| Show II r NO SH lilt AND D NO O C S SI m I But Hut for Re Hc Removal moval of Officials Dos no s sot i Not ot Carry fj i SEVERAL LAWYERS Council Coti rich ns to the thc Thin Story of or how lIow Mutton Was a for rol Finding Horses VIve Five l things were proven beyond a II r c 1 In tn regard to sheep being i In Iii City Creek Creck canyon last lut sum awn summer t I mer nier nt ut the Investigation atlon of or that mat matter i ter by br b the city council ns na n Om litre of ot the tile whole III First 1 that ond were cre seen grazing In tIu tho during the month of ot Sep Sept 1 t second that tho the vegetation I was WM literally tramped to death by the p In III Ii Fluno portions port tona of ot tho the cn nyon third I that n ti camp Including tent t nt middles bridles etc located III In tho tIu north fork tor of lit tho ho five fIe miles milea above the high line Intake fourth that a n 1 mid highly was wn neon Icon nt at n I the tho herders 4 tamp fifth neth that Joseph city ell who vho pa va patrolled trolled tho the canyon accepted mutton from Cochran a u 1 sheep owner for tor capturing his Iia horses for tor Or him In ti tho thoI I canyon anti and for Cor returning to him certain I stray which had been found III In the tho canyon NOT or Notwithstanding the tho fact that there Man 1111 no dispute In hi regard to the Iho testimony te tI mony nony on those tho o mature an attempt wan mado by lunch and ami Hobday to pass paAR a n resolution to entirely exonerate the tho em and a 1111 tho the heads of ot tho the depart departments I ments menta under whom s hom they hey worked from fromI nil all blame whatsoever In Lu connection with I tho the matter resolution S I which 1011 wn the tho nude cause of ot the tho being made provided that Land I Water Vater Commissioner f 4 and Superintendent of ot Waterworks WaterworkS S Hints AnI the tho ho two employee named above be ho removed from rom their positions for tor permitting such auch thing to be lie lone done After cler n a L number Humbel of or had heel been examined In support of ot and against the charges It was moved hy by Councilman Wells etla that the tho committee report un unfavorably Unfavorably favorably upon the tue adoption uC of the tho res resolution re elution Ho flo paid that there wa no doubt In his mind that the men mell had been Leen guilty of ot negligence ne and Improprieties S In III II the matter mn lIer hut but ho dill did not favor removing r them hem from Crom office as a provided In the thi resolution for tor the rca ren ton that It would savor too much of oC oCI n ft I political movement After the I attempt waA was to completely S exonerate the men inCH tho motion of or prevailed by J a II t vote Ole of or 9 to 10 4 flames S L 11 1 H it Darts Dean Deals Fernstrom vot vol voting ing InS In the tho negative A J 1 Davit Davis find were absent HAD IVERS J l Mi M Hines and Mr h were ero represented by b Attorney J M I Bow Boll Bowman than man and and Hilton WHO vere rep represented resented by h I Attorney I 1 P 1 P Christen lell An n attempt was Inada by J the tho at lit attorneys to o make the matter purely n II political ond they wern ern only pre lIre prevented vented from doing no so by Iy the tho frequent objections of ot several of or the councilmen I to 10 their questions que tons atilt and method of oC procedure ure tIre Hobday also accused 1 I of ot bringing the tho charges chor es just juit ns nB n a piece of or political spite work The rile limitation was n vigorously denied by b Fern who ho tinted stated that ho lie only wanted 11 to pre lire prevent vent the llio recurrence of ot such Buch matters thIs III er After Ator considerable cOll wrangling ling hug between tho the attorneys tho tIle tIleS S councilmen the taking of oC testimony a 11 I was wn sworn Orn and a n statement of ot If the charges which were against tho the men Hen Ho lie told tout of the tho theS S admission of ot Mr nt lit tho the Ines In veil In iii Mr I I to tho the effect that ho he lint had glen given the tha two mm men mutton toy for capturing his iiI hur etl for fol him him In ill the th and for Cor or returning to him hull the stray aIrIly shop sheep Attorney Chris tiri frequently Interrupted the tile cOlin coun councilman S lillIan cilman hy Ily technical objections to lilt hit and It became for tor of ot the tile to 10 strenuous strenuously t ly h I appeal to Hewlett Helett to lire ure uret t ent Clil tho attorney n from froni with the statement cf o it Mr Ir l In Inn such n mannor I 1 TALK rui I On in Hobday aked a kell why he had not Ilot brought S the charges before 11 he lie having known about the matter ever er since the he hitter I pull PlIt of ot It October To 0 tills this the council councilman man 11 10 II from frol ii the tha tl Third Th I rd replied that ho thought thou II I that 1 u II t change I of ot administration tImI ni I tion til occur I It would not hot Iw hI necessary II to tiring bring tho t hr charges eR nt It till all Hobday 1 then accused Fernstrom of ot do clo doing ing 1111 It II JUst Jun Ju 1 for or spite spile work which stitch was vl ly denied I Mr oll nuked l If Ir he III would not hot rather pen M Mr In the tho of land water than Mr ii 1 This Ih 1 I question was wall objected to by several v ral of ot the P In who that hat this thiM Is III i iS S not hilt II it political Investigation Invest Igat Ian nt lit a I all 1111 rue Tho attorney his hll question HAW HA H 1 Clawson on anil nn his fattier Dr Ir I H 11 1 II both Loth that they had seen en tracks of ot Phon In the tho I canyon In lii August antI leI and that the gran shrubbery hud teen hicen trampled and eaten liP up by the animals The young man inca lit II 1111 that 1 he aw lilY about W o of ot several heath head of ot horses hor s graz S hIll Ing In th the canyon and that ho lie did Ihl not nee seo a n patrolman at nt nil all Ho 11 iilo lied fled that he lie nw a II camp campS campin S in the north fork tOIk of ot the canyon about abom I miles alIoe the he high line lino intake and that hp hc h ini III n a 1 then which was wa 01 11 Mr lawson Clawson t said that ho lie Sill sai unmistakable IKil of or sheep hep In III the Ihl canyon anti niso heard them but Lut did eon the thi Hock flock of or sheep nt Lit nil lIe He saul said that the th country was wasI literally tramped to death by h the 5 l I shoal cheep At it t tho the conclusion of or his t I mony Inon Mr Ir Fernstrom rested rented his hla rose I ri AFFIDAVIT IT HI AD ADIr Mr Ir Christensen then rend recil tho tim I vit vt 11 of or Mr Ir who wa to 1 attend tho the hearing In wil which h ho he denied I L unit he had grazed his IH sheep In lIy Ity I ii Creek reel or that the patrolmen I permitted mm to do ito to ao o Mr II man luau II that ho lie rented his hh land laud landIn laudS S In Iii the Hie canyon to tn Mr Ir Cochran to 1 his sit rep on Oil Tho 1 he in a ii he lie en 11 Is II at lit ii tho tio head of ot the 1110 canyon 15 IG miles unItes from rom tho the city I MUTTON dUTTO U I Is II Nel on t nt lit the Iho high line lino I tank lint thoro hero were no signs ns o ot of i or heep In Iii tho the canyon in to II his hits S knowledge Ho no said that Cochran of ot fereti terel and Hilton money for tor forS S I i I capturing his horses for tor hum hwn I 0 but ut that they the refused It I and Ind Cochran then gave them nn an 11 order on 11 don WIlliams William butchers for tor some ome mutton muton INES Va VS 8 I Hupt lIlacs mneR was Wil then sworn Vorn for the tho defense and stated that he was wu told tole by Fern that t there were some dead de ll sheep In the canyon and that he lie went UP to Investigate ale It I the next day dar Ho lIe Honald said he lie h went up U the canyon road rOll n a few tew miles mies above the high line lne tank but did not look 1001 up UI on the tho hills for tor or the dead animals He lIe le told 1011 lern afterwards there IMre isas n nothing to tho the report In regard to the dead cen l sheep He lie 10 denied that had lied told lold him about the tue themen mon men accepting mutton mu lon for allowing sheep In the canyon CRon although Fern Fernstrom strom still maintained that he ho did tell tel him about It before he M went up there thereto th rl to Investigate the matter STORY STOny Land anti and Water Commissioner Mac MacKnight Knight ivas W then called to the tho stand aland and anel told hlll of ot the Investigation held 11 In his bin othlee olle when Cochran admitted that ho lie gave Ie the men mutton luton for tor capturing his hil horses for Cor him Wells Well then moved that tho the committee report unfavorably upon the th adoption of ot the resolution for tor forthe the reasons tinted above NOT EXONERATED Holiday HoMa and I ek offered amend monts to the tho motion loton by which they sought to entirely exonerate the men nen menTho Tho rho amendment am nt were here defeated by h a vote voto of or nine to tour four Black Dean Denn Hob Hobday Joh day tia and Hewlett voted In favor of ot the runic antI and Ild Harnes K J 1 H n I Davis Fern FernStrom er Strom Itron Martin Ireece TI Well and Wood Woo I voted n tho the amendments The ho motion moton of ot Wells then prevailed by n a vote of or 9 to 4 1 |
