Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
ANNUAL MEETING
OF BEEKEEPERs.
Interesting and Valuable Discus
sion Held at Yesterdays
Sessions.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Association Approved Settlement Made
BY Smclter Companies for DAM
age Done by Smoke.

The annual meeting of the Utah State
Beekepers' association was held mt the
city and county building yesterday. A
large attendance Of members was pres
ent and some interesting and valuable
discussions were had. The election Ct
officers resulted az follows: President.
II. 5. Lovesy; first vice president Il. T.
Rhees; second vice president, Wilfori
Belliston; secretary, A. lawson; assist
ant secretary, James Nielsen.
The association approved the settle
ment made with three of the Salt Lake
valley smelters for injuries caused to
the bee industry by the smelter smoke
The companies involved are the United
states Smelling company, the Bingham
Consolidated Mining q Smelling COM
pany and the Utah Consolidated Min
Ing company. The amount paid by tae
three companies Is $1,000. A protest
was adopted against the construction
or shelters in Weber and Boxelder
counties on account of the great dam
age to the bee industry.
An interesting and instructive ad-
dress was delivered by Prof. r.. d.
Ball of the Agricultural college. His
Industry to Horticulture"
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
President Lovesy read his annual adj
dress which follows In part:
I'VE have received several letters
lately reporting iattering prospects
owing 10 The Unprecedented amount of
snow and rain, thus furnishing an I'M
usual supply OF water for irrigatins.
f..I,
good honey flow as well as for 9TH
er crops. Some OF our beekeepers who
were successful last year, and IN view
of the bright prospects for this sea
son, are buying more bees and we hope
they Will not be disappointed. But
here In Salt Lake county the bee in
dustry Is thing of the past, While
II Was at one time consid cred the
banner county. having over 10000 coll
oniss, and many Of our heekepers
made large profits, since the advent
OF the smelters. instead OF profits it
has all been losses and many OF the bee
keepers, having done so well with
their bees, when they began to die off
bought more, hoping to again retrieve
their losses.
MANY thousands OF colonies were
bought, but they died even faster than
MES are left In the entire county. The
few left are located In or near the
mountains on either side OF the val
ley. But we are pleased to note that
satisfactory arrangements have been
made for friendly settlement between
the beekeepers and the shelters. and
while II Is far below the actual loss IL
is as good as the beekeepers could rea-
sonably expect. While dealings with
the smeter people have been tedious
they have been agreeable and pleas
ant There Is one thing that should be
considered in regard to reaching
friendly settlement with the smelter-
people by arbitration, and that Is that
when they commenced to build the
smeters In the center of the valley no
objection was raised as no trouble was
anticipated.
PROTEST AGAINST SHELTERS.
But now things are different. and
knowing that TO build smelters near
the agricultural or horticultural cen
tiers Of the state will be destructive 10
animal and vegetable life, and more
especially destructive TO the bee in
dustry for several miles about, we view
with alarm the report that smelter
is going to be built IN Weber county
uiii'i iih' ''iluiii'iiS 90 htiF iutiillpt"
ed, and as II is the duty OF this associ-
alton to try to protect the members
in their rights as far as possible, why
should not this convention pass a res
olution protesting against the erection
of said smelter as proposed?
we note that while the bee indus
try has been destroyed In Salt Lake
county. it has been growing In other
parts of the state In Weber county
90 years ago one beekeeper started with
very few colonies and he went into
winter quarters last fall with over 1900.
Now we ask II this man has no
rights, In common with the rest OF
the beekeepers IN Weber county, that
should be protected"
A resolution was passed IN accord
ance with this recommendation Of the
president and a committee was ap-
pointed to protest 10 the authorities
against permitting the proposed We
Der and Boxelder shelters to be bulk.