Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-05-03
Atigoaa Enterprise. FLORENCE, MAY 8, 1890
WILCOX.
GENERAL ROUNDUP OF STOCK
 AND OTHER NEWS.
The Cattle Drive to Demlng--ImprOve- ment on the Isanges---Heavy Stock Shipments to Kansas---Steady
 Inquiry for Feeders.
Wilcox Stockman.

B. F. Brown, President and General Manager of the Erie Cattle Company, was in Wilcox Tuesday and was a pleasant caller on the Stockman. MT. Brown told us that during the recent drive of cattle he made to Deming (mention of which has before been made in these columns) fifteen miles was the longest distance travelled with out water. He demonstrated that the driving of cattle from Southern Ari- zona to Deming is entirely practicable and great saving over shipping them. The Erie Company's steers-815 head-are now being fed corn and millet near Strong City, Kansas. They will probably be placed on the market sometime during the Summer. Mir. Brown stated that ieod is very good on his range, and that they are carry ing a great many strays.
 D. 4. Adams and Walter Fife, who came here with the herd from the San Pedro, were agreeable callers on the Stockman Monday. MT. Fife, in re- ierring o q report recently published to the effect that good many cattle were dl ing on the San Pedro, stated that he had recently ridden the range constantly along the liver, and that he had seen very few dead cattle-no more than there generally are at this season of the year. A few old COWS and heiiers with their first calves die every year.
 George Frisk and W. H. McKittrick have rounded up 300 steers-about 400 belonging to the former and 800 to the latter-and Mr. Brisk. with a number of good cowhands, will to-day start with them on the trail to Dem ing, from which point they will be shipped to Emporia, Kansas, and fat tened before being placed on the market. The steers are of different ages, there being some yearlings in the lot. We predict a successful drive.
 G. F. Black shipped two trains of steers from here this week to Kansas. There were 653 head in the two ship ments, and the cattle all came from the San Pedro, being purchased from J. U. Vaughan and sons, Prina & Fife, D. IT. Logan, Joe Layton and others. The herd had to be held here two or three days owing to the non arrival of cars. Mir. Black, the fore part of this week, had 5000 cattle at different stations in Arizona awaiting cars.
 The last shipment of cattle made from this place to Kansas by F.. storm met with a disaster. The train was wrecked somewhere in New Mexico, and over zoo head of cattle were killed Mir. Storm had intended to make another shipment of steers, be- longing to the Tombstone Land and Cattle Company, from here, but in- stead has driven them to Deming, from where they will be shipped to Kansas.
 Norton & Co. have been awarded the contract for the transportation of Government freight to and from Will COX and Fort Thomas and San Carlos during the next fiscal year. II. c. | slavins, of Kansas City, gets the con | tract for transportation to Fort Grant, and Wickersham < Co. from Bowie.
 Monk Brothers gathered about 600. steers to ship 10 Kansas as feeders, The cattle were driven to San Simon for shipment, but on Wednesday night stampeded and the whole herd es- capped. They will be regathered, but ! this will necessitate q great deal of trouble, as they are badly scattered.
 Messrs. Carpenter and Wright, the cattle buyers, will ship two train loads of steers from here the coming week. ! The cattle are to come from the Lower San Pedro.
 NJ. K krider, of Larned, Kansas, arrived here Tuesday night. lie de sires to purchase train load of good grade feeding steers, threes and up. A. Anderson recently sold twenty COWS, with calves, to q Bisbee dairy. man for S20 head.
 The third drive of cattle from the Chiricahua Cattle Company's Sulphur valley range passed through here Sun day en route to the Eagle and Bonita creek range. There were about 1000 head in the drive.
 We understand the San Simon Cat. tie Company and John P. Gray are rounding up steers to drive to Deming from which point they will be ship. ped.