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Show I UTAH HAS MANY I VALIANT HUNTERS I Hunters of Money as well I as Wild Animals. I BOTH SEEM EASYTO GET State a Regular Jungle if the Pre- sentation of Animal Furs and B, Payments Tell Truth. Wt Wt The continued developments In the H . matter of the bounty frauds indicate H" that secial county otllcials ovei the H state have been Implicated ci iminally. H Some have probably been Innocent H parties to the scheming while, others V have aided and abetted thcwoik. The B amount Illegally secured fiom the B State funds may possibly icach$7,"i,0O0. B It seems that In some Instances war- B lants were issued to men who did not B find it neccssaiy to go through the foi- Bj mallty of picscnting hlds. Again B the same hides were used tosccuic B bounty money from dilfcicnt counties. BJ The clerks or deputies were careless BJ about examining and punching the BE skins and they were called away to do BJ scivlcc again. It is probablv Hue B that the otllcials paid the wolf bounty BJ for coyote scalps in man) instances, BJ and theic is such evidence as leads to BJ the belief that opportunity to defraud BJ was worked to the limit Bj .hist how far the opeialionsof the BJ thieves goes is a matter of conjectuie. BJ Theie may be an organization in exlst- BJ ence coveting Idaho, Coloiado, Utah BJ and W.voming. BJ That Cache lias helped swell the BA losses seems to be beyond question at BF the picsciit time, .lohn Casey, whose BJ T temaikahle "kills" wcie mentioned In Be Tin: ItKi'L'iiMtAN some time ago, se- BJ on led no les than $1,00 dining the Br ' yeai l'K)l. John may have secured Bj'W this honestly and then he may not. BJ For mouths Clerk Lai sen and Deputy BJ Law have suspected that all was not B light and theie was ncvci a time that B they did not examine the hides close- B 1) and weienot slow in leaving a good- B siod mark on tlicm. Casey, as cll as B the othcis, always took the oath that B the pelts were from animals killed in B , Utah and within ( day s before pie- B sentation, so theie was nothing left to B do but to pay the amount B No doubt the State Legislatuie will B solve the problem so fai as the futuic B is concerned. |