El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-12

LasSOed a Bear
A ranch man, Mr.. McLaurin, who
lives near Goodnight, chased big
black bear for two miles and then
roped him.
Death of Captain Ingram.
Captain ]. M. Ingram. of Terrell,
aweil known Texan and man OF
wealth, died sudd emily of heart trouble,
June the seventh
Crop Dlversiflc alton.
A Mckinney farmer grows onions
and cotton on the same lano. ae
plants the cotton in February, the
onions in May, and hsrvests two aver =
age crops.
The Making of Texas
The railroads, newspapers, barbed
wire, the trinity of the development
and susccess of Texas. Without them
1t would ONLY be an immense pasture.
Look hart Register.
$4,000 Head OF Cattle Shipped.
Pecos valley has shipped over IA, 900
head of cattle to Kansas, Wyoming, the
the most. Yearlings sold for ST, 70 for
S23, and 3s for S25. The entire output
of cattle from the valley will amount
this year to 300, 900 as against 10000
last year.
Business Man Arrested for Arson.
A we'll known business man OF
Whitney has been arrested for arson
after q careful search and q jury Of
INQUEST of citizens of the town. The
arrested created considerable sur-
prise as the man Is OF excellent
reputation and it Is hoped that at
the trial the charges against him will
not be substantisted.
Mr.. Green and Texas
The satisfactory investment Of
II. r. Green in Texas is respectfully
referred to those who are continually
crying the laws are sntsgonistie to
foreign investors. Mr.. Green has
about eleven millions invested in the
State which is making him a profit
of IL per cent. 1t would require fifty
millions to earn the same returns 10
the state of New York-Luling
Signal.
Saloon Men for Municipal Reform.
The FIT. Worth saloon keepers
organized a Sunday observance League,
agreed to keep their places closed
on that day and then asked the city
fathers to enforce the law against all
offenders. The saloon keepers OF
Miles City, Montana, also petition ed
the city for permission to close their
places on Sunday, but so far Ell Paso
has not been heard from in any
movement OF the sort.
pecos County CattIemen's hssocIa-
ton
The Pecos cattlemen have formed
an association with John Odon as
president, Frank Rooney, secretary,
and James Rooney, treasurer. The
association will assist in enforcing the
quarantine orders of the state
quarantine board in the protection of
the quarantine and will be for mutual
help in the protection and gathering
OF cattle.
Texas Mules
The Texas mule continues to go to
South Africa. Fit Worth reports three
hundred delivered one day last week
to British officers. The animals were
shipped Immediately to Galveston
from which port they will sail to
South Africa. Mules and ho' ses to the
number of 10000 have been shipped
from this country to supply the British
army. II there is to be trouble in
China, the demand will continue. The
British army in South Africa was very
hard onO the mounts. Infantry was
practically useless in the compaign and
horses and mules had long marches of
several days without rest or food which
kills of large proportion, and many
we're killed ia action. It has bees
estimated that the British soldiers
there could kill OF 1000 month.
The Park Question Elsewhere.
Small parks are q real blessing to
any city. They also add much to the
appearance of things and are benefit
in every way. Waco has been back