Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-05
CRITTENDEN.
A Cosby Letter on Stock and Other
 Interests.

Listener" writes the following, from Crittenden to the Southwestern Stock man:
 There has been quite decided change in the weather, the two weeks preceding this being one continued equinoctial gale, and all passed without even a sprinkle of ram to moisten the parched earth, while the high winds made yet dryer the dusty prairies. This warm weather brings out the cattle from the hills, and the shady side of every house in the town is fully tenanted; while at the water-tank is constant, charging crowd, as a stronger animal prefers the cool of its shade, with the chance of an occa- sional drop of water.
 On a flying trip to the Bonanza camp of Du Quesne day ago, we saw that our friend Stevens, of sulphurous cele- brity during the no-rain season of last year, had plowed up the whole of his pre-emption claim south of town, which is in the valley. The work was well done with three strong horses, sacaton tussocks, wire grass patches, and grama all being turned bottom uppermost, and it needs no prophet to foretell that Mir. Stevens will reap a rich reward for his labor. Last year his hay was so full of a creeping thorn vine as to make it prac- tically invaluable. While there is no water on this land it will get enough rain ln July and August to grow a good crop of volunteer grama, it being an es- tablished fact now that if the ground if turned over and lie fallow, that the in. Gigenous grasses will come up very thick Of course 1t Is necessary to protect the | land, and not let stock wander over it tC pack the ground
 It is reported here that Maish & Dris coll, Sabino Otero, Juan Elias, on the Santa Cruz, and the San Pedro Cattle Company and adjoining ranchers on the San Pedro river, have sold their steer: to Messrs. Holt and Boice, of Montana at S7 for yearlings, s10 for two -year-olds and sl3.75 for threes and up, all to be de | livered at Wilcox. These figures, i correct, are about what good cattle could be bought for in this neighborhood.
 The San Rafael Cattle Company have delivered all their steers, and are nov getting old COWS ready for a shipment April 2d.
 The grass all over this country is yer! short, and those cattlemen who sell vii have few dollars, while those who dC not will only have bones.
 Vim. D. Renter, a veteran stockmal who has followed close on the heels O the red man from Arkansas here, offer his ranch for sale and will move his cat tie to the alfalfa fields of the Gila. Sucl straws as this show which way the wine 1 blows.
 Cows are calving fast and we heard a Du Quesne the other night the remarl that there were already more dead COW on the range since January, 1890, thal in the seven years following January 1883.
 By the way, this Du Quesne camp going to be the greatest on the Pacifi coast. MT. Westinghouse is a million aire some thirty times, and he has SC aside one of them to develop and pros pect this camp, which, sum of none, judicially expended will determine great deal. There cannot be too mucl such work done in this neigh hborhood.
 A. J. Stockton has sold a two-third interest in his copper mine, near the olt | Flux mine, and it is now being opened in a large way. Boulders of pure coppe weighing 300 pounds have been takel from this mine. It is pity that stone are not food for cattle, but if they wer | the avaricious stockmen would over stock the country from present appear | anceS