Show Every Wild Horse on Coconino Range Was as Sold o Six ix Times Witnesses in Fraud Suit Say It Costs More fibre to Catch One Than It Is Worth Dec 13 E 13 Every Every ry wild wildhorse wildhorse U OMAHA horse on the Coconino count county county- government reservation In Arizona was 5 sold si sir times M. M I Drake professor of ot forestry in the University of ot Mont Montana nD te testified today 1 In tho the governments government's suit Bult against the Omaha Land Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment company and the United States Rates Live Stock company for mt misuse misuse mis mis- use of the malls In fraudulent sales of ot wild 1 horses Professor Drake Draka formerly was supervisor super of the government forest reserve resor In Coconino Coconino Co Co- conino county what's the alleged wild horses wore were supposed to range rano Th There rc were never noer more than 2500 horl horses on tho whole range r Professor Drake said Of this number about half haIr were the property property prop prop- ert erty of ot home homesteaders tea and ranch ranch- ers The others other were m mavericks and accordinG to tho the laws n s 's of ot Arizona Arizona Ari Arl- zona ona Were Wera the property of or the state Bills BlUs of ot sale sOe for approximately wild horses Were ere tiled flied at nt Flagstaff Ariz witnesses for tor or tho the gov government have testified Tho United States Live Stock com company company- an owned not more than of ot these wild horses horsell Professor sor Drake said laid Tho The company asked for tor a permit to graze 1000 head of animals on the re reserve orve but I 1 de denied do- do nied the r for tor I had 1091 tive eld evidence nce that th the company compan hn had sold man many times Ume this number of ot animals A According to attorneys 8 for tor tho the government the total sales of wild horses amounted to about 1000 Purchasers have hn t testified the ho horses u were represented to them themas as worth 90 a head on the Kansas 9 City market 1 Edward dward Johnson Johnon of Seligman Arla Ariz a government live 11 livestock f tock stock Inspector today testified tho the when whon caught were worth not more than 12 a head And use of ot an nn aeroplane is about tho the only way in which a wild horse horBe can be run down Johnson declared Frank I Fairchild of or Flagstaff formerly deputy deput sheriff of Coconino county count testified It would cost moro more to capture a wild horse than It was worth and In the chose chaee ml lI many many- good horses would be La ruined A. A B B. B Cox COK of Kansas City real roal estate dealer 1 r. r who purchased wild horses for tor a n client t testified gUtt ho he succeeded ed in chasing seven sOen wild horses eY Into a corral T bus t broke broko through th the other othor side of the corral and kept rl ht on run run- TI ning in inI I remarked to J J. J S S. Smith one of oC the Ule e defendants et that It was wa a pretty hard r Job to catch wild horses horse Co Cox Bald HaltI Smith said I ISi Si Wasn't supposed to catch them thorn The defense announced as soon oon n as the government 0 rests rest It will be begin lie lie- gin the examination of ot five fifty witnesses |