The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-10
= THE OPERA HousE.
,..,.or,s Experience in the Stock
4 fSi convention.
O.,r LAKE CRY, April 7, 1885.

.1.KE CITY, April Z, 1885.
=. Editor of THE Herald
T''a a.r great deal of time spent herr
hIs' :. territorial stock associaticE
in taiA' ,,sted and L am glad of it.
Eas coz COZ pommunicatiendH THE HERA4E
s'S nv morning of the %. Being far
an the considering h what "Stockmen'
neE su[ -spard to the sheep interest
SAD .ame thoroughly convinced
V'. 10 farmer and stockmen
ths' not independent of each
we're Secause the stockmen were as
other, - Dd in the, convention as any
veil oi1 ORD they all had on clothing
BODY M a. Of the wool that grows on the
sheep nov [ want to say few words
wen .he Convention. In the first
sbouS 7 had never been in the Opera
place, and [ did not know, hardly,
HOUSE. nora ora meant, but The HERALD,
ubst will inform me on that SUBJ
PeinaGT'' heard the band playing at the
lsC., , If the Opera House, and L walked
ao sa,v " in and found myself in a large
OOlu nyure. with lots of seats fixed with
5Iuvs1t Ia raise them up and lower them
hinse' The inside OF the house was
dOTs' with iron posts to hold other
HAeu of seats, one above
rows otber which was quite a
the os;ty to us farmers, who
cur uIiU nsyer seen them before. / do not
nau nG bov 10 tell the particulars about
dno6o rera House and will go on to tell
he TIpighbors what was done After
Es h r hand played tune. one man
lns mn csljed TIE house to order and
~ sSerII men talked great deal of
.e;rgs that did not know much about,
Ia 0ne man in particular got right
a llou J the middle of the house and he
s s0Ot ricbt on talking, and lots of men
heP, is1ghing, ald no one else could get
~ ~ ..r ANYTHING. | asked the man who
U vi ~ nae what they meant, and be
s "a he thoughtEthat they were full-at
i sa,s of talk. $50 l think that the
! sS1' must not try to mon
l snnIiTe all athe time in COM
U Upo because people will get
Es;rs3 of them. We spent two days
nd did not do anything but talk. We
we're finally invited to &c over to the
City Hall and hear the bylaws of an
s,soeiation read. The City Hall was
mt so fine looking as the Opera House.
Here a newspaper man made a speech i
and cautjoped the stOckmen not to have
IN MANY associations, as it might be
yerv expensive to keep them up. One
man here wanted to talk ell she time.
Inf vote WIS taken that he should not
iaIk INT tgiee and chat settled him. Then
tan man get upGRd commenced read
ing something about leasing the public
lands and it made, NE a little nervous,
for fear that some rich COM
pany would get all the lands !
and | TeESd not have any |
place for nay COW. But one man. seeing
What it would leadsto, got right ZIP and |
sad be was opposed t0 the leasing ques-
ton and that satisfied me, because |
thought Uncle Sam Wsuld listen to him.
Another article which was read, said
something about \ man that was .aot a
great stOckman. or who did not have a
herd, could not JON them. That die not
suit me, because if any one stole my.coW
no one would help get her back. The
next was that the sheep man must go.
suppose, 10 Australia. l thought if |
vas sheep man l would go there, but
then Kas afraid of the het winds. The
neIt day, | heard the Fire
mems band playing on the street, so /
-oloTed-dOwn to the Opera House anda
man got up there and proposed to
make an agreement with all the stock
interests and settle all their knotty !
iue'hOns mutually; and organize an
'3ociation for the whole Territory, to 4
'aich all agreed. This is all [ wanted
tell to my neighbors at present.
FARMER.