The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-07-23
Few BUYERS MAKE OFFERS
.ow Prices Cause Rejection of
Several Bids-Trouble at
Great Falls.
from Saturdays Daily Gazette.

II improved IN the tone or price yeSter-
lay, and the growers feel better as
result. The days sales were not
cry large, only about $4,000 pounds
icing disposed of, but the offerings
we're about 100, 600 pounds additional,
he prices on this amount being re-
ected by the growers. The reason
or the small amount sampled was
)ecause Of the fact that all the Offer
ngs were of the small order. Four
cen cents and better was reached on
.wo clips, while the lowest was11A
cents, although there were two or
hree lower bids, but they we're re-
ected. The average price for the
lay was better than 10 cents.
Today's sales will be rather large.
The buyers will begin at $3.50 this
morning at the Burlington and will
20 to the Northern Pacific at 8
I o'clock in the afternoon.
The days sales were as follows:
M. S. Wentworth, Roberts; 21,OOO
pounds at 14h cents to jeremiah
Williams & Co.
Chris. schmehl, Bowler; 1000
pounds at 11A cents to Bach, Becker
& Co.
August Hamelau, Bowler; 1900
pounds at 1875 cents to jeremiah Will
Jams & Co.
]. Solberg, Absorakee; $4,000
\ pounds at 1875 cents to jeremiah Will
liams & Co.
nj M. Arthur, Absorakee; 10000
pounds at 1874 cents to J.. Koshland
& Co.
R. M. Ferguson, Livingston; 2s,OO(
pounds at 1875 cents to J. Koshland
& Co.
F. Leslie, Absorakee; 5000 pound!
at IA cents to Bach, Becker & Co.
John Celander, Gebo, 10000 pounds
III II cents to jeremiah Williams &
10.
j. H. Plummer, Red Lodge; 21.O0'
bounds at 1875 cents to Dewey, Goult
10 Co.
j. G. Tintinger, Absorakee; $500
bounds at 1914 cents to Dewey, Goult
b Co.
91 The following clips were put up
Ia but the owners refused to sell at tn
prices offered:
Herim & Rod, II, pounds, Dew
Eey, Gould & Co., highest at ~ cents
W. B. Peck, Terry; 10000 pounds
Yegen Bros. highest at 9 cents; G
H. Kitchener, Terry; $4,000 pounds
Leroy Sayles highest at 1OA cents
II. H. Hunter, Terry; $4,000 pounds
Bach, Becker & Co. highest at 1
cents.
Notes.
Yesterday was not as hot a day an
the buyers got along with more CON
fort. Then, too, the growers and spec
tators did not crowd around as the
have done previously.
Quite a number of new grower
have appeared on the market durin
the past few days, coming not onl
from the northern and western Sc,
stions Of the state, but from the cas-
as well. Among them are many VIII
are just making their first appea,
ance on the local market.
Thos. Ryley, representing John
Lodge & Co. of Boston, who buys o
the Big Timber market, was an int
Vested spectator yesterday. He wa
there for the purpose of having weigl
Ted up and baled the clip of Norton
Lyons Of Big Elk, which he purcha,
ed the day previous at 14h cent
MI. Ryley has already bought clos
to 100000 pounds at Big Timber, an
it is said that although he has ha
his own way he has treated the grow
ers In a very fair manner as regard
prices.
II. II. Hunter of Miles City, who 0
fered his clip yesterday, but did nj
sell, is a raiser Of fine muttons. H
expects to soon have some sprin
lambs ready for the eastern marke
Lambs that were born in April weigl
ed between SO and SO pounds whe
only two months old.
8. M. Becker, who is one Of Il
representatives of Bach, Becker & G
on this market, leaves tonight Il
Great Falls, where he will spend tt
remainder Of the season. His fir
has not been represented at that ma
ket for nearly eight years, but he
Soing there to pick up some of thos
Glips which are bringing such fame
rices. or ct least he will try his han
some Of them. His firm will col
pne to be represented in this cit
Holden, who Is considere