| Show precautions A AGAINST THE rhe STEALING bling ALING bi STOCK 1 the there thero re is probably not another state or territory in mhd union 1 n that has suf apo bao great losses in stock from thieves as the territory of utah our 8 stoe stoc toek tock klas kIas hl as run on the range by themselves from one years end to another I 1 I 1 without any body having any special supervision of them this has been more particularly the case in the past than thill it is at the present but even now thie there is entirely too much carelessness and indifference respecting the cattle which run on oli the range thieves have too many opportunities for stealing and making off undisturbed with their plunder in fact the entire absence of almost all precautions in taking care of stock makes the temptation to steal a very strong one for men whose principles are lax or whose wants are pressing As spring is rapidly approaching a few words of cauti onon this subject will be appropriate thousands of head of stock will be driven from one point to another this season large numbers will be driven out of the territory there are many bona fide purchasers here who if they can get stock that will suit them in quality and andl terms erms will buy and drive onn off to distant markets sueh such men if they 1 knew knew new there was the least suspicion respecting their movements would court scrutiny they would would have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having their droves examined but it is not of such men that we wish to speak spead it is of another class who are ostensibly in the country for the purpose of purchasing but put but who will if they can get the opportunity drive off every head of stock they can without purchasing it stock owners have suffered greatly from the depre lations of this last liast spring a nest of these men was discovered in miliard millard county and large numbers of stock were found in their poss possession assion which they had stolen in varl vari various ous places and were driving off to nevada or california there was quite a number of these men banded together and they were in various parts working in concert it is not unlikely that there may be similar operations engaged in by men of this stamp this spring there tan not be too much vigilance used b by y the civil officers and by private citi citizens ens to check this system of thieving when herds are driven through the settlements or in their vicin vicinity ity they should be examined this need not be done in an onen oHen sive or disagreeable manner and when done properly no honest man will seek to prevent or object to such scrutiny this subject deserves attention and we hope it will not be forgotten or deemed of trifling importance we have heard it asserted on the best of authority that if we had the value of the th estock istock that has been stolen and driven out of the country it would be more than sufficient to build the pacific railroad through the territory we believe belleve the statement |
