The Clifton clarion., 1886-04-14
STOCK NOTES.

Arlzonas advantages as stOcl
 country are fast being recognized l-Hoof and Horn.
 Thespringis opening up in mag
 nifcent shape, with cattle com
 manding excellent prices and fail
 prospects of rising market.-
 Flagstaff Champion.
 Flooded bulls are constantly be- ing received by Arizona stockmen, and these arrivals are of such com mon occurrence as to hardly excite comment.-Champion.
 Leila B. the Arizona horse, which did up the sharpers at the Albu- querque fair last summer, is win ming many races and much money on the New Orleans track.-Stock Grower.
 Lyons & Campbell have had Daniel and George Harris, of Mid dle Gila, placed under bonds to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of killing a heifer not their own.
 Lyons & Campbell, of Silver City, have let the contract for building boiler house, two one hundred thousand gallon tanks and forty large troughs for their dressed beef establishment.
 Cattle in nearly all sections of northern Arizona are in splendid condition. The seasons have been favorable in every particular, and as a result losses have been nomi- nal, feed good, the stockmen hap py, and the cattle fat.-Stock Grower.
 The San Simon Cattle Company of Grant county, has purchased John w. Merchants bunch of l, 900 cattle; the horse stock was sold to Head & Hearst, for their Apache Tajoe ranch at SIS per head. The Head & Hearst company also bought Merchants ranch.-Stock- Grower.
 The rodeo party reached Flor ence this week, and are now work ing back toward Pima county. Cat tie seem to have scattered more than usual this season. Cattle from the ranches in southern Pima were found near this lace.--Florence Enterprise.
 The Senate has passed the bill to establish a national live stock highway to promote commerce be- tween those states in which the growing of live stock is prominent industry. The bill by its provis- ions sets apart Q strip of public land along the east line of Colo rado, averaging two miles in width.-Exchange.
 Mir. T. D. Hammond, manager of the Columbia Cattle Company. is in town on a visit to his family. The company have bought out the cattle and ranch belonging to Mir. Fritz Eve, of the Catalinas, but have not yet finished rounding up the cattle. There Is about 400 head in MT. Ewes band. This company have one of the finest ranges in the county.-Pinal Record.
 The Utah Legislature has pas sed law providing against the running at large of bulls in Rich county, of that Territory, between the first days of January and July of each year. The penalty provi- ded for violations of the law IS the impounding and sale of all ani- mals taken-up. A provision of the operation can be extended to any county in the Territory when ever a majority of the voters in the county SO elect
 Searchers for cheap steers, year lings and twos, of good grade, half breeds and better, can secure about 2,OOO in Apache county, Arizona. The stockmen of that section are anxious to sell, and owing to the distance from central points offer their stock at low prices es-yearlings at SIP and twos at S16. An easy drive can be made to Colorado and Wyoming, along the east line of the Navajo reservation. Several herds from western New Mexico | passed over this route last year, and found plenty of water and good feed all along the trail.-St Johns Herald.
 John Mullen, who with his bro thers has a stock ranch in the mountains, tells the reporter that he has not much con