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Show no small import was his comparison of increase in population between Utah and Idaho, the latter beink 101 per cent against 31 per cent in Utah during the paat ten years. In said period that of 8anpete county was only 393 as against 5,000 up in Cache county, and as a solution believed it was owing to the difference in providing pro-viding ways and means to employ the people, It comes from a misunderstanding misunder-standing of the natural advantages, RIO GRANDE INDUSTRIAL TRIAN. Monday was a oold day, but that did not keep those bent on seeing the industrial train from driving over to the depot. About 300 people from Gunnison and surrounding district braved the cold wind and waited at the depot loDg past the time scheduled. sched-uled. Considerable disappointment was felt when after several hours' "waiting tbe special train had not ar lived and nearly all were obliged to return home without seeing the ex-' ex-' iiibits. The train ariived about 7 o'clock-Professor o'clock-Professor Merrill and company were met on their arrival with conveyances to bring them ovor to Gunnison for a meeting to whioh the public had been invited, reaching here about 8 o'clock- The relief society hall was filled, many attending from other places. Professor Caine led out in a descrip tion of the dairy cow, which he said was a machiae that oould be made to produce far more than is ordinarily conceived, of. He detailed five essential essen-tial points in the make up of a good dairy animal and from a drawing he had wa able to designate very clearly that young people are leaving- The pioneer methods are being improved upon, but even after sixty years we have not yet come to the realization of the advantages we have. With the opportunities in Utah, it is a wrong policy to ship carloads of butter from Kansas and Nebraska as we ar3 doing The completing of the Panama canal will bring increase of population to this section as never before , he said dry farming came in for an extended mention ia this connection, explaining explain-ing that Utah should have at least 40 percenjof her domain under cultiva tion instead of only 3 per oent as is the case now A good musical program was interspersed inter-spersed with the speaking. The meeting lasted until 10 ;30 o'clock and the audience seemed loath to adjourn at that hour. The proceedings proceed-ings were conducted by Mayor Knighton. The exhibits on the train were shown and exploded the next day to a goodly crowd at the depot. his views as he went ou. Mr, Caine was followed by Prof. B. R, Eldredge, who told of some Bmusing incidents in his study of the dairy question. When singllug out for himself tbe vocation he had soon found that what he "didn't know about dairying was the biggest part " "Not simply a whole lot of milk, bi:t a whole lot of good milk is what count,1' he concluded. Miaa Ella Buntungton discussed very ably the subject of domestic science and was followed by W. II, Homsr, manager of a very large fruit farm near Pleasant Grove, who discussed horticulture in a way that interested. From Mr. Homer's standpoint stand-point Gunniaon valley is well adapted adapt-ed for raising apples, the altitude and Eoil being the very ideal of his explanation ex-planation of fruit culture. Prof L, A. Merrill gave the closing lecture. A mere synopsis would not do justice to his excellent talk, Of |
