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VOMTME II.
ST. JOHNS. APACHS COUNTY, ARIZONA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1S86.
WHOLE NUMBER 92.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TR. WM.T. DALBY,
PUYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Mt. jrefaH!, IrizffQU Territory.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN,
J.XRVSn. E, V,WEI.M. SUMNEItllOWAItD.
RUSH, WELLS &. HOWARD,
ATTORNEYS fc COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Prescolt, Yavapai County, Arizona.
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lEBRteil tti them In the Court of Record of the
Territory. '
g M. SAN FORD.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
I'KKSCOTT. A.T.
JJARRIS BALDWIN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
ST. JOHNS, A, T.
Land business a specialty. Office in Cctirt House,
J)R.D.J.BRANNEN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
FLAGSTAFF, A. T
43 Office and Drug Store Opposite R. R. Depot.
tVill give prompt attention to calls from any
point on the line ol the A & P. R. R
JLFRED mtZ,
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT ;
RECORDER APACHE COUNTY,
AND U. S. COMMISSIONER.
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transfer of titles to Real Estate in the county.
iOle la Court House, St. Johns, Arizona.
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ATTO RNE Y-AT- LAW,
HOLBROOK, A. T.
Oftce In Court Houkc.
jTi L. GUTTERSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ST. JOHNS, A. T.
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WOOL, HIDES, PELTS, GRAIN.
I The calf crop of Yavapai cuiin
j ty, this season, we are reliably in
formed, will come up fully to SO
per cent. Hoot and Horn.
Fifteen .carloads of cattle .went
out on Monday morning for Flag
staff, on -the line of the. Atlantic
and Pacific. Inter-Republics..
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George Wardell brought up
fine bunch thirty-five car loads
of cattle from Old Mexico, destined
for his ranch at Navajo Springs.
He had a daisy time getting them
bp the Mexican customs officers.
Inter-Republics.
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The recent heavy rains did con
siderable damage to Hart Brothers,
in the south end of the Burros, by
cashing out their dam destro'ing
considerable pipe. The dam is be
ing rebuilt and the pipe will be laid
as soon as the dam is completed.
Silver City Enterprise.
The rule for determining the
strain of blood in an animal, is to
add those of the parents and di
vide it by two. For example, the
calf of a three-quarter Shorthorn
bull and a one-quarter cow will be
a half blood Shorthorn. Ex.
We are informed that of the 800
beef steers imported from Mexico
Mexico last Juty, for the San Car
los Reservation, a large number of
them have died of the disease now
preyailing there. Some, however,
were butchered before the disease
made its appearance. Silver Belt.
Stock cattle in this county, says
tho Hoof and Horn, are in fine con
dition and will be better prepared
for winter than a year ago. This is
encouraging news when it is taken
into, consideration that no more
than one per cent loss was sustain
ed during the Inst winter. "
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A German inventor has intro
duced into London a new lockstitch
sewing machine of pocket size, that
is to say, it weighs about ten ounces
and measures eight inches long by
two inches wide. The machine is
a pretty example of ingenious and
simple mechanism, xind was recent
ly exhibited at 54 Fleet street. It
is fixed to a table by a clamp, and
requires very little attention in
working. Ex.
We understand that Chas. Ken
yon whose, ranch is close to the
Reservation, between Globe and
McMillen, lost two head of cattle
from a disease supposed to be the
same as that which proved so de
structive to work oxen along the
road between San Carlos and Camp
Thomas, and to some of the Reser
vation cattle near the Agency. Mr.
ICenyon is reported to have seen
twelve dead cattle belonging to In
dians near his place. Silver Belt.
Uncle John Wilson, the veteran
cowman, was in the Stockman of
fice the other day, when the con
versation came up about stocking
a ranch exclusively with steers.
Uncle John remarked that the man
who tried to locate steers without
cows will learn something. Says
they will collect in little bunches of
ten to fifty,1 and just simply leave
the country, and that there must
not only be cows on the ranch, but
it is better that they drop calves be
fore the steers are put on. -Texas
Stockman.
A correspondent of the Inter-Republics,
writing of the drouth
striken portion of Texas says : The
great trouble with that section of
country is that when -they first com
menced stocking the range it was
in splendid fix. There were water
and grass in abundance, and they
supposed from its appearance that
it could not well be exhausted.
They commenced crowding it until
they went far beyond its capacity,
and can now see their mistake when
it is too late. Stockmen cannot be
too cautious in the stocking of thein
ranges. They certainly have had a
terrjble lesssm and one that will
never be effaced from their memories.
L. Bashford, who really deserves
to be numbered among the most
far-seeing and enterprising citizens
of Arizona, is studying out a plan
for the erection and running of
stock yards in our town, and his
efforts should be seconded by the
people of town and county. He has
spoken to J. W. Sullivan about the
matter, and Mr. Sullivan may be
induced to take an interest in the
plan and business. If so, it would
be successful from the start and, of
course, be of great benefit to town
and county, especially if arrange
ments for shipping dressed beef can
be made. With stock yards here,
and, perhaps, a cannery, beeves,
and wethers would be driven from
all the warm sections to the east,
the south and the west, where cat
tle keep fat during the winter and
spring months ; then districts where
feed is good in the summer and fall
months would furnish their fat
stock market. There is money in
the business, and wTe urge all who
are in any way interested to aid in
the movement. Prescott Courier.
A San Antonio (Tex.) dispatch
of the 2d inst.,the wool market for
the week ending to-day has been
featureless, except for the extreme
ly high prices paid. Last spring
trade touched the top notch, with
19c per pound. This fall it has
run to 21c The extremely high
prices prevailing have scared off
northern buyers, and sales are con
sequently slow. The total for the
weelc amounts to 1,250 bags. The
range has been from 17Ac to 21-fc
for exceptionally clean wools. A
declension is looked for shortly.
Eastern firms are constantly tele
graphing their agents here that
eastern markets do not jus'ify the
price paid. The total sales for the
season it is estimated will be 4,500,
000 pounds.
The great plateau between the
Rocky Mountains and the Sierras,
comprizing the Territory of Utah
and the State of Nevada, is appa
rently destined to become the great
est cattle range in the country. Al
ready immense tracts of land, some
embracing 250,000 acres, have been
purchased, and owners of large
herds in Texas and other south
western states are looking for
ranges in this wide section of nat
ural pasture land. The pressure of
settlers who wish to engage in agri
culture, and found homes upon the
land in the great plains of the west
and south has been to crowd out
the cattle kings, who have for years
monopolize the largest part of the
States, which, by nature are better
fitted for the raising of crops than
the pasturage of herds. Thus there
has been a hegira of cattlemen to
ward the west, which bids fair to
aid materially in the development
of those sections of - our country
that have hitherto been left almost
exclusively in the hands of the In
dians and peripatetic gold hunters.
San Francisco Bulletin.
During the past week, quite a
number of cattle have died within
a radius of eight miles from Inde
pendence, California. We have not
been able to find a single person
who can give a clear account of the
symptoms of the disease. It would
appear that it is very rapid in its
course. Several parties report that
on going out among the cattle in
the morning they have found ani
mals dead that appeared to be in
good health the preceding day.
Aged cows and fat young cows have
died. One party reports having
skinned a young steer that died ;
around the neck and loins, just un
der the skin, the flesh was bloody
and looked as though the animal
had been bruised. All reports agree
that a good deal of the blood was
found by each dead animal. In
some pases the blood has come from,
the-mouth j and in-others from the:
rectum.
If any of our exchanges.
know of a similar disease else
where, and can give us information
concerning its case and cure, it will
be thankfully received.. Inyo In
dependent. tel. o m
The price of beef continues low
and margins on steers purchased
for maturity on northern ranges are
almost cut off. Still the margin on
home raised beef steers is sufficient
for reasonable profit. While many
large operators will make no money
this year, there is no ground for
alarm. Reports from the east are
encouraging as to the demand for
manufactured goods, and a very
general revival of trade all over the
country is confidently expected.
This will put money into general
sirculation, and give the greatmass-
es of working men who eat beef
the means of buying it, and in con
sequence increase the demand.
Coupled with this revival of trade
is another important fact the farm
ers of the agricultural states are
diminishing their herds in conse
quence of the low price of beef, and
the supply trom that source will
actually grow less for two or three
years. The range country being
fully stocked there can be no in
crease from it until the irrigable
valleys are -.utilized in hay produc
tion. .The population of the coun
try will, however, maintain its
steady increase and more beef will
be required from year to year. The
ebb tide has about run out and
very soon the flood will set in.
Hence, there is every reason to be
lieve that 1887 will be the begin
ning of a profitable era in the West
ern cattle business, and those who
are well situated should hold fast
to their moorings. There is a good
time coming, boys, and it is not
very far off. Northwestern Live
Stock Journal.
The following instance of equine
instinct or reason may be put
beside the most remarkable of ca
nine anecdotes. To the wild Arab
his gallant steed is a friend almost
equally loved with his wife and
children. One of these sons of the
desert was engaged with a party of
marauders in attacking a caravan,
when a detachment of Turkish
soldiers came up, rescued the mer
chants, and took the brigands cap
tive. During the night, while our
Arab lay bound hand and foot
within the tents of his captors, and
all were asleep, he heard his horse
neigh. He knew his voice in an
instant; it was close at hand, and
he contrived to drag himself to the
place whence the sound proceeded,
where he found the animal a priso
ner like himself. "If I must re
main a slave," he cried, -'let me at
least try to render the free." And
with his strong teeth he contrived
to gnaw through the light fastening
that held the horse. "Now go," he
said, "go to my wife and children,
lick their hands, and tell them thy
master will return no more." But,
instead of taking instant advan
tage of his freedom, the faithful
creature, imitating his master's ex
ample, stooped his head, and be
gan to nibble the thongs that bound
his arms, which were soon set loose ;
then finding that still his maeter
could not mount, his legs being
tied together, he lifted him with
his teeth, so that the Arab succeed
ed in grasping his mane and draw
ing himself up on hie back. Then
away flew the sagacious beast, with
the speed of the wind, homewards.
It was a journey of scores of miles
over the sandy desert. He bore up
nobly until he reached the well
known tents, but as his rider leaped
from his back into his wife's arms
the gallant steed fell dead. Almost
incredible as this may read, it is a
certified fact, and is but one among
many instances of the wonderful
intelligence of the Arabian horse.
Ex.
" The Wilcox Stockman says late
Wednesday evening Judge Nichols
received a dispatch from MV. De
Long, of Fort Bowie, stating that
Barney Riggs had killed Richmond
Hudson, at the ranch of Mr. Os
borne, seven miles east of Dos Ca
bezas. Constable Hudson was in
formed of the killing, and he,- with
E. P. Conover and M. Marion, im
mediately left lor the scene of the
tragedy. On Thursday, M. Moss,
better known as "Deadshot," who
was present at the murder, was in
Wilcox, and gave the following ver
sion of the affair; He says that
just at dusk Wednesday evening
some Mexicans came to Osborne's
place, driving about thirty head of
horses, and asked permission to
corral them for the night. Permis
sion was given, and the horses had
just been corraled, and Richmond
Hudson, who assisted in the work,
was standing in the gate, when a
shot was fired and Hudson fell to
the ground. Two more shots rap
idly followed, all taking effect the
first entering the head about two
inches over the right ear, another
in the neck and one in the hand.
The shooting was done by Barney
Riggs, who had approached the
corral afoot unseen by any one pres
ent. Riggs evidently had a horse
concealed near by. as he disappear
ed immediately after the murder.
He went to the house of his cousin,.
Thomas Riggs, where his family is
stopping, told them that he had
killed Hudson, and then taking the
best horse on the ranch, rode off
and nothing has been heard of him
since. There was a feud of long
standing between the two men
which has at last culminated in
this murder. They were both old
residents of Dos Cabezas, and well
known all through this section.
The murdered man was about twenty-three
years old, and was gener
ally well liked. " -
By the rearrangement of freight
rates which went into effect March
1, says the Live Stock and ' Dairy
Review, the cost of shipping a car
of live, cattle from' Chicago to New
York was increased $20, while $43
per car was added to the "cost of
sending thither a car load of dress
cd beef. For this advance the in
osdinate greed of the railroads is
the only excuse , that, can be ren
dered, The advance was .made at
a time when the profits to the pool
lines of transporting live stock
from Chicago to New York were
greater than'ever before sincer rail
way traffic began, and at a time
when the producer was receiving
less for his cattle than almost ever
before in the history of the trade.
By that advance the value of every
bullock in the west was depreciated
to the extent of $1 to $1.25 per
head. It makes a difference in the
market value of the cattle received
at Chicago of $2,000,000 annually.
This vast sum is filched from the
pockets of producers without ' so
much as the shadow of an excuse
There should be a remedy for this '
species of thievery. And is it not "
about time the live stock associa
tions and the cattle t men of the
country generally, "pooled their
issues" and made common cause
against the common enemy? The
exactions of the anthracite . coal
monopolists are not more outrage
ous than are the demands pf the
eastern pool railway lines. The
Governor of Pennsylvania has in
structed his Attorney General to
proceed against the former, and test
in the courts their right to rob the
public. If the proposed remedy
proves efficacious in the case of the
"coal ring," why may it not be ap
plied to the rajilroad extortionists
with equally happy results l .
V &gfi
The three Mexicans who came to r
Osborne's place, with a band of
horses, just at the time Barney
Riggs killed Richmond Hudson,
left immediately after the shooting
and did not return for the horses.
There is no doubt but that the ani
mals were stolen. They are now
in possession of Constable Hud
son, who is waiting 'for the owner
or owners to put in an appearance,
Wilcox .Stockman.
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