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Fiftyyearsago,Chico Enterprise-Record, May 5, 1965. Cattle drive starts to- morrow. "Cries of 'head 'em up and move 'em out' will echo across the valley to- morrow as 650 head of cattle and their cowboys begin a 130 mile trek to mountain grazing ranges. "Elwin Roney of Chico, three cowboys and a cook, including a 12-year-old boy, will begin at day- break. "The cattle are be- ing moved off the Roney Brothers' 10,000 acre ranch north of Chico to greener areas around Ea- gle Lake north of Susan- ville. "On the sixth day of the 11-day trek, the herd will push its way through five to six feet of snow at Hum- boldt Summit. "Besides Roney, the cow- boys are Herman Daugh- tery and Leland Williams, a cook, Percy Bennett, and George Roney's son, Johnny, 12. "Two trips are made yearly, this one involv- ing cows and their calves. On May 24 a second herd of replacement heifers and feeder cattle will be moved. "The cattle are sold off in the fall or returned to the Chico ranch for winter feeding. "Elwin Roney has made the trip twice a year since he was 10, just as his fa- ther, G.W. Roney, and his grandfather did beginning in 1903." The cattle drives were discontinued when it be- came more difficult driv- ing the cattle near the highway and Chester be- coming more settled. My father used to drive our sheep to the moun- tains west of Susanville until the late 1940's in a 10 day drive, but he used trucks to ship the cattle to Willard Creek and Ea- gle Lake. Missingscrap-book The Tehama County CattleWomen has mis- placed a scrap-book with a Hereford bull head and the TCCW name on the large leather-cover. The con- tents inside covered the activities of 2014. It was last seen at the December winter meeting and installation of officers at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club. Any help recovering the scrapbook would be appre- ciated. High school rodeo District 1 Califor- nia High School Ro- deo has concluded the 43rd year of rodeo, nam- ing Bailey Bean, Ger- ber and Brushton Min- ton, Witter Springs as the All- Around champi- ons, Kolby Bravos, Ander- son and Keeley Vaughan, Merrill, OR were the re- serve champions and Cody Stewart, Janesville and Haydn Morsa, Grants Pass, OR were the rookie champions. Queen will be Tucker Hammons, Orland. Representing District 1 at the California State Fi- nals in Bishop, June 15 — 20 will be the following contestants. Barrel Racing 1st Amy Brown, McArthur 155 pts; 2nd Maekaela Mem- mott, Central Pt; OR 151; 3rd Keeley Vaughan, Mer- rill, OR 144; 4th Erin Clen- denen, Cottonwood 127; 5th Haydn Morsa, Grants Pass, OR 114.5 and alter- nate, Bailey Bean, Gerber with 91 pts. Breakaway Roping 1st Kristen Loverin, Cotton- wood 132 pts; 2nd Shasta Banchio, Taylorsville 117; 3rd Helena DeCasas, Grants Pass, OR 116; 4th Cara Hencratt, Red Bluff 110; 5th Kaycie Tidwell, Montague 103, and alter- nate Keeley Vaughan, Mer- rill, OR 88.5 Pole Bending 1st Haydn Morsa, Grants Pass, OR 147 pts; 2nd Jessica Alosi, Palo Cedro 103; 3rd Mi- chell Woolbert, Gerber 98; 4th Cherie Leonard, Bieber 97; 5th Shasta Ban- chio, Taylorsville 90 and alternate Erin Clendenen, Cottonwood 84. Goat Tying 1st Bailey Bean, Gerber 161 pts; 2nd Shasta Banchio, Taylors- ville 153; 3rd Taylor Her- man, Tulelake 147; 4th Helena DeCasas, Grants Pass, OR 141.5; 5th Haydn Morsa, Grants Pass, Or 124.5 and alternate Keeley Vaughan, Merrill, OR 123.5. Girls Cutting 1st Cara Hencratt, Red Bluff 226 pts; 2nd Bailey Bean, Ger- ber 201; 3rd Jessica Alosi, Palo Cedro 185.5; 4th Tay- lor Renihan, Cottonwood 160.5; 5th Keeley Vaughan, Merrill, OR 160 and alter- nate Sarah Kabot, Grants Pass, OR 71. Boys Cutting 1st Brody Gill, Millville 209.5 pts; 2nd Chase Alvernaz, Williams 203.5; 3rd Tan- ner Meigs, Taylorsville 140; Blake Haigh, Mer- rill, OR 54; 5th Brushton Minton, Witter Springs 45. Tie Down Roping 1st Kolby Bravos, Anderson 182; 2nd Brushton Min- ton, Witter Springs 159; 3rd Clayton Bacon, Es- parto 141; 4th Rial Engle- hart, Lakeview, Or 101; 5th Corte Smith, Crescent Mills 95; alternate Larry Lampert, Ft Jones 92 and alternate Colby Chambers, Chico 88 pts. Team Roping Header 1st Kolby Bravos, Anderson 133; 2nd Brody Gill, Mill- ville 116; 3rd Colby Cham- bers 107; 4th Dalton Cash, Grenada 98; 5th Wyatt Spencer, Corning 96; alter- nate Fallon Myers, Central Pt; OR 94. Team Roping Heeler 1st Clayton Bacon, Esparto 133; 2nd Brushton Minton, witter Springs 116; 3rd Cody Stewart, Janesville 107; 4th Larry Lampert, Ft Jones 98; 5th Cameron Jones, Cottonwood 96; al- ternate Chase Alvernaz, Williams 94. Steer Wrestling 1st Brushton Minton, Wit- ter Springs 193; 2nd Kolby Bravos, Anderson 139; 3rd Cameron Jones, Cotton- wood 120; 4th Clayton Ba- con, Esparton 15. Bull Riding 1st Kyle Ea- ton Chico 79; 2nd Bodie Vaughan, Dorris 60; 3rd Levi Gray, Dairy, Or 19. Bareback Riding 1st Blake Shepard, ? 40 pts. Saddle Bronc Riding none. Reined Cow Horse will be June 6 -7 in Exeter, CA. 1st Kelsey Litz, Dorris 21 pts, 2- 3 tied at 20 pts Haley Mae Dancer, Alturas and Chantz Albrecht, Alturas; 5-6 tied at 17 pts Kristen Loverin, Cottonwood and Levi Gray, Dairy, OR. Al- ternate Clayton Gorden, ? 10 pts and Jacey Gorden, ? 9 pts. Trail ride Tehama County Cattle- Women are having their annual trail ride today in the Flournoy area on the Quiet Hills Ranch, owned by the Wood Family. Charlene Priest was chairwoman, Kelly Mou- ton co-chairwoman with assistance from many TCCW members. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Cattledrive50yearsago COURTESYPHOTOS District 1All Around Cowgirl Bailey Bean, Gerber and All Around Cowboy Brushton Minto, Witter Springs with their All Around saddles. District 1Queen Tucker Hammons, Corning, will be competing for California High School Rodeo Queen in Bishop. Thanks in part to re- searchers at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medi- cine, cattle ranchers in Cal- ifornia, Nevada and Ore- gon are one step closer to having a vaccine available to treat a tick-borne bacte- rial disease — commonly known as foothill abortion — which kills cow fetuses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the expansion of ongoing field trials in November for an experimental vaccine, de- veloped by UC Davis veter- inary researchers, after it was shown to be effective in preventing foothill abor- tion in more than 2,000 cat- tle. The expanded trials be- gan in April and will fur- ther establish the vaccine's effectiveness in varied con- ditions as well as provide relief to ranchers. A news article about the vaccine trials will appear May 8 in the journal Sci- ence. Foothill abortion — en- demic in California's coastal range and the foothill re- gions of California, South- ern Oregon and Northern Nevada — is a bacterial dis- ease in cattle also known as epizootic bovine abortion. It is a major cause of eco- nomic loss for California beef producers, annually causing the death of an es- timated 45,000 to 90,000 calves. CATTLE Tr ia ls f or ' fo ot hi ll ab or ti on ' va cc in e ex pa nd TheDailyNewswill feature a special section of photos and write-ups on over 90 "StudentsofDistinction" from middle and high schools across the county. This project has been created in cooperation with the Tehama County Department of Education. Selections of students featured will be made by schools and Teachers. The supplement will be published as a special section of the newspaper and as a digital page-turn online edition on www.redbluffdailynews.com through May of 2016! To sponsor a student's photo and accomplishments is just $59 for 1 sponsorship and $55 each for multiples. Local businesses, professionals, educators, local citizens: All are welcome to support Tehama County's most accomplished students, and demonstrate support of local education in the process. Sponsor Deadline: Friday, May 22 Sponsors will be identified in a 3" tall by 1 column wide space at the bottom of each student salute. This special will appear in the full run of the Daily News on Thursday, May 28, 2015 Daily News advertising representatatives can help you decide what to say. Limited opportunity to support students from individual schools. 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