The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-22
WITH THE LIVE STOCKMEN
or THIS SECTION OBJ UTAH

Wallace a. I.owrcy Of Price will be-
gin shearing at Mounds about April
10Th. Most all Eastern Utah flock
masters are To put their herds through
there.
An item was published last week
To- the effect that eve owned 10y
George r. Smith of Rcdcap gave birth
to four lambs. David Smith Of Salt
Lake city has been In the sheep bust
ness for n long time and he has heard
Of but one other instance OF the kind
Many years ago when he was running
sheep In the strawberry Valley one ~
his ewes gave birth Co four lambs
The Dry Gulch Cattle Growers as
sociation met at Roosevelt few days
ago. Tho time for the annual meet
ing was changed from the second sat
urday In March To- the second satur-
day In February. Tho new Officers
are -. w. Marchant. president; s. A..
Russell. first vice president: J. e. An
gus. second vice president: ~. g. viii
son, third vice president, and V. y.
Lubhn. secretary.
4. %. Hnlst0n. the manager Of the
Utah Eastern company. was In Moab
from Thompsons ingt week. Tie states
that the company u now making
preparations for shcaring and Con-
tractor Alfred n. Wright II rcmod-
cling the shcaring plant and putting
u In good condition. Tho Improve
mont work will be completed within
u few weeks and the plant will have
fifteen or eighteen machines.
Charles ~. Larsen ~ Denver. colo.
was IN San Juan county last week
whore he contracted for q large num-
her 1T steers. Tho prices Co be- paid
will be forty.flvc dollars for year
iinRr. fny-riN dollars Tor two-ycnr-
olds aud siNty-seyon dollars for thrccs.
Practically al of the Handing aud
Hlun cntticm-n sold - Larsen. aud
the number ct steers involved viii
total more than u thousand head.
The STATE live stock board has is
sued dipping order which requires
the dipping ct ail sheep Tor the eradi-
cation uf ticks between July 18TH and
September 30th Of this year. II h
provided that nockmnutcrs who dc.
sirr a. dip prior to July 18th may do
ro hy first obtaining u permit from
the state live stock inspector. This b.
~ prevent rvinfosting ~ dipped sheep
iy ninglinE with others on the range.
Lester srwcii ~ Idaho was Nv the
/ ti1tnh iihHm u few DAYS hgu looking
after the fourteen hundred head of
cattle h. ~ feeding. iIc expects To-
r-il hin entire holdings this spring.
Scwri NEVER has found all the sheep
hr lost last winter when shipping In
u large bunch. Ills total loss H. eight
cen hundred head. the value uf which
Wgs around $4,000 lie h ct the
opinion that the sheep were stolen.
The state live stock board has ap-
praised the maximum value uf pure
bred unimnlT condemned und killed
after being subjected a. the tubcrculin
test az two hundred dollars ana that
81 grade cattle az u hundred dollars
half ~ which H. paid by the state
The board lately took up the matter
81 expenses Incurred under the brand
| Inspection law, hut On nscertaining
that hut rive counties In the state had
reported. thu matter went over a. a
future date.
The price being paid Tor hides and
pclts n gradually being reduced
/ Present quotations on sheep pelts h.
thirty vcntH. dried beef hides. twenty
cents. grevn beef. eight cents u h.
said there h q plentiful amount 81
hides on hand. The American mar
bet H. being flooded with South Am
rricHn hides. There N nn occasion.
say hide buyers. Tor the present high
cnst nf shoes aud leather. Decreases
In market prices have been made In
the East. hut as far Ms the West h
concerned NO change has been made
II II limited by local men acquainted
with the situation that still further
reductions viii be- made In the com-
ink two weeks In the prices being III.
frrrd Tor hides and pcltS