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BRAND BOOK
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ASHLAND

STOCK PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION

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ASHLAND TIDINGS PRINT.


ASHLAND
STOCK PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION
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ORGANIZED JANUARY 29, 1887.
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OFFICERS:
President        H. H. CHAPMAN
Vice President        C. B. KINGSBURY
Treasurer and Sec'y.        J. M. WAGNER
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Annual Meeting held on the First Saturday in October
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Address of President        Ashland, Oregon
Address of Secretary        Soda Springs, Or.


CONSTITUTION.
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ARTICLE I.

    SECTION 1. The name of this association shall be the Ashland Stock Protective Association.
    SEC. 2. The objects of the association are to secure to members thereof mutual protection in their range stock interests, and to further, as far as practicable, the stock interests of this part of Oregon.
    SEC. 3. The officers of this association shall be a president, whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings, call special meetings whenever required, and inquire into any cases of supposed crookedness; a vice president, whose duty it shall be to act in place of the president in his absence and to assist him at all times; and a secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of the proceedings of each meeting, conduct the correspondence of the association and to receive all
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bers at once, in all cases, of stock wandering away from their proper range, or needing any attention or care; and to heartily cooperate with  any like association that may be formed bordering on the range.
    SEC. 2. It is also the duty of each member to report to the president of the association any cases of unlawful altering of brands
or marks, or any attempt of any one to take possession f stock not belonging to him.

GILES WELLS, Sr.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, crop and underbit in left ear.
Horses branded on left thigh.

WELLS BROS. & SLADE.
Post office, Bly, Oregon.
Range, Sprague River, Klamath County, Oregon.
Brand is recorded on left hip and left shoulder. Some horses branded on shoulder, some on hip.
Some branded "W" on left hip or shoulder.

R. T. BLACKWOOD.
Post office, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek.
Marks, slit in right ear, under half-crop in left.
Horses branded left shoulder.

JOHN McCALLISTER.
P.O., Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, under half-crop in right, crop and underbit in left, dewlap cut down on brisket.
Horses branded same brand on left shoulder.

D. G. SPENCER.
Post office, Barron, Or.
Horses branded on left shoulder.
Range--upper end of Bear Creek Valley.
Marks--crop off right ear and split in left.

W. P. FARLOW.
Post office, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range, Upper Butte creeks.
Marks: crop and underbit in right ear and upper-bit in left.

ANSON W. JACOBS.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Horses branded right shoulder.
Marks--crop and under half-crop in each ear.

C. F. BLAKE.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range--east of Ashland, to Deadwood.
Horses branded on left thigh.
Marks--crop off left ear and swallow-fork in right ear.

DAVID HORN.
Post office, Henley, Cal.
Range, Klamath River, between Jenny Creek and Cottonwood.
Marks, square crop off left ear, dewlap cut down.
Cattle branded on left hip; horses, right shoulder.
Information solicited when stock are found off proper range.

JOHN DEVLIN.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, upper Bear Creek.
Horses branded just the half-circle alone; circle down.
Mark--swallow-fork in left ear.

JACOB WAGNER.
Post office, Soda Springs, Or.
Range, Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Marks, upper slope in each ear.
Horses branded on left shoulder; and tails short.
Cattle also branded 2J, some on left and some on right hip.
Horse also branded IF.

W. H. SHEPHERD.
Post office, Barron, Or.
Marks, crop and underbit in left ear, and swallow-fork in right.
Horses same brand on left shoulder.

THOS. E. NICHOLS.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Marks, crop and underbit in left ear, under half-crop in right.
Horses, same brand (smaller), left shoulder.

DAN'L. CHAPMAN.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Sampson Creek and branches.
Marks, crop off left ear, upper slope in right.
Horses, same brand on right shoulder.

W. P. BENN.
Post office, Phoenix, Or.
Range, Dry Creek Mountain, Jackson Co., Or.
Marks, crop off left ear, under half-crop in right.

J. B. TAYLOR.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, up Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Marks--two underbits in each ear, dewlap on brisket.

WM. TAYLOR.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, two underbits in left ear, hole in right.
Horses branded left thigh.

J. C. NEIL.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, crop off left ear, split in right.
Horses, the same brand and same place.

ED. MURPHY.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, swallow-fork in right ear; crop and two slits in left.

W. F. SONGER.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, crop and underbit in right, swallow-fork in left ear.
Horses branded on right shoulder.

GEORGE GROW.
Post office, Barron, Or.
Range, Emigrant Creek.
Marks, slit in each ear, underbit in left.
Horses branded left shoulder.

GEO. NUTLEY.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, two upper-bits in each ear.
Horses, same brand on the left thigh.

J. J. MURPHY.
P.O. Ashland, Or.
Cattle branded mostly on left hip--some on right hip.
Horses same brand, on left shoulder.
Marks--swallow-fork in right ear, and underslope in left.

W. R. KINCAID.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks--steeple-fork in left ear.
Horses, same brand on left shoulder.

JOHN L. GRUBB.
P.O. Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Ashland east to Deadwood.
Horses branded left thigh.
Marks--under half-crop in each ear.

J. R. TOZER.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, crop off left ear, split in right.
Horses, same brand, on left shoulder.

JOHN P. WALKER.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, east to Deadwood.
Horses branded left thigh.
Marks--cattle, under half-crop in left ear.
Sheep, under half-crop in left and upperbit in right ear.

R. P. & L. A. NEIL.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, smooth crop off left ear.
Horses, same brand, on right shoulder.

AUSTIN W. BISH.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, crop off right ear, underbit in left.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Horses branded same place.

P. POWELL.
Post office, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek.
Marks, slit and underbit in each ear.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

L. A. NEIL.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Marks, smooth crop off right ear.
Horses, same brand on right shoulder.

WARD BROS.
Post office, Bogus, Cal.
Range, on Jenny Creek and Klamath River.
Marks, crop off left ear, split in right.
Information solicited when stock are found off proper range.

A. RUSH.
Post office, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Marks, swallow-fork in right ear, underbit in left.
Horses, same brand, on left thigh.

S. SHATTUCK.
Post office, Henley, Cal.
Range, Siskiyou Mountains.
Marks, crop and underbit in right ear.
Horses, same brand on right thigh.

W. C. & W. M. MYER.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, Grizzly and Dead Indian.
Horses and cattle branded on both right and left jaw.

M. MICKELSON.
P.O., Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek east to Deadwood.

N. F. STEADMAN.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, on Sampson and Soda creeks.
Marks, upper half-crop in left ear.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

WM. A. WRIGHT.
Post office, Henley, Cal.
Range, Camp Creek, Siskiyou County, Cal.
Marks, upper half-crop in each ear.

W. H. ATKINSON.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, head of Bear Creek and on Neil Creek.
Marks--slit in each ear. (Hogs, slit and undercrop in each ear.)

ZENAS HOWARD.
Post office, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range, Green Spring Mountain.
Marks, crop off right ear and hole in right.
Horses branded left shoulder.

J. A. CRAIN.
P.O. Medford, Oregon.
Range--east side Bear Creek.
Horses branded on left shoulder.
Marks--underbit in each ear, upper slope in right; dewlap cut upward.

C. B. KINGSBURY.
Post office, Ashland.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, crop and underbit in right ear; in left, and half the under the slit cropped.
Horses branded on right shoulder.

H. H. CHAPMAN.
Post office, Ashland.
Range, Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Marks, underbit in each ear; straight crop off left; upper slope on right.
Horses brand left shoulder.


GRIEVE BROS.

Post office, Shake, Or.
Range, Jenny Creek, Oregon.
Marks, crop off left ear and underslope in right ear.
Horses branded on left shoulder.


Brand Book of the Ashland [Oregon] Stock Protective Association, Ashland Tidings Print Shop, 1887. Refer to the online scans of the book to view the illustrations of the brands.




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BRAND BOOK
--OF--
Southern Oregon
Stock Protective Association

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1890

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TIMES PRINT, JACKSONVILLE, OR.


THE SOUTHERN OREGON
STOCK PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION.
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Organized January 29, 1887.
Reorganized Oct. 5, 1889.
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OFFICERS:
President    JOS. A. CRAIN.
Vice President    DAVID G. SPENCER.
Treasurer and Sec'y.    WM. M. HOLMES.

Annual Meeting held on the First
Saturday in October.
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Address of President    MEDFORD, OR.
Address of Secretary    JACKSONVILLE, OR.

Constitution.

ARTICLE 1.

    Section 1. The name of this association shall be the Southern Oregon Stock Protective Association.
    Sec. 2. The objects of the association are to secure to members thereof mutual protection in their range stock interests, and to further, as far as practicable, the stock interests of this part of Oregon.
    Sec. 3. The officers of this association shall be a president, whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings, call special meetings whenever required, and inquire into any cases of supposed crookedness; a vice president, whose duty it shall be to act in place of the president in his absence and to assist him at all times; and a secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep a record of the proceedings of each meeting, conduct the correspondence of the association, and to receive all moneys due and pay the same out on the order of the association. Each to be elected by ballot at each annual meeting, and to hold office until his successor is elected and qualified.
    Sec. 4. The president, vice president and secretary shall be a standing executive committee, authorized to transact any urgent business that may suddenly arise.

ARTICLE II.
    Section 1. Any person may become a member of this association by signing the constitution, and paying the annual membership fee of one dollar.
    Sec. 2. Each member shall pay an annual membership fee of one dollar, and such additional fees as may be assessed by a majority vote at any regular meeting.
    Sec. 3. The regular meetings of the association shall be held annually on the first Saturday in October, and the president shall call a meeting at any time on the application of three members; due notice of the time and place of each meeting to be given to each member by the secretary.
    Sec. 4. Any member refusing or neglecting to pay his dues or assessments for one month after the same are due shall forfeit his membership.

ARTICLE III.
    Section 1. It is the duty of each member of the association to notify his fellow members at once, in all cases, of stock wandering away from their proper range, or needing any attention or care; and to heartily cooperate with any like association that may be found bordering on the range.
    Sec. 2. It is also the duty of each member to report to the president of the association any cases of unlawful altering of brands or marks, or any attempt of anyone to take possession of stock not belonging to them.

T. F. ATTEBERRY.
Post office, Beagle, Jackson County, Or.
Range, the foothills back of Table Rock to Trail Creek, north of river.
Earmarks, split in left ear and underbit in right ear.
Brand, inverted letter "Z" on left hip.
Horses, same brand on left shoulder.

C. F. BLAKE.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, east of Ashland to Deadwood.
Marks, crop off the left ear and swallow-fork in right ear.
Horses branded on left thigh, same iron.

G. S. BUTLER.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Cove Ranch, and east from mouth of Emigrant and Walker creeks.
Mark, crop and two splits in left ear, small dewlap on most cattle.
Horses branded on left shoulder with the letter "J" sideways.

G. W. BAILEY.
Post office, Shake, Oregon.
Range, from Soda Springs to mouth of Jenny Creek.
Marks, upper half-crop in right ear, under half-crop in left ear.
Brand, "GB" connected.
Horses,
same brand on left shoulder.

F. E. BYBEE.
Post office, Jacksonville, Oregon.
Range, Antelope Creek.
Marks, crop off right ear and underbit in left, dewlap above brisket.
Also cattle branded "=" on left hip, marked crop off left ear and underbit in right; dewlap above brisket.
Also cattle branded "seventy-six connected" on left hip and marked with crop off left ear.
Also horses in last-named brand on left hip.

J. G. BRISCOE.
Post office, Etna, Or.
Range, Trail Creek, north of Rogue River.
Marks, crop and split in left ear and underbit in right ear.
Brand and mark recorded.

BEESON & SONS.
Post office, Talent, Or.
Range, Grizzly Peak, and head of Antelope.
Marks, upper slope in right ear. Dewlap.
Cattle branded on right hip.
Horses branded same on left side of neck.

FRED BARNEBURG.
Post office, Medford, Oregon.
Range, east side of Bear Creek.
Earmarks, an underslope and upper slope in left ear.

J. G. BIRDSEY.
Post office, Jacksonville, Oregon.
Range, Foots Creek and Birdsey Creek.
Earmarks, square crop off right ear and split in left ear.
Brand, "seven-up" brand on left side, midway between flank and shoulder.
Horses, same brand on near shoulder.

R. BENEDICT.
Post office, Applegate, Oregon.
Range, Applegate and Steamboat precincts.
Earmarks, a split in left ear and underbit in right ear.
Brand, the letter "B" on left hip, size three inches.

BEALL BROS.
Post office, Big Butte, Oregon.
Range, Upper Big Butte Creek.
Earmarks, underbit in left ear.
Brand, figure "11" on right hip--2½ inches long when first put on.
Horses branded same on left shoulder.

W. H. BOSTWICK.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, Applegate and tributaries.
Earmarks, swallow-fork and underbit in left, and underbit in right ear.
Brand, half-circle over inverted letter "B" on right hip.
Same brand on horses on right hip.

JAMES BELL.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, Yankee Creek, Antelope Creek, Dry Creek and Roxy Ann Butte.
Earmarks, crop off right ear and swallow-fork in left ear.
Brand, B.L. on right hip or side.

L. BOLLE.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, east of Bear Creek and Antelope Creek.
Earmarks, underbit in each ear. Brand with anchor brand on right hip.
Also cattle branded J.O. on left hip; earmarks, swallow-fork in left ear and underslope in right.
Horses branded "L" on right hip.

JOSEPH BROWN.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, Round Top and Big Butte Creek.
Marks, crop off right ear and underbit in same ear, square upper half-crop in left ear.
Horses branded "J.B." on right shoulder.

J. D. BUCKLEY.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, Applegate and tributaries,
Earmarks, crop off and split in each ear.
Brand, letters "JB" inverted, high up on right hip.

H. B. BROWN.
Post office, Brownsboro, Oregon.
Range, Little Butte Creek.
Earmarks, two underbits in each ear.
Brand, "'HB" connected, on right hip.
Horses branded same on left shoulder.

D. CHAPMAN.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek and branches.
Earmarks, crop off left ear and upper slope in right ear.
Brand "C" on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

W. O. CARTER.
Post office, Spikenard, Oregon.
Range, in the Meadows, on Evans Creek, north of river.
Mark, a square crop off each ear.

JOS. A. CRAIN,
Post office, Medford, Oregon.
Range, east side of Bear Creek.
Marks, underbit in each ear and upper slope in right. Dewlap cut upwards.
Also cattle earmarked with upper slope and underbit in left ear and under half-crop in right ear, branded with "pick" brand on left side in addition to above brand.

H. H. CHAPMAN.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Marks, underbit in each ear; straight crop off left and upper slope in right.
Horses branded on
left shoulder

G. C. CULY.
Post office, Steamboat, Oregon.
Range, Carberry fork of Applegate and spurs of Siskiyou Mtns.
Earmarks, long crop in right ear and over half-crop in left ear. Also cattle with crop off right and swallow-fork in left ear, also with swallow-fork in each ear, in same brand.
Horses branded on left stifle with 1½-inch brand. Cattle brand, 2½ inches.

J. M. CHILDERS.
Post office, Sams Valley, Oregon.
Range, Sams Creek, and about the Table Rocks.
Earmarks, crop and split in left ear, two splits in right ear.
Cattle brand, "inverted letter L, connected with letter P," on left hip.

R. J. CAMERON.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, Applegate and tributaries.
Earmarks, square crop off of right ear and under half-crop in left ear.
Brand, "RC" on left hip.

JOHN CANTRALL.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, on Applegate.
Earmarks, upper slope in each ear and underbit in each ear.
Brand, letters "X and Z connected" on right shoulder. Horses branded same place.

JAMES CANTRALL.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, on Applegate.
Earmarks, underbit in each ear.
Brand, letter "O" sideways on left hip.

FRED F. DOWNING.
Post office, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range, Little Butte Creek and Lake Creek.
Marks, crop and underbit in right ear and underbit in left ear. Wattle under the jaw.

A. J. DALEY.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Round Top Mountain.
Marks, square crop off the left ear, and upperbit and underbit out of right ear. Horses branded with letter "A" on left shoulder, right side up.

J. W. FOX.
Post office, Henley, California.
Range, on Klamath River.
Earmarks, split in left ear and underbit in right ear. Dewlap cut down.
Brand, "FOX" on the
right hip.

W. P. FARLOW.
Post office, Lake Creek, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Upper Butte Creek.
Marks, crop and underbit in right ear and upperbit in left.
Brand, "quarter circle P" on right hip.

W. T. GERMAN.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Antelope Creek.
Earmarks, swallow-fork in right ear and under half-crop in left ear.
Brand, "half-circle G" on right side, back of shoulder and well up on ribs.

U. GORDEN & SONS.
Post office, Etna, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, on the north side of Rogue River, from Trail Creek to Flounce Rock.
Earmarks, smooth crop off of left ear. Also cattle marked with crop and underbit in right ear and swallow-fork in left. Also cattle with crop and underbit in right ear and underbit in left.
Cattle branded on left hip, horses on left shoulder.

GEORGE GROW.
Post office, Barron, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek.
Marks, split in each ear and underbit in left.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

PHIL. GLEAVE.
Post office, Uniontown, Oregon.
Range, Little Applegate, Elliott Creek and Squaw Creek.
Earmarks, swallow-fork in left ear, underbit in right ear.
Brand, figure "8" on
left side or ribs. Horses branded same on left shoulder.

JOHN L. GRUBB.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Ashland, east to Deadwood.
Marks, under half-crop in each ear.
Horses branded on left thigh.

GRIEVE BROS.
Post office, Shake, Or.
Range, Jenny Creek, Oregon.
Marks, crop off left ear and underslope in right ear.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

J. C. HANNAH.
Post office, Beagle, Oregon.
Range, Long Branch, north side of Rogue River.
Marks, "fish hook" in each ear, dewlap on brisket, wattle on left jaw.

POLK HULL
Post office, Spikenard, Oregon.
Range, in the Meadows, on Evans Creek.
Mark, square crop off right ear.
Horses branded on right shoulder.

J. A. HOYT & SONS.
Post office, Medford, Oregon.
Range, Johnson Prairie, Klamath County, winter range, Roxy Ann Mtn. and Big Butte creeks.
Marks, steeple-fork in each ear. Diamond dewlap on all cattle. Cattle branded on right hip "AH" connected. Also cattle with same brand on right side, placed sideways. Also on right side, "up and down." Horses branded on left shoulder.

JAS. R. HOWARD.
Post office, Medford, Oregon.
Range, Grizzly Prairie and Dead Indian Creek.
Marks, swallow-fork and underbit in right ear, smooth crop off left ear. Cattle branded on left side, midway between flank and shoulder.
Horses branded "J" on left shoulder.

JOHN HOCKENJOS.
Post office, Jacksonville, Oregon.
Range, for cattle on Coleman Creek, west of Bear Creek; for horses, Big Butte near Obenchain ranch.
Marks, a round hole in each ear and square crop off left ear.
Brand, "A" on left shoulder. 4 inches for cattle; horses, same brand on either shoulder, 2½ inches.

A. F. HUNT.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, Grizzly Prairie to head of Butte Creek.
Marks, underbit in left ear.
Brand, "7" behind the right shoulder, about 4 inches from top of the back. Also old cattle with the "Gaiter Brand" on right hip.

DAVID HORN.
Post office,
Henley, Cal.
Range, Klamath River, between Jenny Creek and Cottonwood.
Marks, square crop off left ear. Dewlap cut down.
Cattle branded on left hip; horses on the right shoulder.
Information solicited whenever stock are found off their proper range.

JAS. HUKILL AND JOS. F. KELLY.
Post office, Medford or Phoenix, Oregon.
Range, on Big Butte Creek.
Marks, square crop off right ear.
Brand, "HK," connected, on left hip.

HOLMES BROS.
Post office, Etna or Jacksonville, Oregon.
Range, on Elk Creek, north of Rogue River.
Marks, upper half-crop in left ear and an underbit in right ear.
Also some cattle branded H on left hip, in the same mark.
Breeder's tags in ears of Thoroughbreds in last-named brand.

C. A. INLOW.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, throughout Cascade Mountains.
Marks, under half-crop in right ear and upper half-crop in left.

ANSON W. JACOBS.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Marks, crop and under half-crop in each ear.
Horses branded on right shoulder.

C. B. KINGSBURY & SON.
Post office, Barron, Jackson County, Ogn.
Range, on Sampson and Haight [Hiatt?] prairies.
Marks, crop and underbit in right ear, and quarter crop in left.
Brand, fig. "2," backwards, on right hip.

J. J. MURPHY.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Cattle branded mostly on left hip, some on right hip.
Marks, swallow-fork in right ear,and underslope in left. Dewlap cut up. Horses branded same on left shoulder.

THOS. MARTIN.
Post office, Etna, Or.
Range, Trail Creek, north of the river.
Marks, smooth crop off right ear and a split in the left.
Horses are branded the same on the left shoulder.

A. E. MOORE.
Post office, Ashland, Or.
Range, Antelope Creek.
Marks, steeple-fork in right ear and square underbit in left ear. Wattle under the right eye.

WM. G. MESSAL.
Post office, Brownsboro, Oregon.
Range, Little Butte Creek.
Earmarks, crop and split in left ear, upper half-crop and underbit in right.
Brand, figure 7, reversed, on left hip.

J. R. MORRISON.
Post office, Etna, Or.
Range, Long Branch, north side of Rogue River.
Marks, smooth crop off the left ear and dewlap split in right.

MATHEWS BROS.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, Big and Little Butte creeks.
Marks, crop off left ear and underbit in right ear. Upper cut dewlap.
Cattle branded as in cut [i.e., as in illustration], on left side, midway between flank and shoulder.
Horses branded "KI" on left hip or stifle.

L. J. MARCK.
Post office, Etna, Jackson County, Oregon.
Range, from Long Branch to the head of Trail Creek.
Marks, two underbits in each ear.
Brand, "JML," combined, on the right hip high up.

C. E. NININGER.
Post office, Phoenix, Oregon.
Range, Dry Creek and Antelope.
Marks, two underbits out of right ear and one underbit out of left ear.
Horses branded same on right shoulder.

L. A. NEIL.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Mark, smooth crop off right ear.
Same brand on horses on right shoulder.

J. C. NEIL.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Marks, crop off left ear and split in right.
Horses, same brand in same place.

THOS. E. NICHOLS.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, Little Butte Creek.
Marks, crop and underbit in left ear and an under half-crop in the right.
Horses, same brand, smaller, on the left shoulder.

W. J. PHIPPS.
Post office, Medford, Oregon.
Range, on Antelope and Dry creeks.
Marks, square upper and underbit in each ear, this is called by some a "half bit."

JAS. A. PANKEY.
Post office, Sams Valley, Jackson Co., Or.
Range, in the Meadows and Sams Valley.
Horses range on the headwaters of Sardine Creek.
Marks, smooth crop and underbit from right ear and swallow-fork in left ear. Horses branded same on left shoulder.

JOSHUA PATTERSON.
Post office, Talent, Or.
Range, east side of Bear Creek.
Marks, a square crop and underbit in right ear and small iron ring in same ear. Horses, same brand on right shoulder.

JAS. R. REAMES.
Post office, Phoenix, Oregon.
Range, Coleman Creek west of Bear Creek.
Earmarks, a swallow-fork in each ear.
Brand, "15" on right hip.
Horses branded same on right hip.

D. G. SPENCER.
Post office, Barron, Oregon.
Range, upper Bear Creek Valley.
Marks, crop off the right ear and split in left.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

GEO. N. SMITH.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Butte Creek.
Earmarks underslope in left ear, upper slope in right ear.
Brand on left shoulder on both horses and cattle.

EVELYN J. STORY.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Reese Creek.
Earmarks, a square hole punched in the center of each ear, for both cattle and hogs. Brand, "Bar S Bar" on near shoulder for both horses and cattle.

WM. & J. W. SLINGER.
Post office, Medford or Lake Creek, Or.
Range, north fork of Little Butte Creek.
Earmarks, crop and underbit from right ear, and split in left ear. Two wattles under jaw.
Brand, "7S" on left hip. Horses same brand on left hip or stifle.

JOEL B. SHEPHERD.
Post office, Soda Springs, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Emigrant, Soda, Keene and Sampson creeks.
Earmarks, crop underbit in left ear, underslope right.
Brand, letter "J" and inverted "S" on left hip. Horses branded same on left stifle.

WM. H. SHEPHERD.
Post office, Barron, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Emigrant, Sampson and Soda creeks.
Earmarks, crop and underbit in left ear, swallow-fork in right ear.
Brand, "T.J." on left hip on cattle, on left shoulder on horses.

W. F. SONGER.
Post office, Barron, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, upper Bear Creek and tributaries.
Earmarks, crop and underbit off of right ear, swallow-fork in left ear.
Cattle branded with
a cross on left hip. Horses same brand on right shoulder.

J. R. TOZER.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant Creek, east to Grizzly Prairie.
Earmarks, crop off left ear and split in right.
Cattle branded "5" on left hip; horses same brand on left shoulder.

J. B. WELCH.
Post office, Spikenard, Oregon.
Range, in the Meadows on Evans Creek.
Marks, square crop off each ear.

JOHN B. TAYLOR.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, up Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Marks, two underbits in each ear; dewlap on brisket.
Cattle branded on left hip. Horses same brand on left shoulder.

MRS. M. A. TAYLOR.
Post office, Phoenix, Oregon.
Range, Roxy Ann and Larson Mtns.
Earmarks, underbit in right ear and split in left ear.
Cattle brand, the letter "T" on left hip, side or shoulder, size 4 inches.
Horses same brand, 2½ inches on left stifle or shoulder.

WM. TAYLOR.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, upper Bear Creek and branches.
Marks, two underbits in left ear and hole in right.
Brand, "WT" on left hip. Horses branded on left thigh.

J. M. WAGNER.
Post office, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range, Emigrant and Sampson creeks.
Earmarks, upper slope in each ear.
Also cattle branded "2J" on left hip, and IF on right hip. Horses branded as in above cut on left shoulder; also horses branded F.

JOHN P. WALKER.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, east to Deadwood.
Earmarks, cattle, under half-crop in left ear.
Brand, cattle, the letter "U" on left hip. Horses branded same on left thigh.

JOHN WYLAND.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, Antelope Creek.
Earmarks, smooth crop off left ear, two splits in same ear, one split in right ear. Brand, "2A" on right hip. Wattle on left jaw.

A. WYLAND.
Post office, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range, Antelope Creek.
Marks, upper half-crop in right ear and swallow-fork in left ear. Wattle on left jaw. Horses branded on right shoulder, same iron.

WM. A. WRIGHT.
Post office, Henley, California.
Range, Camp Creek, Siskiyou County, Cal.
Marks, upper half-crop in each ear.

WARD BROS.
Post office, Bogus, California.
Range, Jenny Creek and Klamath River.
Marks, crop off the left ear and split in the right.
Information solicited when stock is found
off proper range.

JACOB WALCH.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Range, east side of Bear Creek and Antelope.
Marks, smooth crop off left and hole in right ear.
Horses branded same on right shoulder.

CHAS. WILLIAMS.
Post office, Wimer, Jackson County. Or.
Range of stock, Pleasant Creek, head of Jump-Off Joe and Louse creeks, and upper Grave Creek.
Marks, split in right ear and smooth crop off the left.
Cattle branded high up on left hip. Horses same brand on left shoulder.

DANIEL WALKER.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Marks, crop off each ear and under half-crop in right ear. Dewlap cut down.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

ERASTUS WELLS.
Post office, Ashland, Oregon.
Range, Cattle Creek.
Marks, underbit in each ear.

N. A. YOUNG.
Post office, Eagle Point, Jackson Co., Oregon.
Summer range on Big Butte Creek and Crowfoot, winter range, lower Little Butte Creek.
Earmarks, a smooth crop off right ear and a split in left ear.
Brand, "Y" on left hip. Horses same brand on left shoulder.

J. H. TYRRELL.
Post office, Lake Creek, Jackson Co., Or.
Range, south fork of Little Butte Creek and Lost Creek.
Earmarks, crop and two swallow-forks in right ear, and smooth crop off left ear.
Cattle branded with "circle dot" brand on right hip. Horses same brand on right shoulder. Also cattle branded JI on right hip.

Brand Book of the Southern Oregon Stock Protective Association, Democratic Times Print Shop, Jacksonville, 1890.  Refer to the online scans of the book to view the illustrations of the brands.



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    Jackson

    County

    Stockmen's

    Association


CONSTITUTION.


ARTICLE I.
    This Association shall be known as the Jackson County Stockmen's Association.
ARTICLE II.
    SECTION 1.--The object of this Association shall be to secure to the members thereof such mutual advantages as may be gained by association and united efforts, and to further as far as practicable the livestock interests of Jackson County, Oregon, and adjacent ranges, and for the protection of same against fraud and swindlers. To prevent the stealing, taking and driving away of stock from their rightful owners.
    SECTION 2.--To enforce the stock laws of Oregon. To keep up a directory of brands and marks in book form and see that each member be furnished with a copy. To prevent unscrupulous persons from taking undue advantage of any member's high-grade bull on the range and any other advantage that may be had by such an organization.
ARTICLE III.
    SECTION 1.--The affairs of this Association shall be conducted and managed by a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, executive committee and board of advisors. The executive committee shall consist of the president, vice president, secretary and two (2) members of the Association at large. Three of which shall constitute a quorum. The officers and above committee shall be elected at the annual meeting each year. Written proxies in the hands of members approved as genuine by the Executive Committee may be voted at regular elections. The president and secretary of the Association shall act as president and secretary of said Executive Committee, and that said committee shall have the power to fill any vacancies that may occur by death or otherwise in their body or among the officers of this Association. Such appointees shall hold office until next regular election.
    SECTION 2.--The president shall preside at all meetings of the Association. He shall see that all laws and regulations thereof are faithfully executed, and to perform such other duties that may be required of him in this constitution, as well as those necessary to secure the objects and best interests of the Association not herein provided for.
    SECTION 3.--The vice president, in the absence of the president, shall perform the duties of the latter, and if he be absent a president pro tem may be elected.
    SECTION 4.--The secretary shall keep accurate minutes of the transactions of the Association. He shall keep a roll of members and write and send all communications for the Association, such as he may be directed to write and send by the Association or Executive Committee. He shall draw all orders on the treasurer when directed by the president and shall make a full report of all transactions of his office at each annual meeting. He shall deliver to his successor all books, papers, monies and other property in his possession belonging to the Association. He shall visit the County Clerk's office twice each year and copy off all brands and marks recorded during the previous six months and keep a record of brands, marks and such other information concerning the members, such as stock, range, prices, etc., as may be furnished him by the members of the Association. He shall furnish the chief of police of each city or town in the county and adjoining counties a copy of the brand book and request him to notify the Association of any stray stock whose proper owner cannot be ascertained, that said Association may assist in finding the rightful owner thereof. He shall receive postage, stationery and such compensation as the Executive Committee may determine.
    SECTION 5.--The treasurer of this Association shall receive all monies belonging to the same from the secretary and pay the same out ONLY on order of the president, attested by the secretary. He shall make a report at each annual meeting of the Association and such other times as the Association may direct of all transactions of his office, producing therewith vouchers for all monies paid out. He shall deliver all books, papers, monies and other properties in his possession belonging to the Association to his successor in office, and shall give bond to the Association in such sum, with such securities as may be approved by the Executive Committee of the Association, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform all the duties of his said office.
    SECTION 6.--The Executive Committee shall have entire control of the business of the Association during its adjournment. They shall represent the Association before the County Commissioners, also before the Legislature, when deemed necessary, and in other similar positions during adjournment of the Association. At each annual meeting they shall recommend such measures as they deem necessary and make a report to the Association in regard to matters requiring their attention.
ARTICLE IV.
    SECTION 1.--The advisory board shall consist of one member from each natural range division of the county and ranges adjoining, to not exceed fifteen members, whose duty it shall be between the first day of October and February of each year to collect all the estrays in his district and furnish the secretary of the Association with a list of such estray stock, who shall proceed to find the proper owner. Any stock whose proper owner cannot be found shall be branded and sold in the name of the Association, according to the Statutes of Oregon. This advisory board shall be appointed by Executive (Committee, who shall have power to district the county and adjacent ranges.
    SECTION 2.--All members of advisory board shall send in any information to the secretary that may be of benefit to the Association and solicit membership to the Association.
ARTICLE V.
    SECTION 1.--The annual meeting of this Association shall be on the second Saturday in February of each year at 10 o'clock a.m., at any place the previous meeting may decide upon. Special meetings may be called at any time by the president, or in his absence, by the vice president, and shall be called whenever requested by seven members. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. The call for special meetings shall state the object and place of such meetings, and any other urgent business that shall come before said meeting shall be transacted.
ARTICLE VI.
ORDER OF BUSINESS AT MEETINGS
1--Reading minutes of last meeting.
2--Report of treasurer.
3--Unfinished business.
4--New business.
5--Election of officers including Executive Committee.
6--General business.
7--Adjournment.
ARTICLE VII.
    No person shall be a member of this Association except a person owning or controlling livestock and engaged in the business of breeding, growing or raising the same for profit To become a member of this Association all persons must send in their names to the secretary, each name must be accompanied by a fee of $2.00 together with a statement of brands, marks and range of his stock, also the names of individuals comprising his firm or all the officers, if a company, and the post office address of each. Each applicant must send in a copy of his brand burned on leather. His application shall be referred to the Executive Committee, who shall examine said application, and if they deem him a proper person the secretary shall notify and place his name upon the list. All persons admitted as members bind themselves and employees to the observance of this constitution on a penalty of forfeiture of membership. Membership must be personal.
ARTICLE VIII.
    Each member shall pay annual dues of $1.00, payable at the February meeting of each year, and no person shall become a member without such payment in advance. Any member who shall be in arrears for more than one year for dues or assessments shall be dropped from the roll of members and shall cease to become a member until such payments shall have been made. All members shall be subject, not oftener than once per annum, to one assessment of not exceeding four cents per head on all stock owned by such person. Said assessment must be paid to the secretary within ninety days from date of levying the same. An initiation fee of $1.00 shall be levied on persons becoming members of the Association to defray expenses of brand book.
ARTICLE IX.
    SECTION 1.--Any member who shall divulge the proceedings of, or action taken, in any meeting of the Association to any person or persons, or do any act calculated to, or that may, injure or defeat any proceedings or action of this Association or officers thereof, that may be instituted for the purpose of its protection, or that of any members under the laws of this state or of this constitution or that may be subversive of the interests generally of the Association,shall have a fair and impartial hearing at a special meeting called for that purpose or at the annual meeting and if found guilty by a majority of members present shall be expelled.
    SECTION 2.--Any member of this Association who shall be expelled therefrom as aforesaid, shall not be again received as a member thereof, and stockmen generally shall be notified of such expulsion.
    SECTION 3.--It shall be the duty of each member to report at once to the president of the Association of any cases of unlawful altering of brands or marks or any attempt of anyone to kill, drive off the range, to secrete or take possession of stock not belonging to him. The Executive Committee is hereby authorized to take such action as deemed advisable to bring such persons to justice.
    SECTION 4.--Any member wishing to pool his stock with others for sale shall notify the secretary of the Association of the number, kind and grade and at about what time he wishes to sell. The secretary shall then notify all the other members that they may place their stock in pool if they so desire.
ARTICLE X.
    Should two or more persons, members of this Association, claim the same stock and not be able to determine the rightful owner thereof among themselves, they shall immediately notify the president, who shall appoint five disinterested members to audit and decide ownership of such stock, and said committee shall without delay proceed to investigate the case and determine who the rightful owner thereof is and to assess the expenses of said arbitration as they see fit, not to exceed, however, the sum of 10 cents per mile traveled and $1.50 per diem.
ARTICLE XI.
    SECTION 1.--This constitution shall not be annulled or amended except at the regular annual meeting and then only by a vote of two thirds of the members
present. One-fifth of all enrolled members shall constitute a quorum at regular annual meetings.
    SECTION 2.--Robert's rules of order shall be used to settle all parliamentary
disputes arising in the transaction of regular business.
Respectfully submitted,
    GEO. OWENS,
    HOMER BARRON,
    WELLA BEESON,
    D. H. JACKSON,
    GRANT RAWLINGS,
        Committee on Constitution.
        
H. G. Mathes, Phoenix, Oregon.
Range: Mathes Mountain, east of Phoenix and Medford.
Mark: Keyhole in each ear.
Brand: SO on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

C. R. Moore, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Pool Hill and Little Butte.
Mark: Square crop off each ear and underslope in left and wattle on left jaw.
Brand: On left hip on cattle.

J. F. Crump, Buncom, Oregon.
Mark: Swallow-fork in left ear and underbit in right.
Brand: 6 on left side or left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

W. P. Counts, Tolo, Oregon.
Range: Desert and Evans Creek.
Mark: Swallow-fork in left ear.
Brand: Q on left side on cattle.

O. P. Helms, Climax, Oregon.
Range: Head of Antelope and Dead Indian.
Mark: Smooth crop off each ear and two wattles on left side of neck.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

Van Hardenburg Bros., Central Point, Oregon.
Range: Evans Creek.
Mark: Swallow-fork in right ear and crop and upper-bit in left.
Brand: 3X on right hip on cattle.

Thomas McAndrew, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Near mouth of Big Butte Creek.
Mark: Swallow-fork in right ear and under half crop and upper-bit in left ear.
Brand: TM on right hip on cattle.

John McKay, Derby, Oregon.
Range: Big Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop off left ear and under half crop in right.
Brand: On left hip on cattle.

D. H. Jackson, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian to Green Spring Mountain.
Mark: Underbit out of right ear.
Brand: DJ on right hip on cattle; on left shoulder or jaw on horses.

W. T. Kinney, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop and two splits in right ear and underslope in left ear.
Brand: MO on top of right hip on cattle.

N. P. Hanson, Climax, Oregon.
Range: Head of Antelope.
Mark: Two underbits in right ear.
Brand: EP on right hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

Arthur F. Hunt, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian and Lost Prairie.
Mark: Under and upper slope in left ear.
Brand: FB behind left shoulder on cattle.

L. A. Neil, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian and Grizzly Prairie.
Mark: Crop off right ear; also mark underslope in each ear.
Brand: On right hip on cattle.
The cattle that are marked with underslope in each ear are branded IS on right hip.

R. P. Neil, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop off left ear.
Brand: N on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

John M. Allen, Derby, Oregon.
Range: Big Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop off right and underslope in left ear.
Brand: On right hip on cattle; on left side on horses.

Geo. W. Dunn, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Sampson Creek, Keene Creek and Hiatt Prairie.
Mark: Crop off left ear and underbit in right.
Brand: D on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

John Ritter, Rock Point, Oregon.
Range: Foots Creek, Galls Creek and Birdseye Creek.
Mark: Crop and split in right ear and hole in left ear close to head. Hogs are marked the same.
Brand: On either hip.

Grant Rawlings, Central Point, Oregon.
Range: Desert and Antelope Creek.
Mark: An overslope on left ear, small wattle in center of left jaw.
Brand: 6S on left hip on cattle.

Geo. W. Owens, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop off right and split in left ear.
Brand: JO on left hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

Owens Bros., Wellen, Oregon.
Range: Antelope Creek and tributaries.
Mark: Crop off and undersplit in left ear and undersplit in right.
Brand: OB on left hip.
Also cattle marked crop off and undersplit in left ear and branded O on left hip.

A. S. Kleinhammer, Buncom, Oregon.
Range: Head of Little Applegate.
Mark: Upper slope in right and underslope in left ear.
Brand: IR on left side or left hip on cattle.

Denver Kincade, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Upper Bear Creek and tributaries.
Mark: Staple fork in left ear and underbit in right with brand on left hip, and staple fork in left ear and brand on right hip.
Horses branded on left shoulder.

Geo. Nichols, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop and underbit in right and under half crop in left ear.
Brand: On right hip on cattle.

Tom E. Nichols, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop and underbit in left ear and under half crop in right.
Brand: TN on right hip on cattle.

H. C. Hanson, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Grizzly Peak and Dead Indian.
Mark: Hole in right ear and upperbit and end bit in left ear.
Brand: H on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

Furry Bros., Phoenix, Oregon.
Range: Lost Prairie and Dead Indian in summer and Dry Creek Hill in winter.
Mark: Crop and split and undersplit in each ear.
Brand: On right hip on cattle.

Wm. Addison, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Applegate and vicinity of Grizzly Peak.
Mark: Crop off left ear and underslope in right.
Brand: IX on left hip on cattle.

C. E. Abbott, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian and Grizzly Peak.
Mark: Hole in each ear.
Brand: AH on right hip on cattle, on left shoulder on horses.

Lindsay Bros., Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian and Grizzly Prairie.
Mark: Underbit in right ear.
Brand: L on right hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.
Cattle and horses also branded small L on left front hoof. Sheep and goats branded L on right side of head and marked same as cattle.

Harry Lynch, Talent, Oregon.
Range: Upper Wagner Creek and Applegate.
Mark: Staple fork in right ear.
Brand: HL connected on right hip.

Geo. B. Woodson, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop and split in each ear.
Brand: W on left hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

J. D. Williams, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range: Green Spring Mountain.
Mark: Swallow-fork in right and under half crop in left ear.
Brand: On left hip on cattle, on left shoulder on horses.

W. W. Erb, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Walker and Hoxie creeks.
Mark: Under half crop in right ear.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left thigh on horses. All cattle dehorned.

Henry Peck, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop and split in left ear and under- and upperbit in right, or crop and two splits in left ear and upper- and underbit in right.
Brand: HP on either hip on cattle.

W. W. Taylor, Medford, Oregon.
Mark: Underbit in right ear and split in left.
Brand: [Inverted T] on left hip on cattle.

C. C. Taylor, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Roxy Ann in winter and Grizzly Prairie in summer.
Mark: Split in left ear and underbit in right.
Brand: T on right hip on cattle.

Chas. B. Million, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Vicinity of Ashland.
Mark: Split in each ear.
Brand: B on left hip.

G. W. Little, Central Point, Oregon.
Range: Paddle Springs and Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Square crop off each ear and underslope in left.
Brand: GL on left hip on cattle.

Jas. U. Smith, Gold Hill, Oregon.
Range: Sardine Creek and headwaters of Ward and Sams creeks.
Mark: Crop off right and split in left.
Brand: JU on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

Miller Sutton, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian.
Mark: Underbit in right ear.
Brand: SU on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

Andrew Cantrall, Buncom, Oregon.
Range: Little Applegate.
Mark: Underbit and split in right ear and upperbit and split in left ear.
Brand: VC on left ribs on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

Chapman Bros., Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Emigrant Creek and branches.
Mark: Square crop in left ear and upper slope in right; earmarked in right ear bearing name and address.
Brand: C on right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

W. Beeson, Talent, Oregon.
Range: On Antelope and Grizzly Mountain.
Mark: Upper slope in left and split in right ear, bell wattle on neck.
Brand: J on left side on cattle.

Ed. B. Barron, Barron, Oregon.
Range: Hiatt Prairie and Keene Creek.
Mark: Swallow-fork and underbit in right ear, same mark used on sheep and hogs.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left thigh on horses.

F. E. Bybee, Agate, Oregon.
Range: Antelope and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop off right and underbit in left ear.
Brand: Triangle on left hip.

Beebe & Head, Central Point, Oregon.
Range: Agate and north side of Rogue River.
Mark: Crop in right ear and split and underbit in left.
Brand: DB connected and D backwards on either hip; horses branded the same on either shoulder.

Mrs. Lydia Powell, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range: Emigrant Creek.
Mark: Split and underbit in each ear.
Brand: P on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

Gustave Peck, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte creek.
Mark: Crop off left ear and upper half crop in right.
Brand: FP on right hip.

E. Davidson, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Grizzly Peak and Dead Indian.
Mark: Under- and upperbit in each ear.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

L. L. Damon, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Roxy Ann in winter and Grizzly Prairie and Dead Indian in summer.
Mark: Upper half crop in right ear and under half crop in left ear.
Brand: LL on right hip.

J. M. Rader, Jacksonville, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte and Dead Indian.
Mark: Swallow-fork in each ear and underbit in right and wattle on left side of neck.
Brand: JR connected on left hip.

R. E. Robinson, Talent, Oregon.
Range: Antelope, Grizzly Peak and Little Applegate.
Mark: Crop and split in left ear and upper slope in right and bell wattle dewlap.
Brand: 03 on right hip.

T. J. Hamlin, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Antelope Creek.
Mark: Two splits in right ear and upper slope in left.
Brand: JH connected on left ribs.

John Hart, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Reese Creek and Big Butte.
Mark: Two splits in right ear and underbit in left.
Brand: J heart on left hip on cattle; horses branded same on left hip.

Gus Nichols, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte Creek.
Mark: Under half crop in right ear and small crop and large upperbit in left ear and wattle on nose.
Brand: On right hip.

Arthur Nichols, Brownsboro, Oregon.
Range: Willow Creek.
Mark: Crop, split and underbit in right ear and underslope in left ear.
Brand: On right hip on cattle.

Frank Cameron, Ruch, Oregon.
Range: Upper Applegate.
Mark: Crop off right ear and under half crop in left.
Brand: RC on left hip.

Miles Cantrall, Ruch, Oregon.
Range: On Little Applegate.
Mark: Swallow-fork in each ear.
Brand: UX on left ribs on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

C. M. Swanson, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Roxy Ann.
Mark: Swallow-fork and two splits in left ear.
Brand: M with a ^ over it on left ham; same on left shoulder on horses.

J. W. Slinger, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: North Fork Little Butte.
Mark: Crop and underbit in right ear, split in left, two wattles under chin.
Brand: 7S on left hip; horses branded on left shoulder or stifle.

Joseph Freshour, Gottville, California.
Range: Klamath River and south side Siskiyou Mountains.
Mark: Swallow-fork in left ear.
Brand: Half circle on right hip.

C. W. Ashpole, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Reese Creek and Big Butte.
Mark: Crop off right ear and swallow-fork and underbit in left ear.
Brand: JA on left hip.

A. E. Spencer & Son, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Walker Creek and Dead Indian.
Mark: Two underbits in left ear and split in right.
Brand: 10 on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

Wm. A. Stewart, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Roxy Ann in winter and Dead Indian in summer.
Mark: Crop and split in right ear and underslope in left.
Brand: IL on left hip.

A. Moore, Phoenix, Oregon.
Mark: Under half crop in each ear.
Brand: MORE [sic] on left side on cattle; M on right shoulder on horses.

H. A. Meyer, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Big Butte Creek in summer and Brownsboro precinct in winter.
Mark: Crop off right ear and upper half crop and underbit in left.
Brand: On right hip on cattle; on left stifle on horses. Also cattle marked crop off right and upper half crop off left ear, and branded AM connected on left hip.

Dave Cingcade, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Dead Indian in summer and Big Desert in winter.
Mark: Crop off both ears and split in left; dewlap cut up and down.
Brand: ID on left hip on cattle; on left hip on horses.

Cottrell Bros., Medford, Oregon.
Range: On Antelope and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop and two splits in right ear.
Brand: Fence panel on right hip.

David Horn, Hornbrook, California.
Range: Northern California and Siskiyou Mountains.
Mark: Crop off left ear and dewlap cut down.
Brand: On left hip on cattle.

A. M. Helms, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Antelope Creek.
Mark: Crop off left ear and upper slope in right.
Brand: 17 on right side.

J. A. Taylor, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Sampson  Creek and Hiatt Prairie.
Mark: Two underbits in each ear.
Brand: JT on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.
Cattle also marked split in left and two underbits in right and branded U2; dewlap cut out at bottom.

J. F. Tyler, Soda Springs, Oregon.

Range: Green Spring Mountain and Keene Creek.
Mark: Crop and underbit in right and underbit in left.
Brand: On right hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses. Hogs marked same as cattle.

J. M. Wagner, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range: Sampson and South Fork of Emigrant Creek.
Mark: Upper slope in each ear.
Brand: JW connected on left hip on cattle; on right shoulder on horses.

Wortman & Gore, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Big Desert in winter and Lost Prairie in summer.
Mark: Swallow fork and underbit in right ear and underbit in left ear.
Brand: HE connected on right hip.

E. H. Veghte, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Reese Creek and Big Butte Creek.
Mark: Crop off left ear and split in each ear and wattle on left jaw.
Brand: SH on left hip on cattle; 6 on left hip on horses.
Notify Grant Finley, Eagle Point, Oregon, of stray stock.

B. F. Vassar, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Grizzly Peak and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop off right ear and underbit in left ear.
Brand: X with bar underneath on left hip.

W. A. Wright, Klamathon, California.
Range: Camp Creek.
Mark: Upper half crop in each ear.
Brand: 79 on either hip.

Butler Walker, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Sampson Creek and Hiatt Prairie.
Mark: Underslope in left, crop and under half crop in right.
Brand: U on left hip, dewlap cut out at bottom; horses branded 7 on left stifle.

Geo. Walter, Applegate, Oregon.
Range: On Humbug and Foots creeks.
Mark: Under half crop in right ear and swallow fork in left; wattle on left cheek.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

F. P. Smith, Ashland, Oregon.
Mark: Crop off each ear.
Brand: On left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

G. C. Culy, Steamboat, Oregon.
Range: Steamboat, Whiskey Peak and spurs of the Siskiyou Mountains.
Mark: Smooth crop in right ear and over half crop in left.
Brand: C on left hip.

R. J. Cole, Hilt, California.
Range: Siskiyou Mountains and Pilot Rock.
Mark: Underbit in left ear and hole in right.
Brand: On right hip on cattle. Also brands C on left thigh. Also cattle branded two half circles on right hip and marked staple fork in each ear.

Brophy & Robinson, Talent, Oregon.
Range: Little Applegate.
Mark: Overslope and underbit in right; split in left. Dewlap cut up.
Brand: NR connected or JN on right side on cattle.

D. H. Barneburg, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Grizzly Peak and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop and two splits in left ear, small dewlap on brisket cut down.
Brand: 20 on left hip.

Joe Kelley, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Big Butte.
Mark: Crop off left ear.
Brand: HK connected on left hip.

James Kershaw, Wellen, Oregon.
Range: Antelope.
Mark: Upper half crop in right ear, wattle under right jaw.
Brand: Cattle on right hip; horses on right thigh.

E. Beeson, Talent, Oregon.
Range: Grizzly Mountain and Antelope.
Mark: Upper slope in right and undersplit in left, bell wattle where the bell would hang.
Brand: E on right hip.

John F. Beltz, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Dry Creek.
Mark: Split and underbit in left and underbit in right.
Brand: On left hip.

John O'Neil, Henley, California.
Range: Siskiyous and Camp Creek.
Mark: Hook slit in both ears; jughandle cutout in brisket.
Brand: JO on right hip; horses branded on same hip.

Jas. Owens, Wimer, Oregon.
Range: Pleasant Creek.
Mark: Crop and split in right ear and underbit in left ear.
Brand: On right hip.

A. E. Moore, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Head of Antelope Creek and Dead Indian.
Mark: Square swallow-fork in right ear and square underbit in left, wattle under right eye.
Brand: 33 on right hip.

Greene Matthews, Eagle Point, Oregon.
Range: Reese Creek and Big Butte.
Mark: Upperbit in each ear and two uppercut dewlaps.
Brand: Lazy YT on left hip.

Grieve Bros., Klamathon, California.
Range: Jenny Creek.
Mark: Underslope in right ear and crop off left.
Brand: 96 on left hip.

G. W. Grow, Soda Springs, Oregon.
Range: Emigrant Creek.
Mark: Split in each ear and underbit in left.
Brand: 21 on left hip on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

J. M. Garrett, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: On Lake Creek and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop and underbit in right and crop and under half crop in left; jughandle in brisket.
Brand: IT on left hip.

Wm. H. Gore, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Big Desert in winter and Lost Prairie in summer.
Mark: Crop off each ear.
Brand: ISH on left hip.

Von der Hellen Bros., Wellen, Oregon.
Range: Butte Creek and tributaries.
Mark: Two underbits in each ear.
Brand: VDH on side or VI on left hip.

Hubbard Bros., Medford, Oregon.
Range: North side of Big Butte.
Mark: Upper slope in each ear and underbit in left; dewlap cut from bottom hanging at top.
Brand: LH on left ribs on cattle.

M. L. Daly, Medford, Oregon.
Range: Antelope and Roxy Ann.
Mark: Crop off left ear and underbit in right.
Brand: PD on left hip.

G. W. Dewey, Talent, Oregon.
Range: Little Applegate.
Mark: Square underbit in right and split in left; jughandle in brisket.
Brand: D on left hip.

W. R. Johnson, Trail, Oregon.
Range: Elk Creek and Trail Creek.
Mark: Crop and underbit and upperbit in right ear; dewlap hanging down and up.
Brand: On either hip on cattle.

J. G. Norton & Son, Ashland, Oregon.
Range: Cove and Dead Indian.
Mark: Crop off right ear and under half crop and upperbit in left.
Brand: 70 on left hip and left side.

Raphael Gardener, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Salt Creek and Willow Prairie.
Mark: Small swallow-fork in right ear, and short crop and underbit in left.
Brand: GR on left hip.

H. H. Goddard, Talent, Oregon.
Range: On Wagner Creek and Little Applegate.
Mark: Split and under half crop in right and undersplit in left ear.
Brand: On left hip or side on cattle; on left shoulder on horses.

A. C. Edwards, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte.
Mark: Crop and two splits in left and crop and underbit in right ear.
Brand: Two-pointed gig on left hip.

Carl Hofft, Lake Creek, Oregon.
Range: Little Butte and Dead Indian Creek.
Mark: Under half crop in right and upper half crop in left ear.
Brand: Half circle over 2 on left hip.

Brand Book of the Jackson County [Oregon] Stockmen's Association, undated, but reportedly 1909. Refer to the online scans of the book to view the illustrations of the brands.


 
           
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