The Springfield herald., 1897-05-07


Inn. The pipe found the bottom
and Mr.. Cole was compelled to
find some neighbors to assist him
to find the pipe.
Geo. McCorkel, Carrlso miner
in the employ Of the Kiowa syndI
cate, was up from the camp, Sat
urday attending to business here.
He has purchased a team and wag-
on and now has Il good convey
ance of his own.
Sunday afternoon, while thun-
der and lightning were playing a
round up north, one of VIM. ii.
Smart's yearling calves got against
a barbed wire fence, and lmmedi-
ately fell dead. Give the wire
feuccs n wide berth when an cleo
trical storm is on.
Miss Cora Nance, one of Colora-
dos prominent teachers, complet-
ed Il term In the Blue Stem district
of this county last Friday and left
for her home in Colorado SUNDAY.
Miss Cora did her work we'll and
the reports from the above named
district are very ilattering.-Rlch
field Monitor.
The Dober boys have got their
herd of cattle back from the alfal-
la fields of Prowers county. The
cost OF keeping there and beng
on the world renowned alfalfa, was
sos per month per head. The loss
was 13 out of herd of about $50.
Quite II number have had cattle
wintered on the buffalo grass at
cost ranging from Sc TO 20c per
head, and we have not heard of Il
less so great on any fair sized herd
B. ID. Seaman, an old citizen,
who left here a year ago for Man
itoba, and who so successfully
made the round trip, without To-
eating, was back here the latter
part OF last week shaking hands
with friends. HIS son, Charley,
has temporarily located near Las
Anlmas, and together they will
farm in Bent county this season.
Mr.. Seaman Is sorry he ever lett
Baca county, and would return
even now, had he the money to
invest in a few head OF cattle for
start.
The X l L spring drive of cattle
from Texas to Montana arrived
here last Saturday morning with
the well known foreman, John
McCandlas. in charge. This firm
usually sends 10000 to $1,000
head of cattle north by trail, but
this season they sold 5000 head of
steers to Kansas buyers and only
had 230O to 20 north. "Scandlas
John" as he is famllarly called,
has become so we'll known along
this route that every body seems
glad to see him and he seems Just
as glad to see the old faces that
are familiar TO him.
j. III. Sheldon, a Carriso pros
pector from Prowers county came
up from the mining district last
FRIDAY evening and filed ten loca
ton certificates with the county
clerk. He Is much pleased with
the prospects at Carriso and will
return IN about thirty days, after
a sh hort visit to his Prowers county
ranch. Mr.. Sheldon claims to
know something OF mining as he
was manager of a gold mine III
Virginia before coming west. lie
shows his faith III Carriso by his
works as it is no little job to do
assessment work on ten claims.
John A. Stickles one of the very
first men to recognize the value of
mineral prospects at Carriso, and
who worked on a tunnel there all
of last summer but had to quit the
camp to raise money for living eN-
penses, has recently filed a loca-
ton certificate to the tunnel site
he labored on last summer. He
left the camp last fall without FL
ing the necessary papers on the
claim and we understand other
parties located the site this spring.
Mr.. Stickles is now at work III the
Cripple Greek district. His loca-