The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-18
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Pleuro-pneumonia Texas fever, and the
other ills to which cattle are heir, are I'M
known in New Mexico.
The capitol syndicate of Texas will
commence the fencing of 100000 acres
of land at an early date.
The Colorado and Brazos Cattle Grow
ers' association will convene in annual
session at Colorado City, Texas, ON Tues
day, March 2.
Miles City (Mont.) Reporter: The line
riders are having very little trouble now,
the cattle, with few exceptions, being
back in the hills.
Thousands of cattle, horses and sheep
are reported frozen to death in the In
dian Territory; but not a single head in
Central New Mexico.
H. R. Harris sold last week 1000 head
of stock cattle, to be sent to the western
part of the county. They were from the
Texas Panhandle,-Socorro Bullion.
Mr.. Thomas II. Lawrence, manager of
the Dubuque Cattle company, has been
elected a director in the st. Miguel Ma
tional bank of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Late advices from Liverpool quote the
Best steers were selling at 13@131bc
dressed, but the demand was rather light.
The receipts of stock at Chicago for
January show decrease of 1890 cattle
and $4,000 hogs, compared with January
last year. The shipments show decrease
of nearly $4,000 cattle and an increase of
$4,000 hogs.
The Sierra Land and Cattle company,
whose stock range over the country ad-
jacent to Lake Valley and Hillsboro, have
agreed to render just compensation to
small holders of stock, upon whose ranges
their cattle may trespass.
The recent snow storms have been a
God-send 20 the stockmen in this vicinity.
The scarcity of water was beginning to
tell on the stock, and the snow coming as
it has puts the animals in fine condition.
Fort Benton (Mont.) Press.
Las Animas (Colo.) Leader: While the
train was delayed at Coolidge the other
day, on account of the blockade a lady on
board sent up town and purchased two
tons of hay and had it thrown out to the
cattle wandering aimlessly about unable
to obtain food or drink.
j. p. Mansfield & Bro, who own ranch
in Wyoming territory and one about one
hundred miles below the city of Chihuahua,
have 700 cattle they are wintering on this
side the line near Ysleta. In the spring
they will drive them to their Wyoming
ranch.-El Paso (Tex.) Journal.
William Courtenay informs us of re-
cent large deal in cattle of about $500
head of range cattle on Tongue river, for
ri 10 oil ctu bnt tytyn
large cattle companies are being organ
lied with capital running up into the
millions Miles City (Mont.) Reporter.
Colonel Joe W. Dryer, of New Mexico,
is called the little monitor. He is the
manager of the Una del Cato, and is a
brainy little man. He is a native of CO.
shocton, Ohio, an old newspaper man, and
learned to stick type in the same office
with Joe Medill, of the Chicago Tribune.
Miles City (Mont.) Reporter: At a
meeting of the Benton and st. Louis Cat
tie company, held ON Monday last, the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: G. E. Conrad, president; l.
G.. Baker, vice-president; W. G.. Conrad,
treasurer; Joseph A. Baker, secretary;
John Harris, general manager.
Las Vegas IN. NJ Optic: A cattleman
named Smith, who left Texas several
months ago with herd of 1000 head of
cattle for a ranch in the vicinity of Dun
can, Arizona, has lost thus far about 700
head, and has now turned the balance of
the herd loose for the winter in Lincoln
county. He lost about 400 head at one
alkali hole.
An experienced stockman of Kansas is
the latest person to come forward with a
new remedy for blackleg, which has at
least the advantage of simplicity. His
remedy, which he claims has never failed,
consists merely in bleeding the diseased
animal by opening one of the veins in the
neck. A trial of the remedy is so easy
that its so-claimed infallibility should be
soon decided.
AS yet no real sales of young cattle
have been made worthy of note. But
very few are buying and those are local
stockmen, who are always ready to take
advantage of bargain. Seven dollars is
about the highest yet offered for Texas
yearlings, while the great majority OF
ranchmen expect to get at least $9.-Fort
Worth Journal.
Silver City IN. NJ Enterprise: The
Sierra Land and Cattle COM any whose
stock range over the country adjacent to
Lake valley and Hillsboro, have agreed to
render Just compensation to small holders
of the stock upon whose ranges their cat
tie may trespass. This is good idea
and one we'll calculated to promote good
feeling between large and small owners OF
cattle.
The Utah legislature is wrestling with
"barbed wire fence bill" requiring board
six inches wide or pole to be placed on
suoh fences, the bill having passed to the
third reading. The HOE. Abrsm Hatcl
opposed the bill, claiming the Legislature
has no right to compel people to rebuilc
their fences. Mr.. We t laid that if the
bill passed it would entail an expense OF
$3,OO0000 on the fence owners of the ter
ritory.
The ranchmen on the strip do not pro
pose to lose the hides of their.cattle thi!
winter, if they do lose the beef. A skin
ming outfit went below this week to worl
the defunct through yearling and ancien
COW. The boys will not grow wealthy of
the hide business, nor the ranchmen poo
by the losses sustained if they have NJ