James Wrathall's Involvement in Industry and Agriculture

Grantsville Woollen Factory

• Professor J. Morgan, returning from a trip to Utah County, reported Springville putting up four new schoolhouses. Payson was enterprising and thriving, two cabinet factories and several waterwheels were at work, co-operation flourishing, a co-operative boot and shoe factory was established, grain and flour were plenty and cheap, and a new large schoolhouse was being built. Nov. 26.
  
  
• Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution has opened a drug store next door south of the Western Union Telegraph Office.
  
  
• Hand-organs appeared at Salt Lake, played by men in Uncle Sam's military uniform. A poor business for old or disabled soldiers.
  
  
• The citizens of Cache and Rich counties have nearly completed the new road up Logan Canyon, making the distance forty miles from Logan to St. Charles. Nov. 24.
  
  
• Grantsville Woollen Factory, situated about the center of Tooele Valley, about twelve miles from Grantsville, two from E. T., and ten from Tooele City, commenced work in the latter part of October. The building is 90 x 60 feet, and is nicely finished. The machinery, of the very best, was purchased from President Young. It is a co-operative concern, with Bishop Rowberry as President. Brother James Wrathall has the superintendence and management of the factory. Dec. 1.

Territorial Beekeeper's Convention

• Salt Lake County reported 2,366 swarms of bees in good condition with the exception of considerable foul brood throughout the county. The County Court has appointed but one inspector of bees and the amount of work assigned that officer has proven to be too much for one to accomplish. The amount of honey reported was 118,300 pounds.
• Spanish Fork, Utah County, has 515 hives in good condition. Some foul brood has been destroyed by burning hives and contents, and at present the vicinity is about free from the disastrous pest. The amount of honey produced this last season was 33,066 pounds, being an average of over sixty pounds to the hive, and at 12 1/2c per pound, wholesale has been a revenue to that settlement of $4,133.25. Charles Monk is president.
• Payson, Utah County, has 604 swarms of bees, and 31,215 pounds of honey. Bees in good condition, excepting some foul brood. Parley M. Driggs, president.
• Pleasant Grove, Utah County, has 406 hives of bees; Lehi, Utah County 200 stands.
• Gunnison, Sanpete County, has twenty colonies of bees and has taken 1,000 pounds of honey.
• Manti, Sanpete County, was represented by Mr. Win. Braithwaite, county inspector, who said they had 700 swarms of bees. When he inspected the county he found some foul brood and destroyed about thirty hives by burning or burying them. His bees will yield from seventy-five to ninety pounds of honey per hive.
• Cedar City, Iron County, represented by Richard R. Braithwaite, has 210 hives of bees. No foul brood there, but the hot and dry weather has been against their honey harvest this year.
• Cache County was represented by George Millard, of Logan, a live bee man and inspector of the county. There are 153 stands of bees averaging fifty pounds of honey to the colony, or 7,650 pounds total. The frosts of May and June operated against bee interests, so that July 1st the workers killed off their drones; however, after that date the bees did very well.
• The total amount of bees reported in Utah, is 5,174 swarms. Averaging fifty pounds of honey to the colony, would be 258,700 pounds. Total amount of revenue at 12 1/2c per pound wholesale, $32,337.50.
• Tooele County was represented by T. W. Lee, secretary of Tooele Association, who says the bees are doing well. They have 130 hives of bees and no foul brood.
• Mr. Jesse Murphy reported his bees doing well and having no foul brood. He had about ninety-five swarms of his own and had taken care of some for his neighbors. He had taken 7,000 pounds of honey and had yet to take 800 pounds more and had made 100 pounds of bees wax. He had made a wax extractor of galvanized sheet iron lined with tin, and a glass frame on top. It was made flaring at the top of the box and a wire screen below the center for the comb and cappings to rest upon. The hot rays of the sun caused the waste honey to run off through a tube in the bottom of the box and the wax settled on the bottom very clear. He would melt the hives that was left, in a kettle, skimming it well. French white glass in large panes was best for the top of the box. It cost him about $5.
• Mr. Henry Tempest, of Herriman, said he had about six hives of bees, and was well pleased with his experience in bee culture.
• Mr. James Wrathall, of Grantsville, Tooele County, spoke of foul brood and deprecated the use of hives or frames having been diseased.(p. 332)
• Vice-President Samuel McKay said he could not consent to, nor encourage tampering with foul brood. We have a law on the subject, but it needs revising. Motioned that a committee of six be [p.333]appointed to review the law. They were elected as follows: A. M. Musser, president, Geo. B. Bailey, Samuel McKay, Edward Stevenson, William Egan, Jesse Murphy and Horace Drake.
• Mr. Edward Stevenson had taken five hives into a new locality, where he increased them to nine, and had taken 525 pounds of honey from them. His bees had done quite well this season. He had destroyed some hives of foul brood that came under his observation. He motioned that every bee keeper in Utah resolve himself as a bee inspector until our country is cleared of the pest. Carried unanimously.
• Mr. G. B. Bailey had taken care of 230 hives of bees that are in good condition; had destroyed some foul brood and had taken out 8,770 pounds of honey. Motioned that the minutes of the meeting be published in the papers.
• Benediction by Brother Jesse Murphy.