Show SIX MORE HORSES STARVE TO DEATH Two Others Found in Such Condition That They Will Wili Probably Die Six horses dead and two more barely I alive out of a small bunch of ten were found yesterday ester ay on a ranch owned by George Couts on the Jordan river rier about a north of the old copper smelter ter by Harry Mercer humane officer and an action will probably be brought against I Couts It Is believed b by Mr lr Mercer that the animals starved to death as there was nothing for them to eat except dry salt sait grass Couts claimed he had fed the horses some grain and that they died from the cold weather Other people do de declared dared that the animals had had nothing to eat for weeks except the salt grass and had died of starvation Mr Mercer said the horses were taken by Couts to be pastured but that when the cold weather came all of the grass was covered by snow and the thaws and freezing spells kept the feed from the animals Two of the four horses still alive will likely die Mr Mercer said as they were all but dead when he arrived and demanded that Couts teed feed them |