Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-16 | Page 1 | Town's Stray Pound Keeper in Fine Fix

TOWNS TOWN'S STRAY POUND KEEPER IN FINE FIX 30 Wild Horses Eating Up Hay atHis Expense Its It's no snap map to be b the th pound keeper at It used to be but recently the th job lob has gone beg beg- begging glog ging It happened this thie way war lid horses horse became becam a nuisance on the Powell national forest foret The Th ate too much forage for tor which no noone noone noon one paid The Cattle CattI Ore Orax ing association staged a roundup and drove 70 horses Into the th stray pen That started the trouble About Iii 35 were claimed ono one on old mare mar dIed and 34 84 remained In a 0 frantic ef- ef ef of effort fort tort to get ret rid of them the pound i kuper per held an auction Four were i bought ranged from 2 cents to 25 tt i Thirty wild horses were loft leCt In inthe I the pen to be b cared card for tor for and end ted fod tedI I The Tho local market markt was saturated The pound keeper sent a a bill to the forest service s I Manly Thompson assistant to the solicitor advised that the th po nd keeper had no right to expect the forest service to pay the th bill and end that IhM that It If Is 1 up nn to n hint A A I to law to dispose of the tho tb animals animal for tor payment of ot the expenses ln In The Th law Jaw also requires require the tb pound keeper por to accept alt all horse horses drIven to the th stray pen Hs H's got to take them Hes He's got tot to take care car of them lie Jle H must treat them hu- hu humanely hu humanely manely It If he h to an more mor ho he h may be b charred charged Ith malfeasance of ot office And there ho he b Is II 0 00