winter - - ter season , Mr Welling pointed 'Pointed ' O.11t O11t out . ' In some sections the farmers Wln will Wlnsoore willstore wilstore . soore store their equipment in a barn ban1 and andmove andmove anc move to the city for theinter the winterDuring \ winter \\inter inter interDuring During their absence the truck b'1n- b'1n b1n ban- ban b'1ndits bandits bin-dits bin dits ' - - dits strike and obtain their lootIt loot It " |
