Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-01

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FINE HOGS RECEIVED

The receipts at the local yards yes
terday showed n further Increase and
were larger than for any day since
shortly before the holidays set in. Some
Very fine hogs were received and those
consigned by Mat Wolf & Co., OF
Washita. 1. T., attracted especial at
tention and sold for the top figures OF
the day. The market was slightly
weaker but top hogs brought 1885.
that being the price at which the
Territory hogs sold and several lots
sold at $3.50. Altogether II was n
very satisfactory day, both to the yard
management and the commission men,
although the hog market was on about
o cents, top hogs having sold the day
before at s3.40.
The packing house yesterday bought
over 800 hogs and 100 head OF cattle.
The hogs, which included the Wolf
stock, made very fine showing when
cut off to themselves and We're as fine
lot OF fat porkers as any body need
want and were a good example OF
what Texas stockmen are doing In the
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Among yesterdays receipts were four
cars of hogs from Mat Wolf & Co,
Washita, i. t.; two cars Of hogs from
w. A. Williamson, Honey Grove; and
one car OF hogs each from l.. Weather.
by. Bonham. Melton, Bellevue. Carr &
Webb. Bellevue. f. c. KILN, Waggoner
and Watkins of Mansfield l..
Weatherby of Bonham. and ]. T. GIL
liam. OF Vernon. had In car of cattle
each and 7. Il. Rogers, T.. A. Trlbble
and j. w. Robson brought in hogs
from country points.
Cattlemen are considerably Interested
In the late message sent by the chief
OF the Muskogee Nation to the recently
elected Creek council. In this message
the chief calls attention to what he
terms the monopoly of the public do
main by a few. He declares that II
must be the policy of the present ad-
ministration to guard against this
monopoly. He condemns the practice
| of leasing the lands for number of
\ years to non-citizens which is taking
hold Of the nation and declares that II
| Is sure to become n source OF trouble
| and may eventually disturb the
| Indians titles to their homes. The
chief asserts that 1t IL an evil that
| should be curbed by legislative enact
ment at the earliest possible date.
This attitude OF the chief Is regarded
as being inlmical to the cattlemen
especially and may result In greatly
! lessening the privileges they enjoy on
the lands of the Muskogee Indians.
Secretary ]. c. Loving is back from
| few weeks vacation spent on his old
stamping grounds In Jack and Young
counties, where his ranch Ia and where
he has enjoyed once again the favorite
sport OF chasing the savage wolf with
his pack of fleet-footed hounds.
Colonel Loving reports the live stock
conditions in that section as more
! favorable than for many seasons past
and cattle are winterlng well, There
is an abundance OF grass that Is well
cured and on which the cattle keep In
excellent condition. The chances are
too that they will be feeding on green
stuff by February. There have been
abundant rains there recently and the
moisture they have put In the earth
| will cause to spring up kind OF weed
I that grows In that section and Of which
| cattle are very fond and do well. This
weed first appeared there about ten
| years ago Just after n very severe and
protracted drouth and as II came in
such good season the COW boys, in the
| absence of any other name, chrlstened
/ It the Salvation" weed.
Just before leaving on the return
| trip home Colonel Loving participated
in one of the longest and most exclt-
Ing wolf chases he had ever enjoyed.
The pack of hounds ran the animal for
| four hours and Mr.. Loving Is conf
dent they covered q distance OF nifty
miles. At the end of the chase the
dogs brought down one OF the largest
wolves that he ever saw. The colonel
is much impressed by his vacation and
Is settled down to work again and to
walt for the cattlemen's convention In
March.
w. C. Barnard. formerly buyer for
the packing house. has returned from
trip of some time through the Terri
tory and Northern Texas. He says
that while the greater part of grass
cattle have been shipped from the
Nation that will go this season. there
are considerable number OF cattle on
feed there and these are only Just be-
ginning to move to market.
Homer Eads of San Antonio. who
was among the prominent visitors In
the city yesterday. was caller Mt the
yards. He takes great interest In
the DEVELOPMENT of the live stock and
stock yards industry Of Fort Worth
He looked over the yards yesterday
and inspected lot OF the fine hogs
that had been received there. He was
surprised at the general excellence Of
the hogs he saw there and gratihed al
the evidences they afforded OF the de-
velopment OF the swine breeding In.
dustry in this state.
r. N Graham ~ the frm OF Graham
& Loving, is stIll taking Christmas
somewhere. He had been gone thlrteer
days yesterday and not even his part
ner. Joseph L. Loving. knows hi,
wherea bouts. An important husinesi
letter came TO Mr.. Graham short
time age. followed yesterday by NJ
urgent telegram. Hts partner tele
| graphed In reply: "Grahnm not here
Whereabouts unknown, and return In
definite"
Jot ]. Smyth was up from Grand
view Yesterday He announces thai
he Will not ship any more cattle u
market for some time to come, but vii
now let the other fellows do the shin
ping for a while. He exnects to shir
70 feeding points about January tn,
1900 head OF feeder cattle recently
bought from George Il, Loving II
Live Oak county A part OF them viii
go to Alvarndo and rart will com,
TO this county to be fed
! Eleven cars of Cattle were being load