The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 26, 1931 TAGS ON SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS AID OFFICERS Tags required on all slaughtered animals being shipped over the highways or railroads of the state were of material assistance in tracing the veal which figured in the arrest over the week-end of Harry Hoak and Mrs. A. C. Thompson on cattle-rustling charges, according to Sheriff Harold Sexton. The local officer pointed out that it was through the numbers on the tags received by the Portland buyer, checked against the stubs to the sheriffs office, that it was possible to find who took out the tags from the sheriffs officer here and who was actually shipping the veal. Hoak and Mrs. Thompson were still in jail today awaiting a hearing on the charges. Officers claim that Hoak killed 24 calves during the last two months. Mrs. Thompson taking them to Portland in her car and selling the meat. Just how many of these animals were allegedly stolen, officers are not prepared to say. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm