Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-06

sha6p frE u tlsk ~ barnes al Lake N&l'
ley.
Richard Abeyta of Socorro, sold ZOO
head of sheep for $500 to Socorro
parties.
j. III. Stule was in Roswell delivering
the 1900 lambs sold by him to S. M.
Newton.
The Colfax County Stock Growers
Association last week paid bounty on a
dozen wolf skins.
There Is large demand for Angora
goats in Sierra county and $2,75 head
is offered for them.
The stockmen of Eddy county met at
Carlsbad and decided to pay $50 per head
for loafer wolves.
George Urton of Chaves county, pur-
chased five yearling bulls from the Leon.
ard herd for $55 each.
Five car loads of cAtte were shipped
last week from Magdalena to eastern
markets few days ago.
Lewis Brothers of Silver City, have
Allen several lunches OF cattle.
G, L Brown, of Socorro, bought s5
head of horses in Six Mile canon for his
livery stable at Socorro, last week.
w. G. Hamilton of Roswell, shipped
another car load OF fine fat Shropshire
lambs he is raising on Otis Bros. alfalfa
sheep farm.
Herbert Fitzgerald who with his
brother owns the Garret ranch in Chaves
county, bought 275 head of cattle from
Captain J. w. James.
The cattlemen of Grant county met
at Silver City and elected W. Fl. Jack,
president; Harry Martin, vice presidents;
Perry Culbertson, secretary and treas
urer.
Newton & Eaton of Lincoln, Nebraska
shipped eleven cars of sheep from Ros
we'll with six cars of the woody quadru-
peds that came up from Carlsbad for
them.
The Spence brothers, Joe, Frank and
Charles, of Lincoln county, who owned
about 10000 mead of :. ap, dl,1aed their
aocks, and Frank sold his share to the
CAPTAIN Sheep Co.
s. M. Newton Of Ft. Riley, Kansas.
purchased 5000 lambs of ]. H. Steele
manager of Ell Captain Sheep company
The sheep we're brought to Roswell and
shippe1 to Kansas to feed.
AS the agent of parties in Mexico
Daniel Reade of Las Cruces, went to
w. w. Cox's San Augustine ranch and
bought 100 head OF high grade Hereford
bulls which will be shipped to Mexico.
E. Wright returned to Roswell from q
trip to the White mountains, where he
bought 200 Angora goats and located a
ranch for them. He expects to build a
house on the ranch when Mrs. Wright
will join him.
Hon. Solomon Luna sold recently 6,395
head of lambs to Brownell g. Preston, of
Ft. Collins, Colo. They brought $2.3o
per head. They were shipped from
Magdalena to Ft. Collins where they
were placed in feeding pens.
Several car loads of range horses were
shipped from Socorro county toSt Louis
a few weeks ago, to be used for canning
purposes. The selling price barely paid
the freight and cost of gathering.
McKeefrey Bros, of Grant county,
sold $500 head of sheep to Chas. Chad
wick, the Albuquerque broker 1t is
understood that Mr.. Chadwick pur-
chased for account of Frank Dundall,
of Minneapolis, MINI.
w. M. Atkinson, manager of the Milne
\ Bush Land. and Cattle company, OF
Chaves county, sold to Barnett & Moss
the remnant of his 1899 Hereford bull
calf herd and took In part exchange six
head of choice mules out OF the fine mule
herd of Barnett & Moss.
Manual Flores, of Puerto de Luna,
while in Roswell transferred about half
of his sheep holdings In west Guada-
loupe county, some $500 head, to Meeks
n Armstrong, Of Helena, Mont, Mr..
Armstrong being at Roswell to meet him
and paying cash down at the rate OF
50. 60 per head. Mr.. Flores also sold
some cattle, 42O head of twos and threes,
at SIT and S2l per head.
The wool securing plant at Carlsbad is
now about ready for business. Its ca
pacity will be from 5000 to IS, 900 lbs.
daily, according to the quality of the
wool. An inspection of the plant dis
closes the fact that the valley has added
a valuable industry and one that wonld
attract business. The manager, Mr..
Polsgroove, Is OF the opinion that the
establishment Of his plant will greatly
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