The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-16
Provisions MARKET.
sA.lPPEms AND NO Fas.

Deck Parsons IS on the market again.
'1ou can tell the shippers" he said to
The Eagle reporter yesterday, that
want all the hogs they can bring i'm
The bold aPcking company has secur-
ed a branding iron for the Empire State
roasted ham. Hereafter they viii burn
the initials Of the company on the
Drowned skin Of the ham. They have a
good thing and propose to prevent inai-
sators. The government inspector will
brand all the hams. One local butcher
had eleven of the hams sold before noon
yesterday and was up at the packing
house last night calling for more. Chief
Clerk Harrison said last night that the
company has caught up with its orders
and VIII be able to fill them prCi.. {. =
TrAp now on. Since the Eagle called at
DENTON to the merits of the ham it has
had q tremendous boom. The women of
Wichita saw at a glance that it was
Just the thing they wanted during the
DOT weather.
Thirty years ago the modern telephone
was unknown and the world got along
tdirly well without it. Now let a tele-
phone system get out of working order
and the world can't get along without
s. at all. It's Importance In the com
mercial world was nicely exemplified yes
terday. Communication by the wire be-
tween Dold's packing house and the city
was interrupted yesterday for about
three hours and business at the packing
house vas practically suspended during
that length Of time. The packing COM
gany had TO transact whatever business
they We're forced to do with the city
over their private telegraph wire.
Everybody at the packing house and
stock yards inGorse the suggestion made
in this column yesterday urging the
electric street railway company 10 build
pavilion at the end Of the track. It
has been a long felt want
Tomorrow Is the date Of the excursion
10 Geuda Springs and everybody at the
packing house Is going down to root"
1or the Dold nine. The boys practiced
late last evening and there is every reas-
or to think that they will make short
work of the Arkansas City Grays The
excursion train will leave at Gas in the
morning and the fare for the round trip
wiu be only SL75.
Steiner q Blair of Lyons. had 4 car
of hogs on the market yesterday.
French & Sons of Keighly. had a load
OF hogs on yesterdays market
II. +. Williamson of Pratt. had a car
of hogs on yesterdays market.
Muser Bros. Of Anness. had two car
loads of boss on the market yesterday.
Captain Greenwade of the kingdom of
HuDDeWell. had a car OF hogs on yes
terday's market
q
visitor at the yards Yesterday He is
making q short visit with Wichita
friends
The railroad switch leading to the
north side Of the Dold packing house has
beer repaired
Mark Ober has sold out his business
Interests At the packing house district
He was out west yesterday visiting his
German friends and he says that along
-, LON God h. 81 cal
Of wheat already in the stack. He says
he couldn't see anything but wheat and
cattle and corn for fifty miles
J. ". Tucker NJ 81 Dorado. was IN the
city yesterday and visited the stock
yards. He says the people OF Butler
county are very anxious TO see a big
market in Wichita and that they are de-
lighted al the favorable prospects.
H. X Eberly Of this county, in an in
7eryiew at Kansas City yesterday. said
'A4v shipments yesterday consisted Of
11> pound natives at SIS and 1926
pound Panhandle steers at $50 fed
1asm no.h in dry lots with sheled corn
END alfalfa hay For ten out OF the
ViEHtean years l have been IN the cattle
business 7 fed my cattle on grass. but
last year fellow down my way beat me
by using alfalfa, and so I moved my
feed lots and am now using alfalfa eX-
c.uSive.y, with much better results
kansas IS I'm ii once more along the crop
''ne. everything Is just shining down
my Wy. and I expect the whole state
- break all previous records. They
commenced cutting this week. and the
cool weather is in our favor. in fact
everything seems in our favor this
year"
The Kansas City Drover's Telegram
SAYS; Heavy receipts 81 hogs the past
two weeks have brought a decided
change in The local situation. Supplies
have practically the whole OF tho year
been running lighter than in 1894 In
the first four days OF January receipts
were a triae heavier than a wear aro.
but beginning on January a shortage
mater aiized. which, Ike the peach OF
emera il hue. grew and became very BIT
ter Il was warmed ythe sun and
kissed by the day and IN course OF time
grew - something Ike -o.ec0 head.
The shortage IN January was 2S - and
IN February S0.572 The other thea
months tried 70 wine out this record
Aut March. with gain over wear $50
OF sas5. April with a gain Of 1855. ard
Nav. with a gain % l2s5. could not blot
out the shortage. Vow comes June. and
with the heaviest receipts ever known at
ttis time OF year. has succeeded in fill
ilg up the hole.
Total receipts for Il days in June. and