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After a great deal of effort, they managed to get the two herds separated and the Jones herders headed their cattle towards Corry Point and Three-Creeks. The Bullochs left their cattle near Hog's Heaven in the lower country on the plains where they owned property. They had left cattle behind all along the way. That fall Kumen, Dave C., Rass and others got together again and made an attempt at rounding up the stragglers. They knew that they were taking on a terrific job especially since the wild cattle had drifted hack towards the Arizona Strip and were determined to get back to what they knew as home. The group of men located most of the cattle but it was a "fight" all the way. They were able to get a good percentage of them out and hack with the herd, hut some of the cattle were never rounded up. According to Will, Charles Esplin was authorized to get some of the wild ones if he had to shoot them, and he hauled them out on pack horses. In the winter, part of the cattle ran in Cedar Valley and New Castle where Lehi had acquired a large ranch, and they were trailed to the mountain in the spring. The Joneses and Bullochs never did take any of these cattle back to the Arizona Strip. Later, Lehi leased the land by Iron Springs and acquired land near Antelope Springs where he ran cattle. In 1919, when Lehi M. and Rass were discharged from the army after World War I, some of the original Cross Cattle were still on the range at Short Creek. These cattle had become very wild and had not been de-horned. It was like catching a deer to rope one and brand it. Ahout the last roundup of cattle at Short Creek took place in 1926. I n 1930, Lehi sold his 40 acres of Short Creek property for $400.00.' Evidently, the range rights were dispened through the Taylor-Grazing Act, which was introduced in the 30's. The following is a description of an "old time cowhand" which Rass cut out of a western magazine. He felt it was a pretty good likeness of the life they led while running cattle on the Arizona Strip: "The cowhand's typical day was anything but romantic. There was no romance in getting up at four o'clock in the morning, eating dust behind a trail herd, swimming muddy and turbulent rivers, nor in doctoring screw worms, pulling cows from hog holes, sweating in the heat of summer and freezing in the cold of winter. Prairie fires, swollen riven, stampedes, storms, freezing blizzards, man-killing horses, fighting cattle, holes for horses to step into and trees for them to run against, a rope that might betray him constantly in his hand - all these perils and more were a part of the cowboy's daily life." 179

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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
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CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 179
Description	After a great deal of effort, they managed to get the two herds separated and the Jones herders headed their cattle towards Corry Point and Three-Creeks. The Bullochs left their cattle near Hog's Heaven in the lower country on the plains where they owned property. They had left cattle behind all along the way. That fall Kumen, Dave C., Rass and others got together again and made an attempt at rounding up the stragglers. They knew that they were taking on a terrific job especially since the wild cattle had drifted hack towards the Arizona Strip and were determined to get back to what they knew as home. The group of men located most of the cattle but it was a "fight" all the way. They were able to get a good percentage of them out and hack with the herd, hut some of the cattle were never rounded up. According to Will, Charles Esplin was authorized to get some of the wild ones if he had to shoot them, and he hauled them out on pack horses. In the winter, part of the cattle ran in Cedar Valley and New Castle where Lehi had acquired a large ranch, and they were trailed to the mountain in the spring. The Joneses and Bullochs never did take any of these cattle back to the Arizona Strip. Later, Lehi leased the land by Iron Springs and acquired land near Antelope Springs where he ran cattle. In 1919, when Lehi M. and Rass were discharged from the army after World War I, some of the original Cross Cattle were still on the range at Short Creek. These cattle had become very wild and had not been de-horned. It was like catching a deer to rope one and brand it. Ahout the last roundup of cattle at Short Creek took place in 1926. I n 1930, Lehi sold his 40 acres of Short Creek property for $400.00.' Evidently, the range rights were dispened through the Taylor-Grazing Act, which was introduced in the 30's. The following is a description of an "old time cowhand" which Rass cut out of a western magazine. He felt it was a pretty good likeness of the life they led while running cattle on the Arizona Strip: "The cowhand's typical day was anything but romantic. There was no romance in getting up at four o'clock in the morning, eating dust behind a trail herd, swimming muddy and turbulent rivers, nor in doctoring screw worms, pulling cows from hog holes, sweating in the heat of summer and freezing in the cold of winter. Prairie fires, swollen riven, stampedes, storms, freezing blizzards, man-killing horses, fighting cattle, holes for horses to step into and trees for them to run against, a rope that might betray him constantly in his hand - all these perils and more were a part of the cowboy's daily life." 179
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1256.pdf

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