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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
WHY RICH COUNTY
Is NOT INVOLVED

Senator Wesley K. Walton is inclined
To look upon the funny side of the
bounty fraud case.
Il have been hunting in and around
Rich county for the past thirty years,
he said; and il puzzles me- like tbs
mischief to figure out how any man in
telligent enough to hold public office
could get the idea that there were so
many wild animals in Utah. In my
time I have shot many deer and elk;
but i'm the whole thirty years / got but
one bob-cat. never a wolf or mountain
lion, and never a bear. The bsst 1
ever did was to get a shot at a bear,
but / missed him.
"Of course we are not so metropolitan
Up in Rich county as you are down here
In Salt Lake. and we don't know quite
SO much about some things; but if a
fellow tried to make us believe that he
had shot bears by theI dozen, and
wolves and mountain lions by the hun
bred he would have trouble on his
hands from the start No. the fraud
will not involve Rich county, you may
rest assured of that"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

violations He proposed an amendment
10 save the penalty part of the law. SEN
atOr BenniOn made q move that sent the
whole matter TO the judiciary committee.
II Is the understanding that this com
nlttee Iii report a substitute for the
present XIV
In the house Representative Q. L.
thompson OF Millard whose bill. intro
duced MONDAY afternoon. provides for
the regeal OF TIE bounty laws of Utah,
explained yesterday that he had in mind
of 1891 and 1903.
Thompson is not in favor of doing
away '.ith bounties on certain wild ani-
mails altogether, but faVors q reduction
such g woEld make the laws of Utah
and adjacent states in this regard sim
ilar- Inc bounty on coyotes, he believes,
should be reduced to g.. and that on
wolves 10 the same figure
He would have these uniform because
nc Is OF the opinion that i'm the past
mountain c0-Otes have been passed off
as wolves. BY observing uniformity with
ncves thar Utah could avoid repetition of
the frauds OF the last year
Inc special committees appointed by the
senate and house to look into the bounty
frauds will confer at 1879 this morning,
When ways and means Of making ru1i
investigation cOVerin- every county Will
be discussed The senate committee con-
siSts of LAWRENCE. Bennion and Walton,
while Kuchler. McCrea and Painter rep
resent he lower hOEse.
1t is believed that the committees Will
act jointly III trying to secure reports
from all the county clerks of the state
Uuul these arc obtained and thoroughly
gone into, no report may be expected
IRON the committees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
TWO UTAH BEARS IN
THIRTY-FlVE YEARS

'Quil Nebeker, former president of
the state senate, is i'm the city from his
home in Rich county. and expects 70
visit the legislature today to note it's
slowness as compared t. the strenuous
days when he Was "A mem Der.
Mr. Nebeker is much interested in the
exposure of the bounty frauds.
Man and boy I have Travelled around
through Utah for thirty-fve years -
said he last night land i'm that time [
have seen Jus two bears in Utah. C-ae
Of them saw me first and quit the
country as fast as he could run. The
-ther was the one that was anchored to
the Rio Grande Western depot several
years ago. Wolves are just about as
scarce as bear. and mountain lions are
the same. Any time man tries to tell
me hundreds of wolves. lions and bear
have been killed i'll Utah inside of a
year he has got t. show me. If any
man feels like testing some of these
statements just let him so out to XIII
leo coyOtes and see how long il takes
him.
Since the publication CT the bounty
figures I have been compelled to recant
much Of what have heretofore
claimed Tor Rich county. I used to
argue Rich COUNT was the best hunt
ing ground i'm the state. but I take my
hat eff to Salt Lake county now
Speaking Of hats reminds me that
missed n fine coouskin overcoat while
back 1t didn't turn u anywhere in
this bounty deal. did ito"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
EX-TREASURER DIXON
DENIES ALL CONNECTION

Dixon said last night in regard to pur-
chasing the bounty certificates:
y have never bought a bounty GER
tihcate nor been implicated in the pur-
chasing of one for anybody else
Know that great many of them have
been bought up and filed at State Au-
ditOr Tingey's Office awaiting the &C
ton of the state legislature for another
appropriation A short time ago w. s.
Chapman of American Fork told me
that he had bought up all that he could
secure in Utah county and had filed
INST of them with the state auditor.
He did not say what the amount was.
but l don't believe he had any sus-
picion that they were fraudulent. He
bought them at a discount as a bust
ness proposition"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
ONE CROOK IN DANGER
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO

Ivef Ajax. the county clerk Of Too
ele county, was in the city yeste rday
and was naturally deeply interested In
the developments of the bounty fraud
exposure.
I can't understand how officials
could be so taken in in this manner"
he said Nov in Tooele county we
are right in the edge of the desert and
IL would be natural to think we would
pay large sums in bountiss: but | am
convinced We are clear Of the fraud.
something like a year ago." Mr..
Ajax continued. "a stranger cane into
my Office with grip full OF pelts He
threw them out and said he wanted The
bounty I noticed that in some of the
ears there were holes as If made with
small shot. l kicked on these. He said
to me then: Nov if you find a nice
skin among the lot that you would like
TO take home. why take II alongs This
satisfied me that he was crooked and
refused to pay the bounty I went fur
tker and notified the salt Lake officials
and told them 70 be on the lookout for
the man. I now know from the descri0-
tions that he presented his hides i'm
Salt Lake county and collected tn
bounty"
County Clerk J. L. Eldredge was
asked about this. He said he remem-
bered the occurrence perfectly, that he
received the message from Ajax and
that when the fellow rut in his appear
ahce a few days later he telephOned
Ajax for further particulars.
L noticed the fellow was in a sweat"
Mr.. Eldredge said, but his pelts were
al right examined them myself and
there wore no holes punched in the
ears, large or small. He must have
taken out the bad skins between TooeIe
and salt Lake I took occasion to go
hi hn -,
returned he was worried / supposed
Re thought I had gone after an ohfcer
II arrest him. But l paid the bounty
- there was nothing g Sc to Go. bccau5e
everything was straight so far as l
could see"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

bounty and in the state of Wyoming.
In Colorado state law provides for
the payment of the following bounties:
On a coyote scalp. 81; on a wolf scalp, 81;
on mountain lion scalp. IS. The scalps
must be produced in the county treas
urer's office. and each must be the
ears of the animal The person applying
for the bounty must swear that he killed
the animal that wore the scalp within
three months of the time of presentation
The state treasurer pays the bounty, the
county treasurer keeps n record OF the
number of scalps brought in and the state
auditor draws the warrants.
In Idaho on petition of One-fOurth of the
qualified voters Of the county the board
OF county commissioners shall fix and de-
termne the bounty to be Caid Tor the
destruction of coyotes. wilG cats. fox,
lynx. bear. squirrel. ra bbit. gopher. musk
rat. panther. cougar. lion. nOnGeScgipt ana
badger. The law provides that the bounty
on rabbits. go9herS and squirrels Shal
not be more than cents each Otherwise
the county commissioners may act at
their discretion.
In Nevada the matter of bOuntleS Is lett
10 the several counties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
TUFT HUNTER JONES
OPERATED IN IDAHO

Sheriff G. Frank Emery received a
communication from POcatello yestel-
day that caused him to smile. Ii was
from one of the county commissioners
there and was 10 the effect that the
board Of commissioners had just appro-
Triated $500 for the purpose of paying
wild animal bOunties to a man named
Charles W Jones The writer wondered
If this could be the same Charles w.
Jones who was figuring so prominently
in this state.
The sheriff took this as evidence Of
the fact that the gang of which Jones
i a member had been operating in the
states around Utah as well as in Utah
itself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
BOUNTY THIEVES GUILTY
OF NUMEROUS CRIMES

AS far as the prosecution goes these
men who are implicated in the bounty
frauds can be charged With almost any
thing on the calendar except murder, 3"
County Attorney Farley p Cnristen-
sen said last night y have not l-Oked
up the law thoroughly in connection
with the cases yet. for In fact things
have not developed that far The fact
that these men have sworn that they
have killed the animals in this state
within the last sixty days is perjury.
In case they have collected over $50 at
one time IL is a felony. If enough evil
'dence is secured against them to the
effect that they have co-cperated in
Gefrauding the state on the bOun YES
they can be charged with conspiracy"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
ONE COYOTE SKIN
TOO SLOW FOR DAWES

Among dozens Of entries calling for hmm
dreds Of dollars anDcaTS case where a
man who prOffered a lone coyote skin
vas turned dowu-DroDerIy enough ~
thc way The naTnc given is that nf
Win =. FerTin. the well known baseball
player. on the face Of tho certificate
is this endorsement:
Would not swear that he kill il him
self Certificate refused. Davies
Mr.. Perrin tells the story like this:
A friend &C mine in BoUntiful asked
me 10 collect this bourt- Tor hin and
] brought the hide to Salt Lake. / didn't
know ~ law REQUIRED a nan to swear
he killed the oni-na, himself and. of
course. whca : saw that I would have
to swear TO that. I quit right there. be
cause I didn't kin II at all Before this
time, though. the clerk had punched the
ears Of the skin. and you can guess what
sort of a picnic ! had trying 10 con-
vince the owner Of the hide that 1 hadn' t
collected the bounty. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
WILD ANIMAL HARVEST
LIGHT IN UTAH COUNTY
(speeiaI to The Herald.l

Provo. Jan. 1.-THE exposition of
bounty frauds in Salt Lake county, and
the probability that similar frauds have
been 0erDetrated in this county. has
caused an investigation here. 1t IS not
believed. however, that any serious
frauds have been committed in this
county. Several s,dated attempts have
been made to obtain the larger bounty
by passing coyote skins off for wolf
skins. but they have been discovered and
frustrated in some cases. although, 1T IS
possible. not in every case. II is not
believed there has been any duplication
made twice on the same furs.
No account is kept of the certificates
issued eXce-t the book containing the
stubs of the certificates, and a cursory ex-
animation of the stubs for the past two
years show only small number OF noun
tain lions and bears. or of any other ami
mails. except coyotes. Most of them have
been brought in from the western part OF
the county and from ToOele county, IN
the Rush valley region. where the coy
-OteS are very numPrOuS-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
PUTTING 1T STRONG.
But Doesn't 1t Look Reasonable?

This may read as though we were put
ting It a little strong, because it is gen
orally thought by the majority OF people
that Dyspepsia in its chronic form is in
durable or practically So But have
i0nS since shown that Dyspepsia Is cura-
Die. nor Is it such difficult matter as at
first appears.
The trouble with Dyspeptics is that
they are continually dieting, starving
themselves or going TO the opposite ex-
treme or else deluginE the already over
burdened stomach with "bitters.'' after
dinner pills etc. which invariably in
crease the difficulty even if in some cases
they do give slight temporary relief.
makes matters worse What the stomach
wants is rest Now how can the stom-
same time the body nourished and sus-
tained2
This is great secret and this is also
the secret OF the uniform success or
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets This is
comparatively new remedy but its sue
cess and popularity leave no doubt as
The Tablets will digest the food any
way. regardless OF condition of stomach
TO directions. is 10 eat an abundance Of
good.s wholesome food and use the tablets
before and after each meal, and the re-
suit viii be that the food VIII be digested
no matter how bad your Dyspepsia may
be. because, as before stated tho tablets
will digest the food even il the stomach
is wholly inactive To illustrate our
meaning plainly. If YOU take 1.SO0 grains
of meat eggs or ordinary food and place
/
put with IL one of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets it will digest the meat or eggs
almost as perfectly as if the meat was
enclosed within the stomach.
The stomach may be ever so weak Yet
these tablets viii perform the work or
digestion and the body and brain viii be
properly nourished and at the same time
a radical. lasting cure of Dyspepsia will
be made because the much abused stOm-
ach viii be given, to some extent. a
much needed rest Your druggist will
tell YOU that of all the many remedies
advertised TO cure Dyspepsia none or
them have given so complete and general
satfsfaCt ion rs Stuart'S Dyspepsia Tab
lets. and not least in Importance in these
hard times is the fact that they are also
( the cheapest and give the most good for
the least money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
BIG BUSINESS DONE
IN BUYING PAPER

In the certificates filed in the state
auditors office there is evidence that
parties have been doing an extensive
business i'm buying them up at good
discount and turning them in to the
state. The discount runs from TO %
per cent. II is thought the average is
not far from 20 per cent When the
purchaser turns the certificate in to the
auditor he takes a receipt. The certif-
cate is negotiable; 1T can be transferred
from hand to hand and is just as good
as the credit of the state. OF coursa.
till an appropriation is made by the
legislature, and this delay is what
causes the heavy discount.
1t is a noticeable fact that a large
number of the large certificates issued
in Salt Lake county, tainted by fraud
were transferred to the State Bank Of
Utah, to Bessie L. ODenshaw or 10 J.
f. Openshaw, agent. Mr.. Openshaw
who is teller at the Utah National
bank. was asked last evening to ex-
plain how this part of the business
was conducted.
You must not use my name in con-
nection with this matter at ALL" MIR.
Opershaw said; Il have acted in this
matter simply as an agent for other
parties and have had nothing whatever
to do with it myself"
Mr.. Openshaw was informed that his
name was a part Of the public record
in the Office of the state auditor; that
the only object in using 1t was to get
at all the facts; that if he could tell for
whom he was acting as agent 1t would
help matters along This he refused
TO do, but later, after a conference with
his principals, said il was all right to
use his name, but that he would not
give the name of the persons for whom
he made the deals.
No hint OF anything wrong attaches
to Mr.. Openshaw in the matter. The
buying Of the certificates was simply
business proposition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
JOHN CASEY GOT BUSY
IN NORTHERN UTAH

Logan. Jan. 1T.-Deputy County Clerk A
\. Law. at the request of County Clerk
Eldredge of salt Lake checked uD the
bounty register Of this county this after
noon in order to ascertain to what extent
The bouut-- swindlers had operated in
prCximately 81 $50 has been paid out. or
rather certificates for that amount have
been iS-Eed here and Of that amount
about 1850 has gone to one man. John
casey OF Garland. who claimed to have
Killed the animals in Box Elder county
He usually brought the skins in in small
lots of from $50 70 $3.50 worth at a time.
and Just before the close Of last wear
lie BROUGHT in his largest catch, about
$3.50 worth In marking the skins here Mr.
Law used a pocket knife. cutting out
a piece Of the ear as large A dime. or
larger. and he is certain that none of
the skins were duplicated on him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
HOW TIP WAS GIVEN
ON THE BOUNTY FRAUDS

y am informed also that there is great
dlfficultT in distinguishing between coy
ote @nd --Clf scalDS. and 1t is believed
that in many instances the bounty of s.
allowed for the killing OF a wolf is paid
for :. coyOIe.'
The above brief statement. found in
the message OF Governor Cutter to the
legislature, is the match that started the
whole collaboration over the bounty
frauds. This sentence caught the eve
OF Sheriff G. Frank Emery He at
once thou-ht Il MIGHT be worth while
to look into the bounty matter. He Sc
cured he bountS- record FROM the office
of the count clerk. took il to his own
office ard went to work. 1t Nos not
three min-teS before he was convinced
that great frauds had been perpetrated
at the expense of the state.
The arrest OF Q. w. Jones in Ogden
OF the matter And the sheriff is con-
WINGED row that IL the story Of Jones
arrest had cot become known he would
have caDtured the entire gang Nov be
is of the opinion that they are scat
tered to the four points of the com
pass
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
INDICATIONS OF FRAUD
IN VARIOUS COUNTIES

The unpaid certificates for wild ami
NAL bounties in the office of the state
auditor furnishes q vast fund OF I'M
digested information i'm regard to the
frauds No record is kept Of these Ger
tificates. After they are presented they
are tied in bundles and filed in vault
To get at the amount, or to determine
by whom they were presented. or from
what county they came il is necessary
TO g through the mass of papers rep
resenting $95. 600.
Judging from a hurried inspection of
these papers it would appear that the
great bulk of the fraudulent business
was done In the counties of Salt Lake,
Weber and Cache, with Isolated cases
In some of the other counties. In addi-
tion TO the figures on Salt Lake and
Weber wild animal business such in
formation as the following may be
found;
John Casey in Cache county Nov. 10
collected $685. on pa coyote feits, eight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
JOKES TAKES HIS TINE
FOR MAKING A PLEA

Charles w. Jones. who was arrested
Ior completely in the bounty scandal.
as arl'aigned in the police court yes
tcTday on the charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses. The de-
PENDANT took time to plead and viii in
az probability plead to the charge to-
Hay or tomorrow. The complaint
against Jones alleges that on or about
Dec. % last he represented TO the
county clerk OF Salt Lake county that
he had Lilled certain wild animals to-
wit: COYOTES, INK. wild cats and
mountain lions, which Wild animals IN
uu-h and fact he had not killed within
tre state OF Utah within time OF sixty
Jays prior to the I'D Of December as
le represented, thus defrauding the
state out of S3T2.
;. y christensen of salt Lake and
Joseph Chez of ogden are representing
lne defendant in the action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

me to believe that he has been crooked
he attended TO practically all this bounty
business. although others in the office
old part Of the work. as was the case
In the Salt Lake office.
mere Was one occasion when the
deputy mot Swan rejected number of
peitS- The ears were diSfieured and
looked as though they might have been
gurned AZ appeal was made to me
1 went down in tue basement. where the
pelts were always examined and punched
1 rejected the hides I thought defective
1 tur2ed the m2a over to the sheriff
ana thou9ht he would be prosecuted for
fraud They kept him in the sheriff 5
office for hale da- and then let him
60 Nothing more came of it.
'Ot course the county clerk could not
attend to TIE Delt matter in person in
an office where so many demands We're
made on his time. Swan was always
sent To the basement to punch holes in
the cars &C the skins. If he failed to
do this the clerk was helpless to detect
the fraud. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

cen wolves and seventeen mountain
lions Dec. l he collected $20S.50 more
for siXty-nine coyote hides, nine wolves
and eleven mountain lions.
Elroy wilkins in Summit county Oct.
% collected So for thirty eight coyotes.
two wildcats and one bear.
Frank Clark in WaSatch county on
one day collected S135.50 for sixty-seyen
coyotes and seven wolves
There are other certificates from Mil
lard and other counties that look sus-
picious i'm the light Of the developments
of the past few days At the same time
these transactions may be straight. On
the other hand they may be indications
that the gang felt around in the various
counties of the state until they found
the ones they could work with the
least trouble. The investigation to be
made by the legislative committee may
bring to light many queer transactions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
COULD NOT H00DWlNK
T00ELE COUNTY OFFICIALS
Especial to The HeraldA

Tooele, Jan. lin checking up the
county clerks bounty certificates only one
entry Is found that looks suspicious Inc
records show that J. A Ward received a
certificate Oct y, 1904, for fifteen coy
otes, seven wolves and three lynx,
amounting to S60l5. About one year ago
stranger came to the county court
house bearing a telescope valise similar
to the one deschibed in today'S Herald,
taking therefrOm couple of coyote peits.
mountain lions and wild cats. The county
clerk. Mr.. Ajax. thought they looked
suspicious on account of the scalps being
pared and trimmed up and refused to is
sue the bounty. He notified the Salt
Lake county clerks office to look out for
them as the man was travelling that way
He learned that the stranger pre- scented
these same oelts at Salt Lake and got
bounty for them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

without exception, The Hon. George
Sutherland"
Speaker Huh. in voting, said: 1T
gives me great pleasure to have the last
say in the election to the United States
senate of the Hon George Sutherland
A count of the ballots showed forty
two votes for Sutherland. three for
King. Whereupon the speaker declared
that Mr.. King ah-Mr- Sutherland has
been chosen for United States senator
Wilson moved that a special commit
tee be appointed 10 escort Sutherland to
the house chambers The speaker. how
ever. stated that Mr.. Sutherland had
asked TO De excused from appearing be-
fore the house as long as the senate
was in session