Arizona republican., 1898-04-18
FROM GRAHAM COUNTY.
Bountiful Rains-Round-Up Ups in Pro
 gress.-Newsy Items.

of the most severe storms this section has experienced in many years. Frame buildings were filled with the finest particles of dust, which came in under the doors and windows in clouds. The inhabitants of these houses took shell l ter outside for the time being where breathing was much easier. On Fri day, however. the reward came in the shape of good soaking, drizzling rain that will be worth thousands of dol lars to the cattlemen of this section. The rain commenced Friday, a little after noon, and lasted until late that night. The rain seems to have been general throughout this section and if followed by a few more such showers the question of a drouth during the year 1898 will be entirely eliminated from the cattle business, and those who have been holding back expecting higher prices to be offered are now in a better condition to wait still longer The rain was just what was needed at the present time and has put bright CT aspect on every kind of business.
 Solomonville is destined to become one of the largest cattle shipping points in the southern portion of the territory in the next few years. By the means of much hard work, and no lack of enterprise, President Garland of the c. V. G. & N. railway has con- sented to erect large cattle pens at this place for the convenience of catt1emen
 in this section. Formerly the large cattle owners here. made a drive to
 Wilcox, a distance of fifty miles, to
 land their cattle on the Southern Pa,
 cilc. At the same time there were
 cattle pens at Stafford, much closer
 point to the ranges but they were so
 small and almost inaccessible with
 large bunch of cattle that the cattle.
 men declined to ship from that point
 number of prominent cattle owners
 MT. Garland consented to erect large cattle pens at this place Work will be commenced on them next week, and ' will be completed on or before the , 18th of May. Between three and four , thousand head of cattle will be shipped from this place during the month of May, which otherwise would have gone to Wilcox.
 l The grand jury meets Monday, April 25, and the trial jury will assemble on the 18th 4 long term of court is an t ticipated by the lawyers, who are al t ready beginning to assemble at the county seat.
 James Parks, living at Sheldon. in : this county, has accepted the position 3 of range foreman for the Coronado 8 Cattle company, whose headquarters
 ranch is located near Clifton. The : Coronado Cattle company could not d have made a better selection, as Mir = Parks knows every foot of the range S in that section, and the company can r rest safely in the knowledge that their : interests will at all times be protected Three roundups are now at work k in this country. The Chiricahua Cat e tie company, the Aravaipa cattlemeA
 and J. N. Porter are rounding up their
 cattle preparatory to spring shipments
 The first trainload Will probably be
 shipped from Geronimo before the 18th n of this month
 J. N Porter, the large cattle owner at
 Geronimo, visited Solcmonville last : Thursday on business Mr. Porter is s member of the coming grand jury g and is one of Graham ccunty's most ] substantial citizens
 8 w. B. Foster Of Duncan, who shot
 and killed A. B. Allen Of that place a
 few weeks ago, is still in jail here un-
 able to give bond.
 = The spectacle of beef contractors in 3 this country shipping beef from the
 Salt River valley to points on the
 Southern Pacific and then driving from
 there to Clifton and Bonita, in this
 county, raises the question of feeding 6 cattle for market in this valley It has
 been demonstrated that the ranges are
 unable to supply choice beef for market and in order to fatten range cattle for , the butchers they must be alfalfa fed
 Range cattle are worth as much in the Salt River valley as they are in this county and there should be no reason
 
 ply its home markets with alfalfa fed
 beef. We understand that during the
 spring and summer the range cattle . are placed on pasture and by fall they are in very good condition and can be
 kept all winter in splendid shape on r hay alone. In Fl Paso the butchers t are bringing their best beef direct l from Kansas City. In all rro5abiii- < ty this same beef that comes back from
 Kansas City was at one time taken
 from the ranges in this section, taken
 to Kansas and fed and now again re- shipped to supply our local markets. This valley surely ought to be able 10 l compete with these conditions. Who will be the first to make the trial in , this valley? w. B. KELLY. RASE RAIL.