Show STOCKMEN SEEK LOWER TAXES Ra Ranchers chers Will Vill Urge Keeping Keeping Keeping Keep Keep- ing Up Present Bounty on Predatory Beasts Groaning under what nhat they consider excess taxation a committee of ot sheen sheep sheep- and antI cattle men yesterday at the Hotel Utah decided to recommend to a Joint meeting of or tho state stockmen to beheld bo be held at the tho hotel Tuesday morning ac action action ac- ac tion Uon that will bring a a. J. J reduction in tho the state slate bount bounty tax and anti will lower tho the taxable price of or sheep to the tho market price At present the state levies a tax of ot C j mills per head on sheep and goats and 4 mills per head on cattle eattle and antI horses Stockmen would reduce this by one one- half declaring that at a a. levy of ot CO GO COper GOper per cent cant of ortho tho present ono one would be beI I ample to pay for all boun bounties lies that aro offered The other matter that troubles tho the Is that the tho state char charges eR a tax on sheep of or 14 per heath head the tIre figure at which they were quoted I at when the tax was fixed Sheep are arenow arenow I no now quoted at nt 52 2 per head and the tIme I growers believe that that should be bo the taxa taxable blo figure Recommendation that the present Prices on the heads of or predatory wild animals remain will also bo be made altho at al atthe tho the meeting Some Somo members of or th the committee yesterday advocated In Increasing increasing In- In creasing the bounty bount on predatory ani- ani main but it Jt was pointed out that the thc Present Plesent figures sufficient to In Induce In In- duce duco uco hunters and anti trappers to lo work worle for the tho county now that thal a great many of tho the men who do 10 that t kind of or work I are returning from tho thu army and navy na The Tho shortage o of ot labor was named as 1 tho the reason for tho loss of or In stock last year ear from attacks of ot anim ani ani- II m mals al 5 |