The St. Johns herald., 1886-05-06
Hamilton's Outlook Arizona

fen pounds per head, but there are some mutton sheep that will shear twelve and dress sixty pounds. 5lany who started in the business less than seven years ago with a few hundred head, now count their fiocks by the thousands.
 Silver City Enterprise s. P. Car penter, who is ever alive to money making schemes, put in the lowest bid to furnish Fort Bayard with Beef the ensuing year. He bid six cents for dressed and, three cents for beef on the hoof, and says that cows, heifers, bulls, stags and cat tie generally, that are hornless, wild, lame or diseased, shall not be delivered, but fine, smooth steers from his excellent range will be furnished.
 Deming Headlight: It is expect ed that 10000 head of cattle will kave been entered at the custom house in this place at the close of the first half of this year. More than two-thirds of that number have already been entered or are on their way. This is pretty good showing for our custom house, and is a sure indication that the cattle men of this section are confident of the future prosperity of this part of the Territory as a cattle raising country.
 Live Stock Journal: The increase in live stock in Arizona is said to be as great as in any country ever known. What was a wilderness less than five years ago is now oc- cupied by stockmen, whose cattle range everywhere. This may be accounted for by the cutting off of ranges in other countries and drives cattlemen to Arizona. Thousands of head of Texas cattle went in there last year, and more are to follow. until the papers of that Ter ritory are beginning to talk about over-stocked ranges. There are still many fine ranges if water was on them, and the stockmen will, before the summer is over, secure water by some means.
 Champion: The Mogollon Live Stock Association held a regular annual meeting at Flagstaff recent ly. John Marshall, B. B. Bulwin- kle, Allen Doyle, Wm. Daze and Frank Miller were elected new mem bers. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, W. H. Ashurst; Vice-President, W. Munds; Treasurer, Allen Doyle Secretary, W. G. Stewart. Execu- tive Committee-W. H. Ashurst, John Marshall, H. c. Lockett, Wm Fain, B. B. Bulwinkle, Robert Fin nie, w. H. Shoot, W. J. Hill, w. G. Stewart, John Clark and Frank Hart. A committee was then ap- pointed to arrange for the spring roundup, and adjourned till July 9th.
 Dodge City Journal: Large horses are getting so common in this coun- try that the sight of large fine team excices no comment. Yet Ii has only been a year or two since our horses consisted wholly of the Indian or Texas pony, and ever now many prefer this class of horses for light riding or driving to th' horses we now have. For rougf usage on a long ride or drive, th' pony will always be favorite, al they can stand more travel on les to eat or drink, than any piece o horse flesh on earth. The time vii come right here when the pony vii be high priced animal, and con sidering the little care they require there is as much money in breed ing them now as any other hors' in this market.
 National Stockman There are { few if any greater mistakes con nected with the fine stock bushes just now than the too prevalen practice of breeding too young