The Arizona champion., 1888-03-03

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 The assessor of Nye County, New. has announced that he will assess live stock as follows: Stock cattle, SIS; beei cattle, s25; mustangs, $22; and sheep, Sl.50.
 Senator Palmer, of Michigan, has a hobby in his Jersey COWS and Percher' on horses. His butter cost about g. a pound, and yet some people are so ig. norant as to be prejudiced against 'fancy" stock.-Exohange.
 D. J. Mar, one of the well known Marr Brothers; of the Verde, visited Prescott on Monday last. He reports general activity among the stockmen along the Verde and in the Mongollon Mountains, in getting out beef cattle for shipment.-Hoof x Horn.
 Henry Mehrens, of Beever Greek while in Prescott on Monday last, in formed us that stock was doing well at Montezuma Well, and that some re- markedly fine beef was being culled out from that secton for shipment,- Hoof & Horn.
 The profits of breeding fine horses are illustrated in a sale of fancy trot- ing stock, at Lexington February l4th. Sixty-seven high bred animals of var ious ages brought SSS,3S5 or an aver age of s573, A Ally two years old and of aristocratic Image was sold to a California man for s2,555.
 c. A. Ruthbun, who has just return ed into southern, central and northern Arizona, reports that the available beef crop of that territory has already gone into the hands of the California butch CTS. Mir. Rathbun says that all New Mexico steers that are fit for beef will be wanted by the California market this year.-Stock Grower, Las Vegas.
 A MILK TRUST AT LAsT.-Arrange- ments were completed at Boston, Mass, on January 26th for the formation of a milk trust, which is to include every that contributes to the Boston market. It was also proposed that sum of money, say s25,000, should be put into pool for the purpose of building creameries, twenty in number, at the most important points of milk -produc- ing districts; also that the 'trust" should buy supplies in great quantities and sell them to prodocers at prices far below those they now to pay.
 A car lead of dressed beef has been shipped from Kansas City to San Fran cisco. It is simply an experimental shipment, but if Financially successful will be followed by regular consignments cf refrigerated beef from Krnsas City to California markets. In this Case, tle Eastern dressed beef men would cutter into direct competition with Ariz- ona and New Mexico stockmen for the California trade. We have no evil fOrebodings, however, on this score; helio, ing that our cattiemen will al- ways ind in California a market, and at good figures, too, for all their beef st,crs. Wilcox Stockman. .-... ..
 The following local stock associations have been organized in Tonto Basin; PAYsCN AssocIATIoH--President, Wal ker Moore; Vice President, o. c. Full ton; Secretary, w. W. Houston, Treasurer, Frank Bissig; Executive Committee, NJ. Derrick. J. A. Taught, '. j. Peters, w. Duncan and W. Ehodes. Pine AsSociation!-Presi- dent, E. J. Lawlor; Secretary, w. c. hcI aclan; Treasurer, A. J. R.ndall; Executive Committee, George Cole, Nj. Scr, and Alexander Allen. Both asso- cia,i ns atart off with good member Sltij, aud lave in them the material mi will do much good in the way of securing for the stock interests of Yav- al ai County the recognition and justice which have so long been denied them.
 "The scrub must 90" but cores Innlrit asks, "whege nut he go tJI" 1Li, i, hand que tian to answer. In the carly days, when the country was new, the settlers subsisted largely on I car meat, and anything better than that, however Cough" was esteemed a llxu,y. It was then that the scrub steer appeared and established himself in public regard. But now the woods are all cleared and the praries settled. There is no longer any bear meat with wlich he can compete, at as he cannot SIC es fllly stand before much of any thing else his "occupation" is clearly gone" We can imagine him medita- ting as he goes. "Well, l have had my day and now l fliust give my own CT clmncel 1 wonder if he will re- me whed he gets richl He probably owes everybody in the neibh- oilood by this time, but one thing IS celttin, he don't owe me enc SOU marhee l have kept ahead of him all my life. Let all members of the Gag cite family help to speed the voracious, llt now happily departing guest.-