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Show - LA SAL NEWS . I IFIfty Sile S'1le S1le Sue ' of Ho Horses Drew re\V re V \ Crowd . . ' Fifty or more persons attended the thewild thewild Wild horse auction held at La Sal SalFebruary SalFebruary SalFebruary February 23rd under the direction of ofthe ofthe ofthe the San Juan county commISSion commISSionFIftyodd commissionFiftyodd commissionFifty-odd commissionFifty odd FIfty-odd FIfty odd - head were corralled corralIed at the theCross theCross theCross Cross H ranch when the visitors VlSltors ar- ar arrIved arrived ar arrived - - rived rivedHorsemen Horsemen of Monticello and vlcmlty vicinity vlcmltyclmmed vicinityclaimed vicinityclaimed clmmed claimed thirty-six thirty six thlrty-sI'C thlrty sI'C sIC - " ' head which they theyale theyaie theyaie ale aie driving back to either be redeemed redeemedI redeemedby redeemedby redeemedby by the owners or : sold old at auction auctionthere auctionthere auctionthere I there Only six head were formally formallysold formallysold formallysold sold undei unde1 under the hammer by sheriff sheriffI sheriffHorace sheriffHorace sheriffHorace Horace Allied their prices going from from$250 from250 I $2 2 $ 50 to $12 12 $1200 1200 $ 00 But there was a lot lotof lotof lotof of trading tradmg on the side lines lmes between betweenlowners betweenowners betweenowners lowners owners who ledeemed iedeemed their property propertyby propertyby propertyby by paying paymg the county fees and COSts COStsand costsand costsand and thoseho those , who \ho ho \ wanted stock at bal- bal bai- bai balgam baigain bai-gam bai gam - - gam gain pricesCommIssioners pricesCommissioners prices pricesCommissioners Commissioners W R Young and andI andClement andClement andClement Clement Johnson attended the sale asdid as asdId asdid I dId Frank Halls , county clerk , who whotook whotook whotook took care of the business part ; of the theauctlon theauction theauction auctlon auction , and County Attorney Donald DonaldT T Adams Charles Oharles Redddirected Redd - directed -directed the thehandlmg thehandling thehandling handlmg handling of tne the th horses firses fi rses , assisted by F FR FR PR R Lopez and other riders |