El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-25
YARD MOVEMENT.
IS VERY BRISK
Receipts Exceptional; Cars
Short; This Year Away
Ahead of Last.

Receipts OF livestock at FL PasO's
two big stockyards show a brisk
movement for the week ending Sep
TENDER %. P. s. Davis. Of the Norris
Union yards, reports that while there
is an active market, there is also a
shortage Of cars. Raymond S. Hughes,
of the Independent Union stoczyards,
reports an exceptional total OF busi-
ness during the first three weeks Of
September.
Fl Paso's increase in stock yards
receipts for the first seven months
Of 1917 over the same period for 1916,
according to the bureau OF markets
Of the L. S, department Of agricul-
ture, is as follows:
1s16-CattIe. 77455: hogs, 544S:
Isi5-cattie. 1851; hogs. 1892;
Figures for Oklahoma City for the
same period OF 1917 are, cattle. 310.-
1885, sheep, 5l,965; hogs, 405,921, and
for Wichita. Kansas, cattle, S3,60S;
sheepr 1892; hogs, 299,115.
Receipts at Independent.
Receipts at the Independent yards
Tor the week were as follows:
Charles Bassett sent in 1869 head
OF sheep from the valley
a =. Hawkins shipped four cars.
164 head Of cattle. from Pyote. Tex
to Elgin. Ariz.
The Southwestern Livestock com
pany received Il decks. 2169 head OF
sheep, from Menardsville, Tex.
]. c. Hall shipped one car. 50 head
OF bulls, from Nalland, Kansas, 10
Deming, y n
The Southwestern Livestock com
pany received % decks. 4I14 head OF
sheep. from Barnhardt Tex.
T. Barnes shipped two decks. 2Sf
sheep, from Barnhardt, Tex, TO Sa-
pirO Springs. Colo.
D. s Jones shipped 10 decks. 170g
head Of sheep, from Del Rio. Tex. TO
Hooper. Colo.
Peyton Gets Butcher stuff.
J. C. PeytOn received two cars. 90
head OF cattle, from Wilcox, Ariz.
Frank Dunnigau shipped one car.
59 head OF horses, from Deming, y
~, TO New Orlans
Ruff d Dumont received one car.
81 head OF cattle, from Wilcox. Ariz- .
Juan Garlic received one car. So
head Of cattle, from Friona, Tex.
Mules For Louisiana.
KRAFT & NaderO shipped two cars.
$ head OF mules, from Columbus. y
cars, 90 head Of cattle. from CoIum-
bus y ~. TO Kansas CITY
The Southwestern Livestock com
pany received u cars, 1873 head Of
sheep. from Meuardsville. Tex. Also
five cars. 40 head Of sheep. from
LEalde, Tex and four cars, 636 head
" sheep, from Menardsville, Tex.
J. c Peyton received one car. Al
head Of cattle, from Wilcox. Ariz-
John Helms received Is cars. 455
head Of cattle, from Odessa. Tex.
Kraft & MaderO received % cars.
IS head OF cattle. from Hereford
Ariz-, which were shipped TO Kansas
City.
The Southwestern Livestock COM
oany received 10 cars. 1881 head OF
sheep, from Dryden. Tex.
ships TO DaIhart-
Joe Irving shipped SIS head OF cat
lie from his ranch 70 Dalhart, Texas.
J. W Edwards shipped IS head Of
horses and mules from san Angelo,
Texas, TO Yuma Ariz-
The Southwestern Livestock com
lany received 302S head Of sheep from
MERTON, Texas; also 467 head OF
,alves from Barnhardt- Texas
]. P Simpson shipped one car. eight
read Of horses. from san Angelo, Tex
Is, 70 Yuma, Ariz.
Morris Yard Receipts.
Shipments through the Morris Union
ards for the week were as follows
Mesilla Valley Swine Growers as
location, 149 head Of hogs from Las
,ruees TO Clay, Robinson * Co, Fort
Worth, Texas
E. W. Mckenzie. Fort Stockton,
Texas, shipped 443 head Of cattle 20
san Simon, AriZ.
A. c. McCafferty had six horses
lhipped from 81. Louis, No, TO SAN
Diego, Cal
Clay. Robinson & Co, at Leasburg,
e NJ, had shipped TO Fort Worth,
Texas. 81 head Of cattle.
Lille Meyers, Big Springs, Texas.
hipped 81 head Of yearlings TO Ala
nogOrdO, y. "
". ". BrunsOn, Kent, Texas.
hipped 217 head Of cattle to himself
e COnlen, Texas.
Fred Roe drove out $40 head Of
mixed cattle 20 a ranch down the
ALLEY TO pasture.