Show CASE OF GREAT INTEREST SHEEP TAX SUIT SOON TO BE IN RICH EICH COUNTY uio the attention of 0 sheep and cattlemen throughout tile Intel intermountain mountAin country A ca case c that thai Is iq g the ratte n 0 gllnn of all utah 11 will bo tried next month at the alir session Boas loni of 0 the court in it well county the progress of 0 the arso 1 Is being watched ill interest by sheep and cattlemen of oc the states ol of tile tho glon as is it involves tile tho legality of tho the ordinance imposing it a per capita tax of 10 cents on all foreign sheep ranging in tile tho county was waa enacted by the hie board ot if county commissioners under power or of tho the act of 1837 1897 tho the question whether a per capita tax on sheep ranging in a county may legally I ito impo sod or lit in other words tho the ton of 0 tile law 0 f will bo determined before the end civil of tile case ls Is reached tho alio notion action lias has lia s gratin prow 11 fi tore om tho the arrest of 0 william Will iain moss superintendent of oc tho the c live S atoch oct company walter a and another man mail for or vlola violation ilon of hie lie ordinance di dir nance ianco the offense Is 13 a misdemeanor in e an or puril punishable by n R tine line not to exceed atul while tile the punishment la Is c am put a lavely trifling to a large l arse there liver 1 Is A a prin princia cip 3 lit in issue that 13 benc ing foucht with wih great igor the Wool ool growers rowers association of 0 the th state has taken up tip the light for the sheep men as aa the lu inter terest cuts or of all 1111 flock tn ins ii in utah oro are involved the die association liaa has employ employed emp loyel etl iron alron n bonder henderson rind and zane blayle costigan to de cle tend the men with violation of the ordinance rich countes coun tys com coln have also strengthened the hands hainds of their county allot Atlo ticy incy by tho the retention of 0 evans rogers hocera of orden ogden to assist in the prosecution and the cattlemen association of 0 rich nich county has also taken a hand in the light having employed attorney E 11 J dockery to look out for the interests of tho the and presumably to assist also in the prosecution morgan gorpan wasatch emery summit anil pluto counties coun lica tire are ue tile only counties bides besides rich it Is believed that have taken advantage of tho the law to pass pasa an ordinance imposing A a ta tax tac c on 8 beep being grazed within their bor bar deis in summit county seventeen arrests have licen been made for violation of 0 the ordinance but no further action has been taken pending ill the disposition of tho the rich county case which it la is expected will mill bo be utilized to make a lull full test of the law CATTLE 1 INS POSITION aquila Ne belter of rich ellch county wh who was president int of the state senate and who mile aided lit in the passage passa pc of tho the law said yesterday yes that ho he believed tile the law would ul ultimately I 1 irately ile ho sustained A similar law IF IB in force in california he said and has ban been upheld by the supreme court of that state rich county Is suffering from the ranging of 0 sheep not only la Is tile hie range ranee injured and ln in pa abtin destroyed by these wandering hocks but the revenue of 0 the county Is directly attacked the assessment roll of the county has fallen on off annually in four foul years past still the area of tilled moll boll has been and the assessment should show a greater valuation the trouble Is the farmers have no maibet tor for tile the hay bay they raise and it has haa been allowed to lie he unused on oil tile the ground to rot the ranse range Is dos destroyed troyed for or cattle to EL a great extent anil and the market they formerly arford afforded ed la Is now gone eone during the summer the ranges are covered with sheep but as soon as winter minter conics comes they are moved leaved to the desert it if tile tha sheep men would use our hay bay in the winter as a we well 11 as our ranse range in summer it if in other bordi ord they would come came and live w with ith us we would gladly welcome tor for in that event they ho be made to bear their just share ot of the countes coun tys tax burdens mr Nelm liter ex expressed pressel thi the opinion that the next term ot of tho the rich con county ity court would lie ii of the most Interest Iniz chard character Cler the issue of this caso case will bo be contested with vim anti and ability lie he added and for the time all the stock men on of utah will have their eyes turned toward rich county ATTITUDE OP OF SHEE I 1 1 14 Cal canister listor of this city the secretary of the state WoOl growers association cia tion says rays that the as oc lation will contest tile tho rich county cases to the bitter end wo we havo have a mern membership barship that represents ajl aji ownership of ohp said bald lie ho wo we are not and will not be embarrassed for or funds in ia the local legal light the law simply acts acta as a prohibition of the alio sheep business busl nesa por lor instance every shee must r kanro go his flocks in different counties during the iho varying sea seasons of each year at tile alio least ho to will havo have the raine baini nock flock lit in four different counties count fea should tho the sanio same tax of li 10 cents a head ile be levied in cadi cach of the count counties les th ill oner w would be compelled to t pay 40 49 cents cant i B a head for a nil the sheep ho be ba had L this would bo be impossible rich county has no reason to complain of the deseret live stock company as aa it own act acrea of land there it lias has head of sheep of at which tile the per capita tax amounts to cwm u hile the iho entire amount of at taxes collm collected ted in tile the county for all purposes Is 0 only taboo the deseret live stock compary company pays its share of this C ll 11 wa amount on its land cattle itwara and sheep sir air callister Callist pr Is confident that thal the or in IH defective anti the law also unconstitutional re i that tile slice sheep men in big hl are to emerge alc tors lois front the loal legal contest |