The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-14
Stories and Gossip of Delegates
and Visitors.

The delegation from New Mexico.
headed Jy Solomon Luna from Los
Lunas Is "a unit in the fight against the
leasing proposition. Mr.. Luna, Harry
". Kelly OF Las Vegas and W. $
Prayer of Roswell, comprise the sheep
sanitary board Of that state. Accom-
panied by Harry F. Lee. who is secre-
tary for the board. of Albuquerque, and
Tom White. the man with the small
feet and a big cattle-Owuer Of Roswell,
they established headquarters al the
Enutzford yesterday Being sheepmen,
they quite naturally oppose the leasing
cf public lands for the same reason as
their fellows. namely. that they cannot
afford 60 pay the Ia that must follow
the leasing of these lands
we believe thai we are getting along
frsJ-raLe as matters now stand cE-
planned Nr. Luna and we are in the
fight % stay. With Se0at tor Carey 10
lead the discussion on our side, we have
every reason to believe that the victory
viii Doe ours, although the cattle inter
-Sts VIII predominant in the conVen-
t.-n.'
The delegation from Mexico-OId
1IeNico-cunsists of Joheau JacsOn. he
takes no part in the convention, but haV-
irG ar interest in livestock, he could
not resist the temptation %. being on
the scene. Therefore, Mr. JaCSon mad
his trunk put away In the knutstoTd
yesterday. He viii await with interest
the meeting of she executive committee
today. which will consider the adVissl-
biIity of amending the bylaws 10 let
Canada and Mexico into the national
association
To A. o.. Dawson. correspondent OF
The Dallas News and Galveston News
Of Texas. belongs the distinction OF
being the first outside newspaper man
on the Scere. Nr. Dawson. who ~
genial and al around good fellow. ar
rived yesterday morning early ana De
fore uiEhttaU had managed to send out
a few thousand words to his papers.
"Tm looking foh Mistah Mahtin p
MulVey- sun" said AiT. Dawson Win
an accent from Texas. the senuinity oi
which could not Ee doubted. Il was told
that ne runs foah saloons, and while
am strictly ON the Watah-wagon. pun
suualIy. I want ip patronlZe ms eStdo-
IiShments So fan as this crowd can dc-
c1mmudate me. sub.
AF-- Dawson found AIr. Mulvey. and
il developed that between them lhtS
knew every man. woman and chic IN
Texas. and every time they found
mutual aceuaintance there was some
thing doing
Ar. Dawson has been ordered 10 write
a story on the cleanliness of salt Lake-
-T should like very much To do 80. ne
said. stepping in the middle of puddle
If mud but I'm Id If I evan anticI-
mated things Uuh So different IN ZION
CavantneI-ss- il is "a beautiful city,
sub.
Colonel John Sparks of Nevada grew
ra17iniSccu. yesterday when confronted
i,v q bunch or delegates to former con
veurI1us. and he Embossed story, %
--.fs effect Euur years ago, at Den
,-arr when the National association was
f,--7 things seemed 20 be extremely
fuH and the delegates put III suuu
deal OF the Iiue looking for meleAl'eS
and amusement yol'heL Si.-ii - y, q
.-rr5-a r4rciblE struck with certain
--r-,-zz-.- hat. "a SumbTero with WnlsheIs-
,-i-1 a crown about fifteen inches Aish-
and S., odd in appearance SeneidilE
---- % would attract attention on
Fff4..-1,- pTafsance. he walked INTO
T--,fsr e'sthiug house the only pldt-
F. Gown -.hera the novelty was 10 ne
.- - and suDroachsd the dealer
How many of those mats nave S9U'
Ne haf eefsraI." was the reply Vat
5- vuIlr size is H.
-.~ever mind the size How many
have son got-
-.sIav}a dey vas many tozens' L
-ress" replied the Jew. sizing up d
-,9lL- mat reached from the floor To
the ceiling.
-.vveT. send the whole lot around to
INV hotel said the colonel ana I~J
lle have the bill
FIabbergasted and demoFallzed- lHe
,.,-tl-iar rgked down the goods and an
r,--l- ra-ar- they were at Colonel Sparks
ro.r- I'm 1865 these hats We're Worta
-rab7bTv SO apiece. This was eNplana-
4irr enough of the Jews astonlshmenI-
colonel Sparks had the hats counted
and There were Just ll3 of them at S9.s4
-srr 4e footed the bin and was busy
next day dlstfl14liuE wy 49,
amcng his friends Many OF Inc oele-
Gates now in the city have their mats
Vet. some are wearing them
An Tuuan OF -.UcE Springs IS one
of the noted characters IN attendance
at the convention. His chief claim 10
distinction besides the fact that he Is
one of the vyeaIthiest stock owners of
the northwest. lies in his being an old
from Iersman. AR LUm&n used 20 fight
indians with the same yig7r that NJ
now trades i'm cattle and sheep. and
there is n question in his mind as 10
which occupation he likes best. orig
fnqUv. Mr.. Lumau was from Virginia.
he is -z.companieG by his family 10
salt Lake
William HauIey of Burns Ore, is
perhaps the richest stOckmau in that
state. Re bears a pleasing reseD blance
ta W J. Bryan. but 90 tell him SO might
be as much as a mans life is worth.
Mr. Hanlcy's wool interests being rath-
ar extensive.
"Tt is going 90 be a great big conven-
ton remarked Mr.. Hanley. who is at
the Eauiteu. and I believe SaIt Lake Is
doing eraudly ia preparing for the re-