The Arizona champion., 1888-05-05
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
STOCK NOTES.

The annual election of the Apache County Stock Association will take place at St. Johns on the sIst of the present month.
 Settlers on government land in Southern Arizona now only pay SI.2S per acre. The double minimum or der has been revoked.i
 MT. Van Horn, large cattle owner, shipped train of twenty car loads of cattle from Fl Paso through Albuquer- que to Denver Saturday morning.
 A Shetland colt, as large as rab. bit and lively as a cricket, is great source of attraction at the Watkins farm near Birmingham, Mich.
 According to our exchanges rain IS badly needed in Eastern New Mex ico. Fortunately Arizona is safely beyond the probability of any such scarcity this year,
 Fairbank & Go. are accused by the St. Louis butchers of buying at the National Stock Yards fat hogs that had died a natural death and using it in lard products.
 The sheep shearing season has ac- lively opened up on the ranches around Wlnslow. Mir. Frank Hart commenced last week and will shear about 5000 head.-News.
 The cattlemen's association in cen- tral Texas, in Mills district, has ex- pressed itself decidedly on the pro- posed reduction of the duty on wools and hides, and asked him to resign if he continues to favor it.
 The Springer Stockman says: "A pointer for Albuquerque. MT. D. A. Clouthier will show at the Albu. querque fair lot of thoroughbred horses and another lot of fine cattle. Now, get up, and meet him."
 Dexter, the great trotter of the past, died recently at the Bonner stables at the age of thirty years. Time was when Dexter's mile of a:I7H was the wonder of the world and many predicted that it would never be low cred.
 The warbles, or punches on the backs of cattle, may be killed by puncturing them through the entrance hole with an awl, or by swinging in few drops of carbolic acid slightly diluted. If let alone each grub will make another gad.fy to torment the cattle the next summer.
 A rodeo will be commenced in the northern part of Sacramento Valley, May 5th, at Quail Springs, and work by Dolan and Cane Springs, closing at Coara Springs, in Wallapai Valley. J. w. and H. B. Thompson and Geo. A. Bonelli are the cattlemen who give notice of the rodeo.-N1ohave Miner.
 The Chief Quartermaster, depart ment of Arizona, has lately advertised for sealed proposals and bids for fur nishing I77 cavalry horses for troops in Arizona and New Mexico. This opens good market for horse breed CTS throughout this country, and as cattle are still low it might pay to breed and raise cavalry horses. s.-Las Vegas Stock Grower.
 Pocahontas, the mare that Robert Bonner paid S35,ooo fcr many years ago IS still alive and hear>y at the age of twenty-nine. It has rever been possible to get her in foal, in which respect MT. Bonner has been very un. fortunate. as colt from her would be valuable indeed, as she is by Ethan Allen, dam. the famous pacing mare Pocahontas. .-Breeders' Gazette.
 Reports reached here Friday of lively contest which took place but a day or two since d, St Joseph, loca ted few miles this side of Holbrook. The two stolen horses were the prop. erty of the Hash Knife Company, and as soon as missed two detectives of that company struck the trail in pur. suit oi the thief whom they soon run on 10 just at the time he was crossing the Little Colorado River with the two stolen animals. Upon reaching the opposite bank, the plucky desper- ado turned loose his shooting irons and held the fort until the approach ing darkness gave him a chance to make an escape. At least fifty shots were exchanged, without effect. Next morning. pursuit was resumed, and one of the stolen animals was recov. cred. but after diligent search, the trail of the unknown horse thief with his remaining booty could not be found.-News. " 7