Show WYOMING SHEEP MANS VIEW I Tim Kinney Talks of Politics and tho Sheep Outlook Hon Tim Kinney of Rock Springs who has been slopping at the Kenyon leaves this morning on a trip to Logan Lo-gan He remarked last night that in j times past he had represented the Wyoming Wyo-ming Democracy twice in the Legislature t Legis-lature but he was not representing the i Democratic party any longer Wheres I the sense In kicking the hand that butters but-ters your bread he pertinently observed ob-served So Mr Kinney is now a staunch Republican He was until recently re-cently the largest individual sheep owner in tho United States being the I I owner of 125000 head But he sold off I this fall and winter 36000 head to dif ferent parties In Idaho Wyoming and I Utah realizing It is understood 2 to I 250 for his lambs and 3 50 and over I for tho sheep He was wishing last night that he had them all hack at 1 the prices paid him as lie believed I he could get more now He said the II tendency of the market was decidedly buoyant and that a man would be afraid to say he would take such or such a figure for his sheep for fear of being snapped up and Then he would club himself for not asking more Mr Kinney says tjie l tendency at present is toward Improving the quality I qual-ity of the fleeces although the improvement im-provement of the mutton is not lost sight of The taste is running to Merinos t Me-rinos California has produced better fleeces than New Mexico Texas or Old I Mexico When asked whether the increase in-crease oC shep In Wyoming was not crowding the ranges he said that that I was tho fear ten years ago but the ranges were not overcrowded Mr I Kinney Is a great favorite with sheep men because of his r od dfUl and jovial ways He saya there will De an I Immense crowd from Wyoming In attendance at-tendance on the livestock convention I |