Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-30
CATTLE INTERESTS
Considerable Damage Caused to
Stock by a Hail Storm in the
Pecos Valley.
A Big DEMAND FOR HORSES
The Ranges in Southern New Mexico Are
Very Dry and Rain Is Badly Needed
Good Prices for Wool and
Cattle.
EDDY COUNTY.

5000 pounds to J. F. Matheson, Of CarIs
| bad.
| Jim Daugherity, Of Abilene, was Ill
Carlsbad to deliver a bunch of 1,09i
steers to Wyoming parties. .
The spring stock shipments from Sill
yer City are ended. There will be small
lots shipped from time to time, bu. they
will be comparatively few.
The range all over the southw cstern
country Is very dry. and rain is badly
| needed. Some of the weaker st Jck in
places are dying for want of water.
S. 8. Birchfield and Richard Hudson
returned to Deming from Springer on
Thursday with a car of high grade
Hereford bulls, which they will put on
their ranches.
One Of the surprises to the stockman
has been the increased demand for
range horses. A few years ago these
horses were absolutely worthless, but
to-day are bringing prices from 50 to
$40 around. This has added large and
unexpected revenue to the stock indus
Try OF tne range
Several loads of wool, the Ike Grons-
ky clip, was received by j. F. Matheson
at Carlsbad last week. Mr. Matheson
says nearly all the wool Is in, for the
present, at least, A. ]. Crawfords clip
being about the only clip not in. Mr.
Crawford's clip will amount to several
thousand pounds, and Is of superior
quality.
Il have no kicks coming" said Ike
Gronski, the veteran Eddy county sheep
grower. II have 10000 head of sheep in
the Pecos valley. and they are in good
shape. We are just in the midst of our
dipping, and are getting along finely
am marketing my spring wool crop
now. 100000 pounds, which l have sold
at 13A cents. The Pecos valley is pref
ty good sheep country. amt it?"
The recent hail storm that passed
through Eddy and Chaves counties de-
molished two windmills for the Hat out
fit; also two on neighboring ranches. A
party of travellers passing through at
peding during the storm. Some losses
are reported among sheep herds, J. M.
Miller losing over 100 head In killed and
injured sheep. while Devine & Suther-
land are reported to have lost from six
ty to seventy head. ]. A.. Gishwiller
had a number Of chickens killed, win
dow glass broken and the young trees
in his orchard damaged somewhat; ].
w. Stockard suffered the loss of
number of chickens and a lot Of glass
in the windows Of his incubator house
On his chicken and Belgian hare farm.
The storm was unprecedented In the
amount Of damage done, but fortunate
ly covered only a narrow strip Of coun-
try.
CHAvES COUNTY.
The entire shipment of cattle over the
Pecos Valley & Northeastern this
spring to date aggregates about 141, 900
head.
The National Live Stock Reporter. st.
Louis, June 49, says: "a. d. Garrett &
Co. marketed from Roswell. N. NJ, 967
head of 91-pound sheep at $40"
]. H. Charless arrived at Roswell
with a car load of high-grade Hereford
bulls, 3 years old. from Oklahoma, for
the herds of Charless, Loper & Gam
brill
Tom Pridemore, range manager for
the Ell Captain Land and Cattle Com
pany sold w. R. Curtis 1.400 one and
two year old Block" steers at $17 and
s22. They go to Texas.
J. D. Cooley, manager of the Cass
Land and Cattle Company, went to Ros-
well from the company ranch at Glen
and met John c. Knorpp, the treasurer
of the company, who arrived there with
105 head of fine yearling high-grade
Hereford III" bulls he bought on the
Goodnight ranch for the " herds.
]. N. Simpson, second vice president
of the Strahorn- Hutton Evans Com
mission Company of Kansas City, Chi
cago and St. Louis, was at Roswell last
week looking up cattle. He has just
closed the purchase of $4,000 acres Of
the v v N pasture In Bailey county,
Tex, from Leon & H. Blum, of Calves
ton. He and his son will stock it with
cattle and the latter will manage the
business. Mr.. Simpson was In the cat
tie business many years ago in the Pc
cos valley, being the owner of the we'll
known Hash Knife brand.
George M. Slaughter. manager of the
Slaughter cattle ranches, including the
Hereford Home"-the big alfalfa farm
on which Sir Bredwell and Ancient
Briton are kept, just east Of Roswell
sold twenty-four head Of Hereford q
year-old bulls at $125 each to the follow
ing persons: Fifteen head to w. A.
Blackburn. of Hereford; two head to
]. j. Sutherland. the hotel man of ANA
rillo, and seven head to Lon D. Marrs,
of Amarillo. He also sold three year.
ling bulls at SIS each to Kelley & John
son, and shipped two car loads Of year
ling bulls on Monday to r. L. Slaugh-
ter, Of Midland. Tex.
Albuqusrqss Itsms.
Clarence French, one Of the proprie-
tors OF the steam carpet cleaning estab-
lishment, had his arm caught In belt
and was badly injured.
This CITY will Visit with Santa Re on