Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-09-06
LIVE STOCK.
The Monthly Meeting of the Arizona
 Live stock Ranehmen's AssocIation-


 Live stock Banehmen's Association.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Arizona Live Stock Ranchmen's Asso- clation, for the month of September was held yesterday. There were present, Messrs. II. c. Hooker, Colin Cameron, W. w. Williams, Frank Proctor, Peter Kitchen, Brewster Cameron, Thomas Dunbar. J. $. Crosley, George Puscb, NJ. R. Wise, R. R. Richardson, Ed. Vail, M. Pagan, B. A. Packard, R. c. Brown, Mir. Watson, NIT. Hays and others.
 In the absence of the President. Walter l.. Vail, the meeting was pre- sided over by Vice President W. W. Williams, Colin Cameron, secretary.
 Letters were read by the secretary from cattlemen in various parts If tae Territory, complaining that imported Texas cattle are threatening all their herds, giving instances of deaths arising from their introduction.
 H. C. Hooker gave data obtained from his neighbors iu the Sulphur Spring Valley, from which 1t appeared that ID. B. Rogers had brought 800 head of Texas cattle to this Territory and had turned lJO head loose among the herd of Thomas Steele, who has 1000 head. Fifty of his Arizona cattle became diseased from the contact and died. Fifty of the Texas cattle ran with Geo. Frisk's heard of 300, and up to August 3lst eleven of his cattle had died and two more were not expected to live T. T. Hunter had lost about the same number. MT. Dyam received s few Texas cattle in his heard of l50 head and ten died. All the deaths were among the ArizcnA cattle, while the Texas cattle retained good health. These stockmen and others had re- quested Mir. Hooker to bring the matter before the Association.
 The Association authorized the exec utIve committee to employ an attorney and to take all other necessary steps to have the Territorial authorities and those of the several counties declare Texas cattle a public nuisance under the common law and to prohibit their fur ther importation; also to require those already here to be put and kept under strict quarantine at the expense of their owners.
 The Association passed the following resolution:
 Resolved, That general rodeo shall be made over the country embraced in the following limits, divided into the following districts:
 District No. l. The rOdso to com mence at Ochoaville, on the San Pedro river. and continue down the river to Apodaco's; thence west, across to the RIncon and on direct to Davidson's canon, following up the canon and con- tinuIng south on the east slope of the Santa Ritas to the SUnoita, following on down the western slope of the PatagO- niRs to the line.
 District No. 2 Shall commence at Hagan Brothers, following the lIne to Buena Vista Ranch near Sasabe, Tor south line of the district; the east line shall follow the PatagonIas north, crossing the santa Ritas at Shlero; thence north by way of the western slope of the Santa Ritas, crossing the plain south of Tucson near San Xavier, thence south to the Buena Vista ranch by way of the east slope of the Baboqui- yari.
 District No. 8. Shall commence at Point of Mountains ranch, continuing to Fort Lowell, Tanqus Verde. crossing the mountains to San Pedro at Apoda- CO.'S, following the river north to Old Camp Grant; thence from Old Camp Grant to Point Of Mountains, via Will low Springs.
 A committee of three from each dis trict two members of the Association and one non-member) was appointed Co determine what time the general rodeo shall be made, a notice of which to be sent to Southwestern Stockman and to the daily papers in Tucson and Tomb stone. The following persons were ap- pointed:
 District No. l. W. c. Land, W. l.. Vail, Edward Roberts.
 District No. 2. Frank Proctor, T. ID. Hagan, SsbinO Otero.
 District No. 3. George Pusch, Thos. Dunbar. Thos. Gardiner.
 W. l.. Vail. H. c. iiOoker and Roches- ter Ford were appointed commissioners to represent the Arizona Live Stock As sociation at the stock meeting of the National Association to be held III St. Louis, beginning November l7th.