Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-10
WOOL SEASON ALMOST CLOSED.
Eighteen-cent Wool at Great Falls and q
Better Price at Dorsey, Measher County.

Better Price at Dorsey, Measher County.
A choice clip of wool sold at Great
Falls last week at Is cents. This was
the Cannon clip, which for three years
has brought the best price, 1t con-
sisted of 100 sacks, mostly Shrop-
shire, light, of long, strong staple,
and put up in excellent shape. Bid
ding was active.
Sundays Anaconda Standard re-
ferred to jeremiah Williams & Co. at
lSk cents. This house had secured
the clip for many years and were will
ling to pay for it.
The new wool market at Dorsey,
on the Montana railroad, claims a
still better sale, however, and backs
up it's assertion with good argument.
At that point the Spencer, Mayne &
Heitman wool sold at 1Scents, which
for Smith river wool is a far better
price than Is cents for the Cannon
clip.
The biggest clip to be marketed at
Great Falls this year. and probably
the biggest in the state, was that OF
the Sage Creek Sheep Co., of Utica.
In the clip were 40 sacks from 2
year-old wethers; 4S sacks from mixed
yearlings, ewes and wethers; 3l1
sacks from ewes; 81 sacks from thor
oughbred ewes; 30 sacks from year.
ling ewes: 81 sacks from yearling
wethers: and 32 sacks from bucks.
The estimated weight of the clip was
90, 900 pounds and it sold at IGN to
+. w. Thayer, representing Whit
man, Farnsworth & Thayer of Bos-
ton. At the weight above stated the
clip brought $36, ,562.50. OF the recip-
tents of this SUN the Great Falls Tri-
bune says:
"When the Sage Creek Sheep Co. of
which the principal stockholders are
l.. H. Hamilton of this city and Rev.
Jacob Mills of Utica, began business,
it was difficult for the stockholders
to raise 81, 900 each. The company is
now entirely clear of debt. has oney
in the bank, fine ranches. over 10000
sheep of high grade, and the stock
holders are individually wealthy.
The sheep are managed in a manner
that is commended by every one and,
even under the free wool regime, the
company made money"
Among the clips sold at Great Falls
was that of the Buffalo Creek Sheep
Co., of which c. H. Perrine, who
stumped Fergus county for the Bryan
free wool ticket two years ago, is
president. The clip amounted to co.
900 pounds and sold at 17X. more
than double the price at which the
same clip sold two years ago.
i Other sales at Great Falls were:
Hobson & Wright. 1O4 sacks to
Thayer at liz; H. o. Wareham, 45
sacks to Barraclough at 16X; p. w.
Korell, II sacks of yearling wool to
Barraclough at 10; Geo. Balm, IL
sacks to Alex Livingstone at liz;
Weydert Bros, "a sacks, from !, 800
yearlings and LOO wethers, to Alb
bott at Tx, this being the best price
paid for wool from the Basin; T. X.
Murray sold q sacks, Is fine bucks
and l tags, to BarraclOugh at Is
or better; Il. Lindsay of Denton sold
As sacks, all ewes, to Thayer at l6h.
B. E. Stack of Stanford sold 53 sacks,
% from yearlings, % from ewes and l
of tags, to Abbott at 16X. James
Ettien of Utica sold 60 sacks, all from
yearlings. to Livingstone at 15h.
The clip of w. v. Lewis, Is sacks, all
from ewes, was offered, but was too
small for the buyers and no bids
were made. Lewright Bros. re-
ceived bids on AZ sacks, all from ewes,
and took them under consideration.
At Billings several good sales and
some consignments were made since
our last report. j. B. Elliot sold
115,0OO pounds to Koshland at 16h
Will Jenizen, 81 900 pounds to Harris
& Co. at 16; E. NJ. Jenizen consigned
1900 pounds to Hallowell, Donald s
Co. at IL cents advance; NJ. F. Trask
sold 20 1000 pounds to Silberman Bros
at 15X; Geo. Pirrie sold GO, 900 pounds
at 16X to Koshland: E. Nj. Clark and
Clark Bros. consigned $4,000 pounds
to Luce & Manning at 15X advance
WI .Winnett consigned 81 ,5OOpoundt
to the Chicago Wool Exchange; Lep
per & Lindstrom consigned 10000
pounds to Fenno Bros. & Childs
Robert Jones consigned II O0pounds
to Hallowell, Donald & Co. at IL
cents advance; Halstead & Erickson
consigned IL 900 pounds to the same
at 10 cents advance.
Concerning a combination among
wool buyers whereby growers are
given the worst of the bidding, the
Great Falls Tribune speaks as fol-
lows: