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Bud Williams: Grant County Cattle Inspector

In 1891, Williams informed the Enterprise that about 20,000 head of cattle had already been shipped from Deming that season [1]. Haalf from his ranch north of Separ to Elmdale, Kansas [1]. The previous year's total had been about 100,000 head, and Williams predicted that figure would be exceeded due to a stronger market and a better-established trail from the west of Deming [1].

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  1. Bud Williams, cattle inspector of this dis-… (1891)
    Bud Williams, cattle inspector of this dis- trict, informs the Enterprise that already this season about 20,000 head of cattle have been shipped from Doming. Of this number about 1500 head were stock cattle ship
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