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Show Last of large Sheep Herds Sold At Hurricane Wednesday BY MABEL JAR VIS Finley M. Judd was in St. George Wednesday concluding transactions transac-tions in the final turn over of the last big sheep herd from Hurricane. Hurri-cane. This he views with a little regret, remembering how the old Gould's shearing corrals were once known as the largest in the world and that the moving of this last herd into the Wyoming eountry, will leave many shearing hands and herders from the east end of the county without employment employ-ment that has furnished them a. living for many years. He remembers also that it was sheep that supplied the money that gave Hurricane a real beginning begin-ning and that the men of wealth in Hurricane were sheep men, David Hirschi, J. W. Imlay, James Judd, Thomas Isom, John Spend-love, Spend-love, Charles B. Petty and Stanley Bradshaw made their fortunes in sheep in the days when sheep were like gold. Of this group Charles B. Petty, James Judd and Stanley Bradshaw through their respective business interests derived de-rived their wealth from the sheep industry without being sheep owners until the crash brought on foreclosures. The State Bank of Hurricane financed many of the herds. The 12 major herds were one after another taken over during the years from 1930 to 1933 and one after another have been sold to liquidate the mortgages held. It was nothing in those days for sheep men to run accounts pend-(Continued pend-(Continued on page eight) Large Herd Sold (Continued from first page) ing wool and lamb sales into ten to thirty thousand dollars, and it was under such a mortgage that James Judd took over the herd just sold. At that time the most he could have realized from the Government prices on sheep was $14,000 of the $30,000 due. He therefore decided to hold onto the sheep in the hope they might come back in value. Edward Gibson was employed as top herder and during the seven years has witnessed their gradual upbuild in numbers and condition. This year he reports a 126 per cent increase in lambing lamb-ing and sheep in fine condition. Naturally there is a little hurt along with the satisfaction in seeing see-ing the industry that built the bank and the community now a thing of the past. |
