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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
LIVESTOCK INTERESTS
HAVE BEEN PROSPEROUS
Utah Cattle and Sheep Men Found Good Markets
For Their Products.
Review of Market Conditions Throughout the Year-In.
crease In Union St0ckyards Business.

western ranges. During the past year
| these obligations have probably
been largely reduced by the mar
keting OF such cattle as full
feeding made fit for consump-
ton, but they have been more extens-
lively shifted. it is likely, from one Dor
rover to another, until there yet re-
mains an enormous volume of commits
sion house, bank and other money
still outstanding against these unmar-
Reliable cattle. and all this while the
statistics go to show that the supply is
diminished throughout the county The
visible supply in the presence of this I'M
usual number of cattle available to the
big markets and subject to the sum-
monses of scared mortgages, menac-
ing seasons, fiuctuating prices or. other
influences, which move stock to the
markets, is greater than ever before
And, too, they have been counted.
Everybody knows there are lots of cat
tie back. There is no over-abundance
of aged steers and hence they bring all
sorts of money; but it costs to carry the
other kinds and the big end of the
strings have been and are being car
ried on borrowed money. The loans
are abundantly secured, probably, but
1t takes a little time to grow these
deals out and that is what the cattle
business east of us is doing.
LII the DltdHlIIlIS lHCIC IL SOIQe
dulness west, barring fat stuff
That is high now and has
been throughout the year. Cows
in killing condition haye brought fully
a half a dollar a hundred higher dur
ing 1899 than they did in 1898, and have
steers done as well. The prices real
lied for mixed kinds of cattle during
the year have made as good an aver
age as the sales of 1898, with the ad-
vantage to producers that the specu-
lators profit has been more generally
eliminated than in other years recently.
Cattle Figures.
The consumption within the state has
been in the neighborhood of As
900 cattle and the shipments
out of it approximate $4,000.
These reductions, with the loss
through mortality, which figures much
lower than the death rate of several
years, have diminished the cattle herd
of the state 100,0O0 head, approximate
ly.
The conditions surrounding the sheep
business of the state were never more
satisfactory and it is extremely doubt
full if flock masters have ever looked
back on a more successful year. So
way that they have not only done this
years business at a handsome profit,
but they have transacted some of the
coming years as well in sales of wool
that their sheep is still wearing to fend
off winter weather.
Last spring was not conspicuously
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
LIVESTOCK FARMING IN UTAH
BY F. B. LINFIELD. B. S. A.

Daying Husbandry Agricultural
College
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

down from the silent canyons the stolen
sweets of hillside blossoms or from the
fields and orchards the nectar that they
alone can gather. The drouth of the
past season affected the output of
honey the state over, and in conse-
quence there was a great falling of
from the previous year. In 1899, besides
the amount used at home, there has
been marketed about $4,000 pounds of
honey, of which 10000 pounds was in
the comb, the remainder being strained.
This honey brought SIS. 600.
Utah honey has the highest name in
the honey market, it's color and quality
being always of the finest character.
1t has become known in the east that
the apiarrist of the Beehive state do not
doctor their product and that pound
of honey from here means sixteen
ounces of unadulterated sweetness. so
that ready market is always found.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

The figure above will at once show
that the sheep and wool industry is one
of the great wealth producing occupa-
lions of the people of Utah. In addi-
ton to the $3.50. 900 in round numbers
that came into the state from the sale
of the wool clip of 1899, there were also
300, 600 head of fat sheep and lambs
marketed during the year. The aver
age price of these. according to the es-
innate of several of the largest ship
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

al 441OSI 4dt1cA.
That there is a remarkable difference
in the value of animals for these diff
ferent purposes many Illustrations bear
witness. Some weeks ago it was re-
ported in the papers that the Hon.
Moses Thatcher had sold a team of
horses for $500. If it was merely horses
these buyers wanted, l presume they
could have bought a dozen to fifteen
for the same money. Then why were
they willing to pay such large price
for one team? 1t was because, this
team was fitted through breeding. and
training to do very much better than
the other horses the special work re-
CURED of them. These horses repre-
scented the happy combination of forces
and qualities which are the product of
skill and intelligence on the part of
the breeder and trainer. They are diff
ficult TO produce and therefore rare
ard expensive. 1 may be asked, Could
a person be sure of producing such ami
mails on the farm? That depends upon
a variety of conditions-breeding is not
an exact science. Experience is re-
quired-the experience that comes from
observation and practice. At first there
will be very many more blanks than
successes, but with additional expert
ence the chances in favor of producing
the superior animal continually in
creases till the majority of the animals
are of the high quality. Even then
however. the best will be but few.
Probably the highest price paid for
cattle beast for some time was paid
during the past fall by Mr.. Sparks of
Reno, New, for a young Hereford COW.
AT a sale in Kansas City. No. in COM
petition with other breeders, he had
to pay $4,000 for the animal. Why?
Not because She would produce SO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
UTAH BEES PRODUCED
1872 TONS OF HONEY

While not in the strictest sense a
honey producing state, the busy Utah
bees improved each shining hour, and
throughout the season of flowers bring
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

A Detroit alderman, who has been Wis
iting in Chicago. was almost mobbed the
other day by patriots of that city be-
cause he declared that the Windy City
was 1.-The dirtiest hole this side of
Egypt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

{ Saxony has a new law. making the min
imum salary of a school teacher $500 a
year. rising gradually through six stages
10 s525 and free residence a year. The
maximum salary is $500 a year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

1t is difficult to see on what
grounds the President of the
French republic could put the par
don of Dreyfusexoept upon the ground
that he was wrongfully convicted. Ger
tainlS If he WAS guilty he committed one
OF the worst crimes conceivable. that OF
treason against his country, and impris-
onnent for ten years for that offence is
moderate punishment. Neither were
there any extenusting circumstances in
the case. assuming his guilt, but all the
surroundingsl tended to aggravate the
offence. He was an officer of the army
and therefore under peculiar obligations
to be loyal. Furthermore the secrets he
betrayed were of n most vital kind as
they were intimately related to the de-
fence of the country against foreign foe
But If the President undertakes to pardon
him on the ground that the conviction
WAS wrong he Will lind himself seriously
embarrassed by his speeches in which he
declared that the country should loyalty
accept the decision of the court martial.
Perhaps he will pardon him without
giving any reasons. Indeed, that seems
to be the only thing he can DO without
serious emabarrs sment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

At meeting of the Board Of Aldermen
OF South Portland last evening Alderman
Spear charged that certain man whom
he did not name had offered to procure
five votes in the Board in favor of giving
an exclusive lighting privilege to the
Consolidated Electric Light Company for
$4,000. accompanying this offer with
the statement that the Cumberland
Illuminating Company had offered
$4,000 for the same privilege. MIR. Spear
further alleged that the man who
made this proposition named certain
aldermen whose votes he said he could
deliver. MIR. Spear also said that the
Consolidated Company refused to put up
the 5000 and that the five aldermen who
had been named By this man suhsequ ent-
ly voted to give the contract to the Cuin-
berland Illuminating Company. All
these statements could be true, and yet
compatible with innocence of brihe tax
ing on the part Of every one of the alder
men. Because a man says he can deliver
votes Tor price it by no means follows
that he can. Neither does 1t, follow be-
cause a man says company Is willing
to spend money for votes that such Ia the
case. Nevertheless these statements of
Alderman Spear cannot help creating in
the pueblo mind suspicious of crooked
nes, and therefore 1t would seem to he
Wise for the people against whom these
suspicious are likely to be directed to
take measures 10 have the matter cleared
up. We take no stock In the story
that five aldermen or one alderman
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
MOSES AND HEALTH.
''The Greatest Sanitary Engi-
neer the World Has Ever
Known"
Fresh Air and Pure Water and Their
Importance 10 Health.
liverpool Alercury.)

The vivacious and instructive address
which Sir William Preece delivered to the
Conference of the Sanitary Institute now
met at Southampton was virtually an SIX
hortation to follow Moses, who was, in
his estimation, the greatest sanitary en-
gineer the world has ever known" This
compliment to the leader Of the Israelites
as hygienic reformsr ought to be some
compensation foi the authorship Of the
five books of which he has been robbed
by modern criticism. Sir William at
tributes the extraordinary physique and
the long, healthy life of the Jew to his
carrying out of the doctrines of SANTA
ton formulated by Moses. and he holds
that modern science Is even now engaged
in applying these principles to the condi-
lions of eilvlizad existence. The task is
not an easy one. The Hebrew legislator
was free from many of the obstacles
which beset the cult Of health in the
nineteenth century. He was not
troubled by the great problem of ventila-
ton. The Israelites lived In tents and
hreathed the pure air under the open
heavens. The European Of today spends
his days and nights in a house, and In q
house, moreover which is subdivided in
to many separate rooms. Unless, there.
fore, provision is made for frequent re.
newal of the supply of air he becomes a
victim Of atmospheric poisoning. Sir
William pointed out that whereas the
minimum air space in hospital is 1000
cubic feet for each person and In rac-
tory $50 feet, the proportion in full rail-
way carriage Is only A feet, and in many
living rooms it Is net much more, at any
rate when gas is being burnt. How can
We wonder at the prevalence of lung dis
eases, anaemia, and similar complaints
when too often our lungs are systemati-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Fred W. Wight of Rockland, has been
appointed collector of customs for the
Waldotoro district.
Mrs. Sidney III. Bird of Rockland has
issued Invitations for reception Thur
day. September IL, to Mrs. Powers, wife
of Gov. Powers.
Ex-Governor Samuel Merrill of Iowa,
who died on Thursday, August 8lst, at
Los Angeles, CAL, aged n, was native
of Turner, Me.
A. II. Day, collector of customs of the
port of Bangor. ON Monday purchased
the residence of the late ex-Goy. Daniel
+. Davis ON Highland avenue, and will
OCCUPY 1t Immediately. The residence
Is one of the finest in. Bangor and occu-
pies a very prominent position ON Thorn
as hill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

When the trust vontion at Chicago
gets through IL all that can be said on
trusts, pro and con, has not been said 1t
will not bs beoasus OF any lack Of speak
ers Apparently the country has been
may be supposed 10 have ideas on the
subject The proceedings and spesohes
of the convention are TO be published in
pamphlet from and scattered broadcast
over hte land. They will be as readable
perhaps, ami as much read, as the Con-
gressional Record.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
BY F. o. BAIlEy & CO., Auctioneers.
Great Auction Sale
Or
LIVERY STOCK AT AUCTION
On Monday, Sept. 25th, commencing
at 10 a. IN.

We shall sell the stock of the Edward Hasty
Livery Stables, No. IL to l6 Green street, next
Maine.
Twenty-three Horses. seven Hacks and
Landaus. Surveys, Bug Us, Phaetons Beech
twenty double and single Sleighs, Pungs,
t&enty'fye sets double and single Harnesses,
Robes, Whips, Blankets, In iaet everything
going to furnish FIRST class stable
Among the horses there are many desirable
and tine driving horses and pairs.
The carriage and other stock has been kept
Will be sold absolutely without reserve or
limit, rain or shine.
Terms OF sale, cash or satisfactory paper.
For further information inquire of the
Auctioneers or of Edward Hasty, No. u
Green street. sept l2,i4-fe-le2l-22-23-2S
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of the
few men who have Inherited enormous
fortunes and devoted THAR talents
to something besides the pur-
suit of pleasure. His life was as laborious
as that of the hum lest man in his EN- :
ploy. He worked increasingly from the
day that he accepted clerkship in a bank
at $50 month until the day of his DEATH
He was a thorough master of all the de-
tails Of the railroad business, and all the
financial statements of the great railroad
system under his charge passed beneath
his critical eye. He ives an exceedingly
benevolent man also. but always without
ostsntation. His charities are said to
l., have amounted TO at least $500. 900 yearly
In all the relations of life he seems to
have horne himself so creditably as to
disarm the criticism of those even who
are instinctlvely hostile to men of great
wealth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

The decision Of the Chicago school board
to introduce the study of the Spanish
language into thu schools of that city Is
eminently wise though 1t is being ridi-
called in some quar- tsIs. The revival Of
trade with Cuba which is sure TO come
will afford many opportunities for young
men equipped with a knowledge Of the
Spanish language Not far hence the time
will be when there will lie more mate
rial profit in understanding the Spanish
language than thu French.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Gen. Joe Wheeler is apparently In row
with Otis because the latter undertook
to sand him where thsre was no prospect
OF much lighting, Gen, Wheeler went to
the Philippines to fight, and II he can't
get chance to do that why he will come
home and go to Congress whore he can
get up a tight almost any time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Apparently Roget and Mercier are hav-
ing some twinges of conscience, or, what
perhaps is more liekly, they fear that II
the agitation over Drefyus is not soon
stopped some disRgreeable truths about
themselves may come out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Patrons of the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses of their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the office
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the office Of
the DAILY PRESS. No 90 Exchange street.
Portland Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
.IUL.. q s

Such as single or double Hya-
cinths. Roman Hyacinths, single
or double Tulips, Narcissus,
Crocuses, and all the rest of the
smaller varieties that should be
planted in the ground this fall.
in order to bloom in the Spring.
We shall endeavor to keep a
supply until the ground freezes.
but it would be best to pur-
chase now while the assortment
is complete.
Other people are looking for
ward to the time when there
will be a cold whiteness on the
bright coIoying of the fields OF
today, and are purchasing a va
riety of bulbs for winter bloom
ing in. the house, These bulbs
require very little care, and
will repay one hundred times
over from Christmas Till Spring
with beautiful flowers.
Information in regard to
planting, and a list OF over one
hundred bulbs, with price, can
be had at
Whitney'S
Federal and Temple SITS.
epi3d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
WEDDING RINGS.

One hundred Of them to select from. An
sssssies. AZ weights, all prices in To- IA and 10
~ oolu. Largest and best stock OF rings
u \. the city A thousand OF them. MCKINNEY.
'hs JeWeier, Monument Square iune7da
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14

Of the South Portland board were for
sale We imagine the person making the
offer stated by Mr. Spear intended
70 put the money In his own
pocket, which he could easily do as
a company that had engaged In a
corrupt transaction like that could not
afford TO undertake TO recover the money,
wherever 1t went. We presume further
that II he stated that the Cumberland
Illuminating Company was willing to
pay 5000 he did It without authority
merely for the purpose of tempting the
Consolidated. But man who has been
Offering TO sell the votes Of municipal
officers for money ought to be exposed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-14
HOME BONDS
$500. FOR ........
September Investments.

Portland Water Co. AS, due 1927
Standi, IN Water co. AS, due 1928
Guaranteed by Portland Watt
er Coz
Portland Railroad Co. 4 I-2's,
due 1913.
Portland ~ Cape Elizabeth IL.
IL. SIS, due 1918.
lHnterest guaranteed by Port
land IL. H.
Portland Young Mems Christian
Ass'B. as. due l9lS.
Portland ~ Rnmf0rd Falls R'y.
AS, dsse 1921.
Lewiston Gas Light 90. lsi Mtge.
as, due 1924.
First National Bank stock.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-29
NEWPORT NEWS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 49, 1899

nah. These will all he arraigncd in the
Superior Court. special session. on
"Wednesday. The town is perfectly
quiet, and presents no unusual appear
since except for the blue uniformed
soldiers on every street
Colonel Lawton is satisfied that the
danger is over, though the troops will
remain until after the trial Of John
Delgale for the murder Of Deputy Sher-
if Townsend. as q measure of precau-
ton. The negroes are coming to I'M
derstand that the presence of the
troops is not Il menace but protcc-
tion to them, and they are coming in
and laying down their arms. The
probabilities are that during Wedncs-
day and Thursday the troops Will be
gra dually withdrawn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-29
THAT MARKET HOUSE.
Work of Putting 1t Up Goios Along, But "a
Hundred Feet from the Avenue. .

4 Some cine ago it was announced that
work on Mr.. =. F. Finch's market
house on Lafayette avenue would have
to stop as it was against a city ordi-
nance to erect a frame building at tha.
point, but up to yesterday the work
was still going on.
Mr.. Finch can go ahead with that
portion of the market house over one
hundred feet from the avenue without
violating the ordinance, and this. it is
understood, is what is being done at
the present time.
The ordinance says that no frame
buildings shall be built on the avenue
and as the lots extend back a distance o.
one hundred feet, the law only covers
a portion of the building which is in
the course of construction.
What will be finally done in the mat
ter cannot be stated. Mr.. Finch was
not in the city yesterday, and his plans
along this line arc unknown.
1T is thought, however. that he will
continue to put the building up outside
of the line OF the restrictions and de-
eide as 70 the front portion of it at a
later date.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-29
TO ENLARGE PASSENGER PIER.
Work on the C. s. q. improvements O,
Water Front Progressing Rapidly.

Work on the C. s. q. Improvements OF,
Water Front Progressing Rapidly.
1t is learned from a source that has
always been considered reliable that
the Chesapeake & Ohio passenger pier
Will be extended to not a little distances
into the slip. the work to be done this
fall.
The reason for making improvements
is thought to be owing to the number
OF passenger steamers which land at
this wharf, some times crowding it very
noticeably. When enlarged the piel.
will be 4ong enough to accommodate al
of the boats that have been in the
habit Of stopping there and there will
also be room for any of the Chesapeake
& Ohio tug boats that may be wanted
there.
Work on the improvements to the
railroads property on the water front,
below pier s, is progressing very rap
idly and it will net be long before the
work on the foundation of the new
grain elevator will be commenced.
Last week the workmen who. are en-
gagged on the Improvement We're kept
busy clearing the excavation of the
large quantities. OF water which had ac-
cumulated during the recent heavy
rains and yesterday the digging for the
foundation was resumed and will now
ibe kept up steadily until the excavation
has been completed.
The work on the, new pier, which will
be used in connection with the eleva-
tor, is going ahead speedily and there
can be no doubt but that the wharf
will be ready dong before the big grain
building is completed.
The work of driving the piles for the
new pier is now going on and is pro-
crossing nicely. The cut for the rail
way sidings to the new elevator are be-
ing made and the work of laying the
tracks will probably be started in a few
days.