Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-28
The NEBRASKA COMMISSION,
Stock Men Who We're Sent by Gov
Thayer to Investigate New Mex
ico's Stock Interests,
Seeking information in Santa Fe To-day
Origin of the Scare-kew Mex.
leo All Right

The Nebraska commission sent by Gov
Thayer, of that state, to investigate into
the condition of New Mexico cattle, ar
rived here this morning from the south,
accompanied by Major W. II. II. LEV
ellyu, the energetic live stock agent Of
the A., T. & S. f, road. The COM
mission is composed OF representative
citizens of Nebraska, and its personnel is
as follows:
0. J. Irish, Of Sloan Nicholas Fritz, Of
Fender; G. NJ. Wright, of Seward j. B.
Barber, of Bancroft, and w. Z. Skinner,
of Omaha. Mr.. Irish, stock man and
banker, is chairman, and Mr.. Skinner,
Of the Union stock yards, South Omaha,
is secretary. The commission to-day
had conferences with Gov. Prince, Sec.
Thomas and other officials, and were
supplied with copies of all the laws and
regulations providing for the inspection
OF and relating to the
from disease, In response to inquiries
they said they had been most courteously
treated during their trip through the ter
ritory and had been given every facility
for the most rigid examination Of the
stock interests OF New Mexico. The final
results of their visit can not, however, be
divulged until officially given to Gov.
Thayer. They have visited Albuquerque,
Las Cruces, FL Paso, Engle, Demlng and
Santa Fe, and will stop of at Las Vegas
and Ration Ell route home. The gentle
men are solid looking business men who
impress one with the fact that they are in
search of facts only and will give the Ne
braska authorities fair and impartial re-
port of our stock interests without fear or
favor.
ORIGIN OF THE SCARE.
The NEw MEXICAN has been at some
pains to inquire into the origin of the Ne
braska fright of diseased cattle in New
Mexico and herewith presents it to the
public.
1t appears that +. d. Wilson OF Grant
county, shipped from Engle on April %
III head of stock to brother III Burt
county, Neb., and the same had to be
driven across country after reaching Ne
braska in order to arrive at their destina-
tion. The Nebraska farmers along the
route noted their passage along the public
highway and jumped at the conclusion
that they had been smuggled in from
Texas, and, possibly, might spread
Texas fever among Nebraska
herds. This was the way it
was laid before Gov. Thayer and that otil-
cial Of course began to take steps to pro-
tect the farmers from Texas fever. Hon.
B. NJ Thomas, then acting gov
ernor Of New Mexico Was soon
AprRlsED OF THE SITUATION
and promptly made inquiry and laid the
result Of this inquiry before Gov Thaycr.
Still the stock men were not fully satisfied
and so this commission was sent here.
They came especially to investigate into
the origin of the Wilson cattle shipped
from Engle, and for this purpose spent
some time in DOna Ana county. There
they were assisted in their research by
Capt John II. Riley, Major Llewellyn,
BENZ Z. Davies and Mr.. Joseph Saint,
member of the New Mexico cattle sani-
tary board; in fact the latter has been
with them constantly until last night.
The commission found that the Wilson
cattle
WERE ALL RIGHT,
they being native New Mexico stock and
all their brands being OF record in Dona
Ana county. The visitors also desired to
look specially into the record Of 1900
head OF steers shipped to Nebraska by
the San Simon Cattle company, of Ari-
IONA. These were shipped from Deming
At the latter point Col. A. E. Head and
S. Lindauer we're untiring in ah'ordng
every facility for arriving at the facts, and
it was found that the health record OF the
stock vas perfect.
En- route home the commission is still
gathering information which it is believed
can but rebound to the good Of New Mex
leo stock men.
Of course the cattle mon Of New Mex
leo have been not little
EXERCISED OVER THIS AFFAIR,
but the Nebraska authorities have shown
such fair disposition all along that they
now believe the commissions trip will
prove beneficial in attracting attention to
the par excellence of our stock sanitary
regulations
Major Llewellyn Tvs the A., 7. q 5, T.
company is OF course quite as much in
terested in the outcome of this inyestiga-
ton as are the stock men themselves,
and the railway officials have used their
every endeavor to aid the commission in
arriving at the exact facts. Olstock ship
ping over the A., 7. ~ S. L. route Major
Llewellyn said:
1.-The car service report in the Rio
Grande division OF the Santa Fe last
night showed that there were 395 cars OF
cattle in the various yards waiting for
cars to move them out. Long trains OF
empties are daily passing down the line,
and the cattle are being shipped east as
fast as cars can be furnished. Fifty
thousand head OF steers have already
been shipped from Deming this season,
and the unbroken procession still keeps
up. Vast herds of cattle are coming in
to Engle to be shipped. This is rush.
ing year for cattle shipments on the San
ia Fee route"
A ST0CKMAN'S CHAT,