Hoof and Horn, 1885-10-29

Arizona stockmen are beginning o real realize - ize realize the necessity of finding an dUuside market for their beef cattle, and are anx anxiously - iously anxiously investigating to ascertain whether the East or the West presents the greatest inducements. During the last six months Kansas City has been the favorite point with local shippers, and the few hundred head which have left Arizona for that point are apparently but the forerunners of thousands yet to go. With the approach of cold w eather may be expected many a longhorned wanderer from the plains of the Lone Star State seeking surcease front Texas fever, quar quarantine - antine quarantine inspectors and kindred sorrows, on the ranges of Arizona. From the fact that between 50,000 and 100,000 of such pilgrims have ocen for several months awaiting on the borders of Texas for the raising of New Mexican quarantine, the prospects are that their vanguard will not be long in putting in an appearance after the first coming of frost. With this issue of Hoof and Horn will be found an improvement in the shape of two additional pages of reading matter, which enlargement has been made neces sary to accommodate our rapidly-increas rapidly-increasing - ing rapidly-increasing advertising patronage. Though in existence but little over two months, the success which has attended our efforts to establish an independent stockmen's jour nal has been unparalleled in the history <>f Arizona journalism. Commencing with an initial number of eight pages, we have gradually increased to twelve pages, with fair prospect of another enlarge enlargement - ment enlargement in the near future. The flooding of eastern markets by stock expelled from the Indian Territory, combine' th the marketing of Texas cattle, for i ! ch no other outlet could be found on account of strict quarantine, have been the chief factors in depressing the live stock markets throughout the en entire - tire entire county. Arizona, with the rest of the cattle growing sections, is at present, feeling the depression, but the knowledge that the low circumstances causing the present low prices n ay not occur again for several year , serves to induce the more sanguine stockmen to brace up and wait with renewed patience the good times coming.

Again, with no inci easing prosperity, people eat more beef than formerly. And finally with the facilities which have now been perfected for the better preserva preservation - tion preservation of meats, the shipment of meat in increases - creases increases yearly to Europe. In some places stock cattle have fallen a little, but higher prices are demanded in the eastern cities for choice cuts of beef than they ever did before. In ten years more there will be 80,000,000 beef eaters in the United States, and in that time the pas pasturage - turage pasturage will be redaced by as much land as is necessary to constitute three new states. One PATENTED LOCATION, with good water and range privilege, a part int rot in whi h will be traded for . attle upon the condl n that from 20 )to W cows will be given on she: ) for live years. Original stoex will be returned w. i one-half of the increase. Sei urity given that contra -t will be fulfilled. For other particulars write G. L. BROOKS, Soeorro, N. M. What promises some day to be the sub subject - ject subject of an interesting legal controversy is developing in Tombstone in connection with the drainage of water from the mines in that immediate locality. From the fact that fish similar to those found in the artesian wells of the Sulphur Springs Val Valley - ley Valley have been discovered in the water pumped from these mines, the supposi supposition - tion supposition has arisen that the water is being drained by these mines from the wells mentioned. But little additional depth will have to be reached by the miners before the correctness of the con conjecture - jecture conjecture is either conclusively es est - t est iblished or disproved. Should however it prove true, the question will undoubtedly arise for Lgal adjudication as to whether the stock or mining inter interests - ests interests are most entitled to protection in the premises.

' 21 FINE SHORTHORN BULLS, now at ALBU ALBUQUERqUE. - QUERqUE. ALBUQUERqUE. to exchange for steers. Apply to G. L. I Socorro, N. M. During the last week the editor of Hoof and Horn hasrcceived from a num- I ber of stockman residing along the line of ; the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, commun communiiations - iiations communiiations regarding the organization of I stockmen for the mutual protection of i their interests against the deluge of cattle j which the Land Commissioners of the ; road named are endeavoring to direct Arizonaward. Many of our correspond correspondents - ents correspondents incline to the opinion that the differ different - ent different county associations should take the lead in discouraging the importation of stock by parties who have not first se secured - cured secured suitable range facilities for main maintaining - taining maintaining them, while others are of the opin opini - i opini ion that associations more local in their character are the best means of meeting the emergency. In our opinion, as the i action of the larger associations would ' carry more weight in the premises on ac ac' - ' ac' count of their greater influence and re responsibility, - sponsibility, responsibility, such organizations should at once boldly place themselves in the van of the fight by publishing a true and de detailed - tailed detailed statement of the present situation of affairs and the great evils which must necessarily arise from overstocking sec sections - tions sections already crowded.

"CACHING" WATER. The cachment of water during the win winter - ter winter months for use during the dry season is receiving more general attention in every portion of the Southwest. Arizona is peculiarly adapted for this method of providing a sufficient supply of water the' year round, on account of its mountainous character. The thousands of deep can canyons - yons canyons and basins which can be found at almost every point in the Territory can, with the expenditure of comparatively little money, be converted into reservoirs capable of holding the most abundant an annual - nual annual rainfall ever enjoyed by the Terri-! tory since the deluge. So far, to our knowledge, there has not, however, beenj any attempt made to test even the practi- ' cability of the scheme by so much as a careful survey, although on its face it appears less expensive than the prospect prospecting - ing prospecting for artesian water - which, though often sought, has never been obtained ; north of the Salt river. A small appro-' priation by the general Governwent would ' ensure such a survey as would speedily i demonstrate the possibility of securing by i cachment any valuable supply of water I for either stock or irrigating purposes, ' and should the result of the survey prove j that it can be done, capital will not long | be wanting to reclaim and make valuable, I i by furnishing water, the fifty thousand square miles of grazing and tillable land I which without it will forever remain al- i I most worthless.

Kansas City commission merchants, while vieing with each other to capture the New Mexican live-stock trade, do not, apparently, realize the fact that Arizora will in the near future become an im important - portant important factor in supplying the eastern market with beef cattle. In the past, its remoteness from such markets has been sufficient to force it into the background, but with increased railroad facilities this obstacle has been overcome, and the time is f ist approaching wb.cn large shipments of Arizona stock will be a daily occurrence. A prominent official of the Atlantic & Pacific, recently, on having his attention called to the disposition of stockmen along the line of the A. A' P. to discourage the purchase by cattlemen of lands from that company which do not possess sufficient water facilities for range purposes, stated that any effort on the part of stockmen to interfere in any way with the sale of lands by the company would result in the railroad putting up freights so high as to prevent any Arizona stock being shipped over the line to E istem markets. This inclination of the A. & P. to "cinch" the cattle interests of Arizona should be re remembered - membered remembered for future use whenever the occasion may arise that will permit the public to " play even " with the road by regulating through the Legislature its freight and fare rates.

HOOF AND HORN, ISSUED WEEKLY AT PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. W. O. O'NEILL, Publisher. ÜBSCRIPTION PSICB $4.00 PER ANNUM S«gk> Copies, Ten Cents. Advemtsiso Rates on Application. Only journal devoted exclusively to the Stock Stockgrowinir - growinir Stockgrowinir Interests of Arizona. We give th cattle news of the great West and Southwest. We invite correspondence from every Stockgrowing -ection of the Southwest. Official Paper of Yavapai County. Contributions on stock matters are so solicted - licted solicted by Hoof and Horn from every portion of the Territory. If you or your neighbor has an unusually fine herd of blooded stock, or if either has learned of anything which would in terest your brother stockman, do ns the favor to send it in for publication. Every sloe email should support that paper which he deems the best represen representative - tative representative and supporter of the rights and interests of stock growers of the section in which he resides. While every other industrial interest finds friends and back backers - ers backers in the journalistic arena, in the past Arizona stockmen never had, until the publication of Hoof and Horn, in organ exclusively and distinctively their own.

THE BEEF MARKET. In the opinion of the Salt Lake Tribune the assertion of Uncle Rufus Hatch that there must hereafter be a steady decline in beef, must not be accepted without much consideration. In support of this argument that paper says that while the cattle business has been very greatly ex extended - tended extended in the west during the past ten years, the population who eat beef has increased probably 15,000,000, and it is a well known fact that many million of acres which ten years ago served only' for pasturage, are now fenced and cultivated. In point of fact the price paid for year yearlings - lings yearlings in the east this year is higher than it has been in several previous years. Again, while many of our great ranges are laid out, and stocked and sold in the East tens of thousands of farmers who in former years each fattened a few cattle for the market, have turned to other pro products - ducts products for aliving. The truth is there is a good market for all the good beef that is offered, or ir> liable to be offered, and there is no present probability of cutting down of prices.

The loss directly t uffered by stockmen in Southern Arizona and New Mexico by Indian depredations since Geronimo and band left to seek a summer's recrea recreation - tion recreation from the cai es of reservation life will not fall short of 825,000, while not less J than a score of lives - each more valuable than the existence of the entire band of breech-clouted renegades - have been lost by men identified with the live stock business.