The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-30
up well and sold Without dock


L. B. Morledge Co. OF Ponca CITY.
were on the market with a load Of fair
heavy butcher stock, sold TO Dold at the
ruling price in the range.
.. M. Mcconnell of Patterson was on
the rnsSket in person yesterday, after
! quite bsence for him, and his hogs.
though 20. showed up well with the
run fof day. and sold to Dold on
the closing market.
+. B. Weatherby & Co.. Of Enid, were
on the market with a load OF heavy
butcher hogs, the best received for the
day. and sold at the top price 20 DoId
on the last sales of the day Mr.. Smith.
the partner Of the firm who had the ship
ment In charge, said that there were
sun lots OF marketable hogs all through
his end of the territory. Most of the
! hogs, he says, look we'll and more keep
coming in as fast as old holdings ara
marketed. This firm are among the heavy
shippers from Oklahoma to this market
ana invariably have the best the country
affords.
Horner & Kirk. the old reliable shippers
from hlngman, were in with a car Of
| lght hogs OF well trimmed grade
A. B. Moore has returned TO his office
after two days indisposition. the wealth
er and church sOcials being too much for
! him of late.
There is serious talk Of match base
| ball game between the office force Of the
! the stock yards. In such an event the
! Dold plant and the commission firms of
the stock yards. In such an event the
| conflict would be simply awful and dyn-
amite guns and torpedo destroyers would
| not be in 1t for sanguinary encounters
and real war
It was rumored at one time yesterday
/ probably started by Frank Robbins, that
| Marsh Paugh and Sweet William Wallace
were doing the docking, while Inspector
| T1llford looked after his excursion party
which he IS now negotiating for the
| Fourth OF July.
| The provision market yesterday was
unsettled and feverish but closed with
| lard and ribs 21k cents up
| M. s. Taylor, residing east of town about
| ten miles, was on the market with two
cars of fine butcher steers sold to Dold.
Superintendent W. r. Dulaney Of the
! Union Stock Yards, will leave this morn
ing for business trip to st. Louis and
! other eastern points. He will be accom-
panied by his little daughter, Miss Lulu.
In his asence all affairs Of the yards will
! ably looked after by Yard Foreman
Amos Williams.
The shipments east last night Of hogs
ought on this market by order were the
largest in some time, and represent only
/ about two days purchases. They will
| show the good stock coming into these
yards
Work is being pushed on the Dold fer
tilizing plant, a large force of men eng
| at work on the masonry, the last Of the
| finishing touches on this big addition TO
the Dold packing plant.
Mrs. Elmer Rife and little daughter
Mabel, were callers at the Exchange yes
terday afternoon, and the various COM
mission men took turns in entertaining
the sweet and bright little girl of whom
both papa and grandpa think so much.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe, 4; and one
| each from the Kansas Midland, Rock Is
| land and Missouri Pacific
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
! lows; Chicago looked for &c, 900 hogs, re-
| Ceived $1,000, and the market was quoted
at to 10 cents lower. The early bulle-
! tins showed weak to 8 cents lower" but
! the late Associated Press reports, Off
| cial, gave out Tho run of hogs was In
excess of the demands of the trade, and
! before the close break of to 10 cents
from Tuesdays last price was recorded
| There were left over 1884 Estimated re-
ceipts for today, Sc, 200. At Kansas City
the receipts were p, 900. the same as the
| day before, and the market was 10 cents
! lower. The first dispatches from that
! point were to the effect that the market
was weak to cents lower, but the final
! bulletin was, fairly active local and ship
ping demand. but buyers managed TO pat
| prices 10 cents lower" ST. Louis received
! 5000 hogs, against 5000 the day previous
! and the market was quoted at to 10c
| lower.
The very finest encomium that can pos
sibly be given TO the merits OF any enter
prise is the unsought for expression OF
! satisfaction from a cash customer to the
firm with which he places his large or
! ders. few days ago a large merchant
and retail tradesman in a distant state
RENTED draft TO the Dold Packing
/ company in full. listed another heavy or
/ der for produce. and closed his letter In
usual form Al The bottom of the page.
! however he took occasion to add the fol-
! lowing postscript: "P. 81 desire to ex-
tend in this way my best congratulations
! to you and your enterpTising spirit of pro-
gress on the big trade your new Dewey
| ham sausage has made for me. 1t is a
/ good seller and 1 will confess 1t is hard
| for US to keep il in stock. II is my best
me always supplied" This is verbatim
copy of his note and Is significant TO the
| highest degree since the writer never ex-
! pected II TO be read by any but the chief
/ clerk, ]. ID. Harrison. It may be said
| along this line that this one brand Of
the Dold works is being talked ofw far
| and wide. and already a large trade has
| been secured for it. although 1t is now
less than month on the market. John
Ratham, the foreman OF the sausage de-
| paTtment. has been obliged TO add several
fore to his force. among them two ex-
peras. and extra hours are being run in
| order TO keep up with the increasing or
| ders. This is progress and enterprise and
J speaks we'll for the up-to-date manage
ment, the skill OF the employees. and the
! readiness OF the trade 10 grasp a good
/ thing when il is placed before them.
II is well 10 announce again to all ship
/ perS TO this market that the scales Will
/ be closed on July Fourth. and no business
| done on that day. Stock will be received
and cared for. but no sales made
Sioux City hogs averaged 2os pounds last
week
The St. Louis exchange has adopted a
new rule conforming TO those in effect
az other markets forbidding any member
| sending 4 prepaid message quoting the
market unless in connection with the re-
| port Of a honatide sale.
! Last week at ST. Joseph. Mo. the re-
| ceipts were 1870 cattle. 26cO hogs, and
100 sheep. During the previous week re
| csipts were s405 cattl. 23,o97 hogs. and
| so sheep.
Bad management keeps more people IN
| poor circumstances then any otnrr ONE
cause To be successful one must look
| ahead and plan ahead 50 that when a IA
voraole opportunity presents Itself he is
ready 10 take advantage OF It. a little
| forethought will also save much expense