The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-13
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Oh, [ am tired Of society, so me and
my wife just thought we would come
out TO Idaho and see these lands which
are being so extensively advertised in
our state. said H. H. Jacobs, a hotel
Keeper at Emmetsburg, IA. at the
Walker House yesterday. The fact is
that while Iowa is the finest agricul-
tural state in America today, there are
lots OF people who are thinking Of COM
ing out west. Iowa is all right in its
way but there one cannot make money
Ike he can out West-he can ALWAYS
make a living but you never hear of
anyone getting rich there in the farm
ing way"
Jacobs went on to state that he set
tied in Iowa in 1853 when there were
but few in there and the state in sec
tons. resembled a veritable primevaI
forest; all that had changed now, he
SAID, and every acre had been taken I'D
so much so that in Palo Alto county.
in which he resided, there were twenty
creameries in active operation, and
money could be obtained anywhere on
d . per cent basis.
Sheepmen generally are beginning
to realize that in these DAYS Of com
petition they must be up with the
times" said ". Ridges of Malad. Ida.
at the White house yesterday. In or
der TO be first in the market with lambs
several prominent Sheepmen have gone
to a big expense in erecting huge
weather-proof Landing sheds that have
been constructed out of $4,000 feet Of
| lumber or more. The flockmasters gen
orally look upon this innovation in the
| light of a foregone success and have.
! laid their plans accordingly with the re-
suit that early lambs are now a fea-
| ture which Will be fattened and put
on the market ahead Of the usual con-
/ slSnments and thus command the top
( prices. Sheepmen too, have learned that
/ it is good policy TO feed their stock
I throughout the winter months and with
/ this object in view are making con-
1 tracts with the farmers in northern
( Utah to supply them with beets at $3.50
a ton. the beets to be harvested and
\ stored in hills after the fashion Of DO
/ tatoes, until needed. These beet con
/ tracts on the part of the sheepmen are
! taking the wind out of the sails of the
! sugar factory agents who are Offering
/ $3.50 a ton for beets with practically
no takers"
W. E. Gilbert. the Los Angeles pa
! per man, is once more at the Kenyon.
having returned from a trip UP north.
In speaking Of the railroad situation in
]
| pie Of Boise at the present time remind
me very much OF that man who was
encountered leaning against teIe-
phone pole in the small hours Of the
morning. Why don't you go home,
Jlm% asked his friend Why? Bee Clic)
ause / am scared-his. Z / do. I'll fall
/ downsh an if l don't. hic thisyer
! pOle'n falsh on raeP That is about the
situation in Boise at the present time. "
L. e. Steinmetz Of Denver, when seen
ar the Walker House last night, stated
| that all the stories 10 the effect that
Denver was a dead town were made
out Of whole cloth. Why. he said i
| take notice that when anyone makes
any money in Colorado that ne gener-
ally scomes TO Denver to live. a sure
indication of prosperity is TO be found
in the fact that there are extensive
building operations going on at the
present time in the city and rninine
prospects in the state were never
brighter than they are right now. II
( fact, taken altogether. the town has
/ not been so prosperous for the pas1
five years as it is at present.