El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-02
CATTLE BRING
RECORD PRICES
Registered Animals in De-
mand at Amarillo; Tom
Love BuYs Bulls.

An increase ii prices Of cattle over
those Of last year was realized bs
cattlemen in the sales and transfers
which took place during last week At
the annual meeting Of the Byers' and
Sellers association. held February 90
TO %, at Amarillo, Texas. Although
the increase was slight. cattlemen feel
greatly encouraged for 8 successful
season Local cattlemen who attended
the meeting OF the association say that
the buying was livelier than ever be-
fore in the history Of the buyers and
sellers meetings.
Registered stock brought record
prices. There were IS head OF regis
tered stock offered for sale at the
meeting and the average price was
Among the FL Pasoans and West
Texas cattlemen who attended the
meeting and who have returned TO FL
Paso were: Tom Love, J. r. irving.
William AmOnett, secretary or the Pan
association: W A Allen, Z. A Morris,
". Franklin, Dr. J. D. McGregor. Lobo,
Tex; r. Durrel. Van Horn, and sew
Love Buys 100 Bull Calves
Tom Love purchased $50 registered
bull calves of the 1917 output Of the
George NJ. Bowless herd. Of Lubbock,
Tex. The calves Will be delivered next
fall after the fall wedding" has taken
place. The Bowles herd OF registered
Herefords is said TO be the finest in
the Panhandle. Mr.. Love intends to
place the calves on his ranch near
Pecos Men Sell 5000 steers.
Mark and Fred Snyder. of Pecos, sold
5000 head OF steers 70 various buyers
head OF coming three year old steers
to various buyers
Tulsa Operator Picks Up GraEers.
Robert Shipmen. Tulsa operator q
Tulsa Okla, has completed 4 trip
through West Texas. New Mexico and
Arizona. during which he purchased
$500 head of coming yearlings and two
in the spring and Mr. Shipmen will
place them on grass on ranges around
Tulsa
Record Offering of Registered stocks.
Il Paso cattlemen report that the
largest number Of registered stock in
the history OF the association was
placed on sale at Amarillo. The
breeders who contributed TO the sale
were PrOnger Bros. and J. F. Evans.
STAFFORD; J. ". Johnson. ChildreSs;
r T. Alexander and J. z. Johnson,
Canadian, Tex; George Drybread. Fl
Sumner. \. NJ; r D, Dooak & Sons. "
p. Bennett. and Z. II. Conner. Claude,
Tex. ". I. Bennett and Z. F. Adams,
Amarillo: =. :. Collins. Claiming J. A.
and G. {. Hutchinson and c C Poff.
Tulia: W. G. RenisOn. Wildonado; X
ford, ana Carter & Etter. kirkland. !
Tex
Range conditions IN the Panhandle I,
have been as good during the last /
winter as they have ever been" said 4
secretary William Amonett There !
has been sufficient moisture during the 7
last few months to keep the ranges /
In good shape and the cattle are in |
fine condition. Prices are slightly Z
higher than they were last year and /
"a ttlemen OF the Panhandle are opti- 1
nistic."
In Mesa Men Shipping. /
Inspector J. Fleamer. Of the Pan
handle and Southwestern Stocknen's
association. reported the following
Transactions IN the La Mesa, Tex, dis
-rict last week:
Harris & Keefe shipped one carload
n mixed cattle from La Mesa to the 4
Fort Worth market.
Lee Bivins. Of Amarillo, who has
been buying in the La Mesa district.
bought six carloads of cows from |
slatOn & Son and four carloads OF two
-ear old steers from Lon Hart He
shipped the cattle from ] 4 Mesa to
Amarillo.
Bob Westerman sold 10 L Withheld.
NO carloads of cows. The cattle were
hipped from La Mesa to SlatOn, Tex
Inspector T. !. Potts, at Shamrock
lily, reported that Schlegel & MitsOn
lad shipped two carloads OF two year
Id steers from Shamrock to the Okla /
iona City market