Tombstone epitaph., 1888-12-08

nears Prescott. :.
 Mostof the Ap,che beefis being ship ed from Holbfook. ':.Dr. Thornton of the Perrin Co.,, says the Courier, has shipped the past season, 800 steers q Mir Bacon, of Prescott, about as many more. X
 The TweaV- four Cattle O., says the St. Johns Asrsld, gathered I5o, three and four year old steers, which in the opinion of severai'good judges, were the finest ever driven out of Apache county. :,:,, .- .,3 ...A;r
 Mir. Frank. Arnol9 of Cotton Wood Falls. Kansas, says the Stockman,. is now on the Erie Cattle Company's range and will at once commence to spey 1000 head of old COWS and calves. He comes in our midst highly recommended as an 'experiencesh speyer. Any one desiring his serviees :cap eosnmunicate with him at Bisbee care Erie Cattle Company.
 
 The; grass cfop in New Mexico is shorter ,hAn for five years, and hard winter wifi Cause loss of millions of dollars'sqsteek growers.
 ,.The. Winslow News6f a recent date printed the following;< A big shipment offPt .heeves was made f,om the Win slow stock yards last night, by the Aztec Cattle' company Two hundred and thirty five head occupied ten cars. They were fpr the los Angeles market.
 D. J. Mar, of the Verde, says the sil- yer Belt, claims that 5000 head of steers wil be gathered this winter, from the Verde and adjacent mountain regions, for shipment to the, Los Angeles market He complains7of the ihade4uare accom- modations along the A. & P. road for aeeding. cattle, at. s ,, ..,..
 :. The Gazette. says that Walter l.. Vail will drive.a large baud of cattle to Salt River Valley: ip. .a short time to tatten for the Los Angeles market.
 The Couriec says: 'Cim Fell tells us that Duke & .ktell, Alex Duff, he, him. Self and others are collecting their cattle and driving themto fine range north of the A. &P.
 isAt the. meeting of Cherokee national Council held on the Sth inst, Chief J. B. Mayes. returned to the senate, whence it originated, ,.tbe. "Jsease sBill." passed at the late called session of the Legislature, leasing the Cherokee strip"to the Cher oksx' Live Stock association for SI7s,ooo per anniiiimil. N'He returned it vetoed, and in tiismessage says the Southwest Graz ers association has submitted bid of S2oo, 900 fof five years, .ss6o,ooo for the next five years, and S3oo,ooo for an ad- ditianol five years. Payments to be made -anually in advance. The strip has 6;ooo, 600 acres.
 The tenderfoot cattlemen of 1884 is now figuring mp the profit on the calf he bought. .that year for S75 and which he, has just sold as a four. year old m the. stock yard market for SI2. 50 net. asThe serub COW will not Ego" from the western ranges for many years to come but the process of evolution from the scrub bovine will be more noticeable in our cattle matters for the past few years.
 Those stockgrowers who planted sor- ghum the pastseason to use for forage purposes are greatly pleased with the ex. pertinent, and decide it one of the most profitable crops the Southwest cattle growers can raise. .,e
 In answer to inquiry the Stock Grower is able to say that good western Tevas steers are selling at present from Se to SIP per head on the range, for full two year-olds the latter price is the extreme limit, and steers in order to bring the price must be A I.
 If the result obtained from speying heifers in the scales of same this year are "a: fair criterion, says the Stock Grower, the practice has not been sue cessful ini it's outcome. Speyed heifers have: sold in all the markets of slaughter at the same price as old COWS. Another delusion seems to have gone glimmer- ing. @ a ''-' A genuine .norther' oVertook half daaea herds of cattle that were being hsld in the vicinity of Amorilla last week 1 awaiting shipment, and scattered five of he herds So t1rat the fragments thereof will not beSg gdtS together this year. It vas. I furious blast, but if the cowboys ,ad.not been in town most of the cattle ,ould; have beensbunched and thus saved rom, dispersion. '-
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 The Cheyenne Live Stock Journal tates that ihs meat inspector at Topeka las inaugurated war upon Kansas City lressed beer, ana warrants were issued or the aries. of eysry dealer who en- ages in its sale: ,Thisis in pursuance f an ordinance in force in that city 'hieb, ,embodies ihe principle of santa.