The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-12

enough to collect 15S, SO We took 10000
as clear gain,
JUDGE PowERs-I object to this; it has
all been gone into before.
Judge Hardness said it had been
shown that 80 900 was 5 500 more than
tie church had.
Mr.. BAsKIN-You relied on their
statement?
MR. WILLIAMS Yes. sir; but we re-
served the right to pursue more if we
could find them. AS to the $75 600, the
defendants insisted that there was only
$4,000 left; the government wanted
$l00, COO and $75 600 was finally settled
on; the defendants made no SPECIFIC
statement of property except ], 400 head
of cattle, some horses, etc.. they pro-
posed to turn over ali of the property
remaining, and make the balance IN
| cash; We were to receive the cattle as
in ventorled, but we found that they
were not worth as much as they were
inventoried; We refused to take the
cattle because we found soma of the
best had been culled.
BAsKIE They violated their contract,
then, didn't theyP
WILLIAMs-We thought SO, and on
that account refused to take the cattle
Instead.
BAsKIN-That is all
Powers called the attention of the
court to the fact that ; Williams had
never been cross-examined as to his
previous testimony, and asked that
cross-examinaion on both cases be
deferred This was allowed, and the
respondents took an inning, introduce
icg
ALEX. ToPoNCE.
have lived here twenty-nine years.
and am acquainted with the sheep bust
ness, having been dealing in wool and
sheep for six years or more past; l was
employed to gather church sheep by
the receiver; we gather ed between
u 900 and IA 600 head; the shsep were
CT an inferior quality, generally; a
couple of herds were of medium
quality, only; the balance were of an
inferior grade, worth from$I.35 to $I.40;
they were principally old ewes and
young lambs; there was not one buck
in the 4,C00; the rental value was lit
tie; offered Is cents per head for them,
and thought that was enough; to take
such herd. one would need to spend
at least $4,000 for an outfit; it would
cost 10 more to prepare an outfit for
three years than for one year the sheep
and wool market was depressed in the
fall of 1888; l think Is cents per mead
was fair rental value; l believe that
is all q man could afford to pay.
To CRITcHLow-I turned over one
herd to Piekard in October. Never saw
the Armstrong sheep and do not know
what luaf1ty they were. We had no
means of identifying the church sheep;
we had orders on each party for so
many, and each man rounded up his
sheep, tied up the number. and said,
These are the church sheep"
CRITcHLow-Then you thought they
were imposing upon you?
ToPoEcE-No, I expected that when
we first went out, and told Dyer so.
When the sheep were counted out for
US, we could either take them or leave
them alone. l did refuse to take some
that were singled out and got better.
CRITCHLow-Do you mean to say that
man could afford to pay no more
than Is cents head?
ToP8NeHle4Well, he might if he wanted
sheep worse than L do, that's all.
Pickard is not going to make as much
out of them as you think he Is. l do
not know of any reason why they
should not been have sublet from Dyer
as from Pickard.
PowERs-Pickard had to give bonds,
did be not.
ToPoNcE-Yes, l would have leased
them before Packard did, but would
not give the bonds that the receiver re-
quired.
Powers at this time asked now much
longer time the counsel on the other
side would require, what witnesses
they expected to bring forward, and on
what points they would testify.
Marshall replied that they had Pick
ard and Richards.
BAsK1N-I strongly desire to examine
Mr.. Richards. l deem him 8 most i'm
portant witness in this case.
PowERs-I understand you want to
examine Mr.. Peters further. He is
here.
It being understood that Peters
examination would probably be quite
lengthy, it went over until this morn
ing when he will take the stand and
submit to the insertion of Baskin' g
little gimlet.
Baskin armed himself with the sheep
schedules and gracefully withdrew.
Powers called
t J.H CHRISTENSEN;
live at Gunnison. Sanpete County; am
sheep raiser. The sheep turned in for
t;thing were usually scrubby, gummy
and inferior: lease for three years
was much more valuable in proportion
than one for one year. l have sold such
sheep as l have seen turned out for
tithing at 75c. per head; l would not
lave them on lease for nothing; think
25c. per head for such sheep as are
raised in the southern part of the Ter
ritory would be fair rental; l am now
leasing sheep atone pound and a half
Ger head and fifteen lambs per hundred /;
agreed to keep the old stock good !;
leases vary from one pound to one and
half pounds OF wool and from ten to
eighteen lambs; know of 8 600 sheep
being leased to Barton & Lowrie for
one year at the rate of 25c. per head
cash.
MARsHALL-Whati is the habit of the
Mormon people in reference to tithing
Do they turn over their poorest sh eep
CHRIsTfAEsEN-Yes.
MARsUALL-fhey do?
CHRIsrIANsEN with emphasis)-Yes,