Fergus County argus., 1900-08-01
Wool Market is Slowly Strengthen
ing, Though OFF Days are
Frequent
MANY CLIPS ARE CONSIGNED
Buyers Pretend to Be Waiting for
Boston and a Feeling Of Expect
ancy Exists.

The wool market Il Still duh, |
though signs are hopeful, sixteen
cents having been reached In the open |
market at Billings Monday.
At Great Falls yesterday Tues
day there was practically no mar
ket at all. Buyers claim that in n
few days something will happen
which will cause them to pay better
figures or quit.
The following sales II Fergus
county clips, or other important
sales. are CLEANED from Great Falls
and Billings exchanges:
At Great Falls. July .jth: 7. X. !
Murray Sold $1,000 pounds, at l3%. to
Putnam.
George Waite sold l2,OeO pounds at
l5x. to Barraclough.
w. A. Hedges, A. j. Cowell, Mrs.
George Edwards and George I. Smith
rejected all bids and did not consign.
At Great Falls, July 26th: Bower
Bros, clip of 2lO,O 900 pounds, the !arg-
est offered on the local wool market
this season. was sold, at ljlcents. to-
Dewey, Gould & Co.
Waite & Mitchell sold la,000pounds
To j Koshland & Co., AT lllg cents.
At Billings, July 2Gth: +. j. Cam
eron sold 5000 pounds, at Is cents. 90
Jeremiah Williams & Go.
Over 4, 100000 pounds have been al
ready shipped from Billings and the
two warehouses at present hold over
900, 900 pounds.
At Great Falls. July 18th; W. V.
Lewis refused bids on his clip Uf II, 900
pounds. About l0s,000 pounds were
sold. prices ranging from IL to l5ii
cents. Among them We're: Coder
Bros. 2a.99O pounds al Ia, cents, sold
to Thayer.
W. b. sulllnger, 1900 pounds atl5z
cents, sold to Thayer.
At Billings. July 18th, only five
clips being sold. Over dozen were
put on the market but the buyers did
not come up to the growers expecta-
tons and the bids were rejected. Five
buyers were out for clips. Among
the sales was that of W. J. Winnett.
40, 900 pounds. ut II cents, to Jere-
mlah Williams & TO.
B. +. Lepper also consigned $4,000
pounds to che same firn at an I'D
vance Of II cents.
At Billings, July 18th: The wool
growers of th,ssectiun who have not
sold their clips are feeling much bet
ter and are more hopeful OF results.
The result OF t0day's market Is that
those growers who have sold are
ieeling blue, as they believe that they
could have done better by waiting IA
week or two. Today 'smarket show
ed an upward tendency OF price. The
second highest price Of this market
being paid for clip of over -, 900
pounds. The price IL also the second
largest paid In Montana this season,
Billings holding the banner for both.
The first Highest price was l6ceDts ut
a private sale, while that OF today
was also lS cents at competitive bid
ding. some nine buyers being after
these clips. Those wo0igrowers who
have held their wool believe the
market will go up and they will be In
no hurry to sell. The sales today
we're few. yet they all brought good
prices, the lowest being lax cents.
At Great Falls. July 2sth: ii. C.
Fletcher, j. s. Huntoon and z. c.
Weydert rejected all bids.
n. McConkey sold 5000 pounds at
l3k cents, and A. Weydert 24,OOO
pounds, at l2z cents, TO Hecht Lieb-
mann Il Co.
J.B. Shell sold 1900 pounds, at lax
cents, to J. Koshland & Co., repre-
sented by T. s. Barraclough.
The Mcdonald Sheep Co. rejected a
bid Of l5x cents for its clip Of 81 900
pounds.
Boston, July 2s.-The Com mercial
Bulletin In It's review Of the wool
market tomorrow will say:
Not for some months has there
been such activity developed, nor
such large sales, though they seem
small when compared with the boom
Ing weeks Of last year. The advance
In wool last week IL fully maintained
and quotations on fine medium
grades are fully cents the secured
pound higher than on July 1st. There
have been heavy purchases by Boston