The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-09

staff. sec; Williams. 62c: Ash Fork,
sac. Cedar Glade. tie; Jerome juno
tion, 73c: sciiaman. SIC; Nelson, gsc;
Peach springs. etc; HaokberrE, csc;
Kingman. csc.
"a. E. Barber and Dr. r. r. Doepp
Of Carlsbad have bought the 2t-sec-
tion ranch Of HuHh Gage aud Rich
Beli. four miles south of Hope. Eddy
county. sor $4,000. The deal did not
include any cattle. hut the new own
ers propose 10 s,ock the ranch at
once. Barber II n veteran Pecos val
lev cattleman and Dr. Doepp n a
member of the state senatc
The first attempt In thirteen years
To collect taxes on the cattle of the
Navajo Indians ranging of their rcs-
ervation will be made when the Ari-
iona assessors proceed to carry out
the INSTRUCTIONS given them by the
state tax commissioner. When the
last attempt 10 collect taxes was
made In 1901 a fight ensued and the
Navajo chief was Killed.
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some idea OF the extent Of the live
stock business Ia Union county u
gained from the fact that h otto
Johnson Mercantile company 90.
Clayton alone shipped about n
million dollars worth of cattle out o.
the county line January /. This
firm has just finished contracting Tot
about % per cent OF the county's
wool clip, paying as hieh IN ~ cents.
Hen Hall, living 10 miles south Of
fabian. recently purchased - ] and
2-year-u old %whitcfaced Hereford bulb.
The stock was purchased from a
raachman az Hereford. Texas, n
are originally from the Goodnight
Adalr herd. Han has sold several
Of the bulls To n~eighboring ranchmen
who will use them TO grade up theft
herds. The Hall ranch IL n Of the
finest In eastern New Mexico n u
well stocked with purebred Hereford
cattle.
u. r.. Campbell and NJ. !. Powers
have returned 70 Flagstaff from Los
Angeles. where they went In behalf
OF northern Arizona sheep men to
urge a better rate on double-deck
stock ear shipments to the coast
The stOckmen are asking for the
same rate on douBle-deck ears as for
single floor stock cars.
The OK or Huling ranch owned by
Tatum, Leatherman and Reynolds
near Carlsbad last week sold 10 the
Cameron Cattle company of III Paso
i0e yearling heifers at $40 a ound.
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w n. Wallace unloaded eight ears
OF cattle. zoe hend. at Fort sumner
last week, from Flagstaff. Ariz. lie
In stocking n small ranch on the
Pecos north Of Fort sumner.
Carlsbad growers have shipped
about $50. 600 pounds % wool TINS
season. the fleece chiefly being con-
signed 90 Roswell.
a second wool auction il being held
to-day by the Roswell Wool and Hid
A considerable number OF
buyers are attending. This sale viii
about clean up the Pecos valley crop
for this season, The clip In that
section will total about 2.0o0. 900
pounds and has sold at from ~ to
10 cents.
-Four shearine plants have been IN
operation around Corona on the
Rock Island railroad this season. A
plant also has been operated az Tor
rance where some my thouNand
head have been sheared.
Seven cars Of cattle arrived AZ
Springer last week Tor ]. G. Kinney,
q Montana grower. who will pasture
them for "a few days before shipping
10 his Montana ranges. They are
lonEhorns from Nogales, Mexico.
n. r. Robinson and ". A. Waugh
ter last week bought i00 head Of fine
COWS from the Lewis a west oi
Portales and are selling them To
dairymen in the vicinity of fabian
who are increasing heir herds.
The El paao and southwestern has
hauled sag cars OF cattle out OF
Cochise county Arizona, this season.
the stock having an estimated value
~ ~si,a00.000
The Navajo Indians have q method
Oh NNEiN NNh ~ tAAAA
They have no special time for shear
ing or lamblng. When they want
wool for weaving blankets they 20
out and catch q sheep and shear Of
as much wool as they need. They
allow the bucks TO run with the
ewes the year around. Naturally they
have no idea OF sanitary methods oi
caring for their nocks. n whenever
the government Inspector wishes 70
enforce some regulation he has 10
cali a council OF the chiefs ano ex-
plain TO them all the why's and where
f0res Of the innovation. II the chiefs
are convinced of tbs ACCESSIBILITY oi
conforming to the government decree
there II no trouble with the tribe. for
they seldom dispute the authority oi
NJ chiefs. II the heap big man saws
the sheep must be dipped aud the
cOrrais cleaned the work II done
The sheep industry among the Nav
ajos h carried on entirely by the
nquawH. They Tend the flocks, DC
the ahearing and IN fact all he labo'
In cOnnectiou with fha Industry. They