The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29

ana TIE prices OF WOOL anu mutton nave
! been exceedingly high. There have
have been large profits made in sheep.
! The same is true of cattle but not 20
so marked a degree. Cattle are better
cared for now than formerly they 90
! not run the ranges as before, but arc
rounded up, sheltered and fed in the
| worst weather. The breed OF cattle IN
Utah is being greatly improved: there
is steady demand for beef and young
cattle in southern California since the
/ opening of the Clark road. In fact it
is no longer necessary TO ship feeders
| to Chicago and other eastern points,
| because IL is more profitable TO feed
/ the animals at home and sell them
when fat. 1t is regarded as an abso-
/ lutte certainty that when the local
packing plant is in operation fat cat
tie raising viii be found to be more
/ profitable even than ii If at the pres
ent time. This is true of hogs as ven
as of cattle. 1t lis predicted that the
| time is not far distant when every
I farm viii have a small herd Of hogs to
/ be fattened 'and shipped to the local
packing houses. The value of the
sheep, cattle, horses and hogs in the
state is conservauvely estimate ted at
$2500o,0OO for 1907.
Railroads Busy During the Year.
Railroad building cut an important
/ figure in the activities of the state dur
| ing the year The destiny of the state
/ hangs so largely upon the opening up
/ of its resources through better trans
/ portation facilities that every man in
/ terested in the future of the state is
watching with keen interest the con-
/ struction of railroads. The Western
| Pacific still holds the center of the
stage in this connection. Great prog
I ress was made in the construction of
| that road, and the days are counted
now until it opens a great empire now
( lying dormant to the west of this city
/ The Oregon Short Line work i'm its
/ yards in this city and the improve
ments Il is making throughout its en-
/ tire system gives an idea of the growth
/ OF It's business and its prospects for the
future in this territory This is equal
ly true of the Rio Grande, which will
/ spring into prominence as an integral
part of the Gould transcontinental sys-
tenn with the completion of the West
ern Pacific. The building of the SKY
line into Upper Bingham Tor the
transportation of ore, was one of the
big local achievements of the year
More important than all, however, con-
sidering its bearing on the future of
this community, is the great work done
by Senator W.. A. Clark in extending
his branch lines to Goldfield, TOnopah,
Phoebe and other great mining districts
iE Nevada. This work was not done
| in Utah, it is true, but the territory
opened is 50 contiguous to Salt Lake
| City, and the two states are 50 closely
linked in a business way that this
We DIRK on the Salt Lake Route cannot be
ignored in this summary. Upward of
81, 100000 was expended during the year
ON these Neya&l extensions.
Many Newcomers in Utah.
There has been a heavy increase in
the population of the state during the
year. Many thousand enterprising men
and women, attracted by the fine eli
mate, the rich soil the wonderful min
eral wealth the good business open
ingS in the cities and towns, f1ocked to
the state from all sides. AS a rule,
these are a most desirable class of citi-
zens. They are here to make their
homes i'm the state, to do their full
share in the development of the re-
sources of the state, and they come
bringing new ideas and energy that will
prove valuable asset to the state in
time.
The federal government has pushed
work on the Strawberry irrigation
project during the year, and soon the
residents i'm Utah county expect to de-
rive great benefits from that enterprise
Private irTigadng enterprises have been
prosecuted in various parts of the state
with the result that the total acrea ge
of tillable land has been greatly in
creased, and VIII be increased to a still
greater extent in the near future as
settlers become satisfied of the OppOr-
tunities presented on these lands. In
addition to all this. the Agricultural
college and the state board OF land
commissioners are experimenting with
artesian wells and dry farming in a
way to bring great wealth to the state
IN time.
What. Education Is Doinu,