The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-11

In the course of day with lot of
woolgrowers, one cannot avoid absorbing
tried which one doesn't. for the talk of
| n sheepman has refreshing originality
about II that Is not 10 be found else
where. They are great fellows to talk
shop, these shecpmen. When they are
not telling about how the industry is
getting the worst OF II from the forest
service, they are talking about the way
best TO get their wool on the market,
AT the convention Monday, one promi-
nent grower who lives in Salt Lake made
perhaps not man in Utah, be he. sheep
man or otherwise. but would rejoice,
This suggestion Is nothing more nor
less than the possibility of the presenta-
tion Of the name OF Utah man for the
office of chief forester.
''of all the good men | know OF In the
west said this sheepman. II believe
that DR.. John A. Widtsoe of the Agricul-
tural college would All the bill to a nicely.
Dr. Widtsoe Is a forester equal to any
man living. not excepting Clifford Pinchot
He understands stock conditions and
agricultural conditions, He is clear
headed thinker, and he can be strict II
| necessity arises for II. l do not know
OF any man who. in all the west-or east
either, for that matter-who would fill
the office Of chief forester more satisfac-
torily than Dr. Widtsoe. ! am sure that
everybody In the west would rejoice in
his appointment and that he would give
would be fair"
This expression. coming as ii does on
the heels OF the resolution introduced In
the national convention and passed by
that body, Is significant When the an
nouncement was made in Ogden that
Clifford Pinchot had been removed. the
Utah delegation was first to bat with a
resolution calling upon the president TO
appoint as chief forester a practical
western man.
1t is known that A. F. Potter who is
faf hnll Ia
! temporarily. does not want the place
permanently: he prefers 10 be assistant
his old office. Mr.. Potter was sheep
| man, and he knows what the shecpman
wants and needs. He understands the
conditions in the west thoroughly and
| believes he can render the bureau and
| the people better service by remaining In
! the office OF assistant.
THE greatest loss TO the sheep indus.
try" says President p; II. Callister OF
coyote. The loss caused by the depreda-
| tions Of these animals is greater by far
than the loss resulting from bears, noun
tain. lions, disease and all other causes
combined. The coyote is bad medicine.
The only way TO get rid OF the coyote
Is TO XIII him; You can't scare him
away He's the cunninSest cuss that
ever walked on four legs. The way TO
kill him is to poison him. That can be
done successfully and l know Of no other
| method OF determination that comes so
close. The trouble is that the shcepmen
Will not get together on this. We have
cleared our ranch OF coyotes twice or
! three times. but as soon We let up
! they migrate from other ranges | say
! that II all the shecpmen got together and
poisoned their ranges the coyotes days
would be numbered"
| The bounty laws have operated with
good deal of satisfaction. say the
sheepmen, but they arc inadequate TO
| bring about the determination of the
pest. For one thing. the bounty laws
! arc not uniform. and claims may be coll
! lcctcd in one state-usually Ttah-for
animals killed in another; furthe rmore.
! hountics may be collected on the same
| animal In two states. as the requirements
| OF evidence with reference to scalps and
skins are different
| Fences do much. no doubt say the
| sheepmen. 10 keep the coyotes from the
| herds. but they are not sufficient to serve
the desired purpose entirely. One ilOck
| master built wire fence with a
harhed wire on top and two on the bot
tom, with net wire fencing between. but
| the coyote burrowed into the ground.
under the fence. and got at the aocks
| in that way. When a coyote gets hun
gry. the sheepmen say there is no keep
| ing him from sheep unless YOU Kill
| him first.
| The way 10 make poison on the range
effective Is TO drag a carcass along the
ground and at intervals drop "a bait Of
! liver containing strychnine. This should
| be done when the sheep have just left
/ the ranges and just before they return
| or are returning. Then the coyote is
| hungry and he Will readily snap up the
| bait
! This method has been proved effica-