Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13
Eastern Sheep Buyer Gives
His Impressions of Utah

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there. Ike promised land, lies Straw
berry Valley Away in the distance
are verdant meadow lands, white
canvas wagon telling OF q sheep
ers camp. We pass by herd OF sheep.
| "drys' they call them. near a few head
OF cattle, and far away In the distance.
AZ the mouth OF n canon from which
| Trout Greek cmerEes. Is white dot.
| II ~ the camp We must make for sup
per The sun goes down. the air grows
COOL the horses know where they Gre
going ana just as the short twilight
grows into darkness. we make the
| camp, romantic place amid a grove
Of quaking aspens while from the hill
side opposite gushes out a spring as n
! Some Moses had struck the rock The
| horses are uuhltched. the beds unload
ed and soon the smoke is curling up
| ward from the stove In the sheep
| wagon and there ~ n savory smell Of
| mutton outlets and other edibes Dark
ness fails, the sheep come down the Hill
| ana rest by the salt trough In the
| wagon supper is set forth and we fall 10
| with genuine interest As We smoke
our cigar afterwards a great red moon
| comes over the shoulder Of q hin u
| lights up the scene. playing hide-and-
seek among the leaves, and sails majes-
| tically across the peaceful valley And
then 20 bed Johnston and ! getting
the place 0f honor. a good spring
mattress with clean sheets inside OF the
wagon. on thoughtful Mormons. to
provide such a bower Of bliss,
The grey dawn comes. There is
tlnkling bell outside and the faint muir
muir ~ rushing waters the same mu-
sic as the night before As we step
out OF the wagon there is freshness
about the air. a lot Of ozone there, and
you feel as n the world owed YOU
nothing. The moon is gone. the twink
n =
mountain top Is silVery CLEAN, down
on meadow land is a bank Of mist a
sort covering ~ gray blending grad
ually into an ocean OF green one By
one the sheep begin 10 rise stretch
themselves. their great pensive eyes
watching your movements Slowly the
sunlight comes down the mountains side
ana over the shoulder OF the same hill
the moon had come the night previous
the great orb Of day appea red You
turn your eyes down the valley, the
mist has gone and the leaders OF the
herd are stringing out along the noun
tain side soft, cool breeze plays
among the pine trees. touches the
shlmmertng aspens Round the camp Il
Is all action. Mr.. Broadbent counts the
mock as they string away up the noun
tam side James Clyde is after his
horses that have strayed. though hob |
Died the night before Moroni Smith |
mas the same task. but he goes on horse |
nack' inside the wagon fire has been |
lighted aud there is savory odor from |
mutton chops and bacon in n skillet /
Last night we ate by lampight in the |
wagon. but this morning breakfast IL |
Iaid on n tarpauln outside When IL |
was ready nobody made any excuses /
OUT went AT IL with an appetite born OF |
mountain air and healthy exercise.
Then we hitched our horses 10 the
wagons, bid young Murdoch and the |
sheep-herde good-by. and, doubling
back on our tracks through the Straw
perry Valley. took another canyon rond
Tor Heoer l rode with Jim clyde I'm
nus buggy during the long pull 10 the
summit ana got much information
i inese people understand the sheep bus
mess They have gotten there BY hard
knocks and through a school OF expert
ence They have found that over.
stocking was the evil they had 10 CON
tend with In early days round the
Heber valley, 1t was a go-as- you please
proposition. but the purchase OF land
a am, tne FOREST reserve rights have set
costly TO own land. They paw from
10 10 cents per head for grazing on the
reserves, but every man knows his
carrying capacity, and IL he errs II is
ms own plane. In addition to their
possessions In sheep, Landing grounds
fnHnN ]
nocAmasters have fine farms in rho
NaHey. Mr.. Clyde with the future in
WV mas beautiful farm: in fact. he
may nave several, but the one we refer
20 hes on the outskirts of Heber. Here
ne can raise the finest kind OF crops
,i,. uhe the old scotchman used TO
i've near in the Merse of Bery-icksbtro
he sells everything and buvs nothino
ne raises his own bucks, his horses
hoss' anu he can winter quite a aock
OF sheep on those valley lands even 10
me snow lies deep in mid-wlnter II
we Monat road ever comes through 10 !
: uaWoerry and Heber valleys the |
i not h'lsstsrs VIII have picnic in the
way or shipping for they win nracti |
lalIy rise on the background ana shtn
In the forenoon 'P
CIyde Is one OF the interesting voung
nen you meet on the frontier. I doubt
pre- Is an Indifferent Mormon. but he
,.1,s.s up tof such deficiencies by ex-
''lnhg as business man You pathcr
many garland from his quaint cor
'eisation ana the morning nassss
lIeaSantly although the road liz rough
y i long climb under biisterinr snn
'h "a Nheh We reach the summit we are
iooVe me snow Hne. Backward "a
'tfaWberfy forward Heber valley ard
~ around the Wasatch mountains,
gorgeous panorama lies at vour fa,t
'Hu'ed ny lotty peaks and grassy hUls
t''''iA7'il iiuu Win endless gfr.ap |
% water the thirsty ground we IA
ied there for while feasting on the
l'W ana then began the descent I, J
Vas fast ride over great boulders and !
9chs INTO chuck holes across mn Z
,,.ns brooks, anon pleasant piece of I
MEADOW land. through shady lanes ~ J.
lUtklng aspen. Lastly, and welcor,c I
n mick grove was sheep-herder,, ,
amp Win the usual wagon ana "a tent 5
20. oE lhat was parlor and dining
poin' Inc herder had killed a lapb
nc evening before In authorization ~, [
'ur visit. hut looking out In tbe norpi 4
hs ne sped grizzly bear lust dnisb. Q
ns me dainty morsel Intended for ms =
% ne had TO XII another and a rare 1
me IL was--juicy and fat. Those lambs q
y 'Hue - u a. good as the specimen &
We sampled, viii tell tale I'm Kensss I
NY As We drove away from the cann I
'c went through "a flock Of ewes ana [
AUTOS. Ihoy were shaded away" as a
lty express II IN that region. They {
we're wing under aspens ana brush :
fass galore around them.
~ the evening we had a meeting