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Show STOCKMAN MAKES PLEA PLEACoyotes PlEAfOR PLEAFOR fOR BOUNTY ON COYOTES COYOTESCoyotes I Coyotes are increasing increasmg to an alarm alarm- alarming alarmmg alarming - ing mg extent on the desert ranges ofGiand of ofGland ofGrand Gland Grand county , according accordmg to DonWeimer DonWeimer Don DonWeImer WeImer , . Cisco cattleman cattlemanho , who \\ho ho \ in aletter a aletter I Ilett.er lett.er letter . to The Times-Independent Times Independent - urgesthat urges urgesthat urgesthat that the county or state restore bountypayments bounty bountypayments bountypayments urgesI I payments on piedaory plcdaory predaory animals ammals MrWeimer MrWeimer Mr MrI MrWeimer I Weimer states that coyotes are so sotluck sothick sothick tluck thick they ar an ' billing hlling 'riling riling } ' calvea calve calves . : > and andi andsheep andsheep andsheep i sheep by hundreds and thousands , and andstockmen andstockmen ' stockmen are getting gettmg tit tiled tited ed of pa paying payingbounty pavingbounty mg mgbounty bounty ta taxes .es es > . , without .ithout ithout . recieving recIe'lng recIelng recieting ' anyprotection any anyprotectlon anyprotection anyprotectionMr protectlon protection protectlonMr protectionMr Mr Weimer Welffier Wermers s letter follos"ClSCO follows"Cisco follows follo\\s follo s follows"Cisco \ "Cisco Cisco "ClSCO ClSCO " , Utah , July 28 28'Mi 28Mi ' Ml Mt L L Taylor , Moab , UtahDeal Utah UtahDeal UtahDear Deal Dear sir . "I I "r r " am writing writmg to ask if you do notthink not notthink notthink think something can be done towardsgetting towards towardsgettmg towardsgetting gettmg getting a bounty put back on ccfrotesin cwotesm crtyotesin cwotes crtyotes m in Grand counts cotmb cOlmt ' I ' The coyotes aie are 301 e becoming so thickthat thick thickthat thickthat that they ( are lre 'doing doing ' Oing a great deal of ofdamage ofdamage ofdamage damage , killing klllmg sheep and calves"Also calves"Also calves calves"Also "Also Also " it seems to me that a number numberof numberof numberof of people who are leceiving leceiVlng receiving rellef relief relieffrom rellefflom relieffiom flom from the state could make a living livingtrappmg livingtrapping livingtrapping trappmg trapping , if theie thele there " were "ere ere sufflcient sufficient sufflcientbounty sufficientbounty sufficientbounty bounty , and they would be getting gettmg rid ridof ridof ridof of the coyotes at the same time'I time time'I 'I I ' 1 knoflOm know kno\\ kno \ fiom flOm from Nash wash to the thestate thestate thestate state line a hundred head of calveshave calves calveshave calveshave have been killed and I do not believeit beheeit belreeit behee belree , % it would be exaggerating e'Caggeratmg eCaggeratmg ' to say thatthree that thatthree thatthree three thousand head of sheep werekilled were werekllled werekilled kllled killed last winter wmter and this thlS spring spnng spring"I spnng"r spring"I "I I "r r " realize that some change wouldhave would wouldhave wouldhave have to be made in the laws to to-get to get to " - get thisbounty thIs thIsbounty thisbounty bounty , but thought you ou might be in ina ina ina a position to start something somethmg Also if ifthe ifthe ifthe the county commLcoslonersould commissioners commLcosloners , would \ould ould \ takeit take takeit takeit it up with the tax commission some some- something something something - thing might be done"I done done"I I I"I "I I " was deputy assessor for this end of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe I the county this spring I r assessed a anumber anumber anumber number of sheep men and none of ofthem ofthem ofthem them objected to paying a bounty taxbut tax , but . > . they all thought they ought to getsomething get getsomething getsomething something for tot ' their money . "Very Very liVery " truly vours vours"DON : , o our our"DON s "DON DON " WEIMER " |