The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-08-05
THE GREAT RANGE.
IMPORTANT AND INTEREST
ING CATTLE AND
HORSE NOTES.
DAILY DRIVES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STOCK GROWING
COUNTRY.

/ ceWSr CdtIle ana D4tter CHtt.6, Is what
Texas needs, and needs badly.
As beef-makers for the range or on the
farm, the Hereford cattle are taking front
rank in this state.
Even Southern Texas is catching the
improved stock fever, "and every now and
then we learn of shipment of fine bulls
to some breeder there.
Walsh g. Braxton shipped from
Springer, 1,600 head of Texas and New
Mexico steers; unloaded at La Junta,
and drove to range on Huerfano-La
Junta (Col.) Tribune.
The Brahmin cattle seem 10 be well
adapted to the climate of Southern
Texas. They stand the long hot sum
mers and insects splendidly, and crosses
on the native cattle produce fine beef.
No more trouble is expected from the
reported drift of cattle in Wise county.
The late rains in the west have furnished
water and grass enough, and they have
turned back to their accustomed ranges.
The watchword of the future is, fewer cat
tie and better beeves. Texas is not always
to be breeding ground for the northwest.
If our stockmen would be independent
they must have their herds perfected for
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The rains continue to favor some Sec
tions in Texas, leaving the inhabitants of
other sections to mourn. The new town
of Ballinger, Caldwell, Grandview and
Collinsville report rain on Thursday, with
several points in the eastern belt also re-
porting rains.
The following "notis' is posted on
fence in Morris county: IF any mans
or woman's COWS or oxen gifts in these
here oats, his or her tail will be cut off, as
the case may be. l am Christian man
and pay my taxes, but d-m man who
lets his critters loose, say l."
One thousand head of Preside county
stock cattle belonging to Garfield a.
Plasters, passed through Ell Peso yester-
day, bound for Old Mexico. They go to
Benson, Arizona, and from there into
Sonora. This is the only shipment of
stock that has passed through for several
days.-El Paso Tribune.
Dealers in imitation butter or oleomar-
garine, in Massachusetts, are required to
sell that stuff in packages labeled with its
true name, upon penalty of heavy fine.
The law applies to all dealers in the bogus
article, whether Wholesale, retail, or ped.
der. Now if it included hotel-keepers IL
would be satisfactory. The hotel-keeper
who buys oleomargarine at eight cents q
pound and feeds it to his guests as gen.
uine butter is as guilty of fraud as the
man who makes or sells il.
The great drouth in west Texas has
been broken at last, and now reports of
heavy rains come in from all directions.
Along the roads from Abilene to I'll Paso
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Rendrebrook, Silver, Sulphur, Deep and
Double Mountain creeks have been visited
with heavy fall Lynn county has been
wet thoroughly all over, and other rains
all through that section. Our cattlemen
have all gone to work with renewed spirits,
and the outlook for the winter is wonder
fully frightened.
Blocker, Driskill g. Davis are known far
and wide as three of the most nervy and
energetic cattlemen in all the range coun-
try. They tackled the trail last spring
with about 10000 cattle, and have passed
through troubles and difficulties enough
to overwhelm ordinary mer, and their
friends have feared that the drive would
prove very disastrous, but the boys stuck
to the willows, and the recent rains leave
no further room for doubt as to the out
come. The Record is glad indeed to
know that energy and perseverance is re-
warded. They have had many battles
with tickle fortune, and have scored more
victories than defeats.-Co Colorado Live
Stock Record.
The jealousy felt toward Texas stock by
cattle raisers in other states and terrific
ries, leading to the enactment of quaran-
tine laws, has seriously interfered with the
profits of our ranchmen. To circumveut
these enemies should be the object of ev-
cry Texas cattleman. Any plan by which
their schemes are brought to naught
should be favored and eagerly seized upon.
There is one way to Illustrate and make
ridiculous the quarantine against Texas
cattle. That is, to mature the beeves at
home and ship them direct to market.
good fat beef ia never the victim of quar-
aptine, whether from Texas or from
Montana.
The stock farmer is the coming mar
He is independent of guarantees or trans
portatiOn and inspection laws. He is the
intermediary between the rancher and the
farmer, and to him must they both come
at last. He makes market for the corn
and hay of the farmer and for the unde-
velOped cattle Of the rancher He combines
the corn and grass and cattle, and when
the combined product, to-wit, a good fat
beef, is ripe, he ships it to market and
snaps his fingers at the quarantine laws
of Kansas, or New Mexico, or Wyoming.
And through him the cattleman, the
rancher, can snap his fingers at the Jealous
monopolists of free range in other states
and territories, and tell them to take their
old quarantine and go to sheol.
Deputy United States Marshal Tom
johnson and the constable of Gainesville
passed through Denison Saturday from
the territory, where they arrested two
men, Bob Adams and Hill. Adams for
murder at Clarendon, Texas, and Hill for
theft of horse.
The wife of Mr.. VIM. Appleton, who
lives on Rocky, near Charlie Kletts, was
found dead about forty yards from her
home on last Wednesday morning, at
Blanco. 1t is the general opinion that
she was struck by lightning during thun-
der storm evening before.
G. G. Randell Friday morning at DaI-
las hired negro TO cut down the weeds in
his yard. He not only cut down the weeds,
lint all the Aowara and avian went an far ~