The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-24

BankS-tT es tern Colorado Ranges
Are in Good Shape-DeIivery of
Canaan Cattle Being Pushed as
4 Rapidly as IsossibIe--General
4 Business News.
zJtah's sheepmen who for the past
v.sI-eI years have ranged their flocks
the western part of the state of
5yoming and there paid taxes upon
Re transient property are now salts
III with the assessment made upon
L sheep by the board of equalization
the county of Uinta, Wyoming, an
justment of all difficulties having
|en arrived a. through the efforts of
resident Mackay of the N'OolgrOWers'
sociation. who went over to Evan
On on Monday for the purpose of
Getting with the board and discussing
e matter in hand. The recent action
the board in jumping up the num-
n of sheep, in some instances the
lowers being charged for in the
sighborhood of double the number of
le'p owned by them, caused Il great
llry among the men of sheep and
ey were prepared to make u great
INT against the action of the board
as an adjustment not made. There
Ill now be no need of any contest,
4 the simple reason that every re-
hest made to the equalizers was
-anted and everything has been sat
eas:torily adjusted.
The basis of the settlement was that
e sheepowners should make affidavits
s TO the number of sheep sheared by
lem and of this number so per cent
-e to be taxed the valuation placed
pom them being $3.50 per head This
cans that The owners of fOckS will
~ taxes on Sc per cent of their hold
Ss, the sheep being listed at their
III value as stated. 1t will now be
ie duty of the owners to make immed-
te returns to the clerk of Uinta. coun-
Of The number of sheep they Sheared
I'd the statements must be sworn to
gularly- This concession was not
ade by the board until after the mat
r had been vigorously presented by
=. Mackay. The county attorney CON
.ded all that the gentleman from
tab said and the commissioners de-
ined to make any exception in the
Sc of the sheepmen and ordered that
ey should have the $ ne treatment
; was accorded to the other property
vners of the state, that is they shall be
Ned upon so per cent Of their proper
:, the latter being scheduled at IT'S
llue.
Ordered Dividend Payment.
Having made good sale os its en-
re clip, the DeSeret Livestock COM
NY is nov in admirable shape, and,
the opinion of the board of direct
5, amply able to make d distribution
earnings among the stockholders.
direct line with this opinion. the
,ard has just held meeting at
JclntifUl and declared a. dividend of
per cent on the capital stock of the
Stitution, which Is placed at $4,000.
zen after this distribution the COM
my wiz have a nice nest egg in the
INK for emergencies and its flocks
I've materially increased during the
ar This would not indicate the the
eep industry mas been ruined by the
emocratS. as some of the calamity
,wIers would endeavor 10 make the
.ople believe. The company sold its
col for 91s cents and within the next
70 or three days could have obtained
the very near neighbOrhood OF 10
ntS.
Gathering Up Loose Ends.
For the purpose of gathering in some
the scattering clips which are gen
ally shifting toward the station of
rice. on the Rio Grande Western, W.
Pickard left for the eastern part Of
e territory yesterday. lie will prob !
Jly be out of the city for several days |
I'd during that time expects TO be
DE TO gather in a healthy proportion
the uneold or unconsigned wools of (
at district There are not many
ousand pounds undisposed of, but |
me Of that remaining is of a choice !
APPLE.
The latest reports from the east rela- 1
We to the wool markets are in effect
at the corner when was being run
me time ago has been made opera !
re Throughout the entire cas- and in /
nsecuence prices are being made in /
manner heretofore unknown, that Is I
; computing the quotations On the (
ISIS of cost in the wool-growing dis |
lets, the competition having sent /
ices up beyond the point then guar /
tteed on the Atlantic coast. The late /
Iotations are Il to 10 cents for The |
le unwashed and 81 to 80 cents for /
CURED. Fire territorial, which was
Id with difficulty at 80 cents secured I
ior 10 May 18th, is now going At IS
40 cents. These prices are based /.
lon a shrinkage of 20 per cent. which /
il not be the average this year by |
" manner of means, especially here /
Utah. WoCls which were going at /
cents, unwashed, previous to a month /
20, are now selling for from II to Is /
nts. Sheep owners are advised by /
Q well-posted operators to keep their |
cks.
Our Wool Consumption.
m, one of their latest circulars. JUS /
e. Bateman q Co. of Philadelphia, /
ate that, contrary to expectations, /
2 consumption of wool in the United I
atss during the fiscal year ending I.
ne 30. 1895, was the largest on record /
d nor only exceeded by over 1900G,- |
mounds that of the year 1893, which 7
IS the largest then on record, but
ceeded by 81 900, 900 pounds the aver
o OF the past five fiscal years. Fer
4 the consumption was 32S, ASSES |
unds of domestic woods, 203 70S, 635
II.lis OF imported and 107, 254, 14S
Ixlds of imported in goods, rags,
Oddly and waste, making a total of
400. 636. The average total con-
npslon for the five previous years
s 81, 61O,S47. This great use of for
m staples shows very plainly that
: United States does not produce
thin over 600, 900 pounds the
lount of wool necessary to supply
K country manufactures.