| Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS if great salt lake was as near denser as it fi is to this city said eaid judge platt plait rogers of denver at the knutsford last evening the cites population would be doubled in six aft years one of the greatest resorts in the slates would be made out of it coull could wo we darn dam un UD the platte aler and moko make 8 a biff lake no that would be impossible the contour of the country pt pi events it for the fall in the stream Is too gr great e at the water would not be set bit back c k EL mile and then it would not do to 10 make a lake in the bed of a stream fit ream for at along ong would come a freshet fresh and scoop out the vi whole hole thing thinea on oft being asked about tile the smelter situation in colorado judge rogeis 9 said it looks I serious I 1 did think the storm would blow over recently hut but was disappointed the railroads roll roada are losing a great deal of business and art an instance of how the mines are suffering Is the countermanding of orders for examination of mines IT in Coln colorado rado by outside parties who lied had intended to invest for FOP the good of the state I 1 do hope a a settlement of the difficulty ak will ill be speedily T beached leached each i I 1 d A geographical survey of the entire united states has been in pr progress egress since 1079 iii O said paid prof ahern nf washington last night at the knutsford Knut Knuts stoid foid slid and about fifth exclusive of alaska has blen covered there ilk hardly any telling idling ni jhc hen n the work vi will ill be completed 1 I am here outfitting outwitting out fitting for topographical work east of coalville Co alville and have a party parly of six camped out at the foot of 0 west ive alt temple street intending to leave at the end of the week we expect to cover about fg square miles before adjourning to washington to work out j our notes and jt may be two years before the map la Is printed and ready for distribution we are all through tri a nau lating the life we lead Is 13 not so much of a picnic as you imagine for climbing peaks day after day with our instruments Is ie anything but fun I 1 have shipped sheep from fram ea eastern t oregon to pitkin county colorado as a range experiment rem r ked A smythe of arlington or at ah the e kenyon yesterday 1 I have about t sep which are doing well atut but aih lead head in the state the ranges rang are becoming crowded and are likely to lo be ere ions overrun so others beside myself are looking tor for feeding grounds claer here As far ai I 1 can ace the I 1 I 1 e colorado experiment v win ill succeed T the h e increase with us ua has boon been at ih usual figure 85 per cent in some flicks a higher ratio obtains but the hc figure quoted Is nt not generally varied from T there ere 1 is a big elii export it of sheep heep for or orlu auttin tit every year and as this ii ig increasing th the e overcrowding may ho be kept dow doin tit A about b n lit oregon hnyp tile me being sent bent to market annually wool prices with ui have hav ranged ranked from ri to 14 cents depending donihe nn th dust ond and dirt in the bools hi hut it I 1 got 10 c cents for my crop this bull hu and cly about the ohp ahr ep darn damaging agIng the forest eating up air mosses etc Is IB all fol de d rol sheep theop will he be charged aith causing tornadoes and waterspouts water spouts by and by and their flom demanded I 1 think th the rod red and gun club mn are at tile the bottom of all ajl this exclusion busl busi nesa certain wealthy young spits sp its want places to hunt still and fish in regardless of oc the di it may care anthero but thoy they ale aio going to got get left WP we ROI got good prices for our wools wool ha a freagon pea ton be paid 3 N thetney whitney of branston Bv anston at the th cullen cullan yesterday yes we got 16 to 17 cents and about half belf a million dollars have hav been pred through the country tributary to evanston Ev anglon but strictly speaking this tributary bul business ness la Is really more salt lake than evanston for most of the sheep live here in this city ili the season was waa thrpo weeks lat bit with its it halt hai been so BO hot since that the situa situation tinn halt haa caught up and crop l are shuf awil they utai cufr ally are at this time of year we hivo have had quite a number of if good Rho but I 1 noticed in cornin comin corning coming ing doun dov n that the ground all the way kay bore was waa vt ay iy y dry d ry while bul business liness is prosperous in the not northwest th kiest it Is quietly so go said W T ramsey of what cheer la Is at the cullen yesterday seemed to be the th only town where was wag any noticeable amount of nt hustle bustle seattle lies has been catching the klondike trade find and consequently her are lively but there was wan comp comparatively a natively rat ively little stir elsewhere although people seemed to bu doing very well I 1 vas lies up in al herta province it C chere there will he be the finest st catt cattle I 1 e country for many years to come yo no danser of overcrowding abere and the feed in fit of the file very best cattle are in prime condition all through the ibe northwest eureka Is in lit I 1 prosperous shape said M C amero acro a at t thu the walker yeater i day the is slowly but else steadily delv gro growing houses are am going up include ing a city hall and ot other her desirable structures brex ar anre e aning planted about tile wet water er supply Is fair and our railroad fac are gool good |
