Show calm that an mals were lied as result of eat ng food wh eh had been po by smoke salt lake city two actions werd begun on monday in the united stated court against smelting companies by sheep men who claim that their an mals were killed as the result ot eating food on the range which had been poisoned by smelter smoke and fumes and also tor damages to their land by reason of deposits thereon of poison ous matter the two actions are brought by the same plaintiffs but against separate defendants in each case a total amount of damages of 10 is ask ed in addition to 10 punitive damages the plaintiffs in both cases are ccarles J shoup and frederick D jaynes doing business under the firm name of shoup jaylea the defendant in one case Is the united states smelting company and in the other the utah consolidated mining company it is alleged that in the fail and winter of the plaintiffs lost head of sheep of a value of 1 by reason of the poison neall gently permitted to be deposited on the land and in 1908 there died 1 sheep of the value of 4 the land it Is claimed in each complaint has been damaged to the extent of |