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Show MAX COWAN AUGUST 18, 1972 States, it happens that the biggest sheepman in the United States at one time, during the depression, was Oscar Rudnick of Bakersf~eld. He had a hundred thousand ewes. He was one of the first ones to bring Basques here to herd. He ran a hundred thousand sheep in California. RD: Now, here in Utah though, are there any other Jews in the cattle business? MC: Oh, well, in cattle there is only one other dealer. I raise, and I fatten, and buy and sell cattle. I do that all together. In fact, I just sold my ranch that I had for twenty-nine years in Colorado. I just disposed of it. But in Utah here, of the packers in Salt Lake, I think there are now four or five and at least three of them are Jewish. RD: That is right, the Doctormans. MC: The Doctormans, and two Gusses have packing houses here. Each one separate. Jordan Meat, Granite Meat, and Doctorman. Three. RD: And Miller? MC: Miller is not. He is from Hyrum. He is not. But any of the big slaughter centers. In fact, the big packers used to be Swift, Armour, Wilson, and Cudahy. Wilson was originally Salzberger and Sworthchild, S & s Packing Company out of New York, and they were Jewish. They changed the name when they were reorganized. One of their 6 |
