The Coconino sun., 1908-07-31
NEWS OF THE RANGE
Items of Interest Pertaining to the Live Stock Industry in Arizona. Mar
 ket for the Past Week.

 with shipment of eight car loads of lambs for the Kansas City mark ct.
 A letter from Robert Scott of Showlow states that rains have been plentiful in that section and that summer feed has fine start. assur- ing stockmen of fat stuff this fall.
 It is reported that sheep will un- doubtedly be allowed in the new addition to the Grand Canyon for. est this winter, in the Coconino Basin country. Whether the old area will be open to sheep IS still in doubt.
 Word has been brought to Tue son by trainmen that on Saturday night, about midnight. two men were attacked by coyote affected with rabies, at the ranch of Henry Dowdle, about five miles from the town of Bowie.
 A shipment of three carloads of horses from the Jackson ranch was made to North Carolina during the week. If they bring fair market and as ready sale as is expected. another shipment will be made right away. Argus.
 Messrs. Donohue and Wallace of Adamana have bought the remnant of cattle belonging to the Tucker Cattle Co.,, and Sup. H. Knight is now out with force of cowpunch- CTS gathering in the stock for de- livery. St. Johns Herald.
 Heavy rains have visited nearly every section of the northern cattle and sheep ranges making water and feed plentiful. Heavy shipments of fat stuff will undoubtedly be made from this section during the fall months. Early lambs have commenced to go already.
 Billings. Montana. The Charles NJ. Bair wool clip of 100000 pounds, said to be the largest indi- vidual clip in the world. was sold to Silberman Bros. of Chicago for Is. cents a pound. It will fill nearly 50 cars, and the check re- ceived by Mir. Bair will be approx imately $155. 900.
 J. R. Beatson, Yavapai County cattleman says that jackrabbits are a great detriment to the range and forage and do great damage. He advocates taking the bounty off coyotes, since they are the natural enemies of the rabbit and destroy thousands o f them each year. Sheepmen, however, sustain large losses annually from coyotes dur ing the lambing season.
 An important stock and land deal was consummated when Thom- as Reynolds purchased the k T brand and cattle and Thomas ranch in the Agua Fria district from Tim Fell. The consideration of the deal, which has been pending only few days, was not made public. The ranch. embracing 50 acres of land, is located mile north of Dewey on the Bradsaw Mountain railroad. It is in the center of one of the best grazing districts in the county and has never-failing water supply. -Stockman.
 Kansas City Stock Yards. July 27. 1908. Cattle receipts last week showed a big shortage fom the corresponding week last year, yet the market softened on grass cattle 30 to 50 cents. Grass stuff from native territory. including the pan. handle country. make up bulk of the supply. although the percent age of quarantine cattle is fairly heavy. The run today is l2,OOO cattle. moderate for the season of the year. Pastures are good all over our territory. and owners re fuse to market their cattle on the persent unsatisfactory market as long as they are putting on so much flesh. On the other hand, present prices are higher than usual at this time of the year. having opened the season at a good figure, and been held pretty we'll so far by conser- vatiye marketing together with de lays to shipments account of floods at different times since the first of June. Good weight Kansas grazed western steers bring $4.25 to $5. SO,
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