Show W UL nT PAY p y illS HIS TAXES A Colorado Man Idan Who Spent in Defense of ol a Principle Denver Col Co News A 1 case ease without it bout a parallel in the an annals nals of jurisprudence was brought t to toa toI a close last week at Hahns Peak the county seat at of Routt county when Ora Orn Haley H Ie the cattle c king of north northwestern northwestern western Colorado paid to the commissioners and dismissed proceed proceedings proceedings i ings that have been in every court in inthe the United States for the past sixteen years Judge Henry T Sale attorney for Routt county returned with a n astory astory story as interesting as it is unique Fifty thousand housand dollars for a pl pi Double that amount for ex cx expenses of the opposing opp litigants litigant and I you have not even em then tb n summed up p what has been ben spent because Ora Gra Haley refused to pay a few hundred d I dollars in taxes tax S whIch he lie thought ex cx exorbitant The litigation has been from the rural lural justice court through every i channel UP tip to the supreme me court of the United States There have been a j dozen injunction suits carried to the higher courts actions and amended j actions for the recovery of taxes taken through h all the th federal courts up to Washington damage suits against J nearly all aU the men connected with Routt county government during the sixteen years and replevin suits galore Attorneys have marveled have read the cases with peculiar interest or have held their sides in laughter I One at attorney attorney attorney torney it is said lived for fifteen years almost solely off of the proceeds of the Haley proceedings Sometimes he lie had I one one but oftener a half balf doen suits in progress Once when the United States circuit court of appeals at St Louis dismissed Haleys appeal and ordered the federal court in Denver Denyer to strike the case from the files flies forever extinguishing e it Haleys attorney immediately filed an altogether useless amended complaint Judge Sate Sale Ie says s s that every eve litigation since 1881 was an absurdity since in that t at year car the Colorado supreme court c urt decided that the t grounds gro for procedure pr the alleged f his assess assessment ment of or not tenable Ora ra Haley Baley is now cattle king of or northwestern ern Colorado C and the heaviest r avi est tax payer in Routt nO county Conse Consequently it ltha has been en case of ofa a candle andle andl at both ends He 1 Ie has been the heaviest contributor to t the funds that have been used in fighting him Routt county Was liftS paid over oV r 40 to oppose Haley Hal y itt iri the courts and Haley has paid a large Jarle percentage perc of this in his own taxes tax years ago Hal Haley y came from Iowa In 1888 the ate was wan keeping keep Jg a butcher shop in Georgetown Now his herds are numbered d b W r the thousands th his acres of land same Knie unit and his wealth possibly bf br the n A handsome residence Jn Wyo i houses hous s in in luxury l his family Hg Rio Ht daughters daught tu have lia l 1 l v in the best schools He with a p fl commanding appearance Above all an he is a money maker He ships cattle from Routt county to the lower loer Arkansas valley for foi wintering and is reputed to hYe made matte as much as 80 O out of a single rattle cattle speculation Ora Haley does pot not seem to regret having spent over ov r flO in litigation He still Insists that the Routt county officials were robbing him in 1884 18 and he says it is worth all he h has ha po to stand up for principle and his rr h has as a citizen |