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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James Sinks / The Bulletin
January 24, 2001
PORTLAND " Between 1995 and 1997, the Eastern Oregon-based ranching and investment network of Walter "Jay" Hoyt III was clearly in trouble.
Investors were bailing out. Assets, including some cows, were being sold as part of a bankruptcy. Liens were slapped on cattle and property....