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              beef was hidden in thick timber some distance from ramp, while they had been wishing for meat for supper and breakfast, all but one prospector made a hasty getaway before our boys returned from the day's ride." " As I was riding out that morning somc few miles from camp -we all had takcn different points to run the cattle together at a stated round-up ground - I again ran onto a corral in thc making, and as on the previous trip, got down from my horse and prepared bark and chips to do away with the intended corral; and, discovered that one match was all I had. So I inadc extra preparations as there was a strong wind blowing, 11utas I struck the match, an extra gust of wind blew it out." "A month or so after this I met one of my young cowboy friends from Kanal-m, who informed m e that he had met a man, Taylor, known all ovcr that neighborhood as a tough rharactcr, and Taylor related how young Jones had a halit of sctting lire to corrals, and that he had concealed himself in the timt~ernear where thcir outfit had started a ncw corral and he watr-hcd young Jones dismount and prepare to start nnothcr fire, and he was holding his Springfield Rifle over a stump with the firm intention of pulling the trisger the momcnt the fire startcd and makc an an$ of me. H e had outlined full details of his escape, hut as I rode awl); without burning the corral or running into him, he decided not to shoot. Howcvcr, the whole kaboodle, prospectors and rustlers quit the neighborhood for good. O u r party found the large herd of very wild cattle consistiq of mavericks, bulls. old mossbacks, steers and stray cattlc that had been giving us all kinds of trouble. \Ye had to kill quite a nunibcr, 11utwe rounded u p the greater part of thrm, and drove then1 in and turned them over to the pound keeper, who advertised them and sold the unc1;~imed ones, paying the cowboys so much per head for something like forty head. So that, take it all together, wc had a successful trip, hut it was sometime hefore I learned the full value of a n extra gust of wind.'" Ltah seemcd to h a w very heavy losses due to cattle nrstling and horse thicves. T h e rustlers immediately transported the stolen animals to Nevada, since the law in Nevada was prztty much on thcir side. Once the thieves got thcir stolen animals across the state line, they were safe and it was almost impossible to rctrieve stolen stock. When the thief had sold an animal, or transferred it into a third person's hands, the law would not touch the case. The theory was that the prcsent owner had paid good money for the anim:tl, and his rig-ht of possession must bc respected. Livestock protective associatio~~s werc organized in the southern munties, and guards werc kept along the state line most of the time.

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

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Description	beef was hidden in thick timber some distance from ramp, while they had been wishing for meat for supper and breakfast, all but one prospector made a hasty getaway before our boys returned from the day's ride." " As I was riding out that morning somc few miles from camp -we all had takcn different points to run the cattle together at a stated round-up ground - I again ran onto a corral in thc making, and as on the previous trip, got down from my horse and prepared bark and chips to do away with the intended corral; and, discovered that one match was all I had. So I inadc extra preparations as there was a strong wind blowing, 11utas I struck the match, an extra gust of wind blew it out." "A month or so after this I met one of my young cowboy friends from Kanal-m, who informed m e that he had met a man, Taylor, known all ovcr that neighborhood as a tough rharactcr, and Taylor related how young Jones had a halit of sctting lire to corrals, and that he had concealed himself in the timt~ernear where thcir outfit had started a ncw corral and he watr-hcd young Jones dismount and prepare to start nnothcr fire, and he was holding his Springfield Rifle over a stump with the firm intention of pulling the trisger the momcnt the fire startcd and makc an an$ of me. H e had outlined full details of his escape, hut as I rode awl); without burning the corral or running into him, he decided not to shoot. Howcvcr, the whole kaboodle, prospectors and rustlers quit the neighborhood for good. O u r party found the large herd of very wild cattle consistiq of mavericks, bulls. old mossbacks, steers and stray cattlc that had been giving us all kinds of trouble. \Ye had to kill quite a nunibcr, 11utwe rounded u p the greater part of thrm, and drove then1 in and turned them over to the pound keeper, who advertised them and sold the unc1;~imed ones, paying the cowboys so much per head for something like forty head. So that, take it all together, wc had a successful trip, hut it was sometime hefore I learned the full value of a n extra gust of wind.'" Ltah seemcd to h a w very heavy losses due to cattle nrstling and horse thicves. T h e rustlers immediately transported the stolen animals to Nevada, since the law in Nevada was prztty much on thcir side. Once the thieves got thcir stolen animals across the state line, they were safe and it was almost impossible to rctrieve stolen stock. When the thief had sold an animal, or transferred it into a third person's hands, the law would not touch the case. The theory was that the prcsent owner had paid good money for the anim:tl, and his rig-ht of possession must bc respected. Livestock protective associatio~~s werc organized in the southern munties, and guards werc kept along the state line most of the time. 60
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