Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-04
e N CATTLE.
Sales Of Sheep and Wool During the Past
Week and the Outlook for Cattle
Shipments.

The following sales OF wool have
been reported by the Great Falls and
Benton papers for the past week.
River Press: The Mcdonald Greek
Sheep Co. sold its clip today for liz
cents. Severed Choteau county clips
were sold, prices ranging from IL to
13k. The clips of F1agler & Homer,
Oscar Stephens, o. G. Osnes and the
James Wright clips of 1896 and 1897
were offered but withdrawn. prices
being unsatisfactory.
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Great Falls Tribune: Fred C.
Poole sold his clip OF 126 sacks to
jeremiah Williams & Co. for liz
cents with no discount.
Tribune: The buyers are paying
all that b present eastern quota
lions warrant and 1t seems that the
level OF prices is now well established.
The average is over II cents and 13
is frequently reached. Once in a
while a clip goes at less than IL and
this fact has taught many growers,
more forcibly than ever before, that
proper care of sheep brings more
than it costs.
George A. Wells bought 45 sacks OF
E. Bailey of Sweet Grass, at liz
cents per pound; so sacks Of w. b.
Peck of stanford, at IL cents, and ~
sacks of DIR. ]. H. willard of Lewis
town at 12k cents.
f. L. Orcutt bought 35 sacks of
Geo. Balm of Stanford, at 12A cents,
and 81 sacks of Levi Knerr of Denton,
at 12A cents.
Warren Stetson bought 40 sacks of
II. Nicholson of Utica at 12S cents;
43 sacks of S. j. McGrail of Cascade,
at 12N cents; and "a sacks Of j. &.
Quigley of Choteau, at 13 cents.
A. W. Elliott bought 10000 pounds
OF C. G.. David at 12k cents and 113
sacks OF j. C. Hauck at 12% cents.
The above figures are correct, hav-
ing been confirmed by both buyers
and growers.
The sacks weighed heavy, some
running nearly 400 pounds.
At Fort Benton Knerr Bros. of
Denton sold at 12h cents and George
Knerr of Denton sold at l3 cents.
In all markets of the state the
growers have been generally salts
fed with the rules adopted, but they
will not hereafter consent to a tare
of our pounds for each sack, as it is
shown that few sacks average so
high, n majority of times not run
ming over three pounds.
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Tribune: George A. Wells, repre-
senting Conrad Bros. of Great Falls,
bought AZ sacks of B. F. Sink at 12h
cents per pound; 132 sacks OF the
Jackson Sheep Co., at 12k cents; and
l6l sacks OF Fred r. Warren, at 12k
cents.
f. l.. circuit, representing Ballard
&Hall of San Francisco, bought 6j
sacks of j. l.. Stuart, at 13k cents;
and 81 sacks of j. r. Mason, at Is
cents.
Jesse K%oshland, representing j.
Koshland and Co. of Boston, bought
16 sacks of j. Woodwork. at 12h
cents.
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Billings Times:-This week Wey-
dert Bros. of Lewistown, Montana
bought the wool clip OF the Larson
Sheep Co., 10, 900 pounds for 12cents.
They consigned 1t to SHERMAN Bros.
of Chicago on an advance of 10 cents.
They also consigned their own wool
clip, $1,000 to the same parties. AL
bert Weydert will go down to Chi
cago when the wool is shipped and
look after it's SALE. SHERMAN Bros.
also took on consignment 5 ,0O0pounds
OF VIM. Harmison's wool at a ten
cent advance.
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Tribune: Wool sales Saturday
We're: P. l. Moule, $4,000 pounds a
13k cents; j. ID. Waite, 5000 pounds
at 12k: G. A. Colby. 10000 pounds a
12S; Theo. Hogeland, q, pounds a
Tx; w. A. Waite, 5000 pounds a
10y; Lewright Bros. 16, 900 pounds a
l2bs; c. Z. Barnes, 5000 pounds a 10y.
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River BreSS. we learn that Geo.. ID.
Patterson has purchased the Julius
Lehfeldt wool chip at Big Sandy, the
price paid being 13A cents. This
transaction disposes of most of the
wool at that point.
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Tribune: The cattle shipments
will be in full swing about the 20th
of next month and for several weeks
the stock from ranges tributary to
the Great Northern will be hurried
to the shambles.
A late issue of Clay, Robinson &
Co.'S live stock report refers to tn,
outlook for range beef as follows
$50 far we have little Definite new,
about range shipments. Omaha
has received quite a few rangers
but they have gone for feeders. This
week we had some grass cattle from
Harvey, n. D., that sold at $3.50 pei
100; weight, 1910 pounds. They
were sold to feeders. We may hav,
a few cattle from the range this com
ing week that may suit the dressed
beef trade, but the regular run will
not till the first week il
August, when several outfits will
ship, and even then receipts will bs
only scattering till Aug. Is, when we
expect liberal receipts. Prospects
are that out outside points, such al
Omaha and st, Paul. will catch more