Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-11-29
Cattle Notes.

s1.75 for the tailings.
AS the winter approaches cattle
owners should make preparations
to keep open water holes on their
ranges. Want of water in the
winter causes a loss of about as
many animals as does the severe
cold and the lack of food.
Harry Gray, manager of the
Armendaris grant property, in
Socorro and Sierra counties, is
this week in Texas receiving cattle
in Brown county, which will be
clipped to the grant at once.
Tony Meloch, of Ration, recent
ly shipped a lot of steers to Kan
sas City from his Colfax county
ranch, that netted him S34 head.
1t is needless to say they were
well bred, we'll fed and well han
died.
A. G. Bourne, the Watrous
stockman, last week sold to Temple
Bros, for shipment to Colorado,
10 head of four and five year old
steers at S18 per head. The cattle
were in fair fix, as is nearly all
stock on top of the mesa, in Mora
county, where the grass still fur
nishes little feed for stock.
Three Texas boys have been
sent to the Territorial penitentiary
from Eddy county, for the crime
of horse stealing. They are all
said to be under eighteen years OF
age. The number of the last Of
the three to be entered was 600
indicating that he made the six
hundredth prisoner confined in
the institution since its establish.
ment.
Major Llewellyn, live stock
agent of the Santa Fe, says thai
1000 cars of stock have beer
shipped over the Rio Grande di
vision of the road this year, ant
heavy shipments would now be il
order were it possible TO supply
freight cars.
The Arizona stockmen will uh
doubtedly do we'll to investigat,
the California market. Rodeo
before the end of the coming
month, will be the great slaughter
ing and packing center of the Pa
cific coast, and this will open al
outlet for the disposal of latg
quantities of stockers and feeders
1t has taken over two years to car
ry out this gigantic enterprise
and over 100000 have been ex
pended, and now on the verge o
completion, Rodeo, on the mai
line Of the Southern Pacific II. Il
only twenty-five miles distant fror
the great metropolis, San Fran
cisco, will rank as a market fo
cattle, hogs, sheep and horses wit
: Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City
IS. +. Butchers Gazette.
! The word ebay" used with ref
erence to horses did not signify
color originally, but was FIRST AZ
piled to a breed of horses to-
light to be called brown and to
brown to be called red. Thes
horses were found in a district
J England noted for its bay tree
. for the leaves of which the
showed a great liking. Ever
breeder Of horses in that localit
= relied upon these trees for th
medicine with which to cure h
b diseased animals. The horse
3 coming from this district becam
z known as bay horses and thei
Il uniformity in color led to th
> common use of the term.
! Two weeks ago the Stockmr
d announced the finding of the boo
@ of a man supposed TO be that
Fred Welch, at Dead Mans Gro
sing" of Red river, near the Lacke
a ranch. Mr.. Ira Gale, who is ju
\ up from Liberty, says the def
Ie mans remains were identified
, the gold filling in the teeth
r those of Welch. There is a hi
/ tory connected with the case.
- will be remembered that about
n, year ago sixty head of thoroug
bred cattle were stolen from ne
Gladstone, In this county. 4
at cattle belonged to Mr.. Kitch'
g. Welch was supposed to be imp
Mt Gated IN their theft aud sale
Of Gallegos. The cattle were aft,
ly wards found killed and about Il
u time Weleh disappeared frl