The Coconino sun., 1908-09-25
NEWS OF THE RANGE
Items of Interest Pertaining to the Live Stock Industry in Arizona. Mar
 ket for the Past Week.

go, expect to ship ten carloads of cattle to San Diego Sunday.
 Michael L. Clos shipped six single decks of sheep to Houser Packing Co.,, Los Angeles this week.
 Campbell & Francis shipped from Flagstaff Wednesday one car of bucks to Campbell X Francis, Del Rio.
 Two fine race horses from Jos eph James, Windsor, Ontario, to R. Steel, Santa Anita. California passed through yesterday and indi- cate that horsemen have not a. bandoned hopes for race meeting in Southern California this winter. John Metz shipped two cars of sheep Tuesday; Gosney & Odell. four cars, Chas. Schulz one car and Freedlein & Morse two cars. all going east to the Kansas City market. A. J. LeBarron shipped about a thousand head of lambs on Wednesday.
 Chas. Schulz will make a ship ment of fat lambs to Los Angeles soon. The sheep were contracted for by Cudahay at good round price some weeks ago.
 Los Angeles cattle buyers have been among the cattlemen the past week. So far no large sales have been reported. but it is expected that many sales will be made for fall delivery. Cattle are in fine condition and the sales this fall should be the largest in years.
 Eight carloads of sheep selected from the Tyson fsocks were ship ped to the Los Angeles markets from Del Rio yesterday. A car load of horses, gathered on the Big Chino ranges, was also ship ped at the same tim e. the destina- tion of the equines being Okla homa. Journal Miner.
 On Monday C. c. Hutchinson shipped 1 200 sheep from Bellemont to the Kansas City market. Next Monday he will make another ship ment of about the same number from Del Rio. Colin Campbell of Flagstaff. also made shipment of several cars the first of the week to the same market. Williams News.
 Kansas City Stock Yards. Sept. 2l, 1908. Heavy cattle supplies were received at all the markets last week and prices declined 10 to 40 cents as result. Droughts east of the Mississippi are forcing in a great many cattle. but as yet few cattle have been marketed in the west account of pastures drying up. although another week or two of dry weather will cause the situ- ation to become serious. So far. the dry hot weather has been of benefit to the corn crop in the west, as a rule. The unsatisfactory market last week checked the run today, 18,000 head here. or 10000 less than on last Monday. In spite of the bad conditions at Chicago. the market here is steady to 10 higher today. Kansas City packers are killing more cattle than ever before. and 25 per cent more than at this period year ago. and country purchases are at their heaviest, $50 car loads to country pastures and feed lots last week. Receipts today contain the usual number from New Mexico and the panhandle, killing steers $3.40 to $4.00. cows $2.80 to $3.30. stockers and feeders $3.25 to $4.25, calves $3.75 to $6.50. Calves were lower last week but have regained most of the loss since Thursday The Mountain ranges in Colorado are beginning to ship regularly. steers here today at $40 to killers, oth- CTS $3.90 to $4.05. cows $2 70 to $50, stockers and feeders $3.25 to $4.30. Prospects favor heavy runs. but the market is able to take care of all arrivals, especially if we get rain within week.
 Sheep and lamb supplies have been liberal. 48.000 here last week, l2.000 here today. The lamb market sagged little last week, but closed without any net loss. sheep steady. market to weak to- day. Bulk of arrivals are from Utah. but Arizona is also a contri-