The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
That Was the Price Paid for the
Cascade Land Company's Clip.
SALES AT FORT BENTON
They Aggregated 10000 Pounds and
About 100000 Will Be Offered at the
Next Market Day-Competition
Lively at Great Falls.


this column. When the buyers re-
turned last night from Fort Benton
| and the sales at that place were re-
ported at high prices, it was safe to
predict strong market for this city
to-day, and the market fully bore out
the prediction. Every wool buyer this
season was here, and most of them
were working for wool. In conse-
quence, the competition was keen and
prices went up. The report of the
Strengthening market went out on the
streets and the crowd at the ware
house grew until it was necessary to
request them to make room for the
examination of the samples. The bid
ding waxed keener, until the clip of
the Cascade Land company, $4,000
pounds, was put up, and it was an
| nounced that the bids would have to be
wired to Helena before any accept
ance was made. Just before that, the
Sam Phillips clip of 10000 pounds, had
been sold, and it was known that the
price was 1917 cents, then the best price
on this market, or in the state. Mr..
Thayer got the Cascade Land COM
pany's clip, and it was nearly two
hours later before the price was known.
Buyers admitted what they had bid,
and finally it was followed from bet
ter than 49, to better than 1875" and
at 20 it was agreed that the price was
reached. This tops the state up to
date, and it is known from the expert
ence of previous years that there are
some clips which will bring more than
this.
1t was said in this column some time
ago that the grower was acting I'M
a1if tn ,,,lya Of
this year. The buyers report one spe-
cific case of this mistake: B.aL. Phil
lips sold his wool at Malta, about
week ago, at IS cents. AT the same
time buyer told him that he would
pay him the best price on the Fort
Benton market for his clip. AS wool
sold there yesterday for 1917 cents, Mr.
Phillips has lost just III cents by his
early sale. In fact the buyers who
secured clips early in the season are
making cleanup on their purchases.
jeremiah Williams G. Co. put a clip
on the Benton market yesterday and
cleaned up just $1,000 by their trans
action
The sales of this morning We're as
follows Robertson & Cameron, 3D.
600 pounds fine wool to Abbott of
Nichols, Dupee G. Co. at 1913 cents,
$4,000 pounds of coarse wool to Patter-
son of jeremiah Williams & Co. at IS
$4,000 pounds of yearlngs, to Thayer
at 10 cents, 81 sacks of ewes, 5000
poundsjf to Thayer at 1874 cents; f.
Marcellus, $4,000 pounds mixed, to
Thayer OF whitman, Farnsworth &
Thayer at 1S1s cents; P. w. Kerll,
$500 pounds, this lot being bid upon,
but the bids were all telephoned to
Lewistown for acceptance; Sam Phil
lips, 10000 pounds mixed to Barra-
clough of Koshland & Co. at 19&
cents; E. NJ. Porter, SO sacks coarse,
$4,000 pounds, to Abbott at 1917 cents,
43 sacks, $4,000 pounds, fine, to Barra-
clough at 1SA cents Cascade Land
company. $4,000 pounds, mixed, to
Thayer at 20 cents; Sun River Sheep
company, 525 sacks, $1,000 pounds,
mixed, put up by Patterson, all bids
refused James Kelliher. IL, 900 pounds,
to Thayer at IS cents;' A. La Chapelle,
10000 pounds, to circuit of Ballard &
Hail. San Francisco, at 175s cents: ].
f. Fitzpatrick, $4,000 pounds, to Thay-
err at 10 cents.
The fun of the morning came when
Jack Patterson, representing ]. Will
Jams & Co., put up the Sun River
Sheep company's clip. 1t was the
same clip that nearly caused a riot
down at the warehouse the other day
between May, the purchaser for the
same house, and Thayer and others
Everything this morning, however, was
good natured, and many of the buy
ers submitted bids and jests at the
same time. Patterson hardly made an
ideal wool grower, although he helped
out the sale as far as possible with
facetious suggestions to his fellow buy
ers None of them gave satisfactory
price, and the sale was declared off
The total sales of the morning amount
ed to about 900 pounds.
An incident in connection with the
market probably not well known, was
the fact that the clip of Sam Phillips
sold this morning was taken from the
descendants of the first band of sheep
brought to Montana and kept here.
One band was brought here in 1870,
but as 1t did not remain any length
of time, the band which claims the dis
tinction of pioneers was that bought
in Walla Walla and brought to Deer
Lodge on Nov. 90, 1871, by the firm
of Davenport, Kingsbury & Ray.
Eighteen years ago these gentlemen
sold their band and their business to
Phillips, so that the sheep which pro-
duced the wool of this mornings sale
are genuine sons and daughters of the
pioneer band. 1t may be interesting
also to note that the clip from the or
iginal band brought 40 cents a pound
in 1872 and yielded profit of 60 per
cent. to the owners on their invest
ment. Possibly it is also of interest
to note that this wool sale was con-
summated in Helena, where now there
is no wool sold.
The sales of yesterday at Fort Ben
ton aggregated 900 pounds, and it
is expected that another sale will be
held there later at which a half mil
lion pounds Will be offered. The sales
in greater detail were as follows: f.
Reichelt. A. 600 pounds, to T. S. Barra-
clough, representing j. Koshland & Co.,
at 1871 cents; Homer & Flagler, $4,000 |
pounds, to f. w. Brigham, represent
ing H. C. Judd & Root, at 1875 cents;
w. E. Chase. 10000 pounds, to Barra- |
clough at 1915 cents; Libby & Merrill, |
&c, 900 pounds, to F. w. Thayer, repre- |
senting Whitman, Farnsworth &
at Is cents; William Gray, 3d.
900 pounds, to F. w. Hollowell, repre-
Hollowell. Donald & Co., at |
111s cents; L. D. Pugsley, so 900 pounds, |
divided between Barraclough and Brig |
ham and Abbott, the latter represent |
ing Nichols, Dupee & Co., who tied |
at 1885 cents; w. r. Embleton, SO 900 |