European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Cattle rustling a new steer on on an Oregon cattleman Riding across his widespread Mut Ebenm acne what s Lin of us carcass of a Young Heifer and bad it want dogs with Butkin Ltd that separated us met from the Bones. A pickup truck stops along a Rura California Zaitun on a moonless no the and Irvn stealthily with a Ooups Oyoung calves. A Rattli truck pulls up to a loading Chut in an Oklahoma Vutura Load moral steers and Saadi for tha Itata Una. It Lin t Ilka they How it in tha mov Leaor on television and it probably Novar Bald Canon Hubbard Eulif of California s lev Stock identification Bunau at Sacramento. But it i atoll cattle modern Day nut Long. While Holdom reach ing the proportion of major Organ lied crime Coati Western and old Western cattlemen untold Mauloni of dollars a year. And while not Apee tabular the incidence of mailing u generally conceded to be in Crew uni. Gamma takes Many forma in Dif Ferent of us Moat notable Faaee to recent years was that of Melville i. Kelly of Vale. Ore. He took one or a few head at a time from a Thiee county Ana and ended up having Lolen 113 head in a n the Plain and eel Deport it Atee report tha prevailing method u wit tracks ram Gui from pickup a for Little jote to big trailer Olga far major Effort la either Cue taking advantage of test mod Pena along a Road. A Nutler can Aull drive by. Grab a calf and Aell it a a veal or the nest morning before it i even Lua. Or mint of the Oku hoax state Board of Atho Altur said rustlers often use big Olga for lobe in that Tato. Where a Bald. Pulling la definite in on the Alsey ton can steal Battle in Bola City in Northwestern Oklahoma and Aell pm in it. Smith. Ark the next Cor Naumus Bald. Is Artamia the Road and the Aoe aaa they St to Fawn gang Federal of Jilong lad Chat the major problem. Sau Israeal pawning president of the Artanna cattle. Matter Browning Bald. Tor anyone to find an unwatched Herd on the cattle twee can shoot Alan anal Down new it to thab a of a Tehwa and Ini an How be 40 to � Melee he said one common Type of Rue lung in California involve air Calm staked out or kept in but tha population explosion in the Eatla probably Reep Onalle for the Nuat com Mon Type of modern Day rat Long the a called locker theft. Thea often involves a hungry Man who limply Slaughter a Ani Mal in a pasture and takes the meat Leav ing the unwanted parts of the carcass to rot Hubbard said this Type of rustling is be coming prevalent in burgeoning suburban areas. He said the Bureau is now working on a Case involving a whole carcass of a freshly killed steer found in the trunk Ofa ear in a Low income area of downtown Sacramento. Another Type of rustler uses and deceit Are probably As much a problem As theft Hubbard reported cases where papers showing ownership Are falsified. Bui they will Bein order As far As a Brand inspector la Able to determine at the scene of the Sal and the cattle Are Eald and slaughtered and the seller gone before True ownerships discovered. Another paper rustler la rare but mar Subtle. Take the Case for instance of a cattle Man who might need to take a loss for in come tax or other financial purposes. Pecan report the lose of a few head be had been keeping la a far pasture. But in the wide open spaces such a loser even the existence of the cattle often cannot be proven or do proven. How do to Luu get red of hot Moat or ate Orat la the Case of the locker theft where Only meat la involved Selling it to any recognised outlet la virtually impossible. Inmost cases though. It s presumed the thief wants us meat Tor himself or his family to eat. Selling a veal calf la relatively easy. The Young animal is not expected to have Abrand and ownership of a cow gives one the right to have a Call for larger animals falsified papers Are an answer. Then there Are Small auction slaughterhouses eap Dally in states where Brand inspection regulations Are not Dattory. Cornelius said in the Midwest Man such places will buy the animals knowing said a rustler can Aell to a bigger Market without the buyer knowing the goods Are stolen. I oni Bio deterrent to cattle rustling the old fashioned cattle Brand. In rare instances nowadays a rustler will steal cattle and attempt to Burn Over a Brand with a new sign. In this Oare hold the cattle for several months until the Brand is healed and fresh Brand la automatically suspect in Many sales Yard. That s How Melville Kelly got has 38,000 registered brands. Texas More than 100,000. New brands Are added every year but Many go Back to the Days of the brands permit rigid control Over movement of cattle by Brand inspection Laws. These were usually enacted at the insistence of cattlemen s associations in most states work hand in hand with Law enforcement officials to protect their cattle and apprehend offenders and provide for the col Lection of Funda necessary Tor tha Brand inspection California where Brand inspection la mandatory it la required to move cattle from one county of Point of origin to an other whenever a Sale is involved. Lathe Case of travel the brands or other proof of ownership an inspected at the beginning and the end of the trip and Home times in Between. Res rot about impossible to i Douan and Canta value on rustling lose. For on thug a lot of cattle reported missing have merely strayed and Many missing Tad returned Are Awre reported. Hubbard Bald that la California 4jkda year an Ratu Raad Many of which have not keen reported aliasing. Tha staua ton was the same la other state. In also hard to catch a rustler let Alen Eget a conviction la Many tales. La Nevada a rustler bust be caught m the act la ran test neat such modern contrivances a planes Aad helicopters Are used to track a cattle thief but Law enforcement officers Point out they re dealing with wide open space when even flying machines Are of Little use. However California reported u convictions last year about 35 the year before. Texas had so eases Between Marco 1 1962, and a year later. Oregon got so Tut year including that of Malvoler rustler need no longer fear being to celebrant at a Necktie party Bat the pm of the old West lingers on la the form of aunt Pena Mea. La Moat Ste Itea tha cattleman hav seen to it that Tbs theft of any Bottoe Kalmal is grand or larceny no matter How Small the Matte of the Kalmal panamas a similar to Thoa for Othetta Lolaa. At Mamlet a i a Olaf 8 to 10 Yean Tor i of cent Oliu cattle Ino Refon what they re buying and paying sub Stan less Tor it. With a Little can. He sunday am 30, 1963 the stars and stapes 11
