The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-27
PROVISION MARKET.
gsaPPERs asa NOTES.

y. D. Harrison, chief clerk at the Dold
packing house, was on a business trir
60 Oklahoma yesterday.
VIM Brown. superintendent Of the
Cudahy Packing house in this city, was
at the stock yards yesterday looking al
tine fine Kansas and Oklahoma porkers
Fred Dold had his fine span of road
eters out on Twenty-first street last
evening, going at a two minute gait to
show some OF his friends how they could
go. The ordnance in regard to fast
driving does not apply to that portion of
iWenty-first street, between the Dold
packing house and the stock yards It
Is not inside the city limits
Dr. Oshel, assistant government inspec-
tor at the Dold packing house. claims
that he has never seeen his name in a.
Newspaper, spelled right.
Amos Williams. yard master at the
Union stock yards is probably the only
man in America holding such a position
!aat nobody kicks about. Mr. Williams
attends 70 his business and shippers
never have occasion to complain of him
an electric car on the stock yards line
ran over a bird dog on North Main street
last evening. That deg is dead
The Wichita Nurserv assoc alton are
taking up and hea ing in a large number
Of very fine fruit trees on their ground
e. the corner Of Lawrence avenue and
II entv-first street
Th- National Live Stock Reporter
quotes the following prices for horses in
St LOUIS: HEAVY draft. common to
good. $4,000 70 $1,000; choice to fancy,
$4,000 to s175.C0: drivers, common 10
ch~ioe $500 70 $4,000: bulk $1,000 to so;
coach horses, S1I0 to s165; saddlers. com
mon 70 choice. So to 1928: chunks 100
TO 100 pounds, common to good. $50 to
$50; choice to extra $50 to $40; southern
horses4 common to good s35 to SIS: choice
70 extra. $50 to 800; plugs. SIS to So.
The Farm and Ranch OF Texas saws:
The c7tt'enlen Of the great southwest
have truly made wonderful strides in the
production Of high class live stock Fiji
teen year ago the long horn-the dogie-
we're the recognized types of beef cattle
Scarcaly any attention had ben givn TO
the question Of up-Eradng. The Short
horns were the first Dure-bred cattle
brought TO Texas; they were closely fol-
lowed by the -IereforEs Pol'ed Durham
and Polled Angus. Today the well-nigh
perfeCt specimens on exhibit at the fair
grounds are a criterion Of 4he good tudg-
naent and progTessfveness of gu breeders
Spea king of Hereford sales last Thurs
day a. Kansas City the Drovers' TeIe-
gram says: Intense excitement was
had today. the final che Of the Hereford
sae The rivalry between the Shorthorn
fnd Hereford men. which has been
stnothered for two weeks came to the
Fu-face. The energies of the Hereford
men were exerted to bring the Hereford
average out above the Shorthorn average
Of last week Toward the latter part of
tse day when it was known that only a
few cents formed the chasm between Tire
two avera ses. the suspense must have
bAeen painful 70 the HEREFORD PEOPLE, but
It was highly amusing 10 spectators.
The Hereford people got bad start on
Monday with an average Of only $216.77.
They have made A gallant uphill fght.
The weaIt,ier breeders jumped in and
bought liberaIlv in the last hour and
there were more animals above $50 than
any previous cav. The rsut must be
satisfactory 10 the Hereford people, since
their favorite breed leads in the sale by
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