The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-07
STOCK NEWS.

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Currie Bros shipped four cars
of fat COWS to Kansas City last
Friday.
B. G.. Jackson, for Mr. Robins
placed two cars of fnt cows on the
Kansas City market last Friday.
John Robbins, of Llano, ship
ped from San Angelo, Friday, to
the Drumm-Flato Commission
Co, Kansas City, carloads of
fat cows.
bud Tom, local representative
for the North Texas Live Stock
Commission Company, has gone
for an eight days trip to the Llano
and Nuecos country on sheep
business for his house.
b. NJ. \ hollis traded to j. G..
Ford, II surrey and team for one
horse and $l5 in cash, and Mr..
Ford traded them to l.. G. Dupree
for n pair of horses. the latter re-
aceiving 800 in cash "to boot.
The Midland Live Stock Re-
porter came out last week in n
special illustrated edition of rs
pages with handsome colored
cover. The paper makes fine
showing for Midland and sur
rounding country.
Henry bearing returned from
Kansas Yesterday. He SAYS
prices have recovered some since
the recent slump, and he looks
for continued mprovement, be-
lieving that late feeders will MAKE
some money.
To Exchange,
For small ranch, or San Angelo
property. II new general stock of
merchandise, value $1,000, located
in Coleman county. Address
Lock Box 30, San Angelo. LIT
Lost, Strayed or Stolen
From Tom Johnson's pasture,
one Jersey heifer calf, one year
old; color, reddish yellow with
white spots on it; branded CIR on
the left hip. Finder will please
return to G, II. Rau and receive
$500 reward, lat c. H. RAU,
r. o. Box, 226, San Angelo, Tex.
Dynamited a Sheep Camp.
A peculiar circumstance oc-
CURED recently at the sheep camp
of James Brown, Is miles north
west OF Fowler, Otero county.
While a Mexican herder, in
charge OF the sheea, was asleep in
his shack, the I'll ieves placed II
heavy charge of dynamite under
the cabin and blew it to pieces
The herder was blown into the
alc and was rendered unconscious
for some time. A bunch of 400
sheep out of a band Of $500 as
driven away. but the an H.
were subsequently recovered &E;kA
the thieves escaped, Pow
Stock Roads to San Angelo mail
1t is we'll understood that tolio,.v
City and the FriscJ r. RMre
offering every inducement tcw ve
stock that have always come to
San Angelo, driven there, for
shipment They have wide lanes
and holding pastures, all in work.
ing order, and men out soliciting
the trade 1t is very inconven-
lent for cattle to get here ut all.
Naturally herds go to the plnce
which is easiest reached and there
is where the owners trade.
We can hold all this trade, by
leasing line Of pastures on sew
.erni Ids leading into the town,
If we allow it to be diverted, it
will not only result in loss to all
our merchants directly, but will
also cause our customers TO get in
the habit of not coming here
The meeting TO he held to-
might at Spence, office at 81
O'Clock p. m, will be attended by
the live business men of the town
and every one of them should BE-
there.
1T will take some men, work
sHnd money, and the people are
gazing to furnish them,
BUSINESS MAN.
Cattle 10 he Expelled.
1Ienison, Texas, January AS
"a resH(t of recent dec sion of the
supreme ourt relative to the pay
1ment of the cattle tax, the entire