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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

eral surroundings all bespeak the
TACT that he Is prosperous.
ParadoXiCally the year Just clos
Ing has ana has not been a pros
porous one 20 Utah sheep men.
While the average price per pound
Tor wool has not been as high this
year as last, II nevertheless netted
some growers, prices that were lit
tie short Of the fanciful, this OF
course, being unusual profit ON
the other hand there Is much OF the
1900 clip OF Utah yet undisposed Of.
This latter class Is either In storage
at home or has gone on commission
consignment % the eastern markets,
principally Boston, from whore adj
Nauces on the sale price Of from
nine 20 twelve cents have been OBJ
tanned. The fortunate sheep man
40 Utah this year was the man who,
IN tf7 fan Of 1899, months before his
WOO, had been sho,n, was wise en-
ough 90 close with the enterpris-
ing agents of eastern wool houses
az figures ranging from Is 20 Fl
cents per pound. Indeed there were
n few sales at % cents. Then
came the great tumble In prices
when wool went down 10 II cents,
OF course not much was disposed Of
az these figures, the owners pre-
ferring 90 hold wherever they were
able 20 do $50. Calculating from
the basis Of the wool that sold al
high prices before the fan came:
that which went at II and u cents,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
WILD HOO MEAT.

For nearly % years wild hogs have
been found IN sothern Arizona, and
their number IS increasing constantly.
There is a difference OF opinion as 10
the orlgion OF these animals. one theory
is that some 20 years ago a man sought
to establish a colony at the head OF the
Gulf OF California, and among the
industries OF the colony was pig raising.
The colony failed, however and the
stock OF pigs was turned loose. and IN
the course OF time they grew and spread
over the river bottom. on the contrary.
the Indians out there say that the wild
hog has been there as far back as their
traditions reach. The animals grow
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GaIbraith & Beazsr Stock Ranch.

It is an indlsputable fact that we
have imported the finest collection Of
Short Horns that has come TO the State
OF Utah, among them being the great
Scotch COW, VIZ. Nonpariel lSth, she
having dropped a fine bull calf from
the great and noted Eastern Scotch
show bull Of 1900. iowa Champion. &"
also Deer Park Mary 4th, which we
consider one Of the finest individuals
ever brought TO this State In fact.
an Of our cows have been carefully Sc
lected from choice herds In Canada.
Illinois and Wisconsin. From these
cows and from Eastern sires OF the
highest breeding we do not hesitate I'm
saying that we have the finest lot of
the highest bred young bulls and heif-
ers In the state. We offer for sale.
singly or in car lots. COWS, heifers and
young bulls, and guarantee that our
quality OF stock. Address, Galbraith
d Beazer, Kaysville.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

ways willing 20 pay a slight premium
for seed produced In this state. But
we must bear in mind that Colorado
Kansas and Nebraska as well as Cali
f0rnia have become strong competitors
In recent years.
Utah produced and marketed this
year fifty cars Of seed at an average
price Of s cents per pound. being $1,000
per car, or $4,000 for the crop. II IS
safe TO estimate that $4,000 Worth OF
seed Is still carried by the dealers and
farmers. which will mostly be used for
home planting.
As TO the plant itself there IS no other
clover capable Of withstanding so much
dry weather and that win flourish and
keep green during such long and pro-
tracted drouths as the alfalfa. The
roots go down very deep in suitable soil
being from six to twenty feet II Is Of
superior value for hay and pasture as
II furnishes three or more cuttings
per year
Several months ago while ! was going
through western Nebraska where all
the crops were burnt up farmers could
be seen cutting their green fields OF
alfalfa. The contrast was not only
pleasing TO the eye. but must have been
a source Of great comfort 20 the farm
ers in that section TO know that their
only friend alfalfa, will stay by them
and produce a crop when everything
else falls / would not be eXaggerat-
ing II we said II makes the deserts Of
the western plains bloom as the rose.
That is on dry, barren sandy soils
where other plants will not 1--we; the
alfalfa sprouts sends It's roots deep after
moisture and nourishment and 10 and
behold, the barren waste has been re-
the sand has become rich and
able 20 yield bountlfully. Abundant A.
Illustrations are found on every sandy
soil where tried. Evidences Of the pro-
ntableness Of alfalfa on irrigated lands
in the semi-arid regions multiply from
year 10 year,
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very large, feeding on a root peculiar 10
the valley Of the Colorado river As
a rule they 90 in droves. and the hunt
ing OF them Is attended with much dam
ger, as they are Incredibly swift, with a
speed OF the fastest horse. They are
very powerful although they are long.
with lean limbs and heavy muscular
joints resembling the razor backs OF
the South.
Representatives OF meat packers IN
Kansas city and Chicago have been In
southwestern Arizona In the last two
weeks investigating the advisabllitv of
establishing there a large packing
house at the head Of the Gulf OF Mexico
where Wild pork viii be- prepared for the
market. Il Is believed that the SUNNY
VIII be large enough 20 keep a large
plant IN constant operation for several
years, al the same time Kidding The
country OF a pest and making room FOR
the establishment of a big Industry I'm
the raising OF the domestic hog in "a
locality peculiarly adapted for that pur.
Wild hog meat Is Of a peculiarly fine
haVor. that OF the younger pig being
considered superior 10 the pork of tbe
domestic article.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
POULTRY AND EGGS.

THE poultry and egg business Of
Utah constitutes a most import
ant industry, Notwithstanding the
fact that importations yet exceed ex-
portations-that is to say, poultry and
eggs have 10 be brought in In large
quantities, from outside points, TO sup
ply the local demand for good por-
ton Of the year. In other words, about
$4,000 win be paid in Utah for dressed
poultry, and $4,000 for eggs. imported
from Kansas. Illinois and Nebraska IN
1900 when the same might have been
produced at home had the citizens OF
the State engaged I'm the business, been
awake 10 the opportunities that were
before them.
From q dollars and cents standpoint
II Is very difficult 20 estimate the value
Of the poultry and egg business in
Utah, nevertheless 90 Is very great
and that the State Is not nov supplying
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and others, began buying the best cat
lie In this and adjoining States on this
basis, but they confined their opera
tions, luckily for them, 20 contracts
covering deliveries Of the male persua-
sion largely of the most desirable
quality and ages; and while they tied
up great many cattle, the volume Of
their transactions, except In the case
OF M. X. Parsons, fell far below that
or Former years. The cattle thus
bought for subsequent spring and sum
mer delivery were readily recontracted
TO ranchmen and feeders from 9TH
err localities, and to the former class.
perhaps. more generally this year than
Tor several previous years. The drain
upon the ranges OF Colorado, Wyom-
Ing, western Nebraska, Montana and
Dakota which the sharp advance In
prices had effected, made range men
from these States active competitors Of
the feeders for the younger kinds OF
last seasons steers, and the bulk Of
the latter were sold by our home peo-
pie 70 such buyers.
The prices asked. however. were SUI
nclently high 10 deter men from the
feed lots Of Kansas and Nebraska from
making extensive purchases and there
was an increasing dearth OF this kind
or Investors up TO the end OF
the year. Our spectators and
dealers succeeded IN closing out all
cattle brought under early contracts.
however and at prices profitable 10
them, but their operations became more
limited In volume as the season adj
vanced and brought disclosures indicat- |
Ing a lessening demand.
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SHEEP AND WOOL.
:. = :.
IT is not generally known, but

TT is not generally known, but
it is nevertheless an official
fact that Utah has, with a sim
Gle possible exception. a greater
number 0f sheep than any other
state IN the Union. or, 10 b. more
specific Utah men own a greater
number Of sheep than DO the cltl-
zens of any other state unless 10
be 90 the one instance referred To-.
That is zoo the case OF Montana
where immense docks, owned by
wealthy sheep kings and COM
panIes. roam the ranges And IT IS
by no means uncertain that Utah
dove not even outrank her great
wCo'-proilong noighbor on the
nora AN things considered.
In Nout1ua tue wool Industry
Us confined 100 the comparative
sense % but few meu-meu who
make special business Of IL. Here
not only does The man who makes
sheep raising 70 speciality engage In
lt hut hundreds of farmers ind a
lucrative side issue in 10 as well.
Few cities. towns ur settlements IN
liah there are indeed. where the
sheep grower is not represented.
and wherever Doc ls found his home.
ms farm his machinery implc-
ments, wagons carriages ana gem
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
LATER SHIPMENTS.

Summer and fan shipments 10 the
markets established the fact that val
ues were on the decline and the pro-
ceeds obtained from these By our pro-
ducing shippers finally came 10 be NJ
the close of the marketing season much
less satisfactory than similar sales had
yielded In 1899. The cause for the de-
cline We're yarIouslv attributed 10
me uncertainties which a presidential
contest makes Inevitable the reduced
yieid OF corn The drouth last summer.
winch forced the premature marketing
or cattle IN Kansas and Nebraska ana
curtaiIed stock water and pasturago.
ana 10 other dis.ouragIpg features of
the year which intensified the consar-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

A singular, or rather interesting.
fact relates 20 the industry IN Utah
-one that perhaps cannot be found
elsewhere; and that Is the largest
cattle men are the heaviest sheep
owners. This accounts for the alb
sence Of the difficulties that ordl-
narlly divide sheep and cattle men
In other States Years ago the cat
tie men, quick % perceive the trend
Of affalrs. gradually replaced. IN
part at least their cattle with
sheep The result Is a most happy
and profitable condition.
The outlook for sheep Is better
much better I'm Utah than n was
few months ago. Then the pros
poets We're gloomy by reason af the
long drouth, since broken. The re-
suit has been q decided stifeuing In
prices Flocks that We're offered
for sale at $3.50 per head are. In a
few cases, being quoted az s3 per
head. though the fact Is there are
mighty few offers az any price. The
chief point OF encouragement ls
tina; the badly burned winter
ranges have been transformed into
good pastures during the past few
weeks So all IN an the Industry
will probably break rs own record
here next year Said one OF the
best known sheep men OF the State
20 the News Figure as con-
servatlvely as I may, / cannot SEQ
less than 100000 IN sight in next
seasons wool clip alone"
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scented. won the prize over all com,
peutors at the late State fair, some o.
the animals being imported stock. lie
Is registered In the stock book as Ma
rvs Duke Of Excelsior l43O53." and
calVed october 9Th, 1898. The herd Of
which this fellow Is a member won q
ribbons five Of which are red. and
Messrs. White are indeed proud 10
have Utah product such as may be
seen at their stock yards.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
Short Horn-Marys Duke Of Excelsior l43Oss-white Som,

To attempt an enumeration Of the re-
sources OF Utah and omit the Short
Horn branch Of the stock interests
would be an injustice 10 that business
Among the most prominent breeders OF
thls popular strain is Messrs. White
ana sons, whose firm name has been
familiar for many years In the State
as STOCK importers and breeders. The
ANIMAL whose picture Is herewith pre-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

Beauty's Survivor, No B59ee, at Head OF Herd
S HIS MAGNIFICENT BULL Illustrated above been twice o.
Alk exhibition Utah state Fair. 1899 twice won 0r
yH prize as best Jersey Bull headed M
00 Riverside herd that the Gold Jersey Bun and
females This he Sweepstakes prize for Best u
any dairy breed Of Besides this tb
OF his get won each first prize Bull yearng b
under three You this Survivor ia m
leor ANIMAL his
the show " w Wv i'' 80 wei" as IN
m In his breeding he has so Of the Maron,
ldoer Of the renowned
SIX cows with an butter Of ounces in @
Her breeder the well week
Jersey that Wv ''-"'9'
Individually Survivor"
good Withers, On with tremendous
MP setting
desired by breeders Of dairy his
glove whilst his disposition nothing desired though b
years oil ' ''0Ue" he is
Young bulls by offered for sale Some
them
guaranteed by the pedgrees on application
b. H. HoLLINGWORTH' Box lSi
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
SHEEP BUSINESS.

The sheep business in Utah last
spring was the most inviting Industry
IN the state for investors and the
prospects Of making money in It were
go brightly cOlOred as 10 attract the
investment Of funds by people here at
nome who had never handled wool In
us raw state In their lives or turned
a. lamb towards a patch OF grass since
they were children. Wool buyers came
into the field here Just after the holl-
DAYS year ago and began contracting
clps az figures nockmasters hadn't
been able 20 realize before I'm years II
ever the result NJ which was that
many sales were made az figures run
ming as high as % cents per pound
These sales OF wool az fancy figures.
together with the increasing desire OF
our own people 20 get into the sheep
business, pushed the price OF ewes up
as hlgn as Sc q h.dlv before shearing
time came around, and AN other kinds
or the woolIy tribe were proportionate-
y advanced IN price. The figures
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and that now being stored, IL Is
estimated that the price for Utah
wool IN 1900 will average about 10
cents per pound The Utah wool
and sheep industry represents an
investment Of $4,000 0OO The num-
Der Of sheep owned In Utah and by
Utah men Is shown In the follow
Ing table:
Stock sheep ..,,...,.,.,.."5,VVO.VOO
Lamb crop, l909........... 500 600
Utah sheep IN Wyomlng-..l 100000
Utah sheep I'm IdahO..,.... 100000
Utah sheep In Colorado. 100000
Total ..................5.60O,ooo
The actual cash value, IN dollars
and cents, Of these sheep, the
necessary camp equipment that FOL
lows them and the ranches and
grazing land owned by the sheep
men, II rs carefully estimated. rep
resents an aggregate investment
Of so 600 600 Of dollars. an immense
sum, and one that means much 20
the people OF this city and State.
Minus the lamb crop Of S01. 900 head
and taking the stock sheep num-
bering 100000 head owned by ctl.
zens OF Utah. the wool crop az six
pounds per head la low ayerace)
yielded 2s.s00.00o pounds. which.
based on q sale value OF rs cents
per pound, brought $3.50. 900 10 the
State in 1900
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

.vIEWING the I've ttock
business o., the state f3r the
year now drawing 20 a. close
recalls the excellent promise
of high prices for al kinds of
animals. which the early
months of the year held
ont and ln thisrscol'action tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

With a Single Possi BILE Exception Utah Leads
All Other States - Has S2OOOOOOO i'm the
Industry The Year Has Been Unprece-
denuy Prospero
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JOHN McVICKER,
Assay Office,

No. $50 MAIN ST.. SALT LAKE CITY,
ores carefully assayed SAMPLES sent from
distance promptly attended 10 and no.
turns made the following day Charges
reasonable.
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sHEEPMEN CONFIDENT.

Our sheepmen are more confident OF
the future for their industry than they
have been IN many years, and as their
nocks have been transferred from
fairly JoOd summer ranges TO eXcep-
tionally fine winter ones In the pink OF
condition. they begin the new year with
about as comfortable a feeling as could
be desired.
]. c. LEARY.
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nctual history OF sales has been more
Or less OF q disappointment to our 1--we
stock people The failure Of values TO
maintain themselves according 90
promise. however has affected the
spectators among our people more
than our producers those buyers and
dealers whose yearly occupation has
been the heavy contracting Of sheep
and cattle 90 the expectation OF q rising
market throughout the year. and
continuously increasing demand for
Utah's animal output of this kind.
AT the close OF 1899 ana for several
months after the advent Of ITS sue
cessor. steer prices were relatively one
dollar per head higher on all ages than
buyers had been paying.
EARLY CONTRACTORS.
Our early contractors. Ike Parsons,
unite Saunders Dgguau tpumpfil
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THE OUTLOOK.

II seems probable now that sellers I'm
Utah viii not be able 20 contract their
product Of 1901 at prices better than
the average Of this year. and unless
The beef market stiffens sharply within
the next sixty days, the worst prices
OF 1900 are likely TO prevail
II viii not be inferred from this lat.
yer statement or from any which have
preceded II concerning the present or
immediately past ohishness' OF prices
that values are on a basis other than
prohtable 20 the Western producer
Cattle breeders for four or five wears
nave been making good money in this
range country, where the Increase
from their herds has been Of normal
range proportions. running anywhere
say from g. 10 so per cent Of the cows
IN thelr herds and while producers will
De forced 10 accept from now on until
spring. II they dispose OF their coming
yeaIlings early, a shading OF from 10
10 70 per cent Of last years values.
cattle raising In this State will still be
a very profitable calling.
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realization, but the receipts every
where have continued exceedingly lib
eral and the lack Of improvement is
charged to natural causes.
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EARLY CONTRACTORS.

Our early contractors. Ike Parsons,
White, Saunders. DOwnen, Coumeril
The Irish standard., 1900-03-03

Oct. 81, and that of Christmas, Dec. "a.
All Fridays are, of course, days of
abstinence.
The Pontifcal Indult, of which we
have spoken, exempts working peo-
pie" from abstinence on Vigils and En-
Der days, except when such Vigils and
Ember days fall on Friday; and on such
days the Indult also exempts from alb
stincnce, in the same conditions as for
the Lenten season, the members OF the
household OF the wage-earner
Pastors will make to their hocks in
the usual terms due announcements Of
approaching Ember days and Vigils-
adding to such, announcements a state
ment OF the privileges given by the
lndult to working people"
When doubt exists as to whether
ones condition or circumstances allow
exemption from the precept Of fast and
abstinence, counsel should be asked
from confessors or pastors who are the
authoritative interpreters of the law.
and who are even empowered in special
cases, for good and sufficient reasons,
indicated in Catholic theology, to COM
mute the precepts of fast and abstinence
to other penitential works.
In enjoining upon the faithful fast
and abstinence, Holy Church makes
practical application OF the evangelical
law OF self-denial, of which the Savior
and his apostles were, by example and
by word, such eminent teachers With
out self-denial there is no Christianity.
Indeed, without self-denal there is no
natural morality. The man who has
not acquired by habit the power Of self
restraint will not be victorious over sin.
amid the storms and temptations OF life
which all men must encounter.
The observance Of the fast and absti-
nence prescribed by the Church is taken
by the world as a public and fearless
profession Of Catholic faith. He, who,
without sufficient and obvious reasons,
eats meat or takes his usual meals when
abstinence or fast is enjoined, is not ac-
cepted as a practical Catholic.
Let Catholics have the courage of
self-denial for the sake of Christ and of
their own souls, and be on their guard
lest by their acts scandal be given, and
the fair name OF their religion be dis
honored.
During Lent pastors will hold at ap-
pointed times in their several churches
appropriate exercises OF devotion, and
will give to the faithful instructions of a
practical nature upon the articles OF the
creed, the commandments and the sac
raments.
The devotion OF the Way of the Cross
will be observed, when possible, in all
churches and chapcls, on the Friday
evenings throughout Lent.
JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop OF St. Paul.
ST. Paul, Feb 10, 1900.
The Irish standard., 1900-03-03
warnings Of Washington in his farewell

warnings OF Washington in his farewell
address?
And the same is specially true of Lin
coins birthday, for Lincoln's speeches
and writings come up in scores Of in
stances to condemn the administration
of the party that he led.
On the other hand Democrats and
other partisans opposed to present Re-
publican tendencies, have taken greater
interest than ever in both observances,
and looking up to the whole line OF
illustrious Americans who taught what
true Democracy stands for, Jefferson,
Jackson, Lincoln, all OF whom we hon
or under the leadership OF their worthy
successor, w. ]. Bryan.
How ridiculous this howl about Mac
runs opened letters, when this Pro-
British Republican administration has
this country all plastercd over with "V.
R." Up with ~. s." Down with
"V. r."
With the Populist convention at
Sioux Falls, and the Democratic at
Kansas City, the Northwest is strictly
in it.
1t looks as if Bryan and Caldwell
were not only already nominated, but
as good as elected.
Congressman Fletcher expresses fear
as to the peoples digestive apparatus.
The thing troubling the peoples diges-
ton most, just now, is the assimilation
OF Your Uncle Loren.
And speaking OF the Minnesota dele
CATION, it is standing by the trusts in
good shape, especially as to Porto
Rico. G.. S. C.