The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-10-15
WITH THE LIVE sTocKMEN
OF THIS SECTION OF UTAH


Date for the meeting Of the cattle
mems associations of twelve Western
States, TO have been held In Salt Lake
city, October 2sth 10 30ih, has been
changed 10 December l4th 10 10th.
The former date was found to be too
close 10 election TO assure a large at
tendance.
Thomas Is. Jones Of Spanish Fork
has been appointed state inspector of
brands for Southern Utah county, his
territory extending from Springyillc
south. Jones resigned the position on
May 3ist, and since that time y. II.
Loycless has been inspector for the
county. Jovcless will resume his old
territory from Provo north.
Failure TO keep such an accurate
check on cows through testing asso-
Citations aa is done in Idaho and other
Northwestern States IL the cause of
loss OF vast sums Of money by Utah
dairytnen, according 10 &. V. Castle
man, dairy husbandman Of the West
ern office Of the dairy division Of the
United States department OF agrioul-
ture.
William Fry and Charles II. Nc
Donald, who have been employed this
summer Ms forest rangers on the Was
atch national forest, have left Utah 10
complete n course at tho Montana
School Of Forestry at Missoula. Ken
meth r. Barraclough, who has been
recreational engineer in Big Cotton
wood Canyon during the summer sea
son, has given up his duties in order
10 attend the New York School Of
Forestry.
l.. i. Kneipp, former supervisor OF
the intermountain forestry district
with headquarters in Ogden, has left
for Washington, ID. C., 20 assume his
new duties as assistant forester In
charge of lands. He was appointed a
few weeks ago, but retained his old
position until Thursday of last week
SO that X. IL. Rutledge, his successor
might remain in charge Of the first
district with headquarters in Nilsson
la, Mont, until after the grazing sea
son.
In preparation for shep shipments
which are expected TO be heavier than
usual, improvements have just been
concluded al the North Salt Lake
stockyards which, according 10 j. III.
Manderiield, the general manager, will
provide accommodation for ten thou
sand additional head. The new pens
will give a total capacity of sixty
thousand head. Fall shipments are
just beginning, Manderfsld asserts,
Southern Utah and the West will con-
tribute heavily, the prospects being
that all yard records will be broken.
Utah : live stock board has decided,
with the cooperation of the bureau
of animal industry of the United
States department Of agriculture, 10
order dipping of all "ranch punches "
and chuck herds" of sheep in the
vicinity of ToOele, EVANSVILLE and
Erda, on account of suspected infee-
ton from or exposure 10 infection
from scabies. The board last We'd
nesday also heard reports on the dip
ping IN progress IN urahd ana otlh
Juan counties for the same pest, IL
speetion there having shown as much
as 20 per cent infection in some herds.
The scab tick there was supposedly
introduced from Colorado.
The sheep herds of james Somer-
vile, Firth Alfred and j. III. Hammond
were dipped at the watts at the head
of Moab Valley the past week, says
the Moab Times-lndependent of the
Sth. SomeNile and Alfred s sheep are
infested with scabies, while the Ham
mond sheep have been exposed, The
herd of A. NJ Robertson, also infested,
is being dipped at the Robertson
ranch on the mesa. The sheep of Don,
Max and Tom Taylor ranging east Of
the mountain will be dipped for ex-
posure next week. II. w. MeGinnis,
federal inspector, and A. A. Taylor,