El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-10
Live Stock.

John Raybunr sold r this week 1,5O'
half circle six steers. tours and up, a
$27. 80 per head, to E. B. Harold ano
| Winfield Scott. The steers are to b'
J delivered at once and put on feed a
| Brownwood.- Range News.
| DR.. Gresswell, state veterinarian o.
| Colorado, estimates the losses resulting
from the late storm at ten per cent o.
sheep and two per cent of cattle. The
| small loss of cattle ia due to the fac
| that eighty per cent of them are or
feed. The loss among the cattle or
| the open range is put at one-tenth
Range News.
John Lewis came in last night from
Goddard's corral, where he has been
engaged in shesring sheep for several
weeks. The work has been finished
A bout SO. 900 sheep have been shorn.
They yielded l 100 bales of wool which
averaged between $50 and 300 pounds.
Phoenix Republican.
The Diamond A. company shipped
last week, some 700 cattle to California
and had another large herd on hand
ready for shipment when telegram
from Mr.. Jastre, the manager, to turn
everything loose came. This action
was taken on the part of the company
owing to the continued drouth in Cali.
fornia, and q consequent scarcity OF
pastursge.-peming Headlight.
For the benefit of the Star and it's
misinformed readers, the Phoenix
Herald corrects q statement by that
paper that there are but 20. 900 sheep
wintering in the Salt River valley, and
says there are fully 100000.
These figures represent two
fifths of the sheep in the entire ter
ritory. Shesring is about finished
now, and shipments of wool are being
made every day.-Tucson Star.
A big transaction in steers too k plac
at San Antonio Monday, in which
Capt. Charles Schreiner, of Kerrville.
sold to P. S. Witherspoon, of Gaines
Vile, 1000 head of 3 and 4-years-
steers at an average price OF 1928 2-77
per head, the total consideration being
Sl64 900. One Thousand are to be de-
livered at once At Red Rock, 1. T., for
the balance to be delivered
April l. WhitherspOon is q heavy
operator in cattle of this class, and
most successful one.-Midland Report.
Jim Hardin, cattle man from Will
cox, is in the city investigating the
prices asked by owners are too high to
allow any profit in buying at this time
TO stock ranges, as the conditions do
not point to any increase in Dealers |
prices. Mr.. Hardin says that light |
shipments will continue as long as |
nigh prices prevail among the ranch
,rs. At this time last year there were |
10, 900 sold while but $500 have gone
,ut of Tucson this sprine.-Tucson
Citizen.
Robert Ellison returned last evening
rom a stay of some length at his ranch
n Collingsworth county. Mr.. Ellison
aid that he found the cattle losses in
he Panhandle on account of the Feb
usry blizzard to be far less than many
sd anticipated On his ranch, out of
herd of 26OO head, he had lost
My five head. He knew of only
tate where losses had been very heavy,
nd on that good many cattle had
led. Mr.. Ellison feels safe now, as
he good weather that has prevailed
Or some days gives promise of an early
pring. But the usual evil of warm
the pestiferous heelfly, has
egun to make his appearance, and is
worrying the cattle cOnsiderably.-Ft
Worth Register.
The Texas cattlemen who have
bout 300, OO0 head of cattle grazing on
he KiOwa and COmsnche reservations.
re somewhat exercised over the late
-der of the secretary of the interior ,
lat no further leases be made to cat
emen in the Indian Territory, but 1t
not believed this order will extend
Indian reservations in Oklahoma, as
lvertisements for contract leases for =
70 years on the Kiowa and COmanche !
I'd one year on the Wichita reserva-
ons have been published. With this
1t of the way, only one other contin-
INT remained: The possible passage
the Curtis bill by the United States
nate, which would have allotted the =
nds to the Indians and opened the
mainder1of the reservation to settle
ont. AS congress adjourned without
ssing the bill, the csttlemen feel
ey are secure from molestation and
n feel safe in their possession of the
azing lands of the KiOwa and Co I
anche reservation for an indefinite
News.
The big Hereford sale in Kansas
ty last week seems to have given
g breeding of pure blooded cattle q
cided boom. The fact that it ia pos
lie to produce bull that lie, worth
900 has started everyone think
z. D. Cook q Western man to set
3 pace and since Colonel Slaughter
Texas paid his SIS, 600 for bill of
e on Sir Bredwell he has been offer
81 400 to transfer his purchase, and
IT before leaving for Texas SATURDAY.