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George and proceeded down the main street, the cattle became restless and unsettled hecause of the commotion made by the people gathered around watching them. The result was a regular bedlam. The cattle were to be delivered to Apostle Erastus Snow, who was to take care of feeding them and seeing that the temple workers got the beef. When they arrived at Brother Snow's place, he was outside fixing a wagon. One of the wild steers took aftcr him and he was forced to take cover under the wagonbox. H e had expcctcd domestic animals, not the wild critters that were delivered, but he was grateful to get t h e m . T o m e r Dunthe can's cattle were very wild h~causc cattle ran in an area where it was difficult to get then1 out. When he donated the ten head of cattle to the temple workers, on rondition that someone round them up, there was doubt that this could even he accomplished. Homer Duncan, the man who donated the cattle, came to Utah Oct. 16, 1848 and was called to help settle St. George in 1863, but later moved to Cedar City where he and his family resided until 1885 when they returned to Salt Lake City.' At one time, Homer Duncan bought over 1200 head of cattle at the price of $6.00 a head, from "Spanish George." Some fellows were coming through the country from Texas with ?500 hcad of cattle. They came across the Colorado River and pxssed through the Utah Territory on their way to California. When they wrre somewhere between Cedar City and St. George, "Spanish Ger>rgc.' a trader of some renown and sood to the people of this vicinity, contarted the men who werc running- these cattle and bought the herd from thun. After the tedious, long drivc from Texas, they were to the point where they werc ready for any kind of offer. "Spanish George." in turn, sold the weak end of the herd to Homer Duncan and he took the hest ones and continued to California. Brother Duncan drove his newly acquired cattle out I)? Iron Springs and turned them loose on the public grazing- g-round. The people of Cedar City had 600 to 800 head of cattle on that property already, and Duncan added ahout twice as many more. ~llthoughthe rangeland was open to anyone that lived here, it seemed unfair to the people to have so many cattle there belonging to one man and they complained bitterly that he was taking more than his fair share of the feed! Eventually, Homer Duncan was accused of "unchristianlike conduct" for placing 1200 head of cattle on the cooperatively used range, and he was brought before an L.D.S. Bishop's Trial, where they found him guilty of this charge and considered disfello~ship~ing from the him church as punichment. LIr. Duncan was a very good church member and paid one of the largest tithes in this area. He felt he was being unfairly dealt with, and carried his case on to the Stake President. l'he 65

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 65
Description	George and proceeded down the main street, the cattle became restless and unsettled hecause of the commotion made by the people gathered around watching them. The result was a regular bedlam. The cattle were to be delivered to Apostle Erastus Snow, who was to take care of feeding them and seeing that the temple workers got the beef. When they arrived at Brother Snow's place, he was outside fixing a wagon. One of the wild steers took aftcr him and he was forced to take cover under the wagonbox. H e had expcctcd domestic animals, not the wild critters that were delivered, but he was grateful to get t h e m. T o m e r Dunthe can's cattle were very wild h~causc cattle ran in an area where it was difficult to get then1 out. When he donated the ten head of cattle to the temple workers, on rondition that someone round them up, there was doubt that this could even he accomplished. Homer Duncan, the man who donated the cattle, came to Utah Oct. 16, 1848 and was called to help settle St. George in 1863, but later moved to Cedar City where he and his family resided until 1885 when they returned to Salt Lake City.' At one time, Homer Duncan bought over 1200 head of cattle at the price of $6.00 a head, from "Spanish George." Some fellows were coming through the country from Texas with ?500 hcad of cattle. They came across the Colorado River and pxssed through the Utah Territory on their way to California. When they wrre somewhere between Cedar City and St. George, "Spanish Ger>rgc.' a trader of some renown and sood to the people of this vicinity, contarted the men who werc running- these cattle and bought the herd from thun. After the tedious, long drivc from Texas, they were to the point where they werc ready for any kind of offer. "Spanish George." in turn, sold the weak end of the herd to Homer Duncan and he took the hest ones and continued to California. Brother Duncan drove his newly acquired cattle out I)? Iron Springs and turned them loose on the public grazing- g-round. The people of Cedar City had 600 to 800 head of cattle on that property already, and Duncan added ahout twice as many more. ~llthoughthe rangeland was open to anyone that lived here, it seemed unfair to the people to have so many cattle there belonging to one man and they complained bitterly that he was taking more than his fair share of the feed! Eventually, Homer Duncan was accused of "unchristianlike conduct" for placing 1200 head of cattle on the cooperatively used range, and he was brought before an L.D.S. Bishop's Trial, where they found him guilty of this charge and considered disfello~ship~ing from the him church as punichment. LIr. Duncan was a very good church member and paid one of the largest tithes in this area. He felt he was being unfairly dealt with, and carried his case on to the Stake President. l'he 65
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1145.pdf

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