Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-25

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II N(Ha.gll vanced the ides tina
M14M <Nz2S3f e It was IN impossible,
SsEEf AM Ii ity to figure from sta
! E3fS%SsssShAg9 tisticsl reports upoy
NH ts8MSbgE the rise and fail OF I,
+ AR IJS8@NHf commodity, that gen.
lf ~ TnlGX/14} ersl prosperity OF
&zSzNlZpI%ME poverty OF the masses
ALiHA had more to do with
~ values Of commodi-
ties than the amount Of any given article
upon the market.
National statistics IS published BY the
departments seldom do mt re than act as
guide, and are very slow to show pro.
gress or retrogression. Like tie census
figures such compilations simply show
q state OF Affairs that did exist Of
some tine in the past. An attemp.
was made recently to ascertsin how
near efticisl figures of assessment
rolls OF cattle were to the true facts, but
q vast snlouut OF research, examination
and cross-exsulination OF range cattle
men simply eiicited the knowledge that
the figures are slightly incorrect now and
that such Ii ;ures were very incorrect a
few years Hgo. The result in actual
figures; does not amount TO much, but
investigation exhibits The fact that in
Texas, the Indlsn Territory, New Mexico,
Colorado, Arizona, and Ksnsas, there are
full 1000. 0c0 cattle less than Il ere were
IL 1885. II other st t3s and territories
STOW q nke decrease, while the increase
IMP opyNtion goes marching on, cattle
wIlsskam demand agsIn n very short
siHe.@ Sock Journsl.
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lsSSome years ago ore c, cur worthy N3W
sMexico rapchmen thought ne would puY-
chase good dog cas-! for the better pro.
lection Of his shee2. He accordingly
went east snd returned with 8 dog which
YVES highly recommended and cost him
quite handsome sum Of morey, rs well
as considers bic money to get to his ranch.
He told his trien Is Of his valuable pur-
chase and gloried in his possession
and in the fact tkst his sheep
would be disturbed no more
He went out o1e day among
the foot hills with the dog. The latter
soon sckmpered OF on some scent or
other and his master followed as well s5
he could. He saw in the distance two
objects running, one after the other, in
mad chase. The dog was doing nobly.
Following on he came to an zcquaint-
ance.
"ssy, Jsck, did you zee my dog and q
coyote 60 by here?"
eyes, shout ten minutes ago"
"Well, how was It?"
"Your dog was a little ahead"
The dog has not Jet returned to the
ranch New Mexico Stock Grower.
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Denver Republican: Hon. Gsorge G.
Reed, repTesentstiyeselect from Washing
ton county, is at the ST. Jsmes. In con.
versstIon with Z )publicsn reporter last
evening regarding the recent election sad
afails in that section OF country ne re-
ferred TO the necessity OF herd law.
~ suppose you intend to put restIic- |
tion On the promitcu0us migration OF |
range cattle across this newly develored |
country in the mex; legislature" WAS !
asked.
"Yes, SIR. We are going TO push tbs !
thing for all It is worth. Nothing is of |
more serious importance to the welfare OF |
our property and gro wing crops in spring
time and fIn. Cattle are allowed to |
wsnder st will Cysr the country and IS !
few settlers are able to fence q great |
deal Of destructive work is done by these |
herds"
Trinidad col Citizen: W. A, Bur-
nett took his seat in our clice recently. !
and talked over with the editor the aues-
ton of the range business. This gentle
man Is decidedly right in claiming th&ssFf
csttle gro wing on 8 rsree adequate to,k
feed them, the owner out CT debt, or esaE9
is not f6r from being Ss g2sd
q business now as TT shy tire in the past.
It Is question OF grass purely. The
man with cattle and no grass is in bad
row. The man with q large herd and
grass plenty for them to grszs is baron
still. Fat beef is as useful now as at
shy other period in the worlds history
II one has no permanent range he wants
no cattle. AS truly as in the days Of [
Abrahsm and Lot, he who hss many cst-
tie and much grass is king.
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Cattle shipments from San Angelo are
quite active, the bulk of the movement
being Of feeders. Seventy-hve carloads
were the shipments Of three days OF last
week. The Goodwin cattle were shipped
to Milan county to be fed during the
winter. They are about 1925 in number
and they are 6ll choice cattle. The Fank
Brothers cattle were bought BY Mr.. G
W. Purver, pol in number, and were
shipped to Williamson county, where
they will be fed during ths winter, pres
paratory 70 shipping north il the spling
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San Antonio correspondence Texas
Live Stock Journal: During the fair
here wss an old-tirne stockman's couyen-
ion 7in% SD Antoine, with Colonel Bob
5ssz1f6 Of Columbus, Jim Reed, Zone
.rmed jim Hines Clark, as conspicuous
igures, ana it only needed A q (5hRnghsi)
Pierce to complete the group. The usual
proceedings were hsd and the results &C
compared f&vorably with all
atEEsSfng great stockmen's conventions.
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Pueblo Chief.sin: Eight carloads Of
beef cattle have srrived this week from
Hon. j. B 0imsn's ranch near Fort
Lewis, seventeen miles from Durango,
md have all been sold to different parties
lere in Pueblo. at good prices. They
ion't look like cattle from this part Of the
'tste, snd their appearance justifes the
assertion tha. the Animis valley is slmost
he only part of Colorado that has any
,ange this yesr. i