The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-04
IT'S HARD TRAVELLING
He Went to the River and
Couldn't Get Across
Anew HINTS F0a LEGISLATORS
Need OF Amending t3e Cattle Inspect
Ing Law-The habit aid
Sparrow Pests.

As the Legislature is now in session
herewith please find few items fol
their perusaI and Reconsideration:
Last summer | wished to trave
through Castle Valley. and was in
formed that | would have to wait unit
the waters went down before l coulC
cross the rivers, the latter end of June
l went Dy rail to Price. got in team
and started through Castle Valley. II
looked like rain, and the teamster told
me he had to cross that night for fear
he could not ford the stream in the
morning. asked him how they got
the mali across, and he told me they
ran il across on a rope. AS there are
three such rivers to cross to get to the
county seattle Price River, Hunting
ton River, and Cottonwood River, dis.
lance, l believe, about forty miles-it
must be interesting travelling in high
water time to get from the county seat
to the nearest railroad point. 1t is the
most needful place for Territorial APP
preparation to help put up bridges l
have seen. II not bridges. donate
enough for baskets and pu.leys SO
man can travel afOot and pull himself
across the water. | saw in your paper
last spring that Mr. Pepper pulled him.
self across Green River that way, when
coming from his ranch. | imagine |
see The strain OF the rope If another ex-
fob mir \ Il -
self across that way.
Toe peuple or THAT valley have helped
to build up hearly all the other coun-
ties o. the Territory, but in a new
country they nave great hardships to
LAND aud Water, ami | am satisfied the
couhtry has bright future before it.
For all kinds OF TIRE e culture, it cannot
be beat iii any part of the Territory,
and for what Can be done with the soil,
would call attention to the two lots OF
the two store keepers OF Urangeyille.
which l noticed.
a young man lost his life last spring
irving to cross Huntington River. Y
Inyour Sem. Weekly issue, think, OF
january l4th, saw that q scientist
had taken germs out of the water and
produced typhoid fever in cat. What
produces said germs? There was q
great deal of typhoid fever raging in
some parts of Southern Utah last sum-
mer; noticed good deal of that COM
plant in Huntington, and ! also saw
along the head waters of Huntington
River, quite number of dipping
corrals Tor sheep. Do you think that the
refuse and filth washing from said dips
would produce said germs? under
stood that they tried to stop the filth
from getting into the streams, but when
there con e, a raiu flood, where does
it run to2 Right into the river. ! think
it would be wisdom for our Lawmakers
TO take into consideration the lives of
tle people.
There is need of amendment to the
cattle inspecting law. 1t states that all
parties killing meat cattle shall cause
the same to be inspected. How shall
ne do IL if he lives, we will say eight miles
from an inspector. Shall he drive his
beef sixteen miles to have it inspected?
There is no wisdom in that, as it would
not be fit to kill when he got back home
Is 1t right and just for the inspector to
go and inspect the animal, travel six
teen miles, issue certificate, record the
same, all for the sum OF 25 cents? Our
inspector has travelled over $50 miles,
inspected forty beeyes, done all the
necessary writing for the sum of $40.
tell him 1t is worth considerable to be IN
Office. TO inspect cattle is good law,
but 1t wants putting in position thas
it can be carried out, land then enforced.
and 25 cents is enough for any man to
pay to kill his own beef. The law states,
the inspector shall be entitled to fees of
% cents, who or where from it does not
state.
ABOUT this rabbit pest in southern
Utah. Why notimport ferrets, protect
the weasel hawk, badger. and any
species of animal or bird that will de-
stroy them? They claim the hawk de-
stroys chickens. | know the bullet
hawk does, but l have never seen
the chicken hawk kill chickens.
He lives on mice, snakes and rabbits. 1t
is claimed that one pair of rabbits in a
good district will increase in two years
and half to 100000, so you see the
importance of destroying them. Some
might say ferrets would kill chickens;
likely. So do rabbits, by getting away
with the grain that the chickens would
have to eat. Let the people import
ferrets, and If needs, let the Legislature
help them; or else start q canning es-
tablisnment and kill and ship rabbits.
How about the sparrow? He is
nice bird, a good bird TO destroy fruit
and all kinds of garden truck. and in a
few years will be able to destroy as
much grain as the rabbits. In one
place in ten days. they destroyed ton
and half of grapes. In ten years
they are estimated to increase one pair
to over 10000, 100000. l have heard it
stated that the sparrow. was imported
into Salt Lake. We had better import
and protect the screech owl, and other
sparrow destroying birds.
AN ONLooKER.