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Show 'portrait of Haslem pothers-cattlemen : ! ' is oi of rint-ih Oittlomon's L br.. Joe. John and ' farmed a partnership "Strives. Joe was "USluS John, Februarys. U ( Their parents were 6 k- "Joe Haslem is a living Uinah Basin ' iP- il he tells tall tales, he sits 1!$ and is a mighty tall it comes to producing cat- , an tales are based on solid !;! -Sat he embellishes the lV -i hisown particular brand of ,l-r and that's where the rT'tn the picture. What's ( bringing some hilarity into i'of one's listeners? LyOah State Cattlemen's con-i' con-i' thfld in Vernal two years ago, boarded buses for a scenic - t Harpers Corner as one of the ts Instead of viewing the U most of the group was found down in a circle as they to Joe's inimitable spinmng of -i j, inching cows all your life is not rj-jve to cultivating the most is; vocabulary in the world so we'll is one straight down the alley, spring, so the story goes, this ji was baring to do most of the r4 alone. One morning he rred a cow with a prolapsed ti Even-rancher can visualize the jsn and sympathize with anyone a tried to remedy this situation. & is one of the dirtiest and most dt a rancher faces up to and Fiick)-to perform without the aid e rancher was not without daring rjjiaation. After tying the cow so aidn't choke, he grabbed some 1 twine, slapped a couple half g around the womb close to the 5 body and cinched it up tight. tabs felt certain all circulation ' slopped, he pulled out his s tie. and using his own words, - Uled it." It was no problem 2 push back what was left and iecow loose. Later he claimed, "I aer that fall and she was as fat as f - -' ' " :- i i JOE HASLEM any of 'em!" The Haslem brothers ran an outstanding out-standing herd of top quality commercial com-mercial Herefords and owned 6,400 acres of deeded land, leasing 1.5(H). The home ranch is at Jensen on the Green River. John and Joe still live on the place their parents settled in 1895. In 1974 they sold their Blue Mountain holdings. The Haslems trailed cattle to Rifle, Colorado until the railroad came to Craig. They helped the trail herds reach the Union Pacific in Wyoming. The first cattle loaded on the Moffat railroad when it came to Craig in 1913 was Haslem steers. While John and Clyde stayed on the ranch, Joe worked for cow outfits from Jensen to Rawlins, Wyoming. He spent several springs for Bill Beair, the W. L. outfit on Snake River; 7-D-s in Meeker; the Brown's Park Company and Frank Burdett. The Haslems raised fine horses and sold them to the army and for polo, motto was "If you can't do it on horseback, hor-seback, it isn't worth doing." Although Joe has spent his life on the ranch he's never run a mowing machine, but John has put in a lot of hours on one. Joe served in the Army during World War I and married Ruth Perkins of Boston, Mass. Two sons were born, Sam and Jack. Many lives have been influenced for good because of Mrs. Joe Haslem. Ruth died in February of 1981. The Haslems have made great contributions, not only to Jensen, but . the entire Uintah Basin. They know the real meaning of being good neighbors, but more important they are good neighbors. A man knows he can depend on the Haslems. |