The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-21
HOTEL GOSSIP.

]. G. Edwards and former Senator Cart
wright of Oregon are at the knutsford-
They have come down on business con-
nected with their mine. the Oregon King,
a gold and silver proposition in the Blue
mountains, about 100 miles from The
Dalles.
1t is in connection with their sheep in
terests, however, that Mr.. Edwards and
Senator Cartwright are best known. They
have what is probably the most extensive
band or line sheep that was ever gathered
together in this or any other country. At
their headquarters ranch in the foothills
OF the Blue mountains they have a flock
of 10000 sheep. many of which have won
prizes at fairs and stock shows through
out the country.
The fine rams are principally Ram
bouletts with Dedigrees that date back
for several generations. Speaking of the
industry yesterday afternoon Mr.. Ed
wards said he had always been very
careful in breeding his animals. Under
no circumstances would he allow his
grades TO deteriOrate, and the result is
that he has established a collection of
sheep any breeder might be proud of.
We have some rams that cost us 500,
Mr.. Edwards said, and some for which
we would not take any amount of money
Last spring we sold one yearling ram for
$3.50, and we have lambs that range in
value from $50 to 800. The average rate
Tor which we sell our rams is SIS per
head
one advantage possessed by Mr.. Ed
they own all of their range, and are thus
not required to encToach on their neigh
bOrS in order to secure feeding facilities.
This year, though, the range Is very dry
and pretty well eaten out.
I'VE had a very light winter, Mr.. Ed
wards continued, and the summer has
been very dry. AS a result, the noun
tain streams, from which we get our Wa
ter supply, are very low and the range
has dried up."
Speaking of farming conditions in Ore
gon, Mr.. Edwards thought this would be a
prosperous year. especially TO wheat
growers. He had never seen better crops
of winter wheat than in those sections of
the state he has visited, and from what
he had heard from other sections of the
state the conditions were the same
Senator Cartwright was in the upper
house of the Oregon legislature in 1886.
His home is in Portland, but he spends
+ the greater part of his time at the Blue
mountain ranch. He is much interested
in the sheep business and thoroughly en-
dOrseS the efforts of Mr.. Edwards to i'm
prove the strains they have. Senator
Cartwright last visited Salt Lake sew
eral years ago. He notes many improve
ments since his last trip and thinks Salt
Lake has prosperous future ahead of it.
Wilson Thomson of Nevada is at the
Kenyon Mr.. Thompson says ii is all
a mistake to call Nevada the state of
SagebruSh and jack rabbits. I'VE have
some sagebrush there, he said, smiIingly,
''and we have some jack rabbits, but we
also have mines and farms and other
things Nevada is producing very large
share of the worlds metallic wealth. She
also has within her borders some stock
farms that are as good as those in any
other state" Mr.. Thompson took a dip
in the lake yesterday and will return
home this afternoon.
J. G. wetherby of Fairview. Mimi,
thinks the west is a great country. Mr..
Wetherby came in yesterday and regis
tered at the Kenyon He declared that
the lake was the greatest bathing place
mortal man ever stepped into. This is
his first trip out here, because for twenty
years he has been tied down to the shoe
business in his home town. However, he
says he will never let another year pass
without visiting Salt Lake if he can only
stop long enough to take bath.