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Show SHEEPKERDER RUNS AMUCK Elmer Hopkins of Provo, who has been employed since March 7 as a sheepherder for Ernest Larson, Lar-son, has been under observation at the Washington county jail since MJonday with a view of determining de-termining his mental condition. Hjopkins disappeared from the Larson camp, which is just over the state line in Arizona, Sunday morning, but was found by another an-other herder Monday afternoon. He refused to talk and threatened to jump over a 60-foot cliff if the man came nearer. St. George officers were notified at noon Monday and captured the man after a chase through washes and over ridges. (Hopkins has a wife and five children in Provo. |