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Show BEAR RIVER CITY- i Uur Corrcf iKiiidcnt Auks for Hie appointment appoint-ment uf a Cattle Inspector. EniToit Blulkr: As our city has not been represented repre-sented in your columns for some time past, it might not be amiss to send you a few lines. The winter here holds on longer than most people like, as the hay supply is nearly exhausted and people are anxious to get to work once more, as their crops last year were nearly a total failure and this makes times pretty hard for all, as this is a farming district. The health of the people is excellent. ex-cellent. There has not been any sickness here with the exception of a very few cases of cold, which were of a mild character. We understand there is a move on foot to have a Cattle Inspector or detective appointed by the County Coun-ty Court. We also learn that there has been a petition around to the same effect. We regret that the petition was nut left in our city, as fully three-fourths of the j tax payers here would have been anxious to attach their signatures to the same. They say we have all lost, by being driven away and stolen, in the last year fully 20 per cent," of our stock and express the opinion that if there was a detective we would probably receive some of the much needed protection from the cattle sharks. The people here are entirely at the mercy of the men so inclined, being situated near the spring and fall range, and large herds of cattle being driven i through every year.gat her up our cat- tie and drive away with them. We are also so near the market that it is only a few hours drive and your steer is .in the market and sold, leaving you from one to two weeks riding in the fall, only to find that you are out your time and steer1 also. j Now if the taxes on horses and cattle would be increased 1 to 2 cents per head this would pay all expenses of the so-called detective and his deputies, and we don't hesitate to say that at least 75 per j cent, of the cattle that are missed vearly would swell the numbers of; our herds in years to come. We would now ask the County Court tc grant this matter if they have not already done so. Obskrvkr. Bear River City. Feb. 27. |