Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-06
Especial to The Ncws)

and already the strangers within the
gates are feeling at home and taking
advantage of the many opportunities
offered on every hand for their en-
tcrtainment. Headquarters have been
established In the Reed hotel and
that popular inn is crowded to Its
limit with the men who furnish the
wool for the outer comfort of the
people and the mutton for their
gustatorial delight.
Owing TO delays on the railroads.
many delegates and officers of the as
ISOLATION have failed to arrive on
schedule. Owing to this the opening
of the convention postponed from
10 o'clock this morning TO
2 O'Clock this afternoon. session
of the convention was held this morn
Ing at 10 o'clock I'm the Grand Opera
house with President Gooding In the
chair. The president simply announced
the delay in the arrival of many I'M
portant officers and the necessity Oh
postponing the session until this after
noon The vote of the convention
upon this point was unanimous
FINE AND FAT SHEEP.
The adjournment until this afternoon
gave the delegates an opportunity to
visit The fat and fine sheep show, In the
skating rink In Grant avenue, between
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
streets This show Is declared to be
the most successful I'm the history OF
the annual displays of blooded sheep.
There arc 200 sheep in the exhibit and
many OF them arc champions The
pick of the finest nocks in the land are
shown Among the exhibitors are the
following. a j. Knollln. Soda Springs.
Ida; Wood Livestock company. Spen-
Ger, Ida: Butterf1eld Livestock COM
pany Weiser. Ida F. w. Harding,
Waukesha. Wis; ]. r. Allen & Bros,
Draper; A w. Allen & Bros. Draper;
w. D. Candland, Mt. Pleasant George
McKerrow G. Sons. Pewaukee. Wis;
Watt & Layton Sheep company. Lay
ton; j. H Scely. Mt Pleasant. F. S.
King e Bros. Laramie. Wyo., Peter r.
Kcll G Sons. Steeswater. Ontario. Can
ada; A. A. Wood & Sons. Saline,
Mich; william Cooper G Ncphews.
Chicago; Tony Nelson. Draper; S. w.
Patrick. Illderton, Ont. Can, r. S.
Robson, Illderton, Ont, Can; C. w
Brown. Parker. Ida. M A Smith. He
Der City, and the government expert
mental flock from the University of
Wyoming. a flock consisting of II
breeds. the rarest in the world and
comprising so head in all This last
named flock Is one that is attracting
a great deal of attention among the
nockmasters- Prizes are offered for
all breeds. ranging from s. to $50 in
addition to ribbons, diplomas and spe-
cial prizes. The association is also
offering two prize cups valued at $50
each. Prizes Will also be offered for
the best sheep dogs shown at the ex-
hiblt. There are prizes for Scotch
collies. Highland Bearded Scotch shep-
herds and the best trained sheep dogs.
Judging began, at 0 o'clock this morn
Ing and will continue for some time
the judges expecting to complete all
awards before tomorrow.
FOR RANGE REGULATION
Among those who are here for the
convention is President Gooding of the |
association. He is quite optimistic and
comes 10 the convention with strong
views upon the subject of range regula-
tion He declares that n determined |
effort will be made to accomplish |
chango in the methods of the admins |
tration OF the forest ranges for grazing |
privileges. The association will en- |
deavor to secure a reduction In the |
charges made for grazing.
a j. knollin declares that western |
sneepowners viii have to adopt a new
policy IN the winter months. "If they |
would ship their sheep to market in the |
cast instead of letting them staryc and |
perish from cold on the ranges the |
problem would be solved The market |
for muttons Is good now and II. in |
stead of figuring entirely on their wool |
clips they would send the sheep to the |
enstern markets. they would find In the |
end that the new plan would have been |
more profitable"
IL is not certain that Clifford Pinchot |
VII be here, though he Is expected II |
nc comes IL Is assured that he will |
answer the criticism of his admlnistrn-
Ion OF the forests. That he will be |
severely attacked seems certain.
Strong resolutions are going to he
presented TO the convention and that |
hey will be adopted is unouestioned
They will attack the forest policy, de-
slare for the maintenance of present
arm rates on wool and wool products
IND another Will again attack the for
'stry administration In regard to the
'ale OF timber from the ranges The
'heepmen believe that too much timber
s being sold. and that as the result
ne ranges are left without their agency
n the conservation of moisture, pro-
lucing plentiful and necessary growth
IL grass and other food for the hocks.
SUFFERING EXAGGERATED.
p. w. Johnson, largo sheepowner
II Blackfoot, Ida. says that the re-
'orts of suffering among the flocks are
exaggerated. The cold weather Is hay-
ng its bad effects. he says but at the
iame time there are no such losses as
lave been reported
Peter Olson of Cokcville, Wyo.. SAWS
hat the Wyoming nocks Will pass
through the winter In good shane The
expense OF feeding the fiocks Is great
lie says, and is attended with difficult
les, but even at that the reports OF
suffering have been overdrawn. he saws
The program for this afternoons ses-
sion of the convention Includes an ad
iress of welcome from Gov. Spry. an
ADDRESS by President Gooding of the
National association and nn address
rom A. j. Knollin. western vice presi-
lent
The Omaha delegation. accompanied
by the delegates from Illinois, arrived
lere this morning six hours late. ] a
Oeltelder. western vice president of the
association, who is on the program for
his afternoon. is not expected to ar
i've in time to deliver his address. He
las been among those delayed by the
abroad tie-ups. and may not arrive
It all. Among the other delegations
lelayed by the storms are those from
Oregon. Idaho. Nevada
md California. All OF these are expect
ID to get In today.
CONVENTION PROGRAM.
The program for the convention scs-
ions Is as follows:
THURSDAY. AT P. NJ
Music. Ogden concert band.
Invocation. Rev. VIM. w. Fleetwood,
ogden.
Address of welcome Hon William