Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-26

j. We'll, n cattle buyer from Callfor-
mia. has been spending several weeks
In Grant county looking after some
purchases of stock cattle
The Lyons a. Campbell Cattle com.
pany of Grant and Luna counties, Will,
on or about the 18th of May. make
good shipment of cattle from silver
City To their Colorado ranges.
one of the largest cattle and ranch
deals In a long time has just been
closed. Ryan brothers of Lcavenworth,
Kan. have sold to G.. J. Hysham, OF
Wyoming. 10000 head OF cattle and
their 3OO.000.aCrc Arizona ranch prop
erty. This makes MR.. Hysham one of
the very largest range cattle and ranch
owners in the world.
The majority of the stock on the
ranges of southern New Mexico Is
looking very good AT the present time
although in some places water is get
ting scarce Most of the cattlcmcn
are feeling very good however. over
the condition in which their stock has
come through the winter. II Is to be
hoped that the rainy season will com.
mcnce early this year. as II would be
of great benefit TO tneI-.
Del Holson Of Grant county, sold
all OF his cattle to joe Wei. OF Califor.
mia. at SIS per head. this years calf
crop thrown IN. cattle to be .clivered
at Goshen. Cal. 10y MIR. Holson. but the
buyer pays all the expenses, including
tho freight charges. The seller stands
all losses above n certain per cent. w.
H. Jack also sells about 800 head on
substantially the same terms. The cat
tie are To be loaded out on the End
inst.
The stock yards at Silver City have
recently been put in excellent shape by
the railruad officials in anticipation of
heavy spring cattle shipments from
Silver City. Formerly the cattlcmen
sh pplng from that town were unable
to secure sufficient water for their cat
tie whio leading. but the company mas
dug good well which has an exceed
ing.y large flow of water ana which
viii he ample for all purposes The
yards otherwise have been greatly re-
paired the cattle shippers using the
yards a; silver City in the future will
be sure Of the hest facilities to be OBJ.
tanned In this section o, the country.
PROBABLY the largest wool shcaring
bee that has ever occurred at one
place in the mountain states will ho
pulled off within the GeXt thirty days
at the shoaring pens OF Walter James
at Black Rock station I'm Willard coun-
~. Utah, during which $50 men viii be
employed. There will be l70 600 head
OF sheep to clip. the fifty hocIs. owned
by az many individuals and companies.
ranging IN number from 1900 To 10000
head in each flock. From these will be
shoarcd more than Loco 600 pounds Of
wool. worth at least sl2o.000. Each
sheep ough; 10 yield an average Of six
pounds OF wool In order 10 accom-
plish the task IL will necessary TO
shDGr ll33 sheep daily.
The faithtunoss of two shepherd
dogs who watched over the iifeloss
body OF their master during two weeks
of great blizzard In western Wyo-
ming is given as an incident of canine
integrity. H. W. Moody. q horder for
the Pacific sheep company, disappear
ed ON the 18th OF December aud his
frozen body wi,s found in raylGe
near l.ost creek on the 29th. The dogs
were keeping coyotes and other dogs
away from the body and were subsist
ing on the meat cs sheep that had sue
cumhed to the blizzard. While rela.
tivcs of the herder took charge Of his
body other humanitarians looked after
the two intelligent dogs and have
given them the nest to be mad since
that time. 1ne dogs were photograph
ed anu were expressed z % the family
of the deceased herder residing at De
catur. Ark.