The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-11
LIBERAL CONVENTION.
FROM SALIVA.
An Interesting, Newsy and Chatty Letter on
VARIETY of Subjects

An Interesting. Newsy and Chatty Letter on
VARIETY of Subjects.
Correspondence of THE HERALD.
Great effort is being made to establish
good schools in every town. and new school
houses are being erected almost everywhere
In the county.
There is considerable betting going on in
relation 10 the Novem Der election, but let
the anxious ones "hold their breath for a
few weeks and they will see.
The threshing is about over, and crops
have turned out as well as anticipated in
most cases. Wheat Is selling at 90 ceI Ia
bnshe and oats at 80 cents per hundred,
on trade basis.
To finish the week we had series of
foot racing. AID ending in a squabbe and
some nose pelting. S8lina is becoming
metropolitan fast.
Politics are taking the country by storm
and politicians are not satisfied in educat
ing the people in the correct doctrines OF
their respective parties, but indulge in
Quarreis and malicious abuse to an extent
that is eisgraceful.
Many predict a severe winter If so.
feed will be dear, no doubt; and wide
awake farmers are making preparations to
get the advantages by feeding straw and
chat, as much as possible, and keep the
lucern stacks TO sell
Considerable wool of the fall clip is being
shipped over the Flo Grande Western
road: but most of our Sewer sheep men
have given up the plan of fall shearing as
q ruinous practice. II the winter turns out
anything like severe the sheep suffer with
cold and make little wool, and many die, SO
what is gained in the fall is lost in the
spring shearing.
The Richfield upper canal is not yet com
pleted bat will be this winter and following
spring; it has been big job. The Ver-
million canal has been g great blessing to a
great many, and dozens of homes have
sprung up all along the line and the town
of Eersrlllion instead OF being a small
burg, Will become In few years place of
several hundred families.
SaiinR had q good run last week. Mr..
King, OF Provo, gave as a lecture on the
principles Of Democracy on Monday even
ing. This was followed by the johnson
theatrical troupe of Springviile, which
gave very interesting performance, The
Flowing Bowl Tuesday evening, On
"Wednesday evening we had Mr.. Frank ].
Cannon. on Republicanism. assisted by Mr.
Sutherland. Hon. John T. Game and Mr.
Van Colt finished the list ON Thursday. |
need not say that these gentlemen were
well received. They had rousing recep-
ton, fanked by cheers ana yells, which. no
doubt, raised the ire Of the opposition.
4 lt5E Nclt AOlAIWcu ny sbiSSs tdlSlcS on
Friday over politics.
DRY stock'' have been coming down OUT
OF the mountains all last month to the dam
age of the farmers who are exposed and
have no fences. keeping them on the look
out constantly IL is believed By some
that stock men take little pains 10 keep
them back, or indeed some say they head
them down the canyons and ride around
the farms asEing If there are any strays in
the neighborhood. IL may be that stock
men are not very much to blame this year.
as the mountain feed dried up early, and
there is little grass for the CATTLE Some
stock men predict calamitous time for all
kinds of animals which have to ssrustle''
their own feed next season. Thousands of
head CT cattle and sheep are reported dead.
south of US, on account of scarcity of
water and feed. But now that the fields
are open, the stock which came down will
fare well for while.
Mr. Charles Kemp Is doing q rustling
business in hitting up roller mills, having
completed one in Rabbit valley He has
also fitted one In SaliDa and one In Nav
field. between here aud Manti; and also
anticipates putting one in Glenwood be-
fore long. That will give US five in
Sewer county. too many, no doubt, for the
present demand. but the county viii grow
up 10 the situation. as the people are con-
structing new canals and making reser-