The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-12

Charlie Roberts OF Newkirk, 0. T, was
in with car of medium lights. which sold
on the late market. He took top price for
car hogs.
a car Of light weights to Dold. of very
fair grade.
]. O. Miller of South Haven was on
the market with a car of lights OF fair
| quality.
The weights yesterday were 13 pounds
below Friday. nearly ali ths offerings be-
! ing below, the medium grade.
The yards are again getting dried out
and more convenient to handle stock
Among the visitors at the yards yNEe
Councilman George f. Cubbon Of the
| Fourth ward. city of Wichita. and the
/ well-known stock men. Major Chris
Shepherd and Frank Means Of Goddard.
| Dold and Woods were the main regular
buyers on the market yesterday, the for
mer taking all available stuff for tmmedi-
ate killing, and Woods a good selection
Of shipping stock on orders.
Chicago estimates for Monday, 80, 900
hogs
There were 7OS head OF cattle received at
the yards yesterday. Besides the four cars
of Miller Bros. and Windsor Bros, Of
Garden PLANE. there were 10 cars Of GIG
| head OF southern cattle yarded for rest
and feed in transit. The latter were re-
shipped TO their destination at night.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were, the Santa Fe 8 cars, and the Rock
Island Is cars, the latter the cattle train
In the quarantine division.
The travelling statesmen for the Dold
Packing company who came in yesterday
for weekly settlements, were Hessrs. Rev
eley, Geo. W. Riley and W. A. Mcbride,
the latter the general Oklahoma agent for
the house.
]. w Johnson. representing the we'll
known live stock commission firm of
Evans, Snyder, Buell. & Co., OF the Ma
tional Stock Yards, Illinois, was at the
yards yesterday on business, and will
probably remain In this vicinity for about
three weeks in the interests of his house.
This is Mr. Johnson's first visit to Wich-
ita and he expresses himself we'll pleased
with the city and our Union Stock Yards,
both Of which he says he has heard fire.
quent comment on the past ten years.
His house has agencies at Chicago, East
St. Louis, Omaha, and Kansas City. Mrs.
johnson accompanies him for tour of
the west.
Captain ]. NJ. WEIGH of Ponca City was
a business caller at the offices of the
Dold Packing company yesterday. Cap
tain Welch was among the very first ar
rivals in the young territory upon its
opening to settlement, and for the past
eight years has beeen general manager
of the mercantile house at Ponca City
of the L. c. Adams company He is
thoroughly informed upon all matters per-
tanning to the commercial and industrial
interests of our sister commonwealth, and
his long residence in the very heart of her
agricultural belt makes him an authority
upon that business also. He gives glow
ing reports of the mangnifcent conditions
of Oklahoma this year both for growing
crops and stock outlook. Cattle, he says,
are looking fine, and doing well, and his
rosy predictions for the immediate future
for that favored land awaken renewed
faith in her splendid resources. He de-
clares the wheat rust scarce. is largely
a useless fright, with little foundation in
fact.
Mr.. George II. Black, late of NeodesSn,
was also a business visitor at the Dold
plant yesterday. Mr.. Black is an old res
ident of Kansas and a successful mer-
chant of the gas and oil city. He has
lately removed to the thriving young
Ponca City, o. T, and is in the city at
tending to the laying in of a fine stock
for general store at that point He is
negotiating for a line of regular sup
plies of produce from the DoId company.
Mrs. J. D. Harrison, wife of Chief Clerk
Harrison Of the Dold Packing company,
is visiting her mother Mrs. DR.. Kirby,
at Arkansas City.
Hog receipts at Kansas City the past
week were the lightest In two months, the
estimate being for the week, $1,000; for
week previous. 81, S14; and for same week
last year. 72661.
Dit
says: Moisture is deficient in a portion
of the central regions. awakening some
apprehension as to belated corn. This
crop is uneven. but admite OF an average
quantity. There are slight drawbacks in
q limited portion of the winter wheat
section. The spring wheat crop is de-
veloping well"
No matter how mental the labor may
appear TO be. yet, by the great laws of
interdependence and cause and effect each
has his own particular and peculiar work
to do. The head of a great institution
is helpless without the aid and co-opera-
ton Of the lOwlest OF his underlngs. The
producing Of finely cured meats. preparing
of deliciously favored cuts from the hid
eOus hog, all the varied steps in the pro-
cess, are controlled by skilled labor,
often the result Of years of training From
up the incline from the chute into the big
packing house of the Jacob Dold Packing
company, from then on ne is repeatedly
handled by many scores Of men. no one
of whom does more than his little act
then gives way 10 the next man who
does his part, and so on until ct last the
hog. quartered and cut up, is ready for
the different stages Of curing. ali OF
which take long periods OF time. 1t is
therefore important that the first steps
be done right so that subsequent stages /
may also be right. The very first man
the doomed pOrker meets on his way 10
death is the "shackle man who meets
him as soon as he reaches the Stacking
pen from the driving floor. Different /
methods are used by different houses.
The one in vogue by the Dold people /
IS known as the chain system. The hos
starts on a run across the pen and is
caught by the shackler between the hind
legs. and by a def tYitch Of the shackle 1
he has the struggling animal dangling /
from one % long series Of chains. An /
expert shackler never looks al the hogs /
leg at all. but always al the chain above /
him TO keep from being Drained by a /
blow from the ponderouS cable As the /
hog is caught by hind leg by a shackler, I
be is hurried on 20 the hog hester, /
ard from him 10 the "suCker." where he 4
meets immediate and inglorious death by 4
4 def thrust OF a keen knife in the /
throat Nj w. NJ. Petree IS the skilled 4
shackier OF the Dold works, and he has 1
1 record Of which he = Justly proud /
He has achieved the wonderful record OF (
,atching and Stacking Isl hogs in one /
lour BY what is known as the Ferris i
Wheel system. and 90 an hour By the 4
Rain method. The Ferris Wheel scheme