Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-01
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Information Regarding the Denver Con
yentieH and the Transportation and
Reception OF Delegates.
Sold his Mules and VIII Bring More
Range Beef IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
- ing Thoroughbred Stock.


- ing Thoroughbred Stock.
"A carload Of jacks were unloaded LAST
fevening at PolS's stock yards, off the
Houston and Texas Central.
The Colorado Cattle Growers Assccia-
ton and the Denver CHAMBER of Com
MERGE are making preparations to enter
tain the cattlemen who will attend the
range meeting i'll royal manner.
Information has been received by
prominent csttlemen In Fort Worth that
quite number OF northern rGngemen
VINO desire to make purchases of Texas
steers, will be present at the Denver
meeting on March %.
Colonel H. NJ. Taylor has received
official information Of the commence
ment of the convention of the Interna-
Lional Range Association ct Denver or
March %. In few days it will be an
bounced when the Texas Association
will convene to elect delegates to the
| DenVeE eoRvention.
MI Thomas 2. James, 6 Palo Pinto
horse and mule Ia,ser, VINO has had car.
load of mules at Folks STOCK yards for q
ffewdsys, has disposed of twenty-five
head at SEQ around. The animals stood
1910 Is hands high. Mr.. James will
prshg in couple of carloads of ones and
twps for sale here soon.
Colonel b. M. Taylor, agent OF the Bu-
reau of,Animal Industry, said last even
| ing thashAa GoHtemplAte trip to Colorado
had been prevented so far by bad health
as he is suffering now from the effects o.
overwork and threatened pneumonia. HI
is recovering now and will leave for the
north in q very short time.
| William Powell OF Beecher, ILL.,, has
contracted to deliver two heiters and /:
ers and three bulls to M. G. Hurley o.
Fort Worth, all thoroughbred registered
Herefords. Mr.. Powell goes north to.
day to get this stock, together with many
others to furnish purchasers in Southeast
Texas. They will be delivered about thu
goth.
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Pueblo, Colorado, Chieftian: Pueblo
county stockmen say that the cattle ert
sll right, and that last weeks blizzard
has not done them any harm to speak of
The grass on the range is short but very
good, and there has not been enough
snow TO keep it from being easily got at
Most of the cattle are in excellent condi-
tion, there being very few that are ever
in poor flesh.
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Mr.. W. J. Montreith, horse and mule
dealer of Fort Worth, has Just returned
from trip through Louisiana and South
ern Arkansas. Toinquiries regarding thu
prospects of trade in that direction thi
.lIear, Mr.. Montreith said thst there would
The very little demand for horses, blu
mules would be wanted if they could b,
got at reasonable prices. Medium sizeC
mules, active and spright, were the kind
most needed.
Ear. q. G. Bedford, q stockman of Bed
ford, Knox county, was in Fort Wortl
yesterday. Cattle in his neighbornood
he said, were in very fair condition TO-
the time of year; slightly drawn, it wa
true, but able to stand some hard knock
yet. Few have succumbed to the ele
ments so far. The stock had been in goot
shape before the storm, in fact he hat
killed beef cattle on the range the da,
bafore the big norther Of three weeks ago
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In few days official announcement
will be made of the rates that will b
charged Texas cattlemen who may desir
TO attend the Denver convention. Thes
rates, il is confidently believed, will b.
merely nominal, Just enough t
cover the actual cost of transportation
Texas railroads appreciate the live stocl
traffic and realize that owing to the Low
prices of their products the cattlemel
cannot afford to expend much money TO
transportation expenses.
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DR.. D. Salmon, chief Of the UniteC
States Bureau of Animal Industry, will b
present at the meeting OF the Range AS.
ISOLATION in Denver, and will meet In
official veterinarians of the western state
: and territories, to pass on the data tina
the officers OF the Bureau will be able Il
lay before them bearing on the establish
ment of line in Texas and the India
Territory separating the infected from tn
non-infected sections. This line will IN
doubtedly be established in sEtistactor
manner at that time, and the moVemen
! of Texas cattle in the spring to uorther
mountain ranges, will then be made witt
, out friction.
LoEs in Coryen County.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
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