Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-11
WOOL SEASON ABOUT OVER.
Few Sales the Past W~eek.---cattle are Now
flowing at Good Figures.

One of the leading buyers
is out of the city for a few days and
another active operator is devoting
time at present to soliciting con-
Many of the n OF
clips which have arrived are not yet
in the city and some of the owners
are waiting until their entire clips
are in.
Two hundred and fifty sacks, COM
prising two clips, Were sold yester-
day at Is cents per pound and the
Sage Creek Sheep company con-
signed 600 sacks to Weston, Whit
man & Co. OF Boston al an ad, ance
Of over lO cents.
There is still several hundred
Thousand pounds OF wool at the
nded.
Persons who came in from Belt
yesterday report that they passed 20
freighters, each hauling at least
~, 900 pounds. between this city and
the coal camp, and much Judith
wool is the other side of Belt. Two
large clips from Judith Gap, which
will be sent to Great Falls, have not
yet been started.
Among the big clips not yet i'm are
those of the Severance Sheep COM
pany and of Bower Bros.
1t is impossible to ascertain def
nitely the amount yet to be received,
but it is known that the total re-
ceipts will be within 3OO, 900 pounds
il not equal to last years total,
which, in view of the heavy sales OF
mutton wethers last fall, is better
than was expected.
In all other markets except Fort
Benton the season has entirely closed.
At Fort Benton the clip of VIM.
Dohrs of Whitlash was sold to G..
III. Merrill at II cents.
At Miles City the total sales aggre-
gated 1,5OO, 900 pounds and the aver
age price was II cents.
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Tribune: j. p. Tracy, representing
nObClluduIu bIO5s Soss tLS ShiSo6o
live stock commission merchants, re-
turned yesterday from Fort Benton.
His firm Monday made the following
sales of Montana cattle; One hun
dred and four Standard steers, 1000
pounds, $40; 10 Standard heifers,
LOGO pounds, 1895; Cruise steers,
], 800 pounds, s4.36; 80 Western Union,
Wyoming, steers, LILO pounds, 1895;
IS Western Union, Wyoming, cows,
$40 pounds, S3.55. The Cruise sale is
10 cents better than last years
highest.
The Yellowstone Journal reports
several cattle sales by Miles City
brokers. The transactions were in
stock cattle. at prices ranging from
SIT so to s24 per head.
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Tribune: The trustees of the North
Montana Sheep company held a
meeting at the office of Frady 4 Free
man in this city yesterday evening
and decided that thecompany should
retire from business. The company
has l0,O0J sheep and they will be
offered for sale at once. They range
near the postoffice of Denton, in Fer
gus county.
River Press: The sales reported
up to- date have been made at prices
ranging from Sl.l5 70 S1.62h per head.
The latter figure has been paid by p.
Sherlock for the Jno. +. Patterson
oltfit of $500 head, the agreement
applying To ~ per cent. or over that
come up to the required standard.
tThat is to say, the buyer shall have
the privilege of rejecting not more
than 10 per cent. if he cares to take
action.
We are informed that another ChO-
teau county sheepman has been
offered S1.75 per head for the top
half of his outfit of about :, 900 lambs.
he declined to accept that figure, as
lie thought his best lambs were
none too good for himself. He is
PiCpdISu W Ski uls CuiiS dt a boult-
what lower price.
Another deal in young mutton has
been made by Col. j.. IL. Rice, who
has secured about 1900 straight year
ling wethers from L. f. Leech. of
Dupuyer, and Geo. NJ. Stone, of Phil
brook. The figures of these transac-
tiOns have not been made public.
River Press: Captain Frank Plum
kett, of the Bear Paw pool, informs
us that their beef roundup will begin
on August 18th, and the first ship
ment will be made about the 18th.
The feed is said to be exceptionally
good, and cattle have taken on fat
rapidly the past three weeks. Mr..
Plunket looks for comparatively linn
tied shipments from his section, as
| there seems to be a scarcity of ma
ture beeves, q condition which is
ascribed to the small calf crop of
1898 and the ravages of wild animals
at that time.
Billings Gazette. The first ship
ment of western cattle reached the