Show lip lustro auns feature on oln burgs tile tho torch tile the monthly moll publication of utah 01 re fining co in its july issue ran a 0 picture story ot of the win dros bros in roosevelt the article fo follows loa von n and his him three bro brothers tiers omni clair and ralph oper ate 2000 acre winterton brother hunch aanal ot at roosevelt ioka find and woodland utah where they bred and feea feud pure purebred roa Ile hereford reford cuttle cattle that have become acorne well known for or their quality to stockmen stoc kmen throughout the west the winterton cattle said to ile bo the he largest regis registered herd in duchesne and uintah coun ties are certainly home bonne of the finest and best cared for to be seen anywhere winterton bulls are shown at almost every major stock show in the west and were marketed laba year outside of utah in nevada california wyoming montana and colorado winterton brothers Dr others have head of breeding cows plus their prize bulls and the young eattle coining up in od ad to handling the tattle battle the Wint ertons operate a well implement shop chop and raise oats and porn corn 50 acree of each and large quantities of alfalfa and mixed grass hays tor for feed winterton father of the tour four brothers in 1910 bought a few purebred hereford cows on antelope island at that time tim in ili the utah arapi are there were no pulls bulls available of high enough quality to suit him so he set out to ka to find some ile he succeeded decided to fill up the rail car with eighteen good belf ers and the Wint ertons were in the cattle bu business giness the first location was at chillies ton utah on a ranch now grazed only by fish at the bottom of deer creek reservoir in 1939 the coming 01 ol the reservoir moved the tons tona to roosevelt the naw elderly founder of the business may still be seen walking around aroun tho the roosevlt it ranch giving advice drawn from long experience or jutt juit sitting on a box perhaps watching his sons and grandchildren at work and singing to himself some fine old western ballad almost lost to a 4 young generation availed by rock p roll iroll van winterton who was lust just five years old when his father went seeking peeking cattle in Neb nebraska rapka runs the ranch at roosevelt in addition he finds time to serve duchesne county as Ile representative in the utah state legislature an office for which he plans to run again at af the next election and to he be active in LD S church activities BS as well ills wife nida besides performing the many jobs ol of a ranchers right hand lady is 5 also active in ili church Is employ employed eo as book bookkeeper heeper and stenographer in tile school system and participates in a literary club van and nidas children lend able hands on the ranch eldon 20 works on the wood land place where he lives with his wife and daughter keith 22 married and arther of two spends most of ills his spare hours at the roosevelt ranch don 17 keeps the books helps n the machine shop and diane 15 handles a tractor during haying like an old hand omni winterton manages the winterton brothers Dr others shop at roosevelt where besides keeping their own six tractors their trucks and other mechanized equipment in top condition they sell minneapolis moline form farm machinery and parts omal dmn and his wife arlene have an an interesting assignment sign ment prep presiding iding over the LUS churche churchs randlett indian branch their children are marilyn 16 arvin 5 and carol artine I 1 ralph winterton and his wife elma lives on the ranch at woodland near kamas their oldest son dee 22 1 Is now serving a church mission to the central atlantic states middle aged son lynn Is 16 and youngest seth is 7 older winterton who operates the place at loka about 10 miles west of roosevelt 1 Is stake M I 1 A dance diree director tor with his wife beatrice find has been known to dance even with a broken leg broken on the ithe way to an earlier dancel all four of clairs clalra children are accomplished cowpokes cow pokes and aidt the trail with their parents every summer ori on the cattle drive from toka loka and roosevelt to the strawberry vall valley hal 1191 is 17 janet 14 lee to and june a veteran of three cattle drives on her own pinto horse Is fivel five that completes the family roll call at least for now two full time hired hands plus additional dit ional seasonal help for such things as haying round out the working force |