Show RANGE FANGE r 41 o ot 0 tile iain W 10 go work old ller might ky enly 8 column bos lias been writ after deeds miraculous a dart daring ng tile ten about capture of f crimi aspes pes an detectives of europe and b by u the of cases tho v if au perica these officers ficera of for they corded 11 pral p gild a dai daeng ring has been deserved I 1 loge 1 nu l ity class of detectives in thu i a s I 1 bt thero who bor rs k their lives oftener ofte ncr country tova lewt must know not only the waya ways AD d who when ho lie is in the of the C ALSO his haunts and his hiding city but in the thinly 11 between Q and his go places pa conn try As well these men eded almost all to the go V on mexico looking for a new in N el dy sa down s1 thief who is a murderer as well biel horse borset across the canadian line far r I 1 week del t of cattle L aral toil of a gang deot on the the montana montan abeen been de despoiling spoiling 11 ato have is in the it only 1 ning ranges ittis of Wyot 6 eteen years that their worth or t ten ba SS W been appreciated or their service services LU should be as they days of cattle raising in and colorado w whenever wn enever me ling wyoming wyon became too bold the a e thieves for miles abou arou around nd would organize ranchman ranchmen ranch men get on the track of the thieves thi evea 6 atheni to their holes and then shoot el run after a visitation of this or land lind herds would be comparatively safe nevertheless elebe thousands of time for a head load of cattle and horses were stolen each wh year and shipped to chicago for which the rightful owners received not cent tho stockmen stoc kmen of wyoming organized a a stock growers association and anted pointed in ted for each county in the state a I 1 colorado followed suit stock in inspector to be followed later by in a few years montana the duties of these inspectors were not to I 1 look ook ont out for diseased cattle but to inspect ev every cry carload of cattle atlo shipped out of the state get a list I 1 of the brands who the consignee w was end report the facts to the secretary of tl th as there were of cor corrido riso mistakes made 21 t first but of late years so perfect lias has the oystein become that it is almost an iia impossibility possibility for a thief to ship a head of beef by rail out of montana without detection tec tion gradually Ora Ura dually the duties of the inspectors spec pec tors were added to and in addition to watching tho the shipping points the they y have become thief chasers the in aro are r selected elected from the bravest i class clam of w chem men with the tile country and men of intelligence nce their powers in Alon montana tana tre are equal to those of a deputy sheriff and their authority is recognized all over the aifong tho montana inspectors aru men who could tell some thrilling stones stories of alic ir adventures not only with horie and aud cattle thieves but with indians as will wull wi ll in point of continuous service lu inspector W D smith now t tho he motive of tho montana association at chicago and who choso whoso so bead headquarters quarte ra were formerly at milea miles city outranks ou his associates iio ile has been in tho the service of tho the association some eight or ten years eare previous to that timo being an in in wyoming iio is a 1 typical westerner weste ruit close mout mouthed ed and without a particle of fear he ile walks with a slight limp and one unacquainted with s ith liis his fistori hi In stori story meeting him on tho tile streets ol 01 LUC 10 would almost immediately cooc Jude ho lie was a cattle grower of moderate Eloiie rAto means who vas was satisfied with I 1 I 1 life attended strictly to his 1 own busi afi and would be tho tile last person ono one I 1 u pick out of a crowd as the most m n cd ed trailer of cattle and horab thi thieves oves in monta montana na helena independent |