The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-18
STILL PRETTY FAR APART
Some Choteau County Growers
Didn't Wait for an Offer.
THEY WENT RIGHT HOME
At the Fort Benton Market Wool Sales
Have Been More Frequent n the
Top Price of II Ia Cents
Reached by Two Clips.

= Great Falls. July 17.-The wool buy
ers returned this morning from a two
days trip down the road. Friday they
attended the wool sale at Chinook. and
Saturday was spent in Fort Benton.
From what is learned 1t looks very
much as If the growers in Choteau
county had made up their minds to
hold onto their clips and sell them when
the market has reached the figure they
have set for 1t. At Chinook the grow
ers and the buyers were not at all able
to get together. 1t is said that when
the growers heard the prices offered on
some clips by the buyers. many of them
quit the warehouse without a word and
pulled out for home. not caring to offer
their clips at all. Whether this Is or
is not an exaggeration, the fact that
out of a total of more han 1000, 900
pounds OF wool in the storehouse less
han 300, 900 pounds were sold IL very
significant.
The following sales and prices are re-
ported: G.. M. Jacobs, at 15A cents;
Thomas Darwin. Is; e. Fogarty, 1914 ].
O'Heron, 1855; Hensen Bros, 15h;
T~hibbedeau Bros. is; Freeman Bros,
1914: A. s. Lehman. 15&; Murray Bros,
151z, and e. ]. Luke. 15h.
Among the offers rejected by the sew
eral wool were the following:
u. Bentle, Is: e. Mundt. 1873; c.. Put
nam, 14&: Sprinkle Bros, 15h; Ruhe &
LANCE, 14h: j. McLaren, 151R: III. Kuhr
14h; J.. Kuhr, 10; Hedges Bros, 1514;
J. D.. Thompson, is; S. Christian, 1873;
y. Thormalen, 15h.
At Fort Benton there was both more
selling and better prices. Possibly the
latter condition was due to more rain
having fallen this spring in the western
end than In the eastern end Of Choteau
county, and also that much OF the WOOL
offered at Benton came from the sweet
grass and the Teton. where the fieeces
are exceptionally fine this year. The
top price paid in Northern Montana
was reached in this second market,
when clips were sold at 17h cents each.
That price will probably be exceeded In
Great Falls before the season ends, as
some of the finest clips have not yet
reached the town.
follows:
Laird Bros. Of whitlash, sold to Thay-
err at 16h cents. .
T. L. Woodward sold to Brigham a.
16% cents.
r. r.. Lyle of Lucille sold TO John
son at 15h cents.
Bourne e. Hamilton of Whitlash, tC
refers III 1913 Nth'S
]. Holzner of Pondera, to Barraclougf
at l5h cents.
F. Wasesha of Lucille, TO Thayer a
16 cents. :,
"A. w. Kingsbury of the Big sag, u
Livingston at 15A cents.
Smith Bros. of the Marias, to Barra
clough, at 1914 cents.
I. F.. Patterson of Shonkin, to Peter
at 17% cents.
Knerr Bros. Of Denton, to Johnson a
15% cents. ~,
L. d. Pugsley TO Thayer at III
G. Harbeck of whitlash, to Thayer a
Is cents.
w. r. Fmbleton offered his clip 10
sale. and a bid of 1873 was rejected.
/, Vendette of the Teton, to r. Nc
Adam at 151a cents.
/. III. Rice to Thayer at l512 cents
G. II. Ragland to Thayer at 1865 cents
=, Reichelt to Thayer at 16A cents; I
w. Parker TO Brigham at lls cents
7 r.. Trommer to Thayer at 1913 cents
McIeish Bros. to Brigham at 10
cents: ]. o. Patterson to Barraclous
at 17h cents.
The total sales Of the day amounte
70 about 500, 600 pounds.