| Show THIEVES A asb AND ND cooperative OPERATIVE CO BROTHER R T ner HEP W W riter in informs forms ua us that he lost a pair of mule mules aln bin ain tha the vicinity of Co coalville alville summit county and after considerable search one of them was found alone in the mount mountains aills altis far from other animals an imala and in a most moat unlikely place for a mule to go unless he be had been driven there the other missing animal was not found there but a mule was waa bought of an indian low down on bear near Be arRiver biver for twenty pounds of flour which upon examination proved to be brother biters bitens missing man who traded for it recognizing after he obtained possession possess loil of the animal his bran brand d upon it the indian said he got the mule from another indian but whether he did or not he evidently knew know the mule was a stolen one by his offering to part with icat it at such a price we understand that the people of Co alville have considerable stock running at large larga on the range I 1 if so they would do well to look after it for thera there is iio no doubt there are thieves 0 white or red redi and probably both about we shall hall the day with genuine pleasure when operation cooperation co in herding will be universally entered into throughout all our settlements this and this alone will put an effectual check cheek on thieving and until it is entered into stock on the he range wll will peas it has haa been for the past twenty years and upwards exposed to the constant depredations of thieves if the amount of horses mules and horned stock which have disappeared from the ranges of this territory and of which their owners have lost all trace were to be footed up UPI it would startle everybody it would be difficult to find a person who has been here for any length of time who has not lost hundreds of dollars korthof wor worth of stock by their ingon dy dying on the range by off or by theft jf if herds hads were kept hept on the operative cooperative co principle there would of necessity be herdsmen to watch them every herd would have its own brand and a thief would have but a poor chance to drive orf off and claim an animal because it looked like one theathel that he had lost neither could animals winder off aa as they now do nor could they perish for in stormy and wintry weather as is frequently the case at present there are numerous advantages which are likely to attend this system if the principle should be properly carried out that will strike a person who reflects upon the subject the saving in stock would be immense this of it self would pay many times over for all the expenses of the herding etc but besides this saving there would be an immense improvement if pains were taken in the quality of the stock raised at present stock of good breeds which is left to run on the range is liable to degenerate by admixture with inferior animals but in operative cooperative co herds judicious selections could be made and a higher grade of stock be produced which would sell at greatly enhanced prices if we pursue acor a correct system in this country there is no good reason why we may not raise as fine bree breeda of sheep oxen cows and horses as are to be found in any land laid |
