Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-27
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

WM. R. MILLIGAN DIES The sudden death of Wm. R. Milligan, at his ranch in the eastern part of Socorro county, is announced. FAST LOADING Conductor Donohue and his crew, of Mag- dalena branch, this week broke all former records, on loading a car of cattle. They were loaded and the door fastened in three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. ( 12 ) DEHORNING CATTLE Instructions As To How It Is Done And The Benefit Derived 1. Animal should be cast to dehorn it. 2. The head should be perfectly rigid. It is essential that there be no movement of the head or neck during the operation. 3. Do not dehorn any animal while heated or excited from driving or otherwise, and do not drive an animal directly after the operation is performed. 4. Always shape the head of a yearling or two year old. That is, cut off enough bone at the top of the horn, and the hide too, to give it a good topknot appearance. Make the head shapely. 5. In case of cattle older than two years place the saw on the matrix so as to cut at least one half inch below the base of the horn. This prevents any stub horn growing. 6. Never put a thing on, let the head alone. Nature does the healing better than you can.

apely. 5. In case of cattle older than two years place the saw on the matrix so as to cut at least one half inch below the base of the horn. This prevents any stub horn growing. 6. Never put a thing on, let the head alone. Nature does the healing better than you can. 7. Have all quiet around, and having de- horned the animal allow it to pass out of the chute at once. An expert will be ten seconds in operating on an ordinary pair of horns, and if he is more than fifteen seconds something is wrong with his chute or saw. ESCAPES HOTEL FIRE Mrs. Jesse Shanklin, well known in this city, was seriously burned and hurt while es- caping from a hotel at Morenci, Arizona, which was on fire. She was in the second story and did not know the building was on fire until it was too late to escape by the stairway. She finally succeeded in raising the window, but not until she had been badly burned. The baby was dropped into the arms of a friend, Mrs. Shanklin then jumped out and was badly hurt in the fall. The baby was slightly burned. Mrs. Shanklin will recover.