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Show j "Utah's Little Lamb." ! Salt iMke llearlj. Alihonnh n.nhing ,1,,,, . Jn 6c al ,h'" 'inc. II w sale I.. p,r,i , I ibal lh ' ilif. "l I tab h Himner ili es,ccl that ol ijst n by nearly per cent, and al (le ,eaKti I1; ji -.:nl. Shcarius: n Mill going un, and llie a t s: id lo Im m.giificent. Tl ralrua! repo t creased shtjjinenls and buyers aert ihl ihcie ' : considerably w. bring otfired llian kut ye.ir. I Iastvnilrr mmt raiher a one in the ' I Umiiis letrilortri ,d jD m,ny local,,,,., ,,eep ul- I lucd very much. Hut sn. in maoy oilier ih n!i. I'tali ! exceU. and by reason ol iu liiavhy. llie ft s ; wimh gr-i'.-d in the valleys did not efneme 1 rounh weallier o( other territories. L'l.ih's vall'V nearly all faco toward the soulh and l!ieaM ,i.d from the t. till of California soften the. what wo-iW otherwise lie. har.t, clunale. In conticn.e. vhilr ranchmen in Wyoming, Montana and Western i:. I rarlo have been losing their money, the I tab shepherd shep-herd ha- reason to rroice hecalue ot his silent i.)ie The conditions his Spring have been very favorat-ie and the gracing ban been e.cellent and the rl :U are now in one condition. The increase too hat been Ihe estimated nnmber of sheep in 1'tah in ici was 155 . and it is thought lha at the lime I taking trie "sheep census" this year, that the numbrr will be increased to ,50o-0oo, he ool bp t-' year ii,o.,oro pounds or about 5'.$ pound, per sheep. 1 his year it i. thought that the clip w'i b" about i4.;oo,om pounds, lasst year Ihe pri' e of wool was 15 cents pet pound, speaking ot ihe eui-i. clip. Ot course some grades brought more but thai was ihe average price. It is believed that this year's clip will average 16 cenu as the quality is said to be a tiilte better, within the past two years better breeds have been introduced into Utah and the quality in wool ts noticeably iniProvina. As an etampl ollast year's clip the lollowmg inslances are given. Mr. Charles I.. Crane, ol Kau-osh. Kau-osh. the owner of a mumber ol French merinos, i ii-ped ii-ped several fleeces which averaged 50 pounds, the lowest being 40 the highest 07 pounds. He was seen a tew days ago, and In conversation regarding the wool question said he expected to beat the record tilts year, kegarding the condition ot alfairs throughout through-out the territory he said there could be no doubt but that the lavoiably conditions of the past winter would enchance the woo interests wonderliilly. All the dealers in the city are jubilant over the out look, for in addition to the increase a cut in railroad rail-road rates has been made which insures them iai.;e shipments. W hile last year the rate via I'nio.-i I'acihc to Huston was froiu $j. i3 to a.50 per hundied pounds, this year it has been reduced to f 1.80. thi peihaps may in a measure account (or the increased shipments thus fat. A t'nion I'acilic official said yesterday that while he could nor speak as to figures, the increase in shipments ship-ments over last year was very great, He auribuled this to the modihcatton of rates and the heavy 111-rease, 111-rease, T he dealers who purchase from ranchmen are buying anything that they can obtain to get rid ol there holdings before rates are advanced, although at present there seem to be do good reason 10 believe they will be. T he estimated value of the clip this year will b? (l,3ao,ooo, which is an important factor in the territory's ter-ritory's commercial interests. The industry is he'i'g car. fully fostered an 1 111 ti ne will be greatly inaclv 1 a of what it is to-day and will be one of I lah's chict resources, t ircat pains is being taken by the chamber of commerce to obtain all intormalion regarding the matter, and in its nest report Ihe secretary hopes to I have a very elaborate accouut of the wool growing interest. |