El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-13

Trades, wherein AZ least one, and
maybe more of the big ca tie outfits oil
the south western country, will dispose
of the II vast herds, are being figured
upon. Frank Morgan. live stock agent
of tne Santa Fe system, and Mesers
5. r. Doyle and Hank Casswell, Kan
sas City men, largely Interested in
stock interests, visited The valley this
week, their coming evluently having
connections with the proposed deals
Argus.
| Since the first of the year Il large
number of scabby sheep nave come lntC
! this country from Mexico, aud they
have be- the means OF giving the scAu
| to thOuS and, of sheep on tulS side OF
the Rio Grande. If Mexican sneen
| must came into this country Lney should
| be admitted only unuer such condltlOns
us viii insure their freedom from the
| disease. SO far the inspectors at the
various ports OF entry nave either not
done their duty or the law Is at fault.
| Every importer of Mexican sheep
should b. compelled to dip every hoof
aJ the quarantine grounds at tue dlffer-
ent ports of eat. y.-S.ocAma1 and
Farmer.
E. M. Williams, representing the
Kansas State Sanitary commission, ar
rived mere yesterday anu Is regular y
stationed on This market to Inspect
cattle destined TO points IN that state.
No Texas cattle can be unlOdded IN
Kansas except their owner can show a
permit from regularly authorized
uSpe tor, and The lOcdt GA OF Mr.. Wal
lIams mere will De a great convenience
to the shippers of LaU.ve cattle to tuaY
t1Le. as IL will obVlate unioaulng at
incouvenient po.n.s. Mr.. w Ilitams
Inspected the native peas yrs.erLay
aud found notuILg to object 10 III the
arrangement for taking care OF safe
area cat -le.-Stock Reporter.
j. d. jackson sold this week to ten or
fifteen different ILLINOIS farmers ,U44
head of steer yearllngs and they were
shipped from mere VIA the L. u. +.
road. The cattle were purchased by
Mr.. jackson from w. w. Turney. s. X.
Guthrie, Jim r. Wilson, Re- l.. New. Ill
and Sam harmon, anu he delivered
them in Al pine al Sl4. This is new
era for the west Texas c4tt'e industry,
be ng the first sale and shipment of
the kind ever mad from this section.
The Fort Worth i've stock a LenG said
they were the fines lo5 of yearliugs to
pass Fort Worm This season, and 1T is
the general OPP Mon that tue farmers of
Illinois will be surprised to see such
good 5 Jock come from west Texas.
We expect to &c more like shipments
folio
Farmers and cattlemen in Western
Kansas have commended for twenty
years against the encroachments of
/ nonresident cattlemen who bring their
stock into the state in the spring AM
run tn M in some instances assum-
ing the prerogative of building fences
pro niscuouely Il ross the country under
alleged leases. This has been going on
for years and us caused greai diff :ulty
| for the nal itt.e raisers. The non
| resident owners secured all benefits
and escaped all taxation. To remedy
this Hamilton county reDres entative
has introduced il bill provided that all
nonresident cAt,lemen having stock
| on pasture, shall! pay into tne county
treasury certain sum. 1t is rot IN
ten ed by the me isure to gain heavy
| revenues but to keep the interlopers
! out,