Show g The Sunttew VH FIRST ELK IN STATE Elk first is New venison recipe OF UTAH planted asked by the Forest Service to build a special fence of five foot woven wire base and three strands of barbed wire on top The top wires were attached to the posts so that they Included in the angled inward area was a large pond which was kept full of irrigation water a forested area and a large pasture planted to alfalfa and timothy The government agreed to pay Casto a certain amount by the head to feed and care for the elk The fence was completed by late winter of 19 12 and lOelk were brought from Wyoming by the The elk arrived by Forest Service Ila Ruby Casto train in Salina Miller now 86 and the youngest child of Abel and his wife Eliza notes that high school was dis- missed that day so that the children could go down to the depot and see the new arrivals She adds that they were a sorry looking bunch - with the vel vet hanging from the bull’s antlers in shreds and very thin and weary from their long journey Salina area in 1912 in Magdalene L Nor dir ark As hunters flocked to the hills looking for that elusive elk it would be hard to believe that at one time there were e2 elk at all in Utah A Salina rancher 77 years ago was the first to help the US Forest Service naturalize elk in the e National Forest Abel Nephi Casto who also ow ned a ranch in Gooseberry was The follow ing year the government shipped in another 37 head of elk brought from Yellowstone The pregnant cows had their calves and the elk herd began to grow Two of the cow elk became quite tame One was named ‘Nellie’ and was very gentle The other and feisty was temperamental always shoving and biting in order to be the first one to eat She v as named ‘Carrie Nation' Abel would often feed the elk the white carrot He was always pieces by hand careful to cut the carrots in pieces so that the elk would not choke He planted six acres of white stock carrots each year to feed his stock along with hay Many people came to the ranch the elk to see and photograph Postcards were printed showing the elk arriving at the Salina train depot in 1917 The follow ing year the regular election brought another group of When Abel came Commissioners before them asking to be paid for feeding the elk - they refused to pay The Commission didn’t feel I Seven wood hauling wagons with large cages on them pulled by horses were ready to take the elk the rest of the way to Gooseberry about 10 miles Abel drove one of the wagons and his son Rudolph drove another It took two trips for some of the wagons to get the three bull elk seven cows and three calves to the Casto ranch They were unloaded in what is now called ‘Little Elk Pasture’ The elk liked their new surroundings - especially the alfalfa hay and the lopping of white carrots they received as winter forage that the elk project was important Abel had no other choice but to turn them out onto forest lands because they ate such an enormous amount of feed The elk stayed in the mountain pastures for the summer months but when Winter snows came the older elk remembered the pastures where they had been previously fed and came back to eat They Facts on Funding Education Legislators kept promises Legislators kept their promise to taxpayers by reducing taxes $39 million in the September special session In 1988 income tax rates were reduced by $35 million At the same time 13 of the deductibility of federal taxes paid was restored to Utah’s individual income tax resulting in a $43 million cut In the Sept session just ended the federal deductibility was increased to 12 reducing taxes by $21 million iriracjtefciaicj Jfr'cre again cut slashing $14 million in taxes and the retirement exemption for Utah’s elderly was increased from $6000 per person to $7500 re shared by All retirees in Utah age 65 and receive a $7500 income tax exemption or $15000 per couple This is up from $6000 per person Income or $12000 per couple from any source is now exempt even if the person is not retired or has no retirement plan The Legislature hopes this change will encourage the elderly to remain in Utah sulting in a $35 million cut Thus about $1 17 million of the massive $165 million tax hike of 1987 has now been returned to taxpayers in the form of permanent tax cuts Another $71 million in one time income tax rebates was given out last year The legislature also solved the retireproblem of discriminatory ment income exemption for state retirees which had been brought to a head by a federal court decision in Michigan The special treatment for state and local retirees was repealed and state retirement to benefits were increased by 3 cover the increased taxes began breaking into any stack yard to get feed If there was a hole anywhere big enough to get their nose into they could easily push the fence down and enter They raided all over the Gooseberry area Nearby fanners became angered They were not allowed to shoot the elk but felt they had a right to defend their property and crops from the w andering elk Caroline Mott Casto wife of Brig Casto set out snares by her corrals and caught 3 elk one winter The county started to press charges but when they met up with the fiery little w oman and saw the havoc the elk were causing they decided to drop the tsp pepper small chopped Mix all onion into meatballs shape is looking for volun- VITA teers to help with taxes - 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