Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-13
GREAT WEALTH FUR
 TUCSON IN CATTLE
Old Pueblo Expects to Take
 in Nearly Million Dol lars Soon

TUCSON. Ariz.. May I2.-Not less shAn half a million and possibly as much as a million dollars will be dis bursed in Tucson within the next month to six weeks as result ot great cattle shipments which have been contracted for from Pima coun- ty to points west and north, accord ing to a well known cattleman, now in the city from his ranch. May has become known as the banner month for the cattlemen of this section ana the annual distribution of the wealth that they have worked for during the past year is now beginning. This year that distribution is larger than usual, the demand for stock is more urgent, cattle are In fine condition after a good winter season and pric- es are exceptionally good. While from other sections shiDments were begun earlier Pima county stock men lose nothing from this for pric- es have mounted steadily from the winter to this time and contracts now being made gettop prices TOT steers.
 While the rancher and the hester have taken uD much of the lana ln Southern Arizona that was formery -on the range" the cattle industry of Arizona is still most important There are not so many engaged m it as formerly and many think the day of the cowboy has passed, put those who still have the stock ana the necessary range are wearing smiles in this year of grace lSil. h tho past winter the weather was such that cattle losses were smah and spring found the stock in me condition with ample forage on the ange. This was encourasinS ano when the buyers appeared and oid prices m against one another II was admitted that conditions were .t their best fo the cowmen. They have taken advantage Of these condi- ttons and the result is added weaith for all southern Arizona, for Pima county and for Tucson, the natural distributing point
 win Be Better.
 While the cattle industry was probably never better in this sectlou than if is today, there is every req son to believe that 1t is not at us hes. even vet. There are conditions which lead to the belief that another year will see prices considerably higher than the satisfactory ones or tb. nresent. Already this season tbara have heen heavy shipments iron, sonora and Chihuahua into this country. Besides this the large IorS es o- insur-ectos in the field in Dota of these Mexican states, each or which has in tbe past been dra"u mon to add to the supply that each year is drawn from the south, mas further de, leted the herds on the Mexican ianees and if the war IS not speedily ended that depletion must stili further contin~e. The result vill be a great depletion in Mexleo' ], source ot supply will have been lost. the demand will be as great II not greater than this srring and the resrlt sho-I4 be stin hieher prices smother year. Mexico is the loser bDt Arizona is the gainer.
 yvttb tbe beginning ot shipments ,oundnp. there have anreared in ana from this roint, following the spring atout Tucson, picturesqCelv dresser cowbov and vaGueros. ln recent 4irnes. not commonly seen in the cit les or ArlZOud, duu NAS9S AlNA 70
 the rlains are a source of never end ing interest 10 the visitors from the east. many of whom until this time had formed their sole ideas or the southwest from novels and magaZine fiction stories. They hal looked m vain for the cowboys that they had imagined Teo~led the Arizona cl1- les. but now their patience Is at last rewarded and it brings a feeling oi satisfaction to them to become as sured that the vaquero is not eN t,nct though rauidly becoming so.
 pr. H. M. Hart, government Vet erinariau, returned from Morales 70 dav. whence he went on Monday tc insrect a cettle shipTeut and cross ed 500 cattle over the line. These were purchased ty Neel & Hyshau and are shirped from No7aies to the ranges in Wyoming. Dr. liar stated that it was a busy seasoi along the line and he has engage ments to inspect herds 10 be crosse, ,t Noco. Douglas and Nogales fol several weeks to come.