Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-16

hsputy Inspector JACK hyle inspected
800 head Of Mexico cattle on the border
last week. More arc expected to eros.
the border into this territory this spring
The shipments of cattle from the stocl
yards at Silver City last week, aggre
gate 60 cars.
A. w. Wilson of Deming recently pur.
chased Is thoroughbred Hereford bull,
of j.. G. Hall for improving his stock.
The Bloom Cattle company recent,
received "a cars of Arizona cattle at
Lake View.
The Penasco Cattle company is re-
county.
A. c. Tracy, Of Roswell, recently
shipped u carload of bulls to Kansas
City.
Dan Jackson, of Maxwell City. states
that things are looking prosperous for
ranchmen and stockmen in his locality.
The Ascarate brothers shipped 500
head of cattle from Dona Ana county to
Kansas last week.
DIR. w. G. Field has purchased the A.
I. brand of cattle formerly owned by
Joe Roberts at Alma.
John Jones, of Clayton, is in ANA
rilla, Tex, where he has charge of the
Shuford & East cattle, which will be
brought to their Union county range
this month.
Brigham & Hicks are putting in sub
stantial cattle corrals on their Caliente
pastures, recently leased of the Maxwell
Land Grant company.
Dave Hoosen was arrested in Mora
county last week for stealing cattle in
Taos county.
Nine families from Oklahoma settled
on the Maxwell land grant last week.
They will engage in ranching and stock
raising.
Frank Coe, of Ruidosa, has sold his
cattle to Mr.. Wilburn at $16 per head.
A. j. Gilmore, of Eagle Creek, Lin
coin county, recently closed out his cat
tie at $l5 per head.
William Bonce and Henry Jones, of
Cimarron, are in Texas buying cattle.
Eugene Logan and Tom Gray inspec-
ted 1000 head of cattle at Folsom last
week, belonging to Lee Baldwin. The
stock is being driven to La Junta.
Thousands of head of cattle are being
purchased in Mexico by American buy
ers and shipped to the United States.
j. w. Gray. of Gallinas, states that
two, three and four year old steers in
Sonora, Mexico, cost from S12 to $14,
Mexican money. When delivered in
the United States they bring from SIS
to $40 per head in gold, almost double
the cost in Mexico after paying duty
and transportation.
The first herd of Block cattle, 1900
head, passed through Clayton last week
on their way to Kansas.
Robert Hannigan, of Deming. has re-
ceived 70 head of Hereford bulls and 70
head of heifers from Midland, Tex.
Stockmen in northern Texas are not
selling any stock at present.
The Crowfoot Cattle company is ship
ping cattle from it's Grant county ranges
to North Dakota.
G. Biglow has received 1,025 Arizona
cattle for his Van Bremen, Colfax coun-
ty range.
j. H. Nash has received 10 cars of
Arizona yearlings for his Cimarron pas
tdres.
G.. b. Willingham, of the Hansford
Cattle company, will drive another herd
of cattly the last of this month, making
five herds he has driven this year.
The Pecos Valley Ry. shipped 200 cars
of cattle in May. They will do a rush
ing business in cattle going north when
the road is completed from Roswell.
Steer cattle in the territory are pretty
well sold out but some lunches of stock
cattle can be bought.
f. K. Bryant, of Eddy. has purchased
II thoroughbred Jersey cows and one
bull for the Hillside Dairy farm.
George w. Triton has placed 23o head
of saddle horses in the Boone pasture at
Roswell.
Curtis Bros. have received the final
delivery of the Flying Fl. cattle. This
closes out the entire interests of the
Feliz Cattle company.
The Bloom Cattle company received
the last of 1900 head of stock cattle.
shipped from Arizona the sth. They
are putting the stock on their Lincoln
and Chaves county ranges.
The Penasco Cattle company, on the
sth, received the last of 1900 head of
yearling steers from Mexico. This
makes 5000 head of yearIing steers that
they have put IN their Lincoln county
ranch this year.
The Sheep Industry.
vii May, of Clayton, reports a fine
lamb crop.
Long Bros. are shearing 5000 head of
sheep at Clayton.
j. w. Turner of Roswell is storing
$500 pounds of wool.
The total clip of Julian Smith of
Eddy was II, 736 pounds.
About 95 per cent. of the lamb crop
was saved in Colfax and Mora counties.