The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
s40,000 CIRCULATED BIG SHIPMENT
 0F CATTLE
Clifton Becomes Big Shipping Point For Cattleman in Nor
 thern Part of County.
M BEST AND BASSERMAN IDUY
Best Prices in the History of the Cattle Business were
 Received.


 II Approximately forty thousand dol liars were put in circulation in Cliff ton on Monday last, as the result of the shipment of forty cars of cattle to Colorado, gathered from the excel
 lent ranges in the northern part of the county. The largest shippers were J. H. T. Cosper, Baylor Shau- non, Phillips, Patty & Hampton, Web ster. Boyle and others along Eagle | Creek. The purchasers were McBest
 & Basserman, of Pueblo, Colorado. | The long train left the stock yards on l Sunday morning and was billed via Fl Paso. Among the Greenlee count | ty boys who accompanied the ship ment was Dewitt Cosper who will take occasion to visit Denver and other cities before his return to the ranch.
 During the week previous was q large shipment from Duncan, and an other from Lordsburg. H. c. Day was one of the large shippers from Lordsburg. MT. Day has been in the i cattle business in this county for many years, more than twenty He was in Clifton on Monday and made the state ment that never before in the history 1 of the cattle business had the prices eXcelled those received in 1912. MT. Cosper and MT. Shannon, both old timers in the business, confirm the statement made by MT. Day. The Clifton on Sunday were, yearling5, ! s21 DO; twos, s27-00 threes, $32 %; cows, S25. %. The average price per head was S26.25.
 'Dud" Elrage, who was among the shippers this week. and who has pnched cows on the range in this sec ton for the past twenty-years, but who is now in business for himself, became reminiscent the other evening Year lings sold yesterday for twenty-one dollars remarked Elrage. Well. I remember the day in this section when COW men were eager to take eight dol lars for the same animal, and eighteen dollars was the top price for the best seer on the range. Conditions have changed since. those days and certain y the cattlemen have not got tne worst of it.
 Ireland Hampton, manager of the Clay Robinson company of Fort Worth, and one of the best known cattle fnanciers ir the United States, has been spending a few days in Fl Paso. Mir. Hampton has been in specting the Mexican importations )f cattle in order Cnat loans may Ge granted to some local ranchman.
 When pressed for his opinion "e- garding the high price for beef in the United States, MT. Hampton sai4.
 The three successive drouths in the southwest together with the thou sands of herds lost this past winter in the northwest has materially ad- vanced the price of cattle The shortage of rains made the calf crop light, for under such elemental con- | ditions cows do not breed. This fact causes a heavier marketing of breed i ing cattle
 The beef market since April last, i Mir. Hampton declared, for low and 1 medium grade beeves has been the highest for years and there is noth- ing to give relief to the high price of beef, excepting a heavy crop of corn, which may lessen the market ing of fat cattle, permitting owners to hold them awhile.
 MT. Hampton declares the ship ments of Mexican cattle through the ports of Eagle Pass, Laredo, and ri Paso are the heaviest for years. In fact, business at all ports of entry is exceptionally brisk in the southwest. he says.
 GOOD DEMAND FOR CATTLE.
 Globe Dennis Murphy and the Gibson Cattle company are making ar to ship good many cattle to Texas before the first of the month. The Gibson Cattle Co.,, have a contract to deliver 5000 head of cattle at Cutter and Murphy 1900 head. It has been stated by several that many of those \ who have agreed to deliver cattle will forfeit their money rather than make delivery. Especially will this be so with those who have sold their cattle by weight. This is accounted for by the fact that feed has not been plenti- ful and their stock is not in the condi- ion they anticipated at the time they made the contracts. At present there gre several cattle buyers in Globe and and the demand for cattle, es- )ecially COWS and calves far exceeds : he supply and the prospects are that | | here will be an increase in the price )f meat. . FIRST INITIATIVE PETITION
 HAS BEEN FILED. |
 Phoenix, May 29th The first mi iative petition to be filed under the
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