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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-28

LOST. Two male Poland China
pigs thoroughbred, weight so or
60 pounds each. Call and get
reward. Ed Emberson.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-03-28

Nos ? and make connection with all trains
out OF Kansas City. Nos. 80 and SO are the new
fast trains.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
SHEEP NOTES.
Colorado.

Colorado lamb feeders are not
showing any great disposition to
contract lambs for this falls
feeding. The rangemen are offer
ing lambs much cheaper than a
year ago, the popular price being
three cents per pound for the
best grades. which means about
81 80 per head. A number of
the we'll known feeders are figur.
ing on feeding in Nebraska and
Kansas this year, and are already
down contracting hay and corn
and will feed it on the farm
where purchased. The bulk OF
the feeders, however, are prepar'
ing to feed cattle, as they think
they can see a surer profit in the
end of the industry. Some vii
not feed at all, as they look fo'
good prices on hay. From pres
ent indications, the number o
lambs on feed will hardly exceed
25O,000 head in this state.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

started and did not finch on the
entire trip, were not sick minute
aud were free to go all the time.
mo corn or oats l ever fed can
equal it" said Mr.. Cannon. Milo
maize digests better than corn, is
not so heating, and is easier to
masticate, and, with the single
exception of requiring abont ten
per cent more, is superior to
Indian corn in every way.-Abl-
lene Reporter
The editor of this paper has fed
milo maize to a driving horse for
years. when obtainable, and can
back Mr.. Cannon in his state
ments. There is no better horse
feed, and when chopped it is a
fine feed for mich COWS. There
is no reason why all this western
country should not produce its
own horse feed instead of sending
thousands OF dollars east every
year for corn and oats. When
milo maize is thoroughly tried it
will be found that corn and oats
are not needed.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
The Wool Market in Boston.

Texas woods are quite active,
though not relatively as active as
territories. The woods are NOV
ing steadily at 19@ zoe, for good
u months stock, equivalent to a
clean cost of soc, with occasional
sales of choice woods at little
more money. Eight months
woods have sold at 16@ lie or at q
clean cost of 4S@50c. Good
woods command these prices east
ly, and as the price of such stock
is limited, prices rule very firm.
Fall woods are moving in Texas,
and few more sales are reported
in that state at 800 l4c to local
spectators, which means a clean
cost of about 4oc, landed here.
In New York there has not been
much doing in Texas, though one
or two parcels Of spring wool
have gone forward at good prices,
it is said. The price status of
Texas woods is unchanged and
this means that holders are very
independent. Some choice woods
are held at prices that look al
most prohibitory from the buy
er's standpoint. Good year:
growth wool is worth SOC, up
Good conditioned, fine spring
stock is held at SOC, and less de
sirable stock, two or three cents
cheaper. Holders of sprin!
woods are, if anything, stronge
in their views, owing to the fac
that new fall woods are said t.
be selling at prices that mean A
@45c clean, anded.-Americal
Wool and Cotton Reporter.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
Montana.

The live stock firm of J B.
Long e. Co.. Of Great Falls, has
just completed a number of deals
for the purchase of several large
bands of sheep, aggregating To-
100 head, from various sheep rails
ers of the northern part of the
state, several OF the purchases
having been made for the firm
and Others for outside buyers on
commission. None of the pur-
chases were made with the inten-
ton of shipping the sheep to
eastern markets, but all will be
wintered over by the purchasers,
George H. Hale, of Stewards
vile, Mimi, purchased in the
the vicinity of Ligtimber about
5000 head of ewes, wethers anc
lambs. He expects to buy about
5000 head in all, which he vii
ship to Stewartsville, and feec
upon screenings and soft feed
few weeks before marketing.
The indications are that a.
many, if not more, sheep will b.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

es which have been made recently,
large though they are, it is believ-
ed, will all be needed.
The receipts of wool in Boston
this week amounted to II ,139
bales, against 1G,O47 bales last
week, and 5,003 bales a year ago.
The total receipts since January
1 have been GA, 7S0 bales domes-
tic and 1866 bales foreign,
against 533, AT bales domestic
and 107 ,345 bales foreign for the
corresponding period of 1901.
This is an increase of lOl BOB
bales domestic and an increase of
$500 bales foreign.
Shipments of wool for the week
ending September 20 are as fol-
lows: Tuesday Sept 23, 5l4,7ll;
Wednesday, Sept. "a, 3O7, 100;
Thursday, Sept. %, 967 ,2G5; Fri
day, Sept. 26, 725, 225; Saturday
~, ,G35, S45; Monday, Sept. 20
sos, sos; total, 1859, Ill.
This shows decrease of 053, 93:
pounds over the shipment of D.,
S18, 046 pounds for the previous
week. Since January 1 the tota
shipments amounted to 200, O2O,
900 pounds.
The sales of the week in Boston
amounted to %, $50 900 pound
domestic and $4,000 pounds for
eign, making n total of %, l40, OO'
pounds, against II total of 1850,
600 for the previous week, and
total of 4,O2S,O 900 for the CORES
ponding week last year. TIL
sales since January | amount t
174,8S1, 900 pounds against 1872
$4,000 for the corresponding tim
last year,-Amer.can Wool an
Cotton Reporter
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

Mississippi claims the honor of
having the only woman deputy
sheriff in the United States. Miss
Jane McWilliams, of Holly
Springs, is the chief deputy of her
father, who holds the office of
sheriff of Marshall county, and
she actively assists in the dis
charge of the duties of the Office,
both in civil and criminal BUSH
ness. A few days since Miss Nc
Williams captured Arthur Gam
mond, noted diamond thief, or,
at least, she followed his trail
and through her work he was
landed in jail at Memphis.
Miss McWilliams is a forceful
and energetic young woman, cool
and daring, and quick reader of
character. When not in search
of criminals or engaged with the
civil work of the office she spends
her leisure time teaching muse
and is an accomplished musician
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
LETTER FROM L. J. POLK.
Reply to Action of Citizens on oues-
ton of Better Shipping Facilities.
Trip Abandoned.

Col. A. J. Baker is in receipt of
the following letter from Col. L.
J. Polk, of the Santa Fe, with
reference to the live stock PROPOSE
ton recently under consideration,
which, of itself, is self explana-
tory:
NV Dear Col. Your favor Of
the 9th inst. was received during
my absence from the state, and
as only returned yesterday morn
ing it just now has my attention.
! thank you very much for the in
formation it contains, although
it is, to say the least, dlsappoint-
ing. in view of the fact that the
committee as such appointed to
look into the matter and report
upon or recommend some plan,
having as it's object an Eimprove-
ment upon present conditions at
San Angelo, gin accordance with
our understanding when ] was
last there, have, as you say, fail
ed to attend any of the meetings
and in other respects done moth
ing towards gathering such infor-
nation as would enable them to
discuss the question with us on
, such substantial lines as would
enable us to reach final conclu'
sion, / can see nothing to be
gained by keeping my appoint
ment with you about this time.
If your citizens, whose inter
est in preserving San Angelo
old time prestige as great stocl
shipping point are identical witt
ours, are disposed to treat the
matter with Indifference and car
afford to do so, / suppose we vii
have to accept the situation and
for the present at least, abandon
further discussion of it. Shou.t
we find that our interests vii
suffer by reason of the competi
tive conditions developing n
Brady and elsewhere, | suppos
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
Oil Mills "Not So Warm"Now.

The rains which have recently
fallen over the state may cut Il
considerable figure in the cattle
feeding industry. AS heretofore
noted in The Post, many OF the
oil mills have refused to make
contracts with the cattle feeders
as heretofore, and some of the
mills have been very stiff in their
views as to what the price of beef
should be. A few of the mills
in South Texas have made con-
tracts and some thousands Of
cattle are now at the pens, but
taking the state as n whole there
is large deficiency in the num-
Der of cattle being fed at the
mills for early marketing. The
rains have given plenty of stock
water and they will revivify the
grass to an extent that will en-
able the cattlemen to carry thell
herds through the winter without
any great amount of. feed being
necessary. The mills will prob
ably have a demand for hulls i
the price is not too high, but FOL
cake and meal there must be {
reduction. The cattle will be il
nearly as good shape next spring
though they will have to be helC
about a month longer, than if a
the mills, and will not brin!
quite as much. The difference
will be more than compensated
by the saving in feed bills.-Post
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

we will have to find some way,
which will probably not be to the
material advantage of San Ange-
10, to protect them. In the mean
time / hope that this will not be
necessary because we still stand
ready to bear our full share of the
burden incident to an improve
ment in conditions at San Ange'
10, but we are not willing, nor dc
we think that we should be ex'
pected, to bear the entire burden
Again thanking you for your let
ter, believe me.
Very truly yours,
l.. j. Polk.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
Important Wool Sale.

AS we 90 to press we are in
formed that a sale has been con-
summated in New York, of 5000
bags of combing wool. Owing
to the late receipt of the infor-
nation this amount does not
figure in the total sales for the
week, as reported in our New
York wool market, on page 1882.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
NN
: N
STOCK NEWS.

l.. D. Mccartney is out in the
country on horse business.
D. X. Wylie from Miles to Kan
sas City, 53 cows, sold at $2.Bo
and 81. 40.
M. l.. Mertz, from Elgin, Kan
sas, to Kansas City, 37G steers
which brought $3.50.
J. b. Murrah sold territory
COWS on the Kansas City market
last week at $3.50.
Stanley Green has gone TO Toy
nh to look after his 100 section
ranch, but will return i'll a few
days.
r. II. Shaw, of Ballinger, ship
ped from the Territory to Kan
sas City, last week, calves, for
which he received 1925 per 100,
and $500 each.
w. G.. Locke and Deputy Sher-
if jeff Davis, of Coke, shipped
n car of horses to Cooper, Delta
county, yesterday. Mr.. Locke
went with them.
w. G. Jones sold to o. Ingleby
and d. A. Grow, of Ponca City
|. r., G0head of feeder bulls al
500 to 1913 and contracted tc
furnish them 200 more. Delivery
in November.
Felix Mann sold to II. X. Eberly
of Wichita, Kan, 8 carloads
double decks, of hogs. Four cars
were to be shipped Monday, tc
Wichita, where Mr.. Eberlyis ex
tensively engaged in feeding.
Payne e. Jones, the Bismarl
Hereford farm owners, are max
ing some offers in white face cat
tie in this issue of The Pres
which none who have use for sucl
animals can afford to over look.
ID. X. MCMILLAN sold about 14'
yearling steers to J. o. Taylor, a
$18.75 no cut, TO be delivered
October 10. Also, to-.-Parker
son, of Rock Springs, 10 feede
bulls at 500, delivery same time
VIM. Scherz returned Friday
morning from Bonham and Da
las, having sold car load q
good horses at the first name
place, at good prices. Of cours
he took in the big fair and had
good time, He reported rain a
the way.
V. B. Latham, the Conch
county Hereford breeder, hi
been spending few day
in San Angelo. In con
pany with his friend, ii. w. \
Garden, he went out and We've
the fine White Faces on the Bi
mark farm,
r. II. Wyatt and family an
A. j. Winkler and family left fc
Roswell, New Mexico, Tuesda,
After making the ladies and chilC
rem comfortable for the wint'
the gentlemen will return and b.
gin moving their cattle across I'll
line.-Devil's River News.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

John Hannum, the South Con-
cho farmer, was in the city Mon
day and, just to let the good work
90 on, left few big, round,
bright pieces of silver with The
Press. John said that large crops
of wheat, rye and oats would be
sown on the South Concho Met
calfe farm over which he presides,
and a solid rock and cement dam
put in. When this is more gener-
ally done, farming by irrigation
will, no doubt, become more pro-
ftable in the Concho country,
since the dam feature under pres
ent conditions is a source of con-
slant trouble, vexation of spirit
and expense.
John McCrohan, the handsome
! Christoval stockman, was in the
city yesterday. He has recently
bought about $50 head Of steel
yearlings from sundry parties
at $3.50 to $500.
J. G.. Moore, of Sterling, ship
ped a car Of fat COWS to Dallas
yesterday.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

Jesse Cannon is strong advo-
cate of milo maize as the best
horse feed ever grown. He recent
ly drove up to the plains, making
825 miles in six days with no
rest longer than regular night s
halt, and he fed nothing but milo
maize. His team got home look
ing practically as we'll as when he
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
The Wool Trade.

Boston Mass, Oct. /, 1902.
A tremendous business in wool
has been transacted the past
week, the American Wooden Com
pany being the principal opera
tor in the market. That concern
has taken on large lines of comb
ing and fine clothing Oregon,
staple aud fine and fine medium
territories, some good-sized lines
of pulled woods, also fleeces and
secured woods. The prices paid
for the great bulk of the wool ia
ken were at full quotations, and
purchasers who had hoped that by
holding off they would be able to
secure stock on any better terms
than they could have done two OF
three months ago, have been dis
appointed. Indications point to
a continued active goods market
and continued consumption of
which will keep many of the mills
running to their full capacity fol
months to come, and the purchas-
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

Judging from the sun, Dalhart
is very live up-to-date town.
The Sun is very live paper and
it's patronage shows that pro-
gressive element is running things
III the town.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08
SAINT LOUIS MARKET.
The Market Is Active and Firm
Prices Good and Prospects Fair.
Steers, Cows, Bulls, Calves.

National Stock Yards, H., Oct.
9TH, 1902.
special telegram to the San Angelo Press.l
The Live Stock market today
is active and firm. Good grass
steers are selling at $3.50 to 800;
g God COWS $3.50 to $2.75; Gamers
$2.1O to $2.40; bulls $2.4O to
So 60; good calves so to $40 per
head. The market prospects are
fair
National 1--we Stock Commiss.
ion Co. Represented in San An
angelo by G. A. Broome.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

s7s, SOS a I'd 500 q month are the start;
ind salaries 4 t. ~ Guutes SINE o'd
graduates % @ Or wing 500 month But they
got wide aWEtc ,ttr. ago al took our curse,
Attend HIS tu.l re - d get posi- ion that
D VS. well + m the beginning ana affords OPP
portuntiCs %, l. Using IN the world. write us
and we viii EEL you u story that means .ome'
ing, Ad-R. H. HILL. Pres. Box IL, waco,
Texas Hills Business College.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

r.. p. Boyington, the expert
horse trainer was exhibiting some
snap shots of himself engaged in
catching, handling and mount
ing wild horse without the use
of rope. The photos taken at
different stages Of the perform
ance, constitute very convincing
evidence of Mr.. Boyington's abil-
ity to 90 into a corral and without
rope gain the animals conf
dence and mount him by using
ladder leaned against the horse,
The following Menard county
deals are reported Mrs. j. G.
Wilhelm bought of Frank Will
helm his entire stock of cattle,
1000 head, everything counted, at
$15, 900. E. Frank Wilhelm bought
of Jim Hewey, 800 head of two
year-old steers at 500 per head.
Roy Ridgway bought of Will
and Jim Bevans 300 head of cows
and calves at $14 per head 49,.
Rolla White sold to a Mr.. Fiddler
600 head of three year old steers
at $24 per head.
The Half "Quien Sabe" ranch
recently shipped 500 heiter
calves from Midland to Wichita,
Kan. A short time ago, on this
same ranch 1000 heifer yearlings
were speyed. 1t is quite likely
that through this speying method
and the outshipping of many
thousand head of cattle within
the next few months, the range,
, which has been short and much
overstocked will be greatly re-
lieved.
Big YearIing Deal.
On last Friday deal for 30OC
) yearling steers was closed, i. l.,
J Denoya, of Ponca City, |. T.,
= buying from the Sugg ranch. The
negotiations were conducted by
| Felix Mann, and, it is reported
= that the price was $40. This is
the largest .yearling deal of the
season in this section-perhap'
| amounting to nearly as much, il
r not more, than all the previous
e.. yearling trades of the year put to
gether. Our "Uncle Felix" seems
+ to be on rising ground and The
= Press is mighty glad to note the
3 fact, and hopes he will so con
tinue.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-10-08

shipped from Sweetgrass county
as we're moved out year ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-09
PAINTER
Of SNAKES
Queer Art Of Man
Now Working
In Hawaii.
CASTING FISH FOR
BISHOP MUSEUM
Thompson Was Formerly Keeper
Of Reptile House in the
Philadelphia Zoo.

Working with water colors, moulds.
plaster of paris. and all kinds of ash in
a room at the Pilot House is man of
middle age who has one of the aueerest
occupations on record yet one that is of
great benefit to the student of the pres
ent time and those who will be students
centuries from now. The workman is
John w. Thompson, a man Of middle
age. who spent twenty years OF his life
as keeper of the reptile house at Phila-
delphia's famous Zoo. Thompson is the
inventor of a new art--that of taking
casts of all kinds of animal and sea
life and then painting them in their
natural colors.
Thompson is now making casts and
painting them of fishes. found in Ha-
waiian waters for the Bishop Museum.
But this is only an incident In his
career as he is known the world over
as the Snake Artist" Few people
knew at the time that Thompson work
ed in the Zoo that his room there was
the studio of one of the most remark
able sculptors and painters that the
world has ever heard of, for the finish
ed products of his labors are so start
ling in their accuracy Of representation
that it is hard for one to distinguish
between his cast and the real thing.
THE Snake Map is one who is but
little known in Hawaii yet he would at
tract considerable attention in any
gathering He is tall, powerfully built,
with finely shaped head, strong
face, and merry blue eyes.
Although at present working on
fishes, snakes are his mania and he
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-09

intends to make their study his life
work for when he leaves Hawaii he ex-
poets to travel to every snake infested
corner of the world, gathering the most
poisonous of reptiles and making faith
full reproductions of them in the cause
of science.
He believes that the snake is the
most remarkable of all the many wrin-
kles of nature. He has studied all
kinds of snakes and it is safe to say
that no one alive today knows more
about them. But in snakeless Hawaii
he has no opportunity to study them.
Yet during his career he has made
casts of very nearly all known varieties
of reptiles.
Mr.. Thompson's work while in the
Zoo has been described by newspapers
and magazines of many countries In
many languages yet there are many I'M
familiar with his work. He made many
casts from dead snakes, but frequently
had to use live ones for the work. Whl.e
in the Zoo he was accustomed to take
a string with a slip loose attached to
the end Of pole, and, thrusttng this
into a cage, snare reptile and take
1t to his study. Chloroform made the
snake temporarily dead, and placing
quilts in the wriggler's nose to permit 1t
TO breath freely he would then pour
plaster all over it, The snake was
CREASED before this operation so as soon
as the plaster had hardened Ar.
Thompson could easily pull it from the
mould and return it to it's cage none
the worse for the experience. Then
the cast would be made in this mould
and after 1t had thoroughly hardened
and che mould had been Clipped away
from the cast he would paint it in the
natural colors of the snake that had
been used to make the mould. The work
of painting each cast was the labor or
days as snakes have more colors and
tints than a rainbow.
Although the mere thought of snakes
is distasteful to most people Mr.. Thomp-
son does not fear them and, although
having handled hundreds OF live snakes
in making casts, he has never been bit
ten, having always given every atten-
ton to the care and details of the work
he had in hand.
It is said that after Mr.. Thompson
has completed his present work on Ha-
waiian fishes, which will furnish an
almost priceless collection FOR the Bish-
Cd Museum, he will complete his re-
searches in other countries and return
ing to Washington induce the national
to establish snake museum
in Washington. His museum would
contain a painted cast Of every known
variety of snakes. The expense would
not be great and the collection would
be a very valuable one as it would last
practically forever and specially valu-
able because of the fact that many of
the species of reptiles now known will
probably be extinct soon. The famous
rattlesnakes of the West are said to be
gradually disappearing and the many
varieties formerly found in the populous
East are dying off. Africa and India
are the greatest snake centers of the
world today and aside from Ireland and
Hawaii there is still another country
where no snakes are found. The latter
place is New Zealand and stringent
laws have been passed there to pre-
vent their Importation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-09

pleasure seekers. who after enjoying
the sights of the Golden Gate Park en-
barked on one of the convenient trains
there and were drawn swiftly to the
Cliff House. On the sill of the en-
gineer's cab are still to be seen in faint
lettering cliff House"
When Cotton Brothers secured the
contract to dredge the Bishop slip op-
posite the present Honolulu Iron Works
an engine was needed to haul harbor
debris. This little engine was discover
ed in San Francisco, it having been
taken off the Cliff House run. 1t was
shipped to Honolulu. repaired thorough
ly, and presently began its rough SER
vice along the waterfront. Its work at
that particular slip is practically finish
ed and it now stands close to the water
pipe awaiting a new assignment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-09

A S a race horse which has won
"a honors before admiring thou
4 u sands on the track only is often
consigned in later years to the
drudgery of truck hauling, so often
handsome looking locomotive whose
fame has gone through the country
finds its last duty in a quarry on rick
ETY., trembling rails, eventually to be
broken up and thrown into the old iron
heap. There is small, rusty-looking
engine. seen perhaps by almost every
one in Honolulu who frequents the
Channel wharf on steamer days, which
has been used in hauling harbor muck
from the new Bishop slip to the marsh
lands of Kakaako for the past six
with just such a history. 1t
is one of the Baldwin Locomotive Com