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A I.AIM.i; Ttlt;VS.VMTIO.\.n S. »!»«* ' eriI:»Mlt;* C nlllOKinit of all Clio tVrrllorla*. lt;•!!* liis Itniiclu1 nnil Ht'irli I'uttlo, on llai* lol'ol. ?t. I. 11 iiutrrorNt. Lotii*. f«»r n Tliinlof it Million.Du rifts the pn*l week, r-f tho largest pules of stock rattle of this i r ur.y Othiv Territory or StUlt;\ was foiisumatcti between John S. Cbisum c.f Itr.squc Grande. utid ( VI 11. D Ihintir of t. Louis Tin pur haso included Cliisum’* llnnelic on tin Pecos, with hi? brand and nil ’Ik- caul, nowon the range, estimated at not lit* than #0 «K»0 he id. 1 he eontideraunn i named, ut the nice little sum of ihreit him* tired nnd nineteen thousand, i.ino hundred nud thirty dollars. I bin number of catth however, docs not include nil the cattle that luive been on the much, as Mr Chi«nm has made large gales uf beef ca'tle during the year,otF.n ‘JO 000 nr.to of beef cuttle were sold tVom this ranch* the past summer. A largo portion ol them being drivtnto Ari/ mu on various con trnofy; principally tho*« of Messrs. Kwing A Curtiss of Tucson, beef contractors lor the several In Jinn Agencies of Arizona. The Imllance were sent to the railroad for shipmimt eustTllE ClIlSVM KaXCIIE.Is situated on the Pecos Uiver Now Mexico. It extends South, along tli* river, from near Fort Sum nor to Seven rivers, a diet* nncc of one hundred and fifty miles. Thin is the extent ol the range north and south KahK and west it reaches m fur us a man can travel, t*n a good horse, during a sum mer; practically, i*r fur a ^lotkcan raugi from tho river without wul -r. Tin c uiUr) on both sides of the river, ilt; high rolling prairie, covered with u thick f :T, lieny growth of black grama, the most nutricioo* of grasses. 1 ho gra-a ia knee high c m cvsrj hill Olid mesa this year. I he river h the accoud in size In the territory, and i* fed from the snows and spring* of the mount .... 11.a k‘i .f Tn tho untiln nr I oxtMnh
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Las Vegas Gazette

Las Vegas, New Mexico, US

Sat, Nov 27, 1875

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