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Show - MECHANIZED RUSTLING DESERET NEWS, Morning, April' 23, 1950G 410...V';1',.!!..0r, IVI,, Cattle Thieves Becoming "Bad Menace to Ranchers By SAM b , Canneit recalls a woman rustler who was an evangegist She OKLAHOMA CITY There's a lot of cattle Tustin' would show up at a Texas stock goin on these days pardner market with a dozen bead at ,JA timicto explain "these were but the thieves cuttin-----strit- i from the herds ain't ridin cow given to me- by my good breththey don't tarry shoot- - . poniesf Ins Irons and nary a one gets She was caught when one strung up to the nearest oak of her cattle had a brand that Hopes these modern rustlers did not belong to a "brethren." la. mechanized. and are eau- In an effort to , aid 'county Log more trouble than the old law enforcement officers, O.K. In ever-didthe rootin', Bivint-o- f the Oklahoma 'Crime shootile daya portrayed Bureatt has boded a partial list in vrestern movielL of 180. Inpvin and suspected in- , YELD3LLN 4 - - , - p t---",- th" t;I. Tie rustling problem has - cattle rustlers operating in the come acute;as beef. continues to brIng Iiigh- - prices on the out it Ls use-market. It's a comparatively less to 'attempt to trace the Efate and easy type of crime, and rustlers through tire tracks, or - i. the returns are goo& a - become - so Rustling widespread that aroused farm-ore aro threatening to take up arms and form vigilant cons- mitteee to patrol country roads. Carl Cannon, brand inspector for the Texas indSouthwestern Cattle Ilidaers',Association,es- timated more than 300 persons are engaged in the cattle steal- lag business in Oklahoma. ---h - ' - ' I410 4 4 ' ; , --Ah- oy Actraut ESTIMATE - to set up road blocks: -- to stop them. - BULL--- COLUMBUS, O. -'- Blood The registered Jersey bull, Lilac Corona tor King,. owned by - the St. George Fourth Ward Corporation of the Church of Jesuit Christ of Latter-da- y Saints of St- - George, b announced by the American Cattle Club, as hay- Jersey Ing. qualified. as a Tested Sire. - . than two um-d- er treek. The rustlers deliver their stolen cattle to a corn- mission man for sale. One rustler was caught work- lag a double shift. He'd steal the cattle, drive 300 miles and them. On his way back, he'd rustle another lot and dispose of them at his starting Point- - Cada 0. ' Lilac Coronator King has been officially classified for tYPe by the club with a rating of very good, equivalent to a score of 83 to 90 per. cent when compared to the -score card allottmr 100 points to a perfect - - OLD PUNCHER cow a Cannon, puncher all his life, believes tightening erenoude conditions are causing the sudden tuna, rge in- rustling. Its an easy wai to make good money, and you don't maL This sire was bred by Trances E. MU of Philomath, Ore., and was purchased as a calf In 1943 by C.' L. Bush also of Philomath. Lilac Coronator King was purchased by his pres- need much equipment." he - few rustlers pointed out. ent oysters move-th- e - ...7. , ,i; ,::.:."7. AC,.:.ch..0,i7W.61..i.$0.PP tah d Utah ar f which' ismore times the butterfat production of the average dairy cow In the United States. All records were made official supervision of The American Jersey. Cattle Club, with' national headquarters In Columbus, Disposing of the cattle Is al- most as simple. Each of the TT Oklahoma counties has at least one community tattle sale - AU told, the Logan River supBy GREGORY L. PEARSON -' Illab's 1950 water supply ply will be about 50 per cent prospects are excellent In the higher this year than 'during the ten-seWater is the life blood of northern period. part of the state, good 193948 Utah. Without it, civilization as in the central part, and fair In On the Blacksmith Fork, iit. wo know it ,could not exist in the southern part, with the ex- tie Bear River and smaller this region. Our most valuable ception of the east fork of the streams of Cache Valley the wa ter is similar to thal of lands would be useless, our Sevier River, where the supply- the supply will likely be poor. Logan River. ProspectivsvOCOMMY would collapse. Throughout t h e- - Mountain runoff from these streams will The development of agricul- West It would be wise for Irri- be 50 to 70 per cent above ark ture, the operation of power, gators to get busy right now erage, providing normal pre.-plants and Industries, the size and clean canals and ditches and cipitation occurs during the run- and stability of towns and cities repair Irrigation control struc- off seasbo. turea The Byrtint reservoir-lx-tanai--- -depend -- uponIn areas where supplies are thirds full. It will more them ter supply. be fill to capacity. Some damage It is important for us living limited, use of water should to absolute needs. could occur to farm lands be. In this semi-ari- d region, where restricted Ill. itself is dependent upon Where high flows are expected, low the reservoir from water available water, to knovr be- stream channels should be clean that may have to be passed forehand what the expected and free of debrIS which would over the spillway. from increase the damage high water supply for a season will OGDEN, WEBER OREM water, i be. is reatson There will likely be an excel. (Mr. irrigation Since the instigation of snow Utah State lent water supply on the south the for engineer surveys and the publication of College Experi- fork of the Ogden River. Wawater forecasts on April 1, it Agricultural ment Station end the division ter content of the snow on has been possible Joe the peoof the Soil Conservation Serv- - Monte Cristo is eves. 50 per ple of the state to know to a we, with headquarters at the cent above the long-tim- e even.' surprising degree of accuracy USAC its Logan. Hi is in age, and the runoff is expected what the runoff will be from charge Of making the snow to be 12 per cent more thal the various watersheds and measurementron Utah's mountain last year. The Pine View reser streams of Utah. watersheds. These surveys vote will fill to capacity wittt means that have Such information water having to be passed over just been completed.) when there is a below average the spillway before the season BREAKDOWN BY AREAS water supply, conservation steps Is very far advanced. On the Bear River watershed can be ea to tope with the Water from the Weber Is ex sho e; when there is an un- above Rarer. high' elevation pected to be only dif flow, a forewarn-- 1 snow courses have stout 150 per ferent from the 1949slightly tisuaIfy flow. Late cent cent 20 of and and is per average precautionary' ing given season are to supplies expected low measures can be taken against greater than last year. At be somewhat better, however. damage which results from the elevation the water content is Both-Eas- t. Canyon---anto 200 150 from cent above water high per reserroirs will fill - to capacity, 30 from to 50 and if armee s, powercompanies, average per LAZE T. SALT towns and cities, in fact every- cent,,aba,last ear ormooK It the expected runoff occura . Streams one in the state directly or indraining directly Into directly are benefited by wa It will be 40 per cent higher Salt Lake from Farmington 1939-4ten-yeav8 the than ter supply forecasts. south to Murray-shoul- d pro- -Water supply prospects.' and erage. Streams flowing Into duce nearly the same rtmoll runoff conditions cannot be de- Bear Lake will yield about 15 as last year. However, the wa termined by observation of the per cent more water than In tershed soils were better primed-la- st snow cover and conditions on 1949. At the present time the fan than the preceding of the lake is slightly high-- 1 or he.100V. level the veller - thanlast-y-eal yearandsoshoukt erthil and about int toward the mountains from higher yield e ve a - slightly a distance and estimating the same as in 1947 and 1948. ; ugh the anoW Cover it about Because of the expected high 'depth of snow on therm same as-- lt was a year ago.- yield of the streams feeding Experience has proved it nec- Bear Lake, Irrigators using this UTAH COUNT! IrICTURS measto accurate take essary water will have ample storage Runoff front the watersheds., urements on established snow of 'the Provo and American courses at high elevations on ' LOGAN RIVER HIGH Fork Rivers will be higher than the watersheds of our streams. - Snow surveys on the Logan lastyear. the Increase tondos From these surveys arijndex - Indicate- - that -,from- high "'eleVatiOn to the expected water supply heavy stream flows such as oc- which contain more water thaa months is summer the during curred during .1932 and 1938 a yearago.;20141-over-storage.- ' obtained. can be expected. Some damage Creek reservoir was 82 There are now in the state may even result to Irrigation of Deer of Utah, as a result of a co- structures and lands adjacent to per cent of capacity on April t. and will fill.early this seaoperative program between va- the main stream channels. son state and rious government, Water content of the snow In the Hobble Creek-Payso- n other agencies, a series of 78 In Franklin Basin Is the highest Vanish Fork area thesupplies,-- cotwses-Tlier-arlocated rtnitr2S7eanewreeordAnd snow expected to be about the at elevations between 7800 and that on Mt. Logan has been ex- are same as ceeded env once, In 1932 when or 30 last year, which was 23 10,000 feet and the measureper cent above average. ments taken from these courses four-tentof an Inch more was Reservoir has are the basis for the stream measured. The Spring Hollow a The Strawberry Morage---highigh hold-ovflow forecasts made each year courses were ' exceeded only on Oa first of April)alai:1111y In 1932.,and 1935. Continued, os .rage CHI U Ten- tested daughters of Lilac Corona tor King pro an average of 8404 pounds of milk, testing 5.4 per sent butterfat and av- - 458 ----- Water TESTED SIRE 300 miles away from the scene of the theft by liteal-trtscks- -to - - besidirthenc denewmob., ile; WARD- -- COLDShown taking snow measurements are Harold Rae, Soil Conservation Service right, surveyor, and Bob .Thurman, Texas Irrigation specialist snow survey Workers, the doing graduate work at USAC. The vehicle that transports , UP HIGH WHERE IT'S ' - ST.-GEORG- , morning. ,. - - There aro- so- many moving iattlit to market at night it would be practically itnpossible - , There's no accurate estm ate of the amount of cattle stolen,. but Saks Sims, chief of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investiga- tion, believes losses run into hundreds of thousands of dol-lar' a year. Modern rustlers usual), work in pairs, using a truck dr semi trailer. They strike swiftly at night, driving up to a pasture or farm yard where they load the settle. Its a simple operation for anyone with any knowledge of cattle. With modern highways, 4 ,'''7 ..---- - - -- tattle.11 - --- d - ar Ilt le -- 4.4 ,,,,,,, .am... agoll ,C0 1 ,- v4 1 44 11 . - - - -- River-watershed - ' ) .- - - e- Cattle 'rustlers today aro 'bed, working in pairs, using a truck or semitrailer. Sketch drawn by AP Nowsfeatures artist, E. It IrSTI.E1S-60-110DEIN- ---; - hs er , 11i t, ' nCfl. h- , - |
