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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

The best of feeling prevails among
sheepmen as to their business. The
range conditions have been favOring
to their tIocks thus far. and the latter
have gone upon the desert in good
shape to winter there.
There is dearth of fat cattle and
sheep in the state. and between now
and spring butchers viii be kept guess
ing to frI plies on the hOof for
our hone
The d., 49,. ITing the summer pre-
vented fle Il. - esting of anything Ike
the usual quantity of Iucern, and where
farmers we're in the habit of getting
81 and s. per ton for it on the streets
of Salt Lake, this Fall they sold readily
at $40 a ton Stockmen very near the
city can't feed therefore. Corn is S125,
hay in the stack about Sc. Beef on the
hOOf hasn't gone higher than $3.50 per
100 pounds yet. II should be $3.50 TO in
duce cattle or sheep feeders to keen
their animals on such high-priced diet
for any length of time.
The year 1900 has been a, good one to
the livestock interests of the country.
It has been disappointing in spots, and
as the year upon which we are now
entering has no such handicap as q
general election imposes. everybody
hopes for good things for stOckmen
from the initial year of this century.
J, Q. LEARY.
-s-r-
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William c. Webb, senior first lieuten-
ant: Nels Margetts, junior first lieuten-
ant: VIII Kneass, second lieutenant,
Harry Jennings. first sergeant
Troop c: J. Z. Game, captain; a A
Mckenzie. first lieutenant; J. II. Rich
ards, second lieutenant; c ). Price,
first sergeant.
Company A: J. AivOrd, captain act
ing by appOintmenD. lieutendntcieS
both vacant: number of men, 30
Company 3: +. G. MOyle. first lieu
tenant and commanding officer; lieu
tenantcies both vacant; Ed Jordan,
first sergeant; number of men, 40.
Company G: Lieutenant W &
Webb, commanding by appointment;
J. Terry. first lieutenant; Fred Dust
first sergeant; number of men 40.
Compand D: Station, Woodruff
James Walton. captain; George "
Eastman, first lieutenant; z. d. East
man, second lieutenant; number OF
men, 40.
Company z: Station, Bountiful Lev
:. Haywood. captain; William l. Riley
first lieutenant: G. Willard. second
lieutenant: number of men. -.
Company T: Station, Manu, FREQ
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Live Stock Industry's Remarkable Year

the range" for his she stuff by going
against the selling places with the 9TH
er end of his herd. With drought pc
RODS painfully prOtracted and prevail
ent in many places during the growing
time of 1900, cOWmen have made an
escape to be congratulated upon by all
who wish them well.
The deals last spring, and, in fact,
throughout the year were confined
more closely to operations in steers
than for several years previously. The
demand for cattle was created by the
restocking disposition Of neighbOTS
from adjoining range states, and these
people very generally wanted the gen
der named to predominant in their pur-
chases.
Some Good Strings Sold.
There were some good long strings of
Utah COWS and young heiferS disposed
of, notwithstanding by our rancherS
in the southern part of the state, and
there were a number of removals OF
the heavy breeding kinds in the hands
Of Utah owners 10 Canada and the in
termediate range country. Noticeable
features Of these movements are made
conspicuous by reason of the destina-
ton to which the bulk of the stuff has
gone.
Few Of the cattle sold to outside buy
ers thfs year have gone eastward be
yOnd the ranges of Colorado. Feeder
buyers. whether of the Order-buying
or actual lothian kind, have appeared
infrequently in this territory for more
than a twelve-mOnth. Spectators
have Rugged the big centers of trading
closely, as they always do when val
ues shift. with tendency down
ward. Long familiarity with the
ranche~O has acquainted the astute
steer buyer with some of the former S
peculiarities. When the market goes
up there is d chance that the man out
putting his iron on the calves and
Waiting his steers take on tallOw, has
not kept cases on the advance made:
when the bottom falls out of values he
doesn't hear it, and it's real labor at
any time to make a seller out west
realize that a decline is on.
Moving Breeding Herds.
Their places have been supplied by
just as liberal purchasers.
Colorado has taken our output, and
Wyoming and idaho have been buyers
Many of our own people have moved
breeding he is into the latter state and
the Big Horn region, attracted by the
opportunities for ranch farming which
recent developments there hold out
and no inconsiderable number of Utaf
cattle have been moved during the yea
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In a livestock way, and speaking fig
u sltiveIy Of the country at large, we
are turning our backs today upon a
somewhat remarkable year. It's singu-
Iarity is not particularly observable in
the volume of business transacted in
that line. nor Of the average which
prices have made during the past
twelve months in the course of Ordi-
nary trading.
1t has been an exceptional year in
that all breeders of cattle, sheep.
horses, swine, goats and other dOmes-
ti~ated animals, have developed con-
u1euCe IN the stability of their business
never before equaled, and they are lay
ing plans for the future on lines meas
urrd of by this all absorbing faith
current sales of the year, and more es-
Taeially those covering transactions In
range offerings in the various big mar
k-rS were sufficiently low to disturb
any belief in the permanency OF prof
liable values which was not thorough
lv well esta blished. But the days when
cattle and sheep crossed the scale at
the big selling places at dimes. quar-
-.rS and even half dollars on the 100
pounds under the sellers expectations,
and realized owners hundreds Of dollars
.u the consignment .eSS than the same
stuff would have brGCsnt shippers the
H- western producers. They were of
ones" ar the -!ue. and had nasty
influence on the shippers account
sales" ss well as a "cIimping' erect
.r.u the size of his remittance to the
home bank. His optimism remained
mistaken.
Cattle Men Have Been Learning.
Temporary causes were chargeable
With the periodical offenses OF the
market. and the western man came
home with eyes that Frightened as the
miles separating him from his herds
and Tucks were dropped behind. Many
sellers went up against a mean state or
things when they hit the markets. Dut
they had used their peppers while
they we're back among the real good
kinds If foUr-foOted things, ana the
evidence of their senses thus collected;
acted as a tonic upon systems Jolted
.- hard trimming. the sort packers
...a-lluaIly infict. and they landed
among their range possessions AGAIN
-a regard them as uuchangeaOly Nalu-
abb. assets.
Before trading began TO assume con-
siderable proportions in l-a9- buyers
r.. wanted the best quality OF young
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

steers out this way learned that our
people were sort O. set against con-
tracing them at the prices of the year
before. The feeling took the form of a
demand for an advance Of about $3.50
on the critter finally, and much of the
early trading was concluded on this
basis. Deals of this sort We're con-
tracts largely for deliveries to be made
upon the conclusion of spring hunts,
and the succeeding TOund-ups, and our
own Spectators, ike Parsons, Saun-
ders. White. Mcmillan. Coumeril. Dow
men, FOtheringham, Rich and others,
succeeded in tying up not only the pro-
duct of Utah for the year, but the big
end of the most desirable young steers
between the Colorado line and the Pa
cific coast. Parsons buys, especially,
We're tremendously heavy UP in Oregon,
and his subsequent transfers involved
the handling by his puncheTs Of many
of the best herds of Washington, Idaho
and Nevada.
Early Selling Paid.
Nearly all of the cattle bought under
these contracts by the local operators
mentioned were recontracted to buyers
from eastern and northern states be
fore delivery dates came around. And
this second selling, generally speak
ing. was done at an advance
over the original contract hg-
sold than held as the history Of prices
Cor the year now clearly establishes. and
the nearer our dealers came to clean
ing up their transactions which were
not intended to extend beyond the fall
months in duration. the more cheerfully
are they ena bled to review the season 5
operations
4 is safe to say, however, that all
s eer deals made in this state last sea-
son. whether on the investment or
speculative order, We're money makers
when the physical conditions gave
them any sort of a show. UnfOrtun-
ateIy for a few operators, the grass TO
which some cattle were shifted hZzled
out. or failed in quantity, involving
other transfers to other ranges, or the
premature marketing Of the stock. and
some sacrifices of values were thus en-
forced.
Losses Comparatively Light.
The measure of loss sustained
through the lack of abundance in pas
ture was trivial when the chances tax
en- are considered and the magnitude
of the deals are duly sized UP. Ana
then there was the year, with d pres
identiaI contest in it. 10 work the usual
woe when a man Just had to ease up
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

infantry company and did good work
as such until the arrival of their
guns and other equipment from the
United states arsenal, when the COM
pany was changed from an infantry to
an artillery organization. Their en-
tire equipment is valued at about $20.
GOO. The cannon are 3.2inch caiiber
and are the first four of the most mod
ern pattern turned out.
The troop of cavalry, troop 9, is yet
in it's infancy. but the officers and men
are hard at work and the line is stead
lily growing. BY next spring the guard
viii, from present appearances, turn
out crack troop.
Until the last few months the in
fantry companies have been allowed to
lag. Officers have been recruiting I'M
desirable men and companies electing
incompetent officers. But recently, and
particularly since the appointment and
election Of Colonel Sam Park, matters
have changed.
A pet idea entertained by many Of
ficers of the guard IS that of having a
guard band. An organization of about
thirty pieces is desired, which, by pay
ing each member a small monthly
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in-chief; governors staff. General G. ;.
Burton adjutant general; General n.
w Clayton, Quartermaster general;
Colonel 5. II. PinkertOE. surgeon gen
eraI: Colonel 3. X. Smith, judge advo-
cate general; Colonel John Meter, in
sDector general; Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Bruback, aide-de-camp; Lieu
tenant Colonel Win G. Nebeker aide
de-camp.
John 9. Cannon, brigadier general;
brigade staff. Lieutenant Colonel 3. H.
Wells, assistant adjutanJ general,
Lieutenant Colonel II. NJ II. Lund, as
sistant inspector general; Lieutenant
Colonel William Z. Beer, assistant sur
geOn general; Lieutenant Colonel John
D. Ford. assistant inspector of target
practice; Major 5. a King. judge advo-
cate; Major r. J. Glendinning, aide-de-
camp; Major A. l. Williams, aide-de-
camp.
Sam c. Park. colonel First infantry;
J. AIvord, regimental adjutant
Signal corps: J. A. Greenewald, cap
tain: A 4. Smith. senior first lieuten-
ant: II. J. Plumhof. junior first lieuten-
ant: A. J. SkidmoTe, first sergeant.
Battery A: Orrin r. Grow, captain
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celIent for a, successful show and sale.
It should secure the dispersion Of the
greatest number of highly bred ami
mails through Utah ever distributed at
enc time, and it will be of vast benefit
and Improvement to the quality Of
Utah meat animals.
Sheep prices have stiffened again
since the presidential election. That is
to say, sellers are holding their fiocks
at higher figures. 1t is not a time Of
year, however, when considerable trad
ing is done. and it is therefore mislead-
ing TO urge that values are higher The
business opened up last spring on d
situation that was a veritable boom.
Wool had been advancing steadily
through the early months of the year
until contractors were tying up all the
best clips of the state for which they
could bargain at figures ranging from
Il to as high as % cents per pound.
A great many of our lOng-headed
hOckmasters cut loose in between these
numerals, and they have congratulated
themselves ever since Others watched
the rise and waited confidently for
washed" wool values, it is
presumed, as they have their
clips on hand still, and the
market has been dragging around
the 14-cent notch for several moons.
Some improvement is reported recently
and a gradual rise to a limit several
The following table shows the receil
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BY the statutes of Utah the signal
CORPS is allowed but twenty men and
three officers. and the corps neW stands
with only one vacancy in its line. the
members are all intelligent, well edu-
Gated young men, who are ready an
willing to respond to a call at any mo-
ment 1t is, however, Iamentable
fact that this organization is not bet
ter equipped Men who have seen regu-
lar signalmen at work in the Philip
pines state that better work, partIcU-
larry .ith the heliOgraph and nag, IS
not done there than by our own corps
at home Captain Greenewald of the
CORPS takes an intense interest in he
company. and it is his intention TO
have. not only one Of the best signal
corps in the west, but the best one IN
the country
A pleasant feature of this OrganiZa-
tion is It's club which is known by the
significant title. the -'Stgnalite.'
The battery is better equipped than
any other branch Of the guard. and
the organization is taking advantage
of this and is working hard towards a
Doint of great efficiency. The OrganiZa-
ton was mustered in last August as an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

nTHING THE PAST YEAR the Ma
l. sauaT Guard Of Utah has improved
wonderfully and is now "a a very prom
.-.- condition.
5 crack battery has recently been re-
.-.l-I. whose equipment is equal TO
amy il the regular army. The signal
..H.s is iu better condition than at any
Time since its organization. A troop Of
cavalry which is rapidly growing, has
also been added, and new and excellent
infantry companies are being recruited.
EIt probably the greatest improve
Nant which the guard underwent the
past year was IT'S move into a more
e"mm0dioUs building.
AT present the organized militia con-
s~Js of ten distinct organigatiOns-
companies a. 3, c. =. z and T. which
compose the First regiment. and the
signal corps. battery and troop. which.
WIN the infantry companies, make the
liESt brigade. AT present most OF
.arse branches are in very good co0di-
N'n- The signal corps and battery are
probably equal to any organizations of
--elr kind IN the west.
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Salt Lake Convention.

compensation. would cost the state
about $1,000 annually. If the idea ma
terialiZes a band viii be provided that
will be subject to orders the same as
any other part of the guard. As it Is
al present. the same sum Of money is
expended yearly for a band of seven
teen pieces, which. for the sake Of
economy, is called for upon rare occa-
siOns only.
Taking everything into consideration,
the guard is in a very favorable con-
dition. Last year the state legislature
appropriated SIT coo for the benefit o.
the militia, the largest part of this be
ing used TO defray encampment ex-
penses at Camp Liscum. When the
next legislature c0uvenes a stiH larger
appropriation will be asked for and
probably new armory.
If matters progress as it is hoped
they will. oy next summer Utah will
be able to boast Of an excellent home
guard. which viii compare very favor
ably with those of other states.
At present the roster Of guard Off
GERS and the general condition OF each
organization stands as follows:
Governor II. n. Wells, commander
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cents higher is not improbable before
spring.
All kinds of wool producers followed
in value the advance made by their
product and up to June, in the
summer, long bands of good ewes sold
as high as 50 a 'biddy." They got
cheaper later on. and when the lambs
were ripe enough to pick early in the
fail. buyers insisted on trimming the
youngsters for anywhere from quar-
ter to a half on the previous years
values
Where their owners threw them on
the markets to avoid such punishment
they succeeded only at times as they
found dealers there who were on the
trim about as vigilantly as the bidders
on the home range. The probable aver
age decline of prices on the season 5
output over the proceeds realized from
1899 sales was 40 cents on lambs ana
80 cents on the older sorts Of mutton.
The total clip taken from Utah sheep
in 1900 was, approximately, 1S,OODO0D
pounds. IS 600 600 of which, as usual, is
credited TO this state and the balance
to adjoining ones where the sheep are
sheared and the wool shipped or stored.
It is reckoned by some Of our wool
dealers that not more than % per cent
of the clip was sold by fQckmasters
while wool was at its best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
BY j. z. Wright, Secretary State
Board Of horticulture.

Ben Davis, Rome Beauty Wolf River,
Rhode Island GreeniBg, Pearmain,
York Imperial, Northern Spy, Bald
win, Wealthy, BellehOwer, Missouri
Pippin, Spitzenburg and other leading
apples, the Bartlett, Flemish Beauty,
Kiefer, Howell, Sheldon, Seckel, Clari-
gean, AnjOu, Duchess d Augueleine in
pears, the Elberta, Champion, Brett,
Heath Cling in peaches, the Italian,
German, French petite, Hungarian,
Tragedy and Silver prunes, all the de-
sirable plums and the choicest of all
the berry fruits in glass and tins.
Fine Display of Dried Fruits.
The display of fresh fruits was sup
plemented by an exhibition of dried and
ev2pOrated peaches, prunes, apricots,
pears. apples. figs and raisins, prepared
under direction Of Hon. Thomas Judd,
president of the state board of horti-
culture. The horticultural exhibit was
not only one of the very foremost at
fractions at the state fair, but the num-
Der of exhibitors (more than 1000 and
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the quality and quantity of the fruit
displayed served as a striking object
lesson as to the progress made in Utah
horticulture during the past four years.
In 1897. there being no state fair that
season, the state board Of horticulture
arranged a display of fruits on the por-
tico Of the Hall Of Relics, then standing
where the Deseret News building is
now being erected. After a month of
persistent solicitation, there were per
haps a dozen fruit growers found who
We're willing to donate each a few
pounds of fruit to show what might be
grown in Utah. The members of the
board Of horticulture still have a vivid
recollection of the infinite pains taken
to turn the fruit so as to conceal the
worm holes and the scab on apples and
pears.
1t was, therefore, a qualification to
the board to note the display last fall,
to which about seventy fruit growers
throughout the state voluntarily ex-
hibited choice fruits. free from worms
and fungus disease and without enter
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-,rI1- year 1900 was the most success
Fr1 season ever enjoyed by Utah
] --ufr-erowers. Not only was the
.-75 ar. every class of fruit, excepting
Is greater than ever before known,
a., tre prices likewise were in excess
,-ba figures of other years.
r. fs not stating it too strongly 10
-..- that Utah fruit was never SO fully
--,-sriatcd by Utah people as during
81 summer and fall Of 1900. The rea-
--o FIR this appreciation, or rather the
...ar4I reasons, are not difficult to find.
r,-fr,srf1v the cause for the high favor
-,5-r which the exacting local trade
,fsr-a8 the Utah product in 1900 is that
zirr- the past six years the Utah
esr17arz have given cOnsiC srable atten-
-5-r ra the selection of proper varieties
s- planting This important matter
IN an early day was so totally ignored
rEar until within the past year, few,
If any growers could supply the local
dealers ,rith any considerable quantity
If the varieties OF fruit that combined
s+rrarrfveness in appearance, good size
and excellence in favor. The early
-afrrars had great difficulty in prOcur-
inc suitable nursery stock, and as a re-
nit their eagerness to obtain fruit for
5Tna consumption prompted them to
rranr iudiSCTiminateiy OF any variety
-rrsf7ahIe. AS natural consequence,
.rs sbundant crops of fruit hitherto
crown in Utah has found little favor
[rra. placed on sale in competition
Win the standard fruits imported from
California.
Notable improvement in Grapes.
Particularly does this remark apply
called California grapes. Most OF the
attempts at grape production in Utah
rrf1r To 1896 were confined to the
hardy" or eastern grapes, and these
found little or no favor when placed
side by side with the magnificent pro-
Fucrs of the California vineyards. How
ever. the season Of 1900 marked a no
rreable change in this trade, for the
VINEYARDS at Provo. Mill Creek and Og-
den supplied the bulk of he trade in The
OGDEN and salt Lake markets during
the past season.
What is true of the grape question ap-
niles practically as we'll to every other
class of fruit. The oId-time Seeding
peach las given way TO the large, rich,
yellow EIberta. and the beautiful,
Eigh-davOred Champion. The mealy
and insipid Harvest apples are no longer
considered since the yellow, traLspar-
eur. Maiden Blush and Duchess Of OIL
d 5urgh have found their way into
the Utah orchards. The Old-fashiOned
plums. One-haIf pit and the other half
quicker are no longer offered when the
large Italian prune and the small but
sweet French prune can be sold at the
same price The small, sour, early May
and English MareliO cherries, while
tolerated as pie fruit, are altogether
outclassed by the mammoth Napoleon,
the BLACK Republican, the Windsor and
the KING = Early. And so on through
the entire ust, the Utah orchardtSts are
now able 10 put upon the market the
hest varieties in every class of fruit.
Fruit is Tastefully Displayed.
Another cause for the popularity OF
Utah fruit at home is the fact that
Utah growers are now very generally
adopting the style of packages and
manner of packing used by the Cali