The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-06
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

The Wichita hog market yesterday was
a hummer.
The shippers Of hogs have on several
occasions through this column of the
Eagle. been advised to bring their porkers
10 this market. The fellows who followed
that advice are now happy.
The one thing altogether lovely in the
eyes Of Deck Parsons is a good hog
Some Of the Poland-Chinas he has
bought here the past two days for Ar
mOur viii make the best Kansas City
shoats look mighty common when they
arrive in that wicked burg on the muddy
Missouri.
Bradley held the gate ajar yesterday
and allowed S39 fine porkers march down
The chute to the John Cudahy packing
house. Tie other 14S1 We're enticed into
Armour's pens by the winning ways Of
Col. Deck Parsons.
The brick work on the Dold fertilizer
building will be completed today and
then the bricklayers will work on the
killing building until the timbers for the
cooler arrive
The stonemasons will commerce laying
the foundation for the Dold new fire
pump house today.
Ed Weidline, of Augusta, does not show
his face a the stockyaTds very often, but
he manages 10 send in a car load Of hogs
every few days. He has had habit Of
topping The market recently, but his
hogs yesterday were not that kind.
Kelley Bros, of CorWin, sent in two
cars of hogs yesterday, and struck the
good market.
Fiowa seems to be vel out toward the
short grass region, but a. Garland sent
in a car load OF hogs yesterday from
that live little city that sold up close to
the top.
Gift & Probst are the reliable stock
shippers at Bluff City. They had a car
of hogs on the market yesterday.
John Stanley, of Kildare, had another
car of hogs on the market yesterday.
lie IS one of the most regular shippers
that come to this market.
Stoner & Billings, OF Ringwood, market
ed hogs yesterday. Mr.. Billings was in
charge. and he took occasion to express
his good opinion Of the Wichita market
to the market reporter for the Eagle.
w. G. Connor, of Kingfsher, helped to
swell the hog receipts yesterday with one
car load Of fine porkers.
j. IL Shocb, OF Gordon, came in yes
terday with a clr load of PolaId-Chinas
that were little daisies. and they brought
The top price AR Snoeb said the pigs
were only eight months old and ne had
fed them on alfalfa, chopped wheat and
neal.
J. p. Weigand with Rand, ATcNally &,
Co. of Chicago, and his brother, c.
Weigand nephews Of E J. Healy The
popular commission merchant, were at
the yards yesterday. The Chicago man
said he had heard SC much about Wichita
that he came to see for himself. He
said this is certainly a good town, and
that was good deaf for q Chicago man
TO say about any town not located on
the southern hOrde- of Lake Michigan.
John Ratcliff. of Cunningham; W. Z.
Conner OF Kinghshers Smith Bros, Of
Zenda; Geo. EioliseI, OF Marion; Mr. Van
devcr of Hackney. and Charles Dorsey,
II South Haven, were among the silip-
pers who had hogs on the late market
yesterday
There were two car loads OF hogs on
the market yesterday from Hutchinson.
one of them was brought by Col. F. j..
Walcott, and he did not do a thing but
go and top the market. The other load
Was from ". r. Morrison, and they were
good enough 10 bring six dollars and q
nickel.
The packers keep talking that hogs
sre toe high but one Indication points
10 .he fact that the Kansas City packers
do not expect them TO be very cheap IN
the near future. They are pacing more
hogs thar is furnished by the Kansas