Show WOOL MM Sheep men meet in little chicago IN THE A talk about mantis boom industries that are much needed the annual meeting of the utah southern wool growers association convened in nephi to day at whit h the stockholders and officers evinced marked inte eit and enthusiasm the board of directors held their meet ing yesterday and preliminary beireis bui reis arrangements were effected ivr the cession to day prominent sheep men from all part rf r f the country in southern utah and on the arizona and nevada borders there together with prominent cattle men come of whom are buying buttons muttons for eastern market and are much elep el tp in tapi wool growers association little chicago had no roin to hei guests last irger n when the late train came from drummers and other traveling r cial men were seen rustling around town seeking where bolay tolay their heads besides other important business transacted today to day tha election reelection re of officers took place including the board of directors from the reports given it that since the incorporation t the association in april 1888 under eight thousand only of which was paid up that in the two years past a net gain of has accrued for a time there opre many conjectures as to aliat use the neat little sum should be put it waa decided to declare a 15 per cent dividend andai ply the balance on the capital stock thus raising it from to paid up capital stock some thought for a time it would be better to increase the valus of tiie shares thua making them worth per cent but providing others should desire to buy stock first question was overruled over ruled and the means used in di obling the capital stock instead 0 increasing the value of the shares after declaring the 15 dividend the stock two fold there remains in the treasury as a reserve fund the company now intends to build a large wool house with baling machinery and every convenience for handling wool and from the record of ane past it will appear that those woolly fellows will reap a neat littan profit fr na their present and future labors in that direction the sheepy men of the south are much agitated over the heaby loaces during tho winter from the use of the Ter dip which did not stop the asab as warranted to do the consequence of which is the loes of much of ane wool and a great many sheep tried to re dip late in the fall before going on to tha winter ranges and mcd lime and sulphur with some other chemicals which killed the acab outright and sheep with it |