Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-16
SHEEP PFROM NEW MEXICO FOR
 ARIZONA

PHOENlN, Feb. i5.-Thousands paon thousands of NeN Mexican sheep are being shipped in;o An the eastern market Grass is so much more abundant ln Arizona than in New Mexico that the sheepmen of that territc-y are finding it Is profintable to ship their rotten stock to Congress Junction, Hot Springs Junction. Beardsley and other points along the F. ?. & P As soon as the sheep have been relieved of their fleece and have grazed upon the abundant feed until they are iii 2 prime condition they will be shipped to Kansas City.
 - % No accurate estimate of the mum ber of sheep that have so far been shipped from New Mexico has been made. but they continue to come They will probably come until the end of the sheariag season, which is several weeks distant All are mutton stock. the range sheep re lnaining at home
 Sheepmen say that the ranges north of Phoenix were never in bet der condition. There is more grass than the sheep can possibly eat, and, that is certainly q unique con dition. As a rule there is none too much grass for the sheep that are driven down from northern Arizona This year there win be plenty Of grass after the Aoelxs return north Despite the excellent condition of the range. tse season win not be unusually profitable In fact it will fan below many seasons. for wool and mutton prices are down with no prospect of improvement Prime mutton sheep are in less demand than for years, and the wool buyers are not making any extraordinary efforts to obtain fleece Nearly all the shipments made to Boston have been toconmissi0n firms, the buyers on the ground making nothing more than small purchas es.
 It is estimated that 150.000 sheep will be sheared at Beardsley dur ing the. season Friday S.S0U head were handled The principal part O. the equipment of thc Arizona Shear ing company, which haV its pens at Beardsleg, is q clippers, and these clippers are operated by twenty four experts. Eight cents a head is the price paid for shearine. On Friday the best shearer of the force took the wool from PIG sheep. which means that he received S17ZS for his day's work. The next highest man made record of POI sheen.
 The. Hot Springs Junction shear ing pens were closed yesterday and will not be re0pened for about four days. This temporary cessation oi operations was caused by a failure in the supply of sheep. It chanced that there were no flocks close by so it was decided to knock of work for a few dqys It is expected that 75.000 or S0.000 will be shear ed at Hot Springs Junction thi: season.
 Nearly all the wool that has beer shipped from Phoenix came from Houck's station, where about 5U, coo head vii; be sheared. Some o the fines range of the entire dis trict is right around HOucks
 Congress Junction is the only place in Arizona where sheep are stil sheared by hand About twent, rlen are employed there and the. are expected to handle 25,0OO o aeO00 sheep before the season i over
 Some of the sheep that are nov ranging north of Phoenix will no be sheared until they are drifte back to the north. Shearing pen have been established at Mayer an several thousand will be taken car of there later in the season.
 Veteran sheepmen, who have ha experience in that business in ever part Of the world. have pronounce the Beardsley pens of the Arizon Shearing company the most con plete and best they have ever seel All the machinery is Of the mot up-to-date type. The sheep owner and herders have quite a little tow aboEJ the pens. One of the col veniences is a telegraph office. Wi Everett. who is bookkeeper f Charles Larson, manager of fl shearing company has run a vii into his office Over the railros wire Mir Everett sends messas to the Western Union office at Pho nix and here they are tranemitte Through this arrangement the shee men are able to keep in consta tOuch with the eastern markets
 
 COLLISION KILLS FIVE.
 COURVILIlE. France. Feb. 14.