Show I TALKS < WITH TRAVELERS I Our shcipnicn started in shearing 1 yesterday said J W Park of Tooelc I I at time VVhlt houst yesterday Over I at Granlsville shearing has been going l go-ing on for several days Our sheep are In good shape and so are their fleeces and considering the t dltllculllrs of the I pfiHl winter season they have done butter than wart anticipated The shortage of snow on the desert has been a great drawback and all stock I that wintered there have suffered for 1 how to get water enough has buen the problem but the recent rains have remedied that though Into In the l season sea-son The problem thai is puzzling us now Is where we shall suininfr our herds The Uinlah forest reserve boa not yet been thrown opefi and there Is no telling what will be done In this re SId I SIdThen i Then the Governor of Idaho has proclaimed a quarantine on all I Itah snoop so driving our herds up there I will bn attended by difficultly Tootle l j county I sheep are healthy and free from J j j r scab hut Ihat nwkrj 1 no difference 1 l I they wll have to b i quarnnllned Just time same If they are to go Into Idaho j I luiuglno u lot of Utah sheep will be I I driven Into Idaho anyhow I u 0 V Tho best way In handling wool Is to II sell on the market remarked J 1 1 D Wood of Idaho at tin Cullcn yeslcr i I day If 1 a growor thinks ho Is I not lla I blo to get what he auls and wont sell unlHss he does Limo best plan Is to slore the wool Hut at limo same Him stored Wool must bt kept dry for If It Is not It will rot and deiurlorate and depreciates depre-ciates in value 1 havp seen one of time I woolbuyers from I3oslon and he lolls me all that tho I Jobbers will pay la 1 13 cents at the highest They cannot afford to pay more because the market wont stand It and If the growers will not sell at prices offered no wool ixlll bo bought I Well I think myself 11 cents Is a good fair price considering conditions ani have no complaint to make However I know of one Idaho grower who contracted con-tracted last fall at IS cenls and got a JflOCCO advance to bind the trade Several Sev-eral buyers got to bidding against each other for the I lot and ono man ran the figures up to a point where he was able to close the bargain I So Ihoso 1 growers who have contracts at IS cenls nnd over arc more fortunate than I the Eastern men who contracted at thos figures Growers have boon forcing forc-ing figures lo points higher than market mar-ket conditions will warrant V V If the Uitlnndcrs did not llko the terms or condlllons of living in Soiilb Africa need they have gone there j I was asked of Thomas Watson a former II for-mer resident of Johannesburg at the Manitou yesterday There Is nothing In that argument was the reply In December 1SS3 President Krugcr invited in-vited foreigners to come In and develop devel-op the mines and his laws provided that every man alter one years residence resi-dence could vole and ho subsequently staled hlmsplf Ve make no distinction distinc-tion so far as burgher rights ure con cerned Rut after the old man had entangled entan-gled thousands of foreigners and their millions of money In his mesh lie raised the residence qualification to I I fourteen years and even then before a man can vote ho must obtain u the consent con-sent In willing of a majorly of the voters In his electoral district Then Kruger pioccedcd to pile up the uixrs until today the gold mines pay onc > roC r-oC their I annual profit In taxes lilghtpen hundred and nlnolyelght l was the only year thun far In which thc gold mines paid as imioh to Ihelrfiiook holdors as thoy did to Kruger Con I Co-n 3S97 the total dividends paidhy all the gold mines In the Transvaal I was L7 9fOCO while Ihpy paid to Krugcrs I revenue dolt rtimmeim t Vi > 6402 With lirlilsli subjects and Interests so largely affeclod by Ibis policy Eng Innd was perfeclly justified j in Inter feting and she will yet bring the Boers to lerms o 0 o Cripple fre k merchants are very much frightened so much so that I was unable to sell a dollars worth of goods lliore said B E Carroll of Fremont Fre-mont O last nlghl at the Knulsford The cause of this dismay is the llirotilened item between the smelters and the miners Already the great Portland mine Is closed down and thc riion laid off and the total number of Idle men Is now 2000 with more com ing The smelters have been making I such high charges thai the producers I doolnre they will not stand It sooner will Ihey quit work This Is I going lo reduc time output of precious metals for the current year in Colorado and there will be u great bowl from the Sta te newspapers because It will lake some of the wind out of the blows they are already preparing to make In their I next New Years edlllons From what I heard pf the snowstorm snow-storm of Sunday night in Colorado I should say It was a terror The railroads rail-roads had out their rotarles but the blasts were so fierce and the drifting so heavy that It took a long time to make any headway The mud has been very deep In Lcadvlllc so that slxhorsc learns along Harrison avenue were a common sight o W H TIarlow has UOied from Butte where he went to paint signs for the Union Pacific lie said yesterday of conditions In that town The fumes from the smellers arc simply horrible They made me feel as hough l some terrible thing was clutching at my lungs and I have not recovered yet from the inhalations There is a heavy death rate at Buttc pneumonia carry Ing off a good many I wag in Lead vllle In time early days and thought the death rale there was pretty stiff but Buttc lakes time palm It Is a common com-mon Night to sec doctors wagons rush ing through the street with the name of the physician lettered on the box body and shortly afterward to see the undertakers wagon following on a jog trotStill Still time town Is bustling and lively and Impresses one liko u New York In mlnlatur flit saloons du a film busi ness and so do olher lines Harry Simmons formerly a resident und prominent business mnn in this city Is I doing very well ihere FOR BUSY PEOPLE Son Francisoo produce exchange and call board were closod yesterday afternoon after-noon on account of the Cuncraf of one of the members Robert Sllmmon dealer In carlhen wureand glassware New York city has filod a petition in bankruptcy Liabili ties 138371 assets 121013 Two big bottles have been fought at Malnmuudo and Pr adorn Colombia where the rebel forces under Guns Ilosd Ibex and Culccdo were completely com-pletely routed a largo number bulug I killed wounded or taken prisoners I Aqll r her morning drive yualerdny Queui Victoria receivedin Audience I thL diiughlor of SarglMaJ ilarUgnn now lit Colcneo Natal 1 who proHoimd heal lajenly wllb II bouquet from UK I wives and widows of the nonconuns I sloncd officers and inen of Ihe Irish regiments In South Africa 1 |