Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-17

yours while YOU stay and as long as
you stay. At the slightest blest from
one of you the helping hand Will be
extended should one of YOU stray
from the fold Il will be our pleasure
to send detachment of life savers
armed with everything from brand
ing tag to a highball 10 bring you
safely home. If there be lambs among
YOU / want you to know that you
are a whole lot safer IN the CONNER
ciaI club than you would be in Wall
street; TO the rams let me say that
You are more than welcome 20 butt
Into anything that suits your fancy.
And you needn't be afraid OF getting
into o shearing pen unawares- If any
OF you feel that you ought to be dip
ped the dipping can be arranged for,
and the quarantine raised. In snort,
If You desire 10 gambol on the green.
we viii tell Chief Sheets TO take off
the lid and provide you with herders
and YOU will find wood, water ana
grass in abundance.
UNCLE JESSE's WOOL.
Among you ] recognize some old
frieuds and acQualntances who know
the bedding grounds as we'll as any
body and who can pilot you on new
trails TO your hearts content, There's
Uncle Jesse Smith, for instance. Uncle
Jesse always reminds me of the Uncle
Ned of the old song, He has no wool
on the top of his head. the place
where the wool ought 10 grow" But
Uncle jesse has wool enough on his
Sleeps backs to- make up for any per-
sonal deficiencies. He is here on his
own range and he may be depended
upon 10 see TO II that no cowman in
terriers with yopr feed Then there's
f.aN IA1z lta N1rtn -
ceed in pulling the wool over Our eyes
before you leave. because The needs
the money"
Seriously, ladies' and gentlemen. 1t Is
n pleasure to have you with us. for we
recognize the fact that your industry is
one that the country could not get
along without. In the days of old when
whom to do deeds of honor and chiYalry
they had n habit OF going out after
The golden fleece. Many gallant heart
was stiled forever in the quest, but
always there We're others TO 60 for
ward. / have thought that If those
courageous souls We're on earth today
they would have but little trouble in
finding the golden fleece. and they
wouldn't look for II in Wall street,
either
IAN of you have found 1t out here in
the west and in the other sections of
the country you represent. Your flocks
range, not upon a thousand hills. but
upon thousands upon thousands of
hills In the face of difficulties and
dangers Drawing the storms of winter
and the fierce heat of the summer sun,
YOU have kept patiently at your work
until you have built UP an industry that
challenges the admiration OF the nation
and adds hundreds Of millions of dol
lars annually to Its wealth.
''As ] said, it would be hard u get
along without you. The very coat l
have on. II my tailor informed me cor
rectly-came Off the sleeps back. The
genuine buck gloves that 1 sometimes
wear arc q product OF your herds, You
furnish w the mutton and the S-year-
old lamb chop Of commerce, you sup
ply the sweet girl graduate and her
male adorer with the diploma that
eventually finds It's way TO the bottom
of n trunk in the attic, you help us out
nightly on our candles And / have
heard that the music which many sup
pose Is drawn from the inner workings
of deceased feline. actually comes. In
most instances from the same section
of n departed sheep.
"Once more bid you welcome. There
is q black sheep IN every flock, they
say hut ] am sure this flock is an ex-
ctption, at least / hope they are only
FOR marking but white or black, you
me- more than welcome The CONNER
eial club IL yours. Make Il your sheep
wagon while you stay IN town. And we
want YOU to know that II anything
has been overlooked or forgotten you
viii hurt our feelings II you fail TO re-
mind us OF IT,