Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-16

4 !, much apprehension in TINS
r p 50 live stock losses thal nave
'veI ", IN Utah and surround,
go. S'a'i BY reason of the severity gt ol
~. sorm and cold wave me
'''"' - both cattle and sheep mas
Fns ', and herders themselves
l ln,'r nor5 times Of it and several
/ narovly escaped being i'0'S" =
/ roRN IN BIG DEMAND
4 ~. features Of the prevailing
" Weather nj is the demand for Me-
h, and Kansas corn IN Orusr -
~. n,e stock. one representative
v, " mad this morning stated lha'
/ y y, never been such heavy snap
4, n this product to Wyo'i'ns,
4 md Idaho points in the history OF
NV. TEXTURE is that corn that was
~. y'' and shipped IS days ago ana ana
81 o sSr the Union Pacific has not
n delivered. owing to the
eeeH .,,,,r,.ut and motive pow
N an m Wind. however that does
k'or somebody something good. Nv
so "" come s Of the jobbers have made
.a'' hundred on the corn through
4 i.g aelaved. Then, too, NUMBER
lrr s are electing to pay the ad-
WI WI "A cents per 700 pounds to nave
4 sblpments hauled round by the
IGnnde,
NUMEROUS BANK LOANS
E,hsr feature connected with the
k,,s5 heavy losses is the fact that
/. ~ tbe local banks hold consider
4 ,aoer recently signed by the wool
sp and stockmen II the losses
s5 he as heavy as some Of the fore-
1. indicate there may be a consider
| enrry IN financial circles over the
[sk for realizing on the notes held.
MORTALITY AMONG SHEEP.
k,p again the mortality among the
n win have the effect OF raising
|pncs Of wool to degree Incident to
FALLING of In the clip. Those sheep
4 MO have fed their tlbcks will ac-
bngly be in pocket over the loss OF
Il associates In any case 1t seems
i assured that wool will reach top
~ this season
|WHAT FLOCKMASTERS SAY.
adef . arrive at some idea Of the
|agt date by the prolonged stormy
colt weather a number OF live stock
we're seen by the News" this
hing One Of the first 70 be encoun-
y vas Jesse NJ. Smith, president of
|thh Woogrowers association, who
n company with j. $, Ostler, the
known sheepman from Nephl.
b course there are bound to be some
rs said Mr.. Smith but l generally
hat when the boys have any big
Is or are in trouble that they have
" yell coming As yet no very
FilIng complaints have reached me.
'here Is not too much snow on the
|ni the excessive cold will not hurt
b. At this point Mr. Ostler broke
fith, Il have not heard from my
+ for some time and | am afraid
/ your theory about no news being
\ news may be q case where the
'er are 80 discouraged by their
y that they have not the heart to
|fe heard from my herd Feb. 5,
b the boys said 1t was showing
u That was down southwest in
|yet county and am fully prepared
Ftsr Of heavy losses"
WHERE LOSS Is HEAVIEST.
y Smith was Of the opinion that
ldaho'and Wyoming flocks would
The worst sufferers. This was
pa 10 By Travelling Live Stock
m Yunt Of the Rock Island. He
4 that from an he could hear the
b that were well on the desert in
n were in first class shape with but
losses while in Idaho the loss
\ very heavy.
||no'her gentleman stated that he had
'Imallon from the Wood river dis
4 U Idaho TO the effect that the loss
\ run about 30 l-S per cent unless
were forthcoming at once.
REPORTS EXAGGERATED.
'snelal Live Stock Agent Ira c. Tut
~ me Oregon Short Line was found
70 The ranks OF the optlmists. II
~ ,ha' all these reports that have
Z nylng around are greatly exag-
pea he declared the loss viii not
a'aily as heavy az reports would
p oat We have plenty Of SO hay
ia we line ana there Is no need for
y, i'o !, dylng as reported. l have
% Of no great losses"
GOULD GIVE no FIGURES.
~ S, y II Graybill Of Nampa. the
sa'1 q preacher and emigration agent
w 'Is oregon short Line. who arrived
| |Is. LAKE this morning on his way
~ STATED that De had heard OF
= I'm. ~ idaho owing to the weather,
VAC give no definite figures. He
va, among those who had lost
az, y ms lls vicinity and Shoshcne were
I,l. ~ DNlhn ana Omsby Another
''''n slated that IN Utah, owing