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ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1886.
WHOLE NUMBER'72.
IPS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TTYR. W- T. DALBY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
fit. JTokRS, Arizona Territory.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN,
J. A. Rvsir. E.W, Wells, SrMNEii Howard.
RUSH, WELLS &. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
- ' Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona.
j 3Vill at end promptly to all business en-
trusted to them in t&e courts 01 xiccuru 01 iu
- Territory.
' J M. SANFORD.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ,
PRESCOTT. A. T.
JARRIS BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
"4 ST. JOHNS, A, T.
Land-business a specialty. Office in Court House,
'pR.b.J.BRANNEN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
-r FLAGSTAFF, A. T.
mr Office and Drug Store Opposite R. R. Depot.
Will give prompt attention to calls from any
point on the hne of the A & P. R. R .
LFRED RUIZ,
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT ;
RECORDER APACHE COUNTY,
AND U. S. COMMISSIONER.
3" Special atrention given to the examination
and transJerot tines to ISC-4' i '
Office In Court uouse, su joiius, Amuim.
fs:;,BUNCHV
J , .ATTORNE Y-AT-L AW,
HOLBROOK, A. T.
Officerin Court Ilouse.
L.'GUTTERSON,
" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ST. JOHNS, A. T.
aWfOfllcc in Court Ilouse.
TT ELLS HEN DERSHOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.
BECKER,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
SPRINGERVILLE. A, T.
P MZUCKf- " Jt
" miE$Y public, "
nOLBROOK. A.T.'
rp G.NORRIS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
FLAGSTAFF. A. T.
CLARKrCHURCHILL,
" Attorney General of Arizona.
Attorney a-nd'Counselor at Law.
OrriCB Orer tha Bank of Arizona,
36-ly
Preicott, Arizona.
ATQRNjEYTAJ-LAW.
(Dlitrict attorney: of iYavapai County.)
""PRESCOTT;" - - ARIZONA.
J. C. KERWDOK. 3. i, HAWKINS.
JJERNDON &. HAWKINS,
' ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
'.' , ..' a PRESCOTT. A. T.
'jEV1, Will practice In the District Court of
,;JApachoTCCUttty. . . ,
' ST OCK
rExchange Hotel,
'S&FiJOHNS, - ARIZONA
" ROMAN LOPJ3Z, Proprietor.
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Every accomodation for trav
eling Secure corrals,
warm stables hay
and grain.
"WIRE FENCING
SALE.-
mjXI3iGPS.AM COOLBT-
Have for sale at their ranches at
eVnear Show Low, barbed and plain
FENCE WIRE at the low price of
FIVEiCEUfTS PER POU!VI
Applications may be made
person or hy letter,
F'Purchaeers will be required
to rxemose the wire from the fence
posts-at their own expense.
'Ti Jg '
JP This is a rare opportunity
- 'tofitain wire. Jt eyeing at . half .is
TUNING'S & COOLEY,
244f. Show Low, Ariz,
ST. JOHlsrS
Billiard Parlor
-AND
SALOON.
W. T. Hubbell, Proprietor.
The most completely fitted up house
of Entertainment in Arizona.
Choice Brands of
WHISKIES, WINES, BITTERS,
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AND FINE SELECTION OF CI
GARS Constantly kept on hand
In connection with the above
he has a
FEED YARD
Where travelers can feel assured
that there stock is properly
cared for
DIONICIO BACA
DEALER IN
MERCHANDISE
ALSO
WINES, LIQUORS,
AND-
jjC C3r jf!&L Xr- Sjjr
BUYS AND SELLS
WOOL, HIDES, PELTS, GRAIN.
Springrerville,
Arizona.
THE
CHICAGO
COTTAGE
ORGAN
Has attained a standard of excellence -which
admits of no superior.
It contains every improvement that inventive
genius, skill and monoy can produce.
These excellent Organs arc celebrated for vol
ume, quality of tono, quick response, variety of
combination, artistio design, beauty in finish, per
fect construction, making them the mcst attract
ive, ornamental and desirable organs for homes,
schools, churches, lodges, societies, eta
ESTABLISHED REPUTATION,
UXEQUAIiED FACILITIES,
SKIIJLED WORKMEN,
BEST MATERIAL
COMBINED, JIASE THIS
THE POPULAR ORSAH
Instruction Books and Piano Stools.
Catalogues and Price Lists, an application, fbee.
The Chicago Cottage Organ Co,
Corner Randolph aad Ann Streets,
CHICAGO. ILL.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Items of Interest to Stockmen, Gath
ered from Reliable Sources.
Springer Stockman : The Key
stone Land and Cattle company
will purchase this year three to four
thousand young steers.
Florence Enterprise: Cattlemen
from Pima county were up looking
for wells and ranges in this county
this week. They want the benefit
of our low taxes.
Flagstaff Champion : W. E. Cur
ry, a prominent cattleman of Dag
gett, California, shipped two car
loads of fine beef cattle from this
point the early part of the week.
They were purchased from the
Marr Bros., of Verde.
Florence Enterprise: Mr. Isaac
Putnam, of San Pedro, was in town
Wednesday. He has sold another
lot of cattle to W. H. Mellor and
came down to close the bargain.
Mr. Mellor now owns a fine herd of
cattle.
Exchange: The loss from the
cattle plague in Russia, within a
period of five years, from 1876 to
to 1880, is estimated at no less than
1,208,500 head of horned cattle;
but even these figures, based upon
official information, are considered
far below the real numbers.
Las Vegas Optic : In the two car
loads of fine Hereford bulls now in
the stock yards, owned by Mr.
Tood, of Kansas, who accompanies
them, are eight superb animals
worth about $600 each. They go
to 0. B. Slaughter in Socorro coun-
ty-
Journal-Miner : A runner came
in a few days since from Thompson
Valley to secure medical attend
ance for Ross Blakely who was in
jured by a horse falling on him
while engaged in a rodeo. Mr.
Blakely is a son of W. G. Blakely,
district attorney of Mohave county.
Silver City Sentinel': II. G. Noel
has received a hundred and twenty
two head of stock cattle at -his
ranch on the Mangus. They were
purchased from W. Beall and driven
up from the San Simon valley. On
Thursday all the unbranded calves
received their new owner's marks.
Las Vegas Gazette : Five car loads
of cattle came in this morning from
the east. Four of them will pass
on to the south and but one will re
main here on sale. Among these
are eight thoroughbred Hereford
bulls, consigned to J. C. Leary from
A. D. Hudnall, West Las Animas,
Colorado.
Chicago Commercinl : A procla
mation forbidding the importation
of cattle into Illinois, except under
certain conditions, was issued by
the Governor. The interdicted dis
trict lies south of the thirty-fifth
parallel east of the Mississippi, and
south of the thirty-sixth parallel,
west of the Mississippi.
Stock Grower: The Arizona Cat
tle and Mining Company of Deca
tur ; capital, $30,000 ; incorporators
Sullivan Burgess, John A. Brown,
George W, Bullard and C.B. Smith,
is an outfit which has just been
granted a certificate of incorpora
tion by the Secretary of the State
of Illinois.
Fort Collins Express: A sub
scription purse is being raised by
several Fort Collins young men,
half of which will be given to the
man who at the fair will produce
the worst bucking bronco, and the
other half to the man who will ride
him and "stay with him" with the
most ease and grace.
Phoenix Gazette : Mr. Fred Wik
cox, one of our Verde cattlemen,
is in town. He reports plenty of
grass on the range and the cattle
rolling fat. He says that the rocjeo
is almost completed, and that cat
tlemen generally are looking for
ward to a fortunate year for tb
business, as grass and water are
everywhere plenty,
Flagstaff Champion : The stock
men are jubilant, and wear a grin
from ear to ear, They have bright
prospects before them. The late
rains have had a tendency to make
vegetation grow very rapidly, and
the foot-hills are covered thick with
grass, which stands about six inches
Iiigh. There has not been so good
a prospect for several years.
Phoenix Herald : Mr. F. L. Brill
a few days since lost a valuable
riding horse by the bite of a rattle
snake, while on his way up to Wick
enberg. He rode over the snake
without happening to see it, and
his horse was struck in the ankle
of one of the hind feet killing it in
two or three hours.
Phoenix Gazette : W. H. Frink,
the well known owner of the Mar
tinez stock ranch, Yavapai county,
came in a few days since. He has
just returned from the pursuit of
thieves who drove off thirty head
of horses from his ranch, following
them to the Gulf of California. He
secured a portion of the stolen
stock, but was not fortunate enough
to catch any of the thieves.
Wilcox Stockman : The Governor
of Kansas has issued a proclama
tion prohibiting the driving into or
turning loose of Texas cattle in
that State, which have not been
held north of the 37th parallel dur
ing the previous winter. The proc
lamation has been issued in accor
dance with the wishes of the citi
zens of the State, who have in for
mer j'cars suffered large losses in
stock through Texas fever dissemi
nated by through cattle.
Socorro Bullion : It is reported
that grass and water are scarce on
the ranges in this county; but af
ter interviewing a number of prom
inent cattlemen, including Floyd
Gaj-rett, Wes Bruton and J. D.
Reed, our representative declares
that there is no foundation for such
a report. On the contrary cattle
were never in better condition ; wa
ter is abundant, the grass nutri
tious, and the outlo'ok generally
very promising.
Stock Grower : A. L. Peck, a well
known ranchman w-hose wife and
child were ruthlessly murdered by
Apache fiends, near Nogales, Ari
zona, was rendered more than half
crazy by his terrible loss. He said :
"I have a ranch and four or five
hundred head of cattle, but I never
want to see them again. The gov
ernment won't protect me, so I will
protect myself. I will kill every
Indian in the country." Mounting
his horse, he rode off, and has not
been heard ot since.
Wilcox Stockman : Beef has be
come so dear in 'New 'York that the
commissioners of Central Park can
not longer afford to feed it to the
animals in the zoo. They have fit
ted up a private slaughter house
and will kill old horses for feeding
the animals. This gives the human
animal more beef, and makes a
market for plug horses that have
served their time. As for the caged
animals they eat the meat just the
same little imagining that an impo
sition has been played on them.
Washington dispatch : The Com
mittee on Territories of the House
reported back substitutes for the
bills introduced by Lanhan, of
Texas, to nullify the acts of the
Legislature of New Mexico and
Arizona, and to prevent the intro
duction of diseased cattle into'these
Territories. The substitutes allow
the introduction of cattle without
restriction during the months of
December, January and March, and
limits the inspection fee in the other
months to ten cents per head.
Florenee Enterprise : Mr. Phil
lips, manager of the Represita cat
tle ranch, this county, is preparing
to make a large addition to his
herd. He is also preparing to build
a reservoir that will catch the water
from a water-shed over six miles in
length and width. Such a reservoir
would water over a thousand head
of cattle for at least six months in
a year, and thus save the cost of
hoisting water. He will also make
a proposition to the canal company
to place a fence along the upper
side of the canal, from the head to
the terminus, upon the condition
that the company will furnish him I
water for his cattle.
El Paso Journal : J. B. Slaugh
ter, who sold his Socorro county
ranch and cattle not long since to
Upcher & Stevens for $1 30,000, was
in El Paso a short time since, eng
route to Colorado City to visis his
family. Mr. Slaughter has just re
turned from a horse-back trip from
Socorro, across northwestern New
Mexico and up into Utah territory,
going to within 150 miles of Salt
Lake City. He was ranch hunting
of course (for the Slaughter boys
cant keep out of the cattle busi
ness). He found some fine coun
try up there, and we would not be
a bit surprised to hear of John's
joining the Mormons in the pear
future. Mr. Slaughter was on a
"dicker" for his Texas ranch and
cattle, but had not consummated
the trade uo to last accounts.
International Live Stock Jour
nal : It is just and proper that all
classes of working men, cowboys
included, should organize or band
together for their mutual benefit.
They should instigate ways and
means for providing the necessaries
of life for those of their number
who are worthy, but from unavoid
able or unfortunate circumstances,
are in need. They should do all
they can to elevate the morals and
general tone oi tneir Dusine3S or
profession. In fact there are many
things the' can do that will result
in much good to both themselves
and their employers; but they
should not under any circum
stances, try to run or manage their,
employer's business,- except by his
consent and direction.
Miles City Journal : Last year
the stockmen of Montana more than
ever before interested themselves in
seeing that ranges were supplied
with good, vigorous bulls, and the
result is already perceptible, as
there never was before at this time
of year so great a number of large,
healthy calves on the range as at
present, It is safe to assume that
the percentage of calves branded
this year will be far greater than for
any previous year, and this increase
may be traced directly to the in
crease made last year in the num
ber of range bulls. But notwith
standing the improvement in this
respect, it can hardly be doubted
that some of the ranges are not yet
stocked with bulls to that degree
that would produce the greatest
profit, and the importance of sup
plying such ranges with the proper
number of vigorous bulls cannot
be over-estimated. No man should
hold back in this matter, but every
one should emulate every other
rangeman in furnishing number
and quality of bulls for the general
range. In this way will all be made
prosperous and no one notice the
expense.
Chicago dispatch: A special to
the Times from Big Springs, Texas,
says : Reports regarding the effect
of the long drought are beginning
to come m. The plains west oi
here are parched and dry, and the
carcasses of thousands of cattle are
to be seen in every direction. In
some locations no rain has fallen
since last September. J. M. Daw
son and Colonel W. E. Hughes re
turned to-day from a trip as far
westward as old Mexico. Mr. Daw
son says that from this side of the
Pecos, over in Mexico, and as far
north as Arizona, it is drier than it
has been in twenty years. Of the
7,000.000 head of cattle in Texas
one-third are in the section visited
by the drought. The cattle are dy
ing by thousands for want of water
and grass. There is very little
grass anywhere near water, and that
little is so dry and dead that it does
not contain enough substance to do i
the cattle any good. The cattle are
very thin and getting thinner every
day, and if no rain comes within
thirty days the cattle business in
West Texas will be ruined.- The
people are very gloomy over the
outlook. The drought extends east
as far ds Big Springs. No clouds
have been seen in months. Even
if it should rain now, the cattle
would not get fat enough for mar
ket this year. A rough estimate
places the rate of mortality bv thirst
and starvation at 900 head per'day.
Fully 20,000 carcasses cover the
plains. The stench as one passes
along the Texas Pacific west of here
is terrible.
Fort Worth Journal : Col. John
N. Simpson did not tarry lonsat
his Pecos ranch. There were no
flowers or green grass to captivate,
but a mournfully dry, very dry
country and any amount of almost
starving cattle, to look at. Vegeta
tion is away behind the reason, and,
in fact, there are no more evidences
now of spring, were the testimony
confined to vegetation, than, there
was three months ago, even back to
the first of January. "I tell you it
is awful," continued the gentleman,
"of course there is plenty of water
in the river, continuously running
snow water from the mountains,
but the country bordering on-it for
eight or ten miles back, is as bar
ren of food, almost, as a sad bank.
Many of our steers go back into
interior fifteen or twenty .miles to
where a sufficiency of cured grass
can be had, but the amount of tra
vel necessary to cover the distance
between the elements of existence,
keeps them poor and fit subjects for
the bog and of which that country
has its share. We have not had a
good rain since last June, enough
to do. real good, a few. snows along
through the winter being the main
dependence." Then the Colonel
grew eloquent and let loose a volley
of scripture on the- reporter. He
said ""the people out there need the
services of Elijah to put in a vig
orous plea for rain as once upon a
former occasion he, in like way,
came to the rescue of the sinners."
He thought there was an inviting
field for a mission of this kind, and
unless it eame at an early day, the
crows would have a pic-nic in the
way of settling and closing up ac
counts. He thinks the capacity of
the Pecos country is greatly over
estimated and that there are, by
far, too many cattle there.
Mr. Nimmo, chiei of the bureau
of statistics, in his report on the
volume of trade in cattle in Texas,
says : According to the best esti
mate that can now be made, there
have been about 3,000,000 young
cattle driven from Texas to north
ern ranges during the last seven
years, which, at $15 per head, would
amount to $45,000,000. The f:drive,J
of the year 1884 was about 300,000,
which, at $17 per head, amounted
to $5,100,000. These figures, the
best wThich can be obtained, are, of
course, only rough approximations.
They clearly indicate, however, a
large demand at the north for
young Texas cattle, and a large
supply adequate to meet such de-.
mand. The movement has been
about as regular as commercial
movements are generally, the ten
dency, on the whole, being in the
direction of progress. It is assert
ed upon apparently good authority,
that fully one-half of all the blood
on the northern ranges to-day is of
Texas strain. Many persons large
ly engaged in the cattle trade at the
north, and the cattle raisers of
Texas generally, maintain that Tex
as must in the future hold the po
sition of a breeding ground, and
the northern ranges that of a ma
turing or a fattening ground. Ac
cording to the best estimates now
obtainable, Texas has about '9,000,
000 head of cattle, or one-sixth the
entire number of cattle in the Uni
ted States. The value of the cattle
is placed at $153,000,000, and in the
ranch and range cattle-area-north
of Texas, $187,500,0000? .nearly
twenty-eight per cent of the totalis
value orthe United States: T'
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