The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02


Cornfed Texas sheep weighing los
pounds brought 1920 last week, but were
not cornfed in Texas.
Mr.. H. H. Metcalf, secretary of the
Colorado Cattle Growers association, is
sick at the City of Mexico.
The trainload of cattle sent to w. W.
McIlhany & Co., Chicago, ny the Fort
Stockton Land and Cattle company, sold
at an average of 81 80 per 100 pounds for
the COWS weighing 854 pounds, and So 30
for the steers weighing 929 pounds.
10. Hanna, president of the Nolan and
Fisher counties Livestock association,
calls the members to meet IN Sweetwater
at 10 o'clock, August Is. Business of
great Importance will come before the
meeting.
DR.. A. E. Carothers recently bought
some 1000 head of yearlings, for which
he paid from $3.50 to Sc per head, and
reports them scarce at that.
Recently, in southwestern Texas, bid
of $25 per head was refused for a herd of
1000 steers. This smacks a little of the
booming prices of six years ago.
The American Wool Reporter says:
"Neary 1000 men are engaged or the ex-
tension of the Mississippi mills, at Wes-
son, Miss. 1t will be completed by Janu-
airy l next, and cost about 100000.
The reaction in cattle has actually set
in, and yearlings that could have been
readily bought a. S. couple of months
ago can't be had for less than S. and
very few at that price. But it is best to
keep cool, and not let the boom be an
ticipated too far ahead.
oUERo BULLETIN.
Messrs. Aiusworth e. Shelly shipped a
train of cattle on Monday from Kleberg
This stock was purchased by Mr.. Shelly of
Joe Turner, of the Tic Cano rancho.
Stock shipments are few and far be
tween, Only short time ago shippers
conldn't get cars, now the railroad COM
panies cant get stock.
John Gallagher, of the Oso, shipped
three carloads of mares to San Antonio
on Saturday.
Mr.. John Malone, of Marshall, has Just
consummated purchase of the gearing
mules of the Lsureles rancho. One car
load of them he resold on Saturday to q
b1yer from Tennessee.
Mr.. Ysid % Vizcaya, of the Jesus Maria
rancho, sold few days ago to Mr.. Wiles,
of San Antonio, a lot of mules from San
Fernando, Mexico, upwards of 1OO Among
this lot are many superior animals and
the purchase will prove lucky one.
MoBEETIE PANHANDLE.
Bud Powers and Gus Waits have been
representing the Washita country in Mo-
beetle for couple of days. The grass i:
fine, water abundant, and cattle fat il
those ranges.
Lots of fellows from the ranges have
been looking around il town this week.
Our COW punchers are, without exception,
fine looking men, and well dressed and
we'll behaved gentlemen.
R. l.. Harper and G. @. Patten, of Kan
sas, are looking about among the ranges
and farms of this vicinity for beef cattle
to go straight to market, and are making
purchases. Mr.. Harper ia known to
many of our stockmen, having bought
Panhandle cattle years ago.
A letter from Adobe Walls and writer
from the Turkey-trsck ranch, remarks
'Apropos of cattle news, the range is now
being branded up the second time,a the
calf crop still continues good. Over Q, zoe
calves have been branded s. far. Consid
ering the excessive and continued drouth
stock of all kinds is looking remarkably
well, but unless we have rain soon, and
plenty of it, the prospects for hay will be
rather slim. The grass, though short, has
not dried up as much as might be ex-
pected." The letter is dated the 14th Inst
and we believe our friends over that way
have had abundant rain since.
The Cherokee council, in session al
Tahlequah, passed a bill releasing the
grazing privileges west of the ninety sixth
meridian to the Cherokee Strip Livestock
association for $4,000 per annum
Chief Mays vetoed the bill and presented
to the council two other bids, one from
the Northwest Texas Cattle company, Of
fering 100000 per annum for the graz
ing privileges, and ore from Texas offer
ing $175,000. Each of the two last named
companies put up as earnest money $75,.
000.. Notwithstanding the increased bids
the council endeavored to pass the former
bill over the chiefs veto, but they were
not successful.
COLORADO CLIPPER.
y. M. Tiliford got his $40 head of cattl,
off for market Tuesday.
Burt Simpson shipped three carloads Of
sheep to Chicago Thursday.
Col. NJ. T. Hall shi pped his wool clip o.
$4,000 pounds to the mills at Hartford
Conn.
John Carlisle sold 1927 beef steers to Mr.
Hastings, representing Gregory, Cooley a
Co., Wednesday at $22 round. The cattl,
were shipped to Chicago Thursday.
Jos. Funk, of the Concho, brought uE
200 head of choice steers Tuesday for
hipment. They were such fine lot that
B. Gatewood thought they must surely gc
to his house, SO bought them at $25 round
He says they were the finest cattle tina
have been shipped from Colorado this
season, averaging about 975 pounds.
The range is getting dry now and team
sters and hunters should be very careful
about starting fires on the prairie. Ber
Van Tuyl discovered a fire in his pastur,
Thursday remote from any house, anC
had hard work to extinguish it.
SAN ANGELO STANDARD.
Nearly every day we see bunch O
horses passing over the plains with few
cowboys riding along behind them OF
their way to some roundup.
Conner Bros. bought $50 head of stool
cattle last week from another Fredericks
burg German gentleman at $3.50 pc