Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-12-12
FLOODED SHORTHORN
FOR DOWNEN HERD
Local Realty Company Purchases
Seven-Months-Old Shorthorn Bun
From Iowa Dealer for $500
is sent by Express

Wednesday received by express from
W. w. Seeley of Stuart, Iowa, a full
blooded, registered Shorthorn huu
seven months Old, which will be ma
tured and placed at the head of the
Downen herd now located at Nez
Perce, Idaho. The animal cost in the
neighborhood of $500 and the express
charges from Iowa were almost SEQ
more He was the pride of the Seeley
herd and his sire is a full brother to
the females in the herd which won
the sweepstakes championship at the
International Stock Show in Chicago
SIX years ago. The animal is of the
famous Crookshank Victoria breed
ing, tracing to Imported Victoria 73
by Roam Guntlet, and his dam is an
imported COW that cost it's owner
$1400.
In the purchase of the animal the
DoWnen Realty company secured
what they regard as the very best
blood obtainable for their herd at
what would be considered a fancy
price in this country, and purchased
him as a calf for the reason that
they telt that it would be out of the
question to buy matured animal
for the price it would be necessary
to nav for Such hraadinp
The Downen company has recently
secured a 1400-acre stock ranch in
Franklin county, between Kahlotus
and Cornell and will make it
strictly first class stock ranch. They
will stock it with thoroughbred
Shorthorn cattle and will produce az
least 100 head of thoroughbred
calves each year, as we'll as making
1t the headquarters for their feeding
cattle. Six hundred acres of the
tract is fine alfalfa land and a por-
ton of it is now producing. The To-
cation Is admirably adapted to win
ter feeding, owing to the fact that
the winters are very mild, the place
being only 500 feet above sea level.
The ranch is located conveniently
to market on the S. P. & S. and N.
T. lines, being only a 12-hopr run
with cattle to Portland and Seattle
and only six hours to Spokane. e.
". Downen is of the opinion that the
proposed union stock yards in Spo-
kane, which are being installed by
the Roberts Bros, will prove a great
boon to this section and in fact the
entire Inland Empire. In connection
with the proposed stock yards Mr..
DoWnen said
In our opinion the Spokane union
stock yards proposition is quite as
important as any work in connection
with the general stock industry, from
the fact that the producer will have
ready market to ship to and also
market that is strictly reliable from
which to purchase stock for feeding
purposes. The stock raising in
dustry is still in it's infancy in this
section and the new stock yards at
Spokane will provide an impetus to
stock raisers that will, within a few
years, work wonders in increasing
that important adjunct to farming
community. Not only will the In
land Empire be benefited by the new
concern, but the entire state of
n hD hn TO no
and Alberta should consider them
selves fortunate in the possession of
such an enterprise"
The Downen Realty company, of
which E. w. Downen is the head,
exhibited a mum Der of head of stock
from their Shorthorn herd at the
Lewiston stock show. While the
stock was not in beef condition, four
premiums were secured and all the
young bulls which they had on hand
for sale found ready buyers at good
prices. Mr.. Downen is great boost
er of the Lewiston show, and to The
Herald man said:
With stock from Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California,
Iowa and Kansas, the annual show
ard sale of the Northwest Livestock
association at Lewiston last week
was certainly an unbounded success.
The exhibitors and stockmen were
ell we'll satisfied with the results OF
the show and feel that it was indeed
great booster for the entire North
west. 1t is a step in the right direc-
ton for the permanent improvement
of the stock industry and the general
upbuilding of this, the greatest In
land Empire In the United States"