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Show TRICK SHEEPTFIT SllEEP SHEEP SllEEPTnT SHEEPTFIT TnT TFIT TURNED OVI.R OVIR OVER OVI.RTO OVERTO OVfcRTO : . TO HEIRS IIEmS Bl B1 BI . { \ ttEISFR { EISFR EISFRFitzpatrick ! Fitzpatrick outfit whIch whIchduring whichduring whichE during the winter months monthsid monthsd [ sinceth d county and which monthsI since sincef sincetth I f th of William Wlllfam Fitzpatrick Fitzpatricksen Fitzpatricken ! ! . en Fltzpatrc.1en operated by Fltzpatrc.1 Fltzpatrc1 William Wliltam Williamas Wliltamas as executor was this tills week weekover weekover week.over weekover byilser byIser . over to the legal heirs by 1 1iser iser knowntock knownlock Jack Lamb well known knownttock tock lock and banking bankmg cirlcesmanager clrIees cirlces clrIeesmanager cirlcesmanager manager of the outfit The Theg Theg Theig g article from the Grand Grandn n GrandSentinel Sentinel telling tellmg of the ther ther r will w1l ! b be b of Interest tocounty tocounty to tocounty county IIeopleof peopleof people IIeople peoplei i of the William Fitzpatrick [ Fitzpatrickwhose whose chief asset is one of ofest ofg ofeat ofBest g est eat bandsin Individually owned bands bandsp I in Colorado were In com coin comssession coinssession cornossesslon I ssession of their Inheritance Inheritanceim inheritancet inheritancem f t fm im m Weiser 1Veiser Grand Junction Junc.tion . y Junc.tiony JunctionY therick ' who v.ho vho . as executor of the rick estate has devoted three f threef ' his time solely to it it's its itc " ' af- af af-mounced af mounced - afnnounced nnounced that Involved htf Iitl litlhas htfhas Iitlhas has been beE'n ' deniedEva deniedEva denied deniedEva Eva Fitzpatrick first wife ! Fitzpatrick wifeFitzpatrick In1933 , , , who died in byler byr 1933 and two t"o to " daughters dauchters by r marriage Catherine and ancth andth th Inherited the estate left leftprominent prominent Colorado sheel sheep sheeptime sheelhetlme > Pitzpatrickin hetlme I . ' time , ot of Mr Fitzpatrlcl Fitzpatrick . s ? heavl-Ived heavl Ived heavitved heaviIved 1933 the estate was heavi- heavi - - - tved Ived due to the ' fact that for to ; foryears theusiness years prior to 1933 the th < profitthe > uslness usiness was not veiy velY very profit thic'lerwi theordered the executor said So the thi c'lerwi clerwi ordered " : ' thiuth theIth me to operate the thekith Ith kith the view of paying its it I I debts and trying trymg to salvage some somethmg something something thmg thing for the Ie legateesThe legatees legateesThe Ita tees teesThe The bulk of the debts have been beenpaid beenpaid beenpaid paid theheirs and I Im m turning turnmg over to the theheirs heirs the whole properties of the theestate theestate theestate estate which consist of approxm approxim approxmately approximately approximately ! ately 10 10500 500 head of sheep some some13000 13000 13 000 acres of land and horses horsesmules horsesmules horsesmules mules and complete camp equip equipment equipment equipment equipmentThe ment mentThe The heirs come into mto possession possessionof of what v.hat vhat . Is probably the largest in indlidually indivldually indn dl\idually dl idually divldually \ [ dually owned sheep outfit inColorado inColoradoAt in inColorado InColorado Colorado ColoradoAt At the time of Mr Fitzpatrick s sdeath sdeath sdeath death the flock consisted of some some24000 24000 24 000 head of sheep Mr Weiser Weiser"aid Weiseraald Weiser.said Weisersaid "aid aid aald " . Man Many } of them were old how how- however however - ever and had to be sold almost almostrnrnedla almostimmediately almostimmediately almostimmediatelyThe rnrnedla immediately immediatelyThe ! tely telyI inI The Pitzpatnck FItzpatrick fioc flock ! . . wintered v.mtered vmtered in inwe'tern inwestern wee we'tern wetern ' tern Colorado and eastern Utah Utahlowlands Utahlowlands 10 lowlands " lands and summered in Colorado Colarados Colo Cola Coloado rado rados longbeen ado s forest grazing areas has long longseen scalelivestock MaleItvestock been synonimous synommous with large Male scale : Itvestock livestock productionThe productionThe production productionThe The sheep interests will w1l1 be oper operated operated operated ated Lambho for the heirs by Jack Lamb Lambwho Lambwho \\ho ho who \ for a number of years has been beenconnected beenconnected beenconnected connected with the state bankin banking i bankingdepartment department departmentMr Mr Weiser announced he will re return turn Feb 10 to the general prac praci practice tice of law in Grand Junctionneglected Junctionneglected Junction neglected since smce 1934 . when v.hen vhen he wasappointed was appointed executor under super vision supervision of the tl1e probate court Mr Weiser has practiced law on the orthe onthe Western Slope since 1905 and andserved andserved ancserved served as district attorney of the theseventh theseventh thseventh ( seventh 1912to judicial district from 1912 191 ; to twicfto twiceto 1917 having been elected twice to the office olIke resigning in m his second seconcterm secondterm term private to devote his time to his pri- pri pri - vate Interests , I |