The St. Johns herald., 1885-09-10
LIVE STOCK NEWS.
Items of Interest to StOckmen, Gath.
 cred from Reliable Sources.

Cattle through Arizona are ad. vancing in price steadily, notwith- standing the daily influx.
 Cheyenne Journal: The presi- dents remark as he issued the fence proclamation: "Wire are these fences not coming down?" l Deming Tribune: We have been shown a contract for the delivery of 600 head of cattle at the San Carlos reservation at $2.25 per 100 pounds, signed by the Carralitos cattle company, of Old Mexico. They are to be delivered before Oc- tober 1. MT. Lindauer states that l he is having no trouble to fill his contract at fair profit.
 Albuquerque Democrat: Joe Hampson returned from the east yesterday, and was warmly well comed by his host of friends. He has arranged to ship lot of beef steers from his Arizona ranch to a point in Kansas, where they will be fed and allowed tune to recuper-  ate before being placed in the market.
 Phoenix Gazette: At the last ses- sion of the Arizona legislature a law was passed requiring all stock brands to be recorded, and stock men should bear this fact in mind. If you do not have your brand re- corded any man can duplicate it, have the duplicate recorded and then claim all the cattle marked with the recorded brand. This is important, gentlemen, and should not be neglected.
 Denver Times: The twelve thou sand or more stock brands now on file in the secretary of states office afford an interesting field of study. The display of ingenuity in the matter of forming combinations is remarkable. The number of com- binations upon any one letter is surprising. There are, for instance, over $50 on the letter H; 150 or more on both c and D; no less than 100 each on B and F, and so on through the alphabet.
 Abilene, Texas, Magnetic Quill i; Colonel T. L. Odom, is in town.
 He has bought six claims of land in Arizona, on Black river. He has six springs of fine water on this land, the source of several streams containing many large, speckled, mountain trout. The claims give him the benefit of a large territory I-twenty miles square-of fine grass. He will put 2,000 head of cattle on the ranch to stock it. The colonel is a success in the ranch business.
 New Mexico Stock Grower |: "Grass on the staked plains is knee high," is the report of all trail drovers who have come over that section this season. The staked plains are in extent 300 miles long by 200 wide, and there are but few cattle on this great grazing area. All that is necessary to take ad- vantage of this magnificent range is to procure water, which can be found, it has been demonstrated in many cases, at very short depth, and by means of artesian wells flowing water could be had on every range.
 Tucson Times: It is said that the Atlantic & Pacific railroad com pany are receiving applications from the cattlemen who have been required to vacate the Indian terri tory for the purchase of large tracts of the company's land for ranch purposes. The advantages to be derived by the company from such an arrangement are very great, and will no doubt be appreciated by its managers. The money received from the sale of lands, even at a very low rate, would amount to a large sum, while the revenues from : the cattle traffic would increase every year and add very largely to