The St. Johns herald., 1886-06-03

Rocky Mountains is dry, while Oregon is having an unusually wet spring.
 Reno (Nev. J Gazette Louis Dean has captured seventy head of wild horses, which have been running in the mountains for many years in Roop county, and which are the descendants of some fine stock turned out i'll that country by Hon. L. T. Fox during the time he owned the range. Among those captured IS the roan stud which the vaqueros have been trying to secure for the last eight years, and is said to be a very fine horse.
 Southwest Sentinel: The coun- try continues to grow drier and old established cattlemen are beginning to kick about men with an insuffi- cient water supply feeding and wa tering their stock on other peoples ranges. Large numbers of cattle have come into the country during the past year, and unless irrigation is largely resorted to, no more cat tie should be brought in. In any case the natural increase of the herds now here will completely stock the country in a few years.
 Silver City Enterprise: Jas. w. Summers and J. C. Minor, two wealthy and extensive stockmen from Keokuk, Iowa, visited Silver City this week in search of stock range to accommodate 12,OOO head of tle.which they wish to remove from No Mans Land. Owing to the continued sickness of MT. Mi nor they were obliged to return home for the present and will lease fenced pasture land for this season and visit New Mexico next fall to purchase.
 The following facts are reported by MT. E. E. Wilson, of Kansas City, who is manager ot the Texas Land & Cattle Company: "In the fall of 1882 Mir. Wilson had spayed S15 head of heifer calves and the next spring gathered 800 of them, showing a loss of a little less than two per cent, which induced him to continue the work, and up to 1884 he had between 5000 and 5000 head spayed, on which the losses have not exceeded two per cent. This work was done on their ranch Tn Southern Texas, and performed by Dr. Willis, of Iowa, who is said to be an expert.
 Colorado Springs Gazette: A cir cular has been issued by the execu- tive committee of the Sixth Dis trict Cattle Growers Association stating that on account of the f. nancial condition of the associa- ton it will not be necessary to levy an assessment in order to pay the expenses of rider south of the Arkansas river. The circular also states that the committee is about to publish brand book with new cuts, and requests each member to send his principal brand to the sec retary before May 20th. Now would be good time for members to join to obtain the benefits of this book. The dues are only $2.50 per annum.
 Taylor County News: The cattle trail is now turned via Abilene on account of the country having been fenced up east of us. On the 22d ult., Pryor's herd, from Kimball county, of 1900 head of steers, passed here, On the 5th instant, Blocker, Driskill & Davis herd of 5000 two-year-olds passed in charge of NIT. Walker. On the 9th instant the same firm had 2,000 head pass in charge of D. A. Murchason. MT. Murchason informs us that Block CT, Driskill & Davis have now en route some seventeen herds of cat tie with from 2,50O upward in each herd; they will pass through Abi- lene. They are purchasing a great deal of their supplies at this point.
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