The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-15
HOTEL GOSSIP.

II am here" remarked H. L. Baldwin,
lr.. of the u. s. geological survey, at the
Kenyon last night Ito outfit a party to
go down and survey the Uintah country.
Our object is to make a typographical
map of all the timber reserve land How
ever, our work has nothing to do with the
sheep. Our maps are made on a scale Of
two miles to the inch, and contour lines
are run showing the comparative eleva-
lions of the surface. Where they are
thick it indicates an elevation, and where
they occur just now and then it indicates
a low level surface. There are two par
ties engaged in making the map. There
is also what is called a level party, who
run lines of precise levels and establish
bench marks. consisting of iron posts,
with elevations stamped on them, they be
ing placed every three or four miles along
prominent roads. These posts form val
liable starting points for running lines of
levels desired by engineers. or for irriga-
ton surveys. The lines in the reservation
will be changed. some being extended in
places and rawn in in others. This will
be governed by the timber expert survey
ors who will follow US. as the timber re-
timber. There are fourteen or fifteen
square miles of timber reserve north of
Nernal, which think will be cut off. be-
cause there is no timber to amount TO
anything in that tract of land. We will
leave for uintah Monday"
The cattle business said Mr. Jacob
West of Logan, at the Walker House last
evening, lis all right. L know of nothing
better. Cattle are worth money anywhere
now. / fed away a fortune on my ranch
feed them than to let them die. The Mon
tana cattle, perhaps, rank highest, and
the Idaho cattle next, although our west
ern stock is highly priced in the east l
handle only the Hereford and Durham
They are the best cattle ever put on grass,
while the Hereford does better on short
range. 1 think for all purposes the Dur
ham is my choice. Why, L have put Dur
hams on the scales in Omaha weighing
300 pounds, and we allow 100 pounds
shrinkage per head between here and
Omaha. While these. of course, were ex-
ira fine, there is more in the Durham
than any other breed on earth. To what
do / attribute the present high value of
cattle? Why, that's easy. There ISM
one-fifth the cattle on our western ranges
there used to be, the land being taken up
by settlers: and then, while prices were
low: cattlemen generally sold their young
hedfer calves. in order to fatten their
COWS. and then there are more beef con-
Stunning people in the country now, and the
good prices are not confined to the horned |
stock. A good horse now commands a |
good price. On the whole. the outlook |
was never brighter for the cattlemen. and I
| say the cattle business will be all right !
if it is taken care Of
Your city is one Of the finest I have |
ever been in. remarked Mr.. William B.. /
Earle of Chicago. who IS touring the coun- |
try. Il just came from the coast, and l |
can't see but what Utah. so far as have /
seen, is a more desirable place to live /
than California, for many reasons see !
you people are very modest. Why, if we /
Of the east had SOME of your country and /
the other features that go to make ii so /
delightful. we would be singing its praises |
from sea to sea. But you are not so ego |
tistical your neghbor on the west |
coast. Well modesty will bring it's own !
reward. The eyes of the people Will be /
opened to the wonderful resources of your |
great state. and before long you will be |
for lack of room"
Sir Richard and Lady Udny. two of |
Englands nobility. passed through the