The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-23
In Hotel Corridors

The livestock raisers Of Utah" said
y. Downen. prominent stockman OF
Colorado and Utah, at the Kenyon, ''ars
far and away behind the times. Nearly
all the hogs raised in Utah are bought
MP by dealers from other States and fat
tened. This ought not TO be. Utah
farmers can raise grain peas and all
other kinds of feed Just as cheaply and
In as great profusion as In any OF the
surrounding States.
The farmers are not altogether to
blame for this. Utah has never had in
salt Lake home market that they
could rely upon. They have had to sell
before fattening. or fattening age; or
fatten them and sell them nine times
out OF ten TO dealers for foreign markets.
This is all wrong. 1t is an unfortunate
condition which ought TO be rectifed,
There is no reason why Salt Lake should
not furnish all the beef, mutton and pork
not only consumed here, but in the ad-
Joining States. The farmers should he
encouraged TO feed and fatten their own
stock and there Should be as good a
market here as in Denver, Kansas City
or Omaha, and their stock should bring
Just as much In Salt Lake as In those
markets-minus the freight charges from
would not be so much meat shipped here
from the East. Let me tell you: In
1906 one packlnghouse alone in Denver
shipped to Salt Lake over 100 carloads
OF fresh meats. II that is business, 1t
Is business for Denver at Salt Lakes
expense.
Beef. mutton and pork can be raised
as economically In Utah as In any State
in the Union, and the fact that they
permit other States TO do the fat!eninc
process and thereby reap about all the
profit there is In stock raising is
demonstration of shortsighted business
sense which is inexcusable. I have been
in the stock business in Colorado and
Utah for the last 20 years, and l think
Know whereof . speak.
F., w Gates and wife OF Chestnut Hill.
Mass. parents Of Louis Gates. manager
Of the Boston Consolidated mine at
arc guests OF the Knutsford. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gates are here a visit to their
son. and while here will take In the In
teresting points of Salt Lake and Will
also VISIT the mines at Bingham. In the
Gates party are also C. r, Johnson, Jr.,
and Harry II. Walker of Boston.
David Evans OF Los Angeles is a guest
OF the Wilson, Mr. Evans is heavily in
teTested in mining in this State. He has
large holdings in Eureka. and some In
~ on the March excursion. In speaking
OF his trip Mr. Evans said that Beaver
county was new field to him, but that
he liked the mining outlook there very
much IT appealed TO him as being an
inviting field.
Ira d Wines. one of the solid and we'll
to-do rauchcrs and stockralsers OF Ruby
Valley, Elko county, New, is In the CITY
and is stopping at the Wilson Mr.
Wines has the distinction Of being a
prominent citizen of Nevada and during
all the .yars. which have been many. Of
his residence there has eschewed min
ing. His life has been devoted to live
stock business and he says he has no
sued Mr.. Wines says: 'Elko county
this year Will be filed with prospectors
as never before. The woods are fun
OF them already. Some good mines are
being Dnpr1tp1 in E-breppnI
about which there has been little said in
the papers. The mines that are being
developed are giving good account OF
themselves. and the ore in some OF them
is very rich, | look for Edgewood 10
be an active camp this summer There
are also some good copper mines being
rora. OF course you know, is one of the
noted camps of the State. and In early
DAYS was great producer OF rich ore
Mining is going to be prosecuted on a
Tor some years past, An Eastern com
pany has recently acquired large holdings
and the purpose is to work the proper
ties for all they are worth.
What kind OF winter have we badp
An unusually fine winter for stock Cat J
tie and horses have done remarkably |
mild and the stock are coming out fine
We didn't have SO very much snow. ana |
the thermometer only dropped 10 zero |
once. That was in the early part of ne
cember. Eko is very large COUNTY and
about the richest in the State. Everv |
body is doing well and many are making |
money. A few more mining camps and |
Elko Will be desirable place for tbe |
money maker for years 10 come
George II. Sharp and Frank p Su)U- |
van OF Boston. wool buyers arrived In |
Salt Lake sunday. Their headuuartcrs
are At the knutsford. They will no in |
the city for some time and are prepared |
10 buy all the wool possible. The wool |
buying business has not yet fairly oponed |
but will be the latter part of next week
number OF Eastern buyers are said 70
be headed this way. ~
T. n. Fitzgerald. who is guest OF tho
w llson: is having shipped 10 Abraham
IN Millard county a steam plow tho
engine for which. a f0-horsepower gaso-
llno engine, is on the road thlther Mr.