Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12

with 2 keen black eye and n on the SUNNI
isd,s OF fifty. A. a cattle raiser no has
exways met with signal success. lie i
manager Of the Loving Cattle company
which owns large ranches IN Lost valley
! Col. u. ID. Hunter OF 81. Louis, cx
president Of The National Cattle and
Horse Growers Association OF tho United
States, Is 40 interested spectator OF the
proceedings.
PEW wf1n lots or suEREIs.
Dan WaggOncr OF Decatur ~ probably
the richest cOwnan In attendance. His
ranch Is in the -. !. r., and he j. re
ported, on good authority, 10 be worth
| 81 ,BOG, 900, which sum he refused for
bis ranch Interests TOW years ago.
Col. G.. G. Slaughter OF Dallas u an
other millionaire, ana has more cattle
than Carter had oats They are IN Bor-
den county, on The headwaters Of the
Colorado.
Bnfkc Burnett Of Fort Worth might
safely bo put dOga az 10000 He has
between 1000 and 5000 thrceycar-old
steers on his Rod river ranch and will
sell 500, 600 worth of beef this spring
quarter 0f million would not be
far wrong ~ sizing up the value Of Col.
John y simpsons possessions.
Jesse 4. llittsOu ~ Wcathcriord ranks
with the heavy weights, aud pulls the
sc0le at about $500, 900.
Judge l.lndsey Of Gainesville is away
up ia the procession and is good for
$3.50 900.
W. Z. Curtiss oi IIenrett, wouldn't
fan short OF $500 900.
The Reynolds brothers OF Albany
represent an aggregation not much less
than 6 100000
SOME orlEIoNs.
Cal SuRg "You can't tell as yet
much about what The spring drive will
DO IT depends largely on contracts.
Texas cattlemen don't risk driving and !
taking the chances of an open market az
they used to- and contract before hand / |
think cattle will be higher within thirty |
days.
Capt skinner OF Vlnita, !. T.; "Our |
OF loss this winter has been !
small and We have Grst-class grass. on
The lst OF April quarantine laws go into |
operation in every division OF the Terri !
tory and there has 10 be some lively |
before that time"
Mr.. r. w Chles OF Harold "Icm't
see what Texas stockmen are TO gain by |
adopting q percentage plan rather than
~ paying 80 much head To commission |
men. Their custom Is TO charge 30 cents
per capita. Now, the other way the com.
mission on steer worth 500 would |
mount 90 at least 49, The present ays-
.em Is far preferable and IN Che long run
hc cheapest
T., s. Pepyman Of Jack county! "a
yrc0t deal OF interest Is being taken In
'aising bl0odcd stock. The llcrciords
md polled Angus are the iavOrtes.
hiDk the latter magnificent species aud
refer them 10 all others"
Mr. w II Merton OF Colorado CITY.
III you look at It right, this raising Of
hc transportation rates ON dressed meat
rom Cblcago 10 Eastern markets Is u the
Interest," Of Texas ranchmCn, aud they
,ught to favor n Why2 Simply be-
muse Phil Armour aud his sciemng col.
cagucs own oil the plants for dressing
Duct, and II The roads allow them to ship
v the same cost per pound as shippers
u i've animals are charged, they viii
layo the whole thing IN their hands,
rcczc out all competition, and pay what
yer price they see n to give for cattle
There Is no denying the truth Of this
position, aud when Commissioner Fink
dyanced the rates on dressed meat he
'nly did what was Just, aud put the live
took haudlors on an equal footing with
hose greedy monopolstsp
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mai. Frank Holland, senior editor of
Texas Farm and Ranch, came In at the
ELEVENTH hour He Is one Of the best.
nown aud bcst-lIked newspaper men In
DC state.
George Kramer Of Denver who owns
blg ranch In Colorado, Is here.
Sam Scaling OF st. Louis who has sold
eglons Of Texas boevcs Is on hand rep.
scouting the commission business
j. II. Campbell, II Chicago commission
Icalor who h Il pretty regular visitor at