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Show Protest Trom Uintah. The Uintah Cattle nnd Ilorsegrow-ers' Ilorsegrow-ers' iiksoeiation, b. its president, Willis I .lohiiMin, and its storctnryi II. I! Seee,v, this week lileil n petition peti-tion with the stnte board of couulixn-lion couulixn-lion and aasewimeut praying timt the valuation of enttle in the statu for tho purposes of taxation for the year Win be reilurod nt least -0 per tent, let luring that it would wmpl) bo nn act of justice in view of the conditions condi-tions w hit It exist at present. The petition HutH out that the w intei just eloped was unprecedented in the loss of live stock, jwrtieulnrly cattle. This whs due to the wild weather and laik of teed of nil kinds. The petition declares that losses were . so severe thnt finnncial ruin stares many in tho face. Many cnfilcinen, if compelled to dispose of their cattle nt prcscnt'nncOT, wdl be nnatjie to pa the indebtedness incurred during the winter. From other parts of tho slnte, information in-formation comes to tho stntetofficialfl thnt the cattlegrowcrs will nppoarlic fore the board of equalizatiotoind ns sessment in n body and request thnt n reduction in valuation be made. |