IT ONCE WAS a common practice—and my still be—among ranchmen on both sides of the Rio Grande to scout the ‘other side’ for missing stock. This missing stock, of course, was always their own, and must be brought back at any risk.
John Pool, from the Marfa country, used to find it necessary, on occasions, to scout below the river for these stray. Just as Americans resented foreigners working their co…