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Show Page 44 during the roundup. At that time the large company would round up all the cattle on the range. Then all the small ranchers had to do was cut out their own stock from the large herd. This saved them time and money. But where her cherished valley was concerned, Ann was ruled more by her heart than by her head. She therefore hated the large cattle companies, in particular the Two Bar owned by Ora Haley, the man responsible for the formation of the stock growers association. His company, she claimed, "contributed practically nothing to the support of the counties the enormous outfit took over." While the Two Bar owned no property in Brown's Park at the time, they did run some cattle on the open range, much to Ann's disgust. Her dislike of the Two Bar would soon become a personal vendetta. As president of the Brown's Park Cattle Association, Matt Rash was acquainted with Ora Haley. Unfortunately Haley was acquainted with the illegal methods used by Rash and others in the area to increase their cattle herds. So as founder of the Snake River Stock Growers Association, Haley was one of the men who decided that rustling in the area had to end. In 1900 the association therefore hired a man to gather evidence of cattle rustling in Brown's Park. The man chosen was Tom Horn-Indian scout, manhunter, cattle detective. Horn was a man who did not hesitate to follow his own methods when those suggested by his employers |