, 1873-11-06

Tho Pastoral Prince oil New aTexico.-
Something of tEae Wooden Wealth
of tho Sunny S0uth.veAt-- Na11&ton-
Chops aaad Warm Clothing for tho
World.
Front Tho Eaxaas City Times.
senor P. G. Ar1nijo, Of the great sheep and
wool-raiaing firm Of Armijo d Baca, Of Albu-
quorqno. Now Moxico, was in Kansas City YES
terlav OIL his way home from Now York. Ihis
gentleman m2fe PRssGa %atn spata tnaa
may iustly 10 termed mutton millionaire, sinco
la wealth in sheep. mutton. and wool is almost
beyond correct estimation.
With :. Wow to giving our readers go1aa slight
Rod ou III Now A1oxioo . condemnation Of an
interview held between tllis gentleman aud q
reporter for this paper Is glvon below:
Mr. P. G. Armi]o is Justly entitled to The
modest titlo OF tho largest Hheep-raiBor Of
Amcyica. His fathers herds roam over range
Of 800 miles square Of territory, and III numbers
ara beyond human count In appearance Mr.
Armijo Is quite juronilo; he wears no beard,
dresses moaest]y, wcnys his hair closely
trimmed. His eonaploxion is Is fair 90 though
plnins Of Now Mexico, md while no ono would
fail to detect IN bis oivo akin md brilliant bincA
oyoa his CaBtilian pasontage 1o would 10 the
Inst person solicited from crowd ID tho young
ppatoral prince Of Now Aloxico.
in Bernanilla County, New Mexico. They hnvo
bean engaged in tho raising Of shoop and wool
for expectation East for several generations past.
They arc unab'o to estimate their herds accu.
rato but songh gpess ssE5Sgs9a m 5 % s a's
point botwoon New Mexico and tho East. MI.
Armijo, ST., used to hhip ls thousands Of floecos
from tls city by river to st. Louis. At that timo
Mr r. Arnto 5r became eo1nefted o. ,s Cit ytth
and, after a thorough commercial otuoation,
ioued Lis famlly In their pastoral pursuits be-.
you'd tho Rio Qraudo, to which ho intonda to de-
vote his lifo hereafter. 1t seems almost norot1-
lbe for poop1o living oaat of the great plains to
Bhoop raised yearly in tho mild, dry cltn,ato OF
New AIexico, Ihroa fun1ilicR claim nearly
2,010 900 head Of shosp, which aro scattered oyor
| ranga o. country more than 90D miles square.
indiana troubled their itnmenuo hords,
llo replied ''Wo arc not troubled by Inv
dian doprelatlonH to any sorioue extont. Tho
Indians arc troublesome at tuos. but wa scarco-
eyoF @ % E h9y ya fyo Toota9y o Gl saFer a3 aey
tako for food whom they pasa ono ct our Lords" !"
! Ho related all incident, In 1915, when tho
| Apanl,os aud Nayatoes drove Oft $4,000 hoad at
ope raid, and thought that not loss than $4,000
| head had becn atQlen by Indians aillco then.
| hetwoon 101l and 1865. "Due," said Nr. Ar
| ml1o, "wo hardly miss them."
| Iho Mexican shoep-raHer ganorallY handles
Ills hortls IN small tlooka OF about 700 head.
EaQll Of these herds aro under tho personal
| sllporintoudonce of q major-domo or oycracer,
who is Rssistod BY shepherds, for whom the
sheep have fond aIeetlun, At night tl,cne in.
mouse houha aallcot oloHe together nronn1 them
elophor.la, a.l sleep peacefully, guardod by
| well- -tranoa dogs.
Thoao shepherds nro paid from $40 to a1b poi
mouth the ycar rquusl, tue oyaraoor ebout 42d
por month. Ihoso herds roam at will oyor tkte
bonndloag dry plains OF New Mexico, without
{oedilg, tic short nutritious gra'sma graus
peculiar to New Mexico, atrorliiIg good pAstur.
ago IN wintor ~ wall W summon.