Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-04-22
LIVE STOCK NEWS AND GOSSIP.
coon PROSPECT or CATTLE TRADE
FROM soJTH DAKOTA.
stockmcn Who Have Wade Esperi-
mental Shipments 90 This city
Are wen Pleased With the
Rcsutt-per>onni.

There is a feeling among those that went
from Kansas city to the cattlemens : con-
venton az Rapid City. 5. j.. that trade
can be worked up for this city from tnat
section. Major J. H. Waite. Of the GeorEe
r. Barse Live Stock Commission Com
pany. who was among 'no Kansas CITY
visitors there. SAYS those ranchmen that
had experimental shipments from that sec
tion on the market here last year were
well pleased with their result He says
cattle throughout ths rakotas wintered
unusually wei and the los. was nothing.
Grass has begun to come and the outlook
is encouraging for favorable season.
good many cattle are being taken up from
the South to tho ranges there. Llh,,
Tombs & Lemon have 5,fn 10 go on thCf
range and Bud and Tobe lTiskiH arc iak-
ing M quite a bunch. Before leaElnE'
Major Waite visited the great Home Steak
mine in the Black hill. - went down
TO the 80 foot level ana saw enough goiG
ore developed to supply the mtil ior tne
clean up for two weeks and IL was q
little over s.pJ ounces Of gold. said TO b"
worth $1,000 New mines are constantly
being developed ana much ere is being
shipped from there 80 the Kansas tity
smelter here at Argentine.
Superintendent Rust. of the stock YARDS
was also a., the convention. and u seems.
according to the Rapid city Journal, that
he made a talk TO the boys
Kansas city as a 1--we stock market
he said. has shown wonderful development
In the last few years. nearly every state
west Of the Mississippi river contributing
TO her receipts of nearly two million head
last year While the bulk of cattle from
South Dakota has formerly been marketed
at Chicago. we think thu, 70 Will be great
~ TO the interest Of the shippers to give
us share OF their trade. In doing 50 they
Will avoid overcrowding that market. whigh
has tendency to dem1raI'zy prices. while
the sales at Kansas city last season dem
onstratci that the net results were even
better than at Chicago. stock SHIPPED
FW..N -. - boz ffs o. 7
morning and Chicago the third morning.
making a biz showinE iu shrinkacc as well
as freight over % per cent of our
cattle receipts were sold on our market
last year and nearly one million head
were slaughtered by our packers. We are
also doveloping into q large sheep market
and our supply has not ur-n equal to the
demand for long time. cur receipts of
horses this year show 1n Increase OF over
- per cent over last' ana Wplle ptiyts az,
low everywhere. our market is active and
reliable"
W G. sconeld and = r. Rockefeller. o,
Cleveland. o.. We're in the city yesterday
Kansas They visited tho yards and were
much struck with the recent improvements
that have been made there.
W W. Kneker. Nilos. kas., was here yes
t.riay with hogs.
Myers Il carson. Irving. Kas.. had In
Lewis Mead and l. W Reeves. Morris
county kas.. had in good cattle yester-
day.
In yesterday with hogs.
j G. Baldwin, Cheyio'. Col, was at the
yards yesterday with cattle.
e. ri harrison. san Angelo. Tex, was up
yesterday with sheep
Dent 4 B1ldridre, Parsons kas had In
hogs yesterday
h. & Ellis. Humboldt Eas, was at the
yards yesterday with hogs.
w. Walker, solomon kas, came In with
hocs yesterday.
" il. Linton. Cherryyale. Kas.. was here
yesterday with hogs.
\. Martin Wetmore. kas., was on the
yards yesterday.
tDrlaN with hogs.
ugrfon x Ralph. orr X, No. had tn cat-
tie ami hogs YESTERDAY
w H. Richie ami a. J. Estes Boone
county. Mo were here iftHr stUrkors ana
feeders yesterday. They report the usual
number Of young hos Ia their county, but
say cattle are short. Corn, - cents
: Gilbert Nsmaha city, No. was in
with hogs Yesterday.
l. \ Graf. Graf Sch. was here ycstar-
tay with cattle
Kemp Tracy. odessa Mo, was at the
yards yesterday with hogs
John Merkl.n, Stutsart Kas, was on the
ward. yesterday with hogs
Price & Palmer. Richards, No, h1i IN
r4ffI. lut hogs fDIday.
" : EatrSry ballard, Mo. was visitor
at M, wards yesterday He ass cattle and
hogs are short bon Bates county. corn, lH |
cents. Wheat king fair
Ben +. Nun. clinton county No, ana '
Perry. carroll county, N0., got s'n'kers
and feeders here Yesterday.
John fIl. b kylie Mo, was in yester-
day with sheep.