The Arizona champion., 1885-10-10
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1885,
STOCK NOTES.


 boring for artesian water.
 The Texas Panhandle says that a healthy COW boy can eat at a single meal all the Southern Texas cattle that will he driven through the PAn- handle next year,
 Among the subjects that will engage the attention of the national cattle mems convention al St. Louis, will be a national trail, quarantine lnes and laws, fences on the public domain, and the sale or the lease of the pub lie lands.
 The impression that cattle can be brought into the territory hetweca October Ist and April I,t without be. ing subject to inspection, iserroneous Cattle must be inspected al all seasons of the year when brought into the
 erritory.
 When the Presidents proclamation concerning Indian Territory cattl, was issued itwas claimed that 800, coo head Of cattle would be affected b, IL It begins to look now as though the total would not reach one half of that number.
 It IS stated that 7,5oo.ooo cattle graze on the plains east of the Rocky mountains, and that their value reach. es upwards of S.oo, ,ooo, ,ooo; 2t,ooo, 900 of this grazing lmd together with the herds thereon are owned by English syndicaies.
 The number of cattle now in Tex. as IS estimated at 5000, 600 head, making total value, at an estimate of s2o head, of the enormous sum of SIco, eco, ,oco. Texas now produc, es about one fifth of all the cattle produced in the UnHed States.
 A Wisconsin man has found con venient way to give medicine 10 a sick hog. One stalwart man straddles the patient and takes good grip on hi, cars. Naturally the patient squcals Then another person takes boo, with hole iu the toe, sticks the foog into the patient's mouth, and pours the medicine into the leg of the boot
 Southern TeXss cattlemca and their organs are persistent in declaring the Inyalidi.y of Aritonl and New Mexi. co quarantine laws, and urging q dis. regard of them upon the inspectors oi those territories. But 1t is quite no. tioeable that none ol them a,e anx. ious to disobey the mandates of the inspectors and take chances on the iava'idity of the act 10 escape the pcna'ty.-Soulhwes;ern StocEman.
 The s!ock growers association, which mel Q, TombNone on Saturday las. elected the following officers for the ensuing year. President. Theo. I. White; vice president, T. F. fiui. SOD; secretary, r. Herera; treasurer. ]. EveEhardy; executive committee, ". C. Land, E. o. Mcclure, Rich ard Clark, J. P. MeAllister and B. A. Packard. The executive committee was authorized to cooperate with the ether stock associations of this SEC. ton in enforcing the stock laws.
 The Chiricahua Cattle company has contracted to deliver at th,s point to MT. Collins, who is purchasing for 9 Los Angeles house, 1890 beeves the entire seascn's product of tho ranch. Delivery began this week six car loads having been driven in ard shipped Tuesday, This is a fine lot of cattle, consisting mainly o steers of an average weight of I,roo pounds, and were sold at sI5 cent, ret, weight on the scales at the ranch. A small lot of dry COWS and stag we,e sold at somewhat lower rates The price is regarded generally as ve " good, and most of our s,0rkmen would be glad 10 sell at the same f., ures. .-Soulhwestern Stockman.