The Arizona champion., 1886-02-06
WEEKLY CHAMPION
FEBRUARY 6, 1886.
STOCK NOTES.

Pleuro pneumonia, Texas fever and other ills which cattle are subject to, are unknown in Arizona.
 The heaviest stock losses from the recent storms appear to be Tn Kansas and eastern Colorado.
 MT. H. Warren, manager of the Aztec Cattle company, Is In Wash ington lobbying against the Quaran- ,ine law.
 Joel B. Gentry, the widely known breeder of fine stock in Pettis county, Missouri. died last week. Mir. Gen. try was only B years of age.
 The average amount of meat con sumed in the United States last year was something in the neighborhood or sI,Soo, ,ooo, 900. Including all animal products the amount per year will be about S, ,Soo, ,ooo, 900.
 It IS sad that James R. Lassa;or, who owns ranch near Soldier Hoe, has the finest artesian we'll Tn Sulphur Spring valley. Water was struck at depth of 70 feet, and large and continuous flow was obtained.
 Messrs. Elsca, Gibson & KinniSon report that stock IS doing we'll upon their range in northern Yavapai coun- ", close on to the Utah border. There is just enough snow there to let them out to fresh feed and not enough 10 cover up the feed.
 Cattlemen and others visiting Wins low will find the best meals al Cole mans American Chop House. This IS the headquarters tor stockmen al this town, where guests will always receive polite attention and be pro- vided with the best edibles the market can supply.
 A catileman named Smith, who left Texas several months ago with a herd of s,ooo head of cattle for ranch in the vicinity of Duncan, Arizona, has lost thus far about 100 head, and has iOn NIIHSO tuC DdldhNC Oi (iC uSIu loose for the winter in Lincoln coun- ty, New Mexico. He lost about 400 head at one alkali hole.
 A bill has been introduced by Van Wyck in the United States senate providing for the taxation of unpat- ented lands owned by railroad corpor. atioas, requiring surh companies to uaythe cost-6f surveying and locat- ing the land within sixty days after the passage of the act, or that in de. fault thereof the lands shall be subject 10 entry under the homestead and pre- emption laws, and liable 10 taxation.
 The Santa Fc New Mexican says that the A. T. X s. F. railroad com pany have ordered their solicitor to commence action. 10 test the Consti- tulionality of the New Mexican quar. antine law. We suppose the portion of the law which is open to objection, IS that which compels the Stockhold- CTS to pay inspection fees, 1.-the law is declared unconstitutional, it may he question whether those who have paid inspection fees cannot recover from the Territory. y.-Live Stock Jour, nal.
 The Tombstone D<mottaf says that the three Cochise county stock grow CTS associations, the San Pedro, the ha held meeting at Benson, and formed an organization to be known as the "General Stockgrowers' Association of Arizona They elected officers, ordered that the association meet semi annually at Benson, and that an as. sessment not exceeding two cents a head be made on cattle. As this seems to be a Cochise county affair all through, why does it assume to be Territorial and call itself "lhe Gencr- al Stockgrowers' Association of Ari zona?"
 Col. R. C.. Head is a man of no mean abilities. He understands the situation of the range as well perhaps as any other man. He recently do- hated some very good advice to the Texas Cattlemen, Tn their convention. He advised every effort to be made to secure outlets for Texas cattle ly re- trigerators near the stock ranges and the sending of meat by the raisers to the consumers market direct, and to have connection by railway with the stock breeding districts and so be able to balance the qualities likely to press against the stock interests. Mir. Head also made significant reference 10 Old Mexico as the future breeding grounds Of the west and as a proper outlet and method of disposing of surplus female stock in dotting them over the vast and now vacant grass plains of north ern Mexico; climate, grass and posi-. ton rendering it desirable breeding region which foreign capital will soon take up If American capital overlooks its advantages.
 A to Mrs. Gruudy.