Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-11-27
NOTES FOR THE STOCK NAN.

CIn AukULlG. n Dtt4 clttlc r-lu
at 500 and 30cOws and twOs atsl2
and SIS.
Medicine Lodge Index:-Sheep
are not much thought of in this
county. for last Saturday Col.
Bcardsley. whe lives 10 miles east
OF here sold 20 Anderson Hayes 4
lot Of $50 graded Southdown sheep
for . cents per head. 1t woul d
seem that the pelts alone would be
worth sthe money. About
the usual price nov asked for win
tering cattle Is one dollar 4 head
per month This inclldes sorghum
and millet feed and prairie hay.
Springfield Herald St. Louis
tallies lis first grand and complete
victory over Chicago IN the conren-
ton Of the cattlemcn Of the United
States, lately in session there. II
means that ST Louis. with one
bound. has leaped 10 the front In
full view ofthe immense and rapid
~ growing traffic Of the West, and
that the present convention viii be
worth annually millions Of dollars
70 tie trade Of the Future Great
Chicago Is green with envy and
frothiHg atthe mouth. but she can't
help herself The trump card Just
played Is 4 sign that ~. Louis Is
walking up, and al MissouTians
feel a common pride in her
enterprise.
Some time ago 4 GJrmer in Con-
necticut became an object Of disgust
and roprobaiion to his neighbOrs
because he half-sta-vei COW. and
the public opinion compelled him
II mend his ways without loss OF
time. The circumstance Is worthy
Of note IN comparison with the
enormous crsminality attached to
western stock business. 4 herd OF
between 700 and 500 cattle owned
in Utah was starved % death last
winter; not a wretched beast cscpcd. F
This Is but one record Of many. Il
Is part of the system. Statisti-
clan Dodge estimates. the destTuc-
ton of cattle during the winter n
1.SI2. 79S head, the majority having
persisted Tor want Of shelter aRd
from thirst. But It Is astounding
10 read that IN Ohio the nOsses foot (
up TO 26. SO head; in Indiana 10
30,6S4, and IN Illinois To 7O,300; .
and at the same time to reflect that
these losses were most wholly T.
preventable.
The whirligig Of time. writes ]
Cowboy, has wrought a wonderful .
change IN the occupation Of the fra
terpitv. When / was a novice, he T
SAYS, there WAS six months IN the I
year we did nothing but roast ven
isOn over q roaring fire in the .
snug and roomy dug-Out. 4 feast .
on roasted turkey and ether equal I
IL rs palaiable game was an every /
day occurrence. Should a dispute I
arise as 10 whose duty il was to /
prepare dinner, the meal was de- /
ferred by general consent until /
hunger drove some ones ambition 1
up to 4 standpoint of undertaking 4
the Job. The Overwhelmingly Ia
bOriOus duty of half days work I.
IN securing fuel enough TO last for 4
a month fell upon him who had 4
secured the lesser number of notch /
es faithfully cut in a blackjack T.
pole for each man as his winnings /
a old sledge, which was the prin-
cIpal amusement as we assembled I
at the camp FIRE. Now the youth who I
succeed IN engcndering himselfin a
cowcamp gets wonderfully left. The 4
roundup which was considered f.
good exercise and lots Of fun Is now /
merged into 4 gigantic roundup F.
followed rapidly By the calf round /
Up. Blu; the worst of all, and .
something the old-time cowboy .
never dreamed of, Is retiring 10
winter quarters, only to assume 4
the duties Of feeding hay 10 a /
thOusdand head Of cattle in the
face of the furious Billiards which .
roar over the prsirie during the /
winter months. In the summer 1
season II was his custom to .
snooze under a shady trce, near
the hcId. with his mustang
siaked close by. Now he follows
the hum of the mowing-maehine, /
and the setting sun finds him suifo- .
Gated with the heat, ana almost .
choked with hay seed, carefully I
eiecting 4 haystack six miles .
away from his biscuits and grease /
New Mexico Stock Grower
John O'Neil. cattle raiser Of life (
long experience IN Victoria coun- 4
". Texas. called on the Stock .
Grower this week and a CONVERSE
ton with him proved most inter-
esting. Mr.. O'Neil is one OF the |
verv few breeders IL this country