The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-12

bulk price. The cattle were sold late In
the evening for good average prices
Harvey Grace, the heavy shipper of
| Cheney, was at the yards yesterday Wis
iting the stock yards push" Mr.. Grace
has shipped a large number of hogs last
year, but says the number is not up to
his 1898 record.
Ripey & Ropey, the shortgrass shippers
who are regular shippers to Wichita,
were in yesterday from Stafford with
nice bunch of medium hogs, which
brought good bulk price.
L. w. Robinson purchased a car OF
feeders at the yards yesterday and ship
ped then1 out to his ranch, near Towanda.
j. A. S. Harper of Colwich was in yester-
day with car of heavy hogs They
brought a high bulk price. Mr. Harper
was pleased with his venture, and said:
Wichita has an albright market"
Seymour Clark, the irrepressibe ship
per at Benton, was at the yards yester-
day with car of hogs, which of course
sold for good, big price. Mr. Clark
seems to have faculty of baggjng top
prices, and as a result he regularly fig
ures his balances on the right side of
the book Mr.. Clark is great friend of
the Wichita market, and says there is
none like it.
Chesky & Funk, the old-time shippers
at Nickerson, had a car in yesterday.
They are shipping three and four cars a
week TO this point The hogs they
brought in yesterday were medium heav-
les aQd brought good bulk price.
The Peoples Bank CT Billings, o. T.,
had two loads Of fine hogs on the mar
ket yesterday. Mr.. W. P. Lennon ac-
companied the cars. One load was a nice
lot of smooth, medium packers, which
were probably the best hogs which have
been on the market in weeks They sold
for the top price. The second load was a
good lot of medium packers, which
brought good bulk price. The PEOPLES
Bank is new shipper to this market
from the new town of Billings, which is
on the Enid branch of the Rock Island.
The railroads did a fair business yes
terday. The Rock Island brought in 8
cars, the Missouri Pacific s, and the Santa
Fe, g.
Provisions were strong yesterday oPrk
advanced eight points. It opened at s10.52
and closed at s1O6 Lard opened at s.. Is
and closed at s5.s7. Ribs opened at s45. go
and closed at $50.
Yesterday was a busy day at the Dold
Packing companys plant. The men OH
the dock We're rushed getting out car
load shipments. and the men in the Job
bling and express departments were COM
PEELED to work overtime in order to get
out the crush of orders. Business is
picking up steadily and there is not a
department in the house which is not
working overtime in order to keep up
with the demand made upon it.
Among the many live stock conventions
of January and February don't forget the
oklahoma Live Stock association of Feb
ruary 13 and IA, at FL Reno Secretary
Win Bolton says 1t promises to be the
best in point Of attendance aver held
The conditions says he. ''are more IA
vorable in man respects than a year ago,
as we have had the mildest winter on
record, so far. The late fall rains did
not seriously injure the range grass, and
the very mild weather has more than bal
anced conditions favorable to the cow
man. This being true. there is an in
cressing demand for steer cattle for next
summers grazing and this demand will
be supplied by the trading at the con-
vention." This is the first time the con-
vention has been held away from Wood
ward, and hundreds OF cowmen in the
Indian Territory and North Texas will be
present for the first time Half rates from
on their lines have been an
nounced by the Santa Fe and by the
Rock Island, and by the Choctaw The
Fort Worth and Denver has advised that
the same rate will be given by its lines
as on others: therefore. it is safe to
count it, as well as the Frisco, on the
same kind of deal.