Show THE WOOL GROWERS association THE convention AT NEPHI 0 ON X THE our oar 4 at nephi juab county sends fiends the following relative to the wool lowi s Asso association under date of saturday september ilta ilia the convention of tue wool woo growers association of southern utah completed an organization last evening 1 the B subscribers to date represent sent sheep in value 0 lor for the association were elected as follows J H erekson president edwin booth vice president edwin booth A A cahoon caboon thos wright jwdavid Jr David collins T W ross L LJ J jordan john lowry george 0 bean G W bean thos hunt john 11 tj Sn teeley eley directors J E clinton secretary and treasure E H booth assistant secretary the object of the association is for far the purchase and sale of wool hides pelts etc with headquarters at nephi utah that city is chosen f for or headquarters on acci account Dunt of its central location owners of sheep all over orf r the the territory winter their flocks on the desert west and southwest of nephi and as the snow melts away near spring they gradually move east and north to their shearing grounds many thousands being bein shorn near nephi I 1 am informed by the utah central railway that there was shipped from nephi during four months of the season last past pounds pound of wool we well know that middle men have made a profit of from five torence to ten cents u to per per pound this thia season which means that the wool growers who shipped from nephi alane have given away anay at the lowest estimate the association Is composed of solid men who have gained their flocks by persistent toil and having already pai paid fortunes to middlemen middle men toen now propose to consolidate their energies an and d harvest their honest earnings it is the object ol of the association to handle the business with the least pes expense to obtain the actual value including the pronto profits hitherto enjoyed by middle and men on all sales and to pay to the wool growers the net profit it is thought that before the next season the association will represent sheep e and next year will handle mab at least M pounds of wool there is ie no doubt tuat that the association is a success and will be of great rest benefit to all parties interested W B |