Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-05-17
CATTLE. SHEEP AND WOOL.
Sheep Thieves In the Peeos cOuntry-Big
Cattle shipments.

cattle shipments.
From the Eddy Argus.
Wool continues 10 come In. Those con,
signing wool TO the Matheson Commits.
sion company since last report are: g,
A. White, LOO pounds; Smith Il Fite,
5000 pounds; George and John Beckett,
1900 pounds.
Sheep thieves seem to have been work
ing In the Hope district. 10. Cameron
John and George Beckett and Gilbert
0'Neill having lost about 800 head. The
sheep were missed from the flock, and
even after diligent search could not be
found. making 1t almost certain that
they had been driven out OF the territory.
They were mutton sheep. Mr.. Cameron
estimates his loss at over 200 head.
One hundred sheep belonging TO W.
g. Hamilton, on pasture south OF town,
yielded up the ghost, the latter part Of
last week. The cause OF their death Is
somewhat in doubt, but 1t Is thought II
was brought about by a combination OF
wet alfalfa and poison weed. The sheep
we're all ewes with lambs, and rs the lat
ter were born but a short time ago, II ss
feared they will die too. Al the present
price Of sheep 1t is quite a loss 6nap-
cially.
A. J. Crawford, the sheep owner, has
gone to the plains TO bring In the re-
mainder Of his flock for shearing. He
will shear those brought In from the
plains close to town. II is estimated
that his wool clip will amount TO about
10000 pounds. In addition to this, Mr..
Crawford has two other clips In storage,
IA he has not disposed OF his wool for
two years. At prospective prices, It Is
easy to see that he will realize quite a
sun Of money thereon.
The herd OF cattle being gathered by J.
d. Walker for driving 10 Amarillo. and
which was held near Cass draw, got
away Monday night. The cattle we're
not rounded up closely, but were allowed
TO scatter and when the herders sought
to bunch them they were unable TO do 30,
the number OF riders being small. and
after exhausting their horses, the cattle
wandered. Th.y were recovered, how
ever, Tuesday, with the exception OF
three head.
Transactions In cattle have been nu.
merOus in Eddy the past week. Practi-
cally all the stock contracted for during
the past winter we're received and paid
for. l.. A. Allen, vice president OF the Kan.
sas City Live Stock Commission company,
was here with the cash, as II was this
company which was the principal pur-
chaser. Those who delivered cattle, re-
ceiying in return the golden coin,
were PendletOn & Lusk, l4l head,
$2473; W. G. Cass, twenty head, 1898; j.
ID. FOrehand, twenty head, $2Ss; ". j.
Barber, 253 head, $780, Vim Edwards,
80 head, $90li William Jones, 575 head,
$lO,7O4i b. W, Runyan. IS head, 1888;
". L. Dannelly, A head, 1874; c. W. Mer-
chant, l42 head, S2,55li W. ". Ward, II
head, $l76i Sam. B Smith, 1886 head,
$2,742; Miles T. Stone, 1865 head, S2,O46i
X |. Hall, $40 head, SI,9l2; W. D. Hudson,
6G6 head, Sll,9Ol; segrest & Brogden, 4SG
head $9,0S0,50 All the above. with
the exception OF the latter parties,
wentto the Kansas City company. The
others were purchased by Doyle & Fer
gusson, of Higgins, Texas. Most OF the
cattle will be driven to Amarillo, From
there a portion Of them will be shipped
to Kansas City. and the remainder dis.
tributed 10 good pasturage. An indica.
ton, this, that the cattle business In the
western country just at this time is a
very profitable one.