The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-24

lNtAh AItNW III NtNAiNNh VI Wv
Mexico, some heavy sales being re-
ported during the past week at uni
formally good prices. Range condi-
lions continue good In all sections
save In north central New Mexico
where the backward spring and very
cold nights have held back grass. The
warn weather OF the past few days,
however, stockmen say, will quickly
remedy this condition.
In the southern and western sec
tions lambing IL practically over with
the highest average for several years
past. In the northern part of the
state while the lamb crop thus far Is
eood the full returns will not be avail
able for another week.
The best Informed stockmen still
predict that this will be the best sea-
son for profits In New Mexico for
many years.
Walter Wilson. a La Lunta. Colo
RADIO buyer bought 5000 head OF year
ling steers nj Artesia last week, pay
ing $40 a round for them. He sold
1890 head OF these steers to a Kansas
CITY buyer for t3S. The Flying II.
ranch near Artesia sold 500 To Kan
sas City buyers last week. at s35. They
are to be delivered at Artesia next
week.
The Keen Cattle company OF Rooae-
welt county last week received $50
head % cattle from the lower PecOs
valley which they will place In a sand
hill pasture recently fenced by Nhem
north of Portales.
a. J. Meloche, Gus Bracket and
william II. Smith. Colfax county stock
farmers last week shipped In a car
load OF registered bulls from Denver.
for use az the heads ~ their several
herds Of high grade cattle.
]. Il. Prlddy OF Portales shipped a
car OF Roosevelt county hogs to Fort
Worth last week which topped the hog
market there.
George Lutz OF Elida last week
bought forty head Of high grade
cows from Portales dealers. which he
will place on his ranch near Elida.
Jewel Brown. n Roosevelt county
farmer last week sold his Ford car
and invested the returns In seven
head of heifers. Brown told the
Portales men that no
stockmen could overlook a trade like
that. regardless Of he grade of the
heifers.
Jesus Flores was arrested At Ala
moRordo last week charged with
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stockmen near Corona. Flores had
sold the cows TO ranchmen In La Luz
canyon. He vas taken To Carrizozo
to jail.
The Dcming Graphic reports a i've
Is market In the Mimbres valley town
during the past week. The Graphic
says:
The town is fun OF cowmen. cattle
buyers, and cowboys and a steady
stream OF cattle goes through the
chutes to the cattle cars. over the
great plai.I come the white-faced
herds with yelling cowboys riding
madly about them. The desert lust
they raise IN choking, but the gold
dust they raise provides ample irri-
grt'on when the last Of the frightened
yoarlings IL aboard the cars.
Those who have shipped this week
and late last week are: Marshall Doc
little 1875 head Saturday. v. Morton
SOC head sunday, 4. Il. Templeton l50
head Monday, j. @. Kerr 2S2 Monday,
Captain Foster 30 head Monday.
other shipments will follow.
The cattle are an bringing high
Hater-mark prices, and It looks as "
the price Of n good steak has gone
into the aviation business for keeps.
when yearllngs from the range bring
$50 round II Is time To stop digging
gold aud go into the cattle business. "
Fort sumner reports cattle sales
during the past week totRling about
l.OOO head. including l75 head of
yearlings by 4. V, Lyles, GOO head at
mixed cattle by J. r. Brown. $50 head
by Il. T.. Erwin. shore and Hill OF
Hereford. Texas, bought most Of these
cattle.
Sales reported by Carlsbad last
week include q long list by stockmen
from all parts of Eddy county, In
Guiding the foilowing, Paul Ares and
Ru Polk, $50 head to John Sayer NJ
Alamogordo; Tom Middleton and
Ralph Thayer, finishing spring dciiv-
cry Of sales previously reported, and
$50 head To cary Thomas; John
stewart and Dolph ShattucR Of Dog
Canyon to w. l.. Corn Of Fort Worth;
no count reported John Hewitt To
tendent J. V. Conway. Colonel Jose y.
senn. Brother Edward, Hon. Antonio
Lucero. Mrs. n. n. Gaughlin, Mrs.
Jacob Melimer. Mrs. L. q. COLLINS.