Show DUTY EVASION SCHEME FLOPS Farmers Farmer's Cows Fail to Do DOl DOlI I fc Work as Beasts of vL A 7 Burden GREVE Mont UP Frank UP-Frank Frank OCon nelI itella a Canadian farmer had an idea that he thought would enable him t to toes es escape ape duty payments when he moved his dairy herd to the United States States- but it Jt didn't work Things weren't going goIn so well as they might on the OConnell O'Connell farm near Mankato Sask Sask- so the farmer decided de to move to Montana He notified customs officials coming across the international boundary boundary boun dary near here and invited inspection j tion The officers found OConnell O'Connell and his impedimenta near Greve The impedimenta consisted of oC two four-cow four teams hitched to wagons a two two cow cow team yoked to a 3 mowing machine and a two cow team drag drag- Zing Sing a hay rake Piled atop the wagon were beds p personal effects a le a sleigh and a cream ap cn nu The customs agents examined the lot and told OConnell O'Connell he could ent enter r this country but but but- that he must pay duty on the cows because they were Oh Ob no I dont don't said the immigrant immigrant grant arant they are are beasts of burden and therefore are arc duty Cant Can't you see Ive I've used my cows for tor torte te teams ms Official inspection of cusp customs cus cus- p I toms tow laws Jaws revealed reveal d beasts of burden actually were duty free I However the customs officials in investigated and found that OConnell O'Connell allegedly had driven almost 50 miles via truck and when he was within yards of the line had hitched his cows to the wagons While the officials dais were debating several of oC the cows dropped in their traces as a result result result re re- sult of exhaustion That clinched the argument You pay duty Those are milk cows cows' not teams the officials warned |