Since a HighPlains filing is the oldest one on the list, it makes sense the first time an individual "entered" the system, they got their ID assigned and they got them sequentially because whatever the data entry procedure was it went something like "add all of those High Plains bums to the system".
Once the ID was assigned, no reason to cease using it.
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