Show AH to THE OF UTAH AND alik tilh V fat ogdena standard thinks there Is 1 something wrong with the sheep industry of united states there were over head of sheep in taja country ten year years age ago the number now to I 1 reduced 1 the heep cheep owners attribute the to loca to the demand for art wool which is being made by certain powerful political interests and to the increasing cn abing expense capeci ally in the west of caring for the herd herds the western part of the united states has had its heep sheep herda herds reduced materially but the greatest grea teet fallick off has been in utah where in 1900 there were wool producing sheep and now there are only in the other western state states the number of wool producing sheep reported for montana was in 1910 1510 and in 1900 wyoming la in 1910 and 3 in 1900 colorado ln in 1910 and in 1900 new now mexico tn in 1910 and in 1900 nevada in 1910 and in idaho in 1910 and in 1900 washington in 1910 and in 1900 oregon in 1910 and in 1910 and california in 1910 and in 1900 the number ot fleeces of wool and the total weight of tie tle wool flip for 1909 has not yet been completely tabulated by the census bireau the average weight per fleece for or a group of sixteen states already tabu tabulate latec la Is 74 pounds in 1900 the average weight per fleece for these states was 0 8 9 pound pounds and for the entire united states 6 3 pounds if it the weight for the entire united states for 1909 1009 la Is 74 pounds the aggregate weight of wool shorn in that year including that clipped from sheep oa on farms and in cities at the date of enumeration and that shorn from sheep afterwards slaughtered in the spring of 1910 before the date of enumeration will be approximately proximately pounds while it if the seeragi weight for the farms of the country la Is only seven pounds the weight of the farm clip I 1 will not greatly differ from that returned by the census of 1900 or about pounds utah had sheep and lambs in 1900 today ere are f the scientific american has published an illustrated article showing the comparison of railroads in 1 a the leading countries countr lea of the world it show shows that in pa pass nger cars the united kingdom leads the world with a total of germany conies next with 15 the united states la Is third with a total of 45 29 2 france fourth with and russia last of the five with but in mileage the united states Is 1 far in the lead with a ft total of miles russia cornea comes next with wita JO germany has france and the united kingdom in the number of freight cars the united states Is s again far in the load lead with a total of the united kingdom Is second with germany third with russia has and prance france on with the building of a railroad through salina canyon by the oregon short line or any other interest price want wants more railroads hops and railroad men we hare have the coal to tha east the north the west eat and the south and this must find a market on the pacific coast and in tl lw northwest carbon and emery county coal and coke production has outgrown the limited utah and find idaho markets SO also haa has the products of ranch und and range of eastern utah generally prices new passenger station Is to coat cost around the ten thousand dollar doltar do mark and la Is to be the finest similar structure of the denver and rio orande grande in utah salt lake city and ogden have union stations as also has provo so that the one at price Is really to be the best in the state owned outright by aej an one company J D roberts of evanston wyo who Is 13 tl tt open a modern drug store soon in the new now short building was induced to come to price by the great moral and religious pre ajo jj to visiting the city he wrote if it it 1 j not asking too much ranch also bend me a copy of the advocate dvo cate one can judge a ton town by its newspaper what inducements have the people of price to offer if we should entertain the proposition of moving the felper terminals there Is a question that Is more than likely to be put up to this city in the very near future |