The Dickinson press., 1901-09-07
Stock Items.

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cattle ever received in Dickinson by rail
was the 36 carloads of 2-year old cattle
received at the east stock yards on Sum
day. This trainload of live stock was
shipped from Kansas City aud came
through in 50 hours exclusive Of the time
required for feeding at Sioux City.
Cattle we're loaded for market at Me.
dora last Friday as follows: H. Robinson
3 cars, S. M. Ferris i, I Nollet I. Foley
Bros. l, Cliff Denniston I. ]. H. Hanley
Nv. A. Henderson 10; at Sentinel Butte
Geo. Reid 5, Geo. Burgess, 2; at Bel6eld
Parker Bros. 2, Thos Lynch 2. Eu-
gene Russell also had cattle in the ship
ment.
Mark Sutherland and L. M. Summer
vile bought a car of horses of Murphy
Bros. which they sold out to farmers IN
the eastern part of the state this week.
Mr.. Summerville went down with the
shipment and during his absence MI.
Summerville is buying another carload
for shipment the coming week.
Edwin Johnson bought 80 registered
Short Horn heifers of John Goodall and
j. F. McCoul this week. MIR. Johnson
breeds nothing but the best.
Goodall g. McCoul received ship
ment of Iowa stock the past week.
The Richards Cattle Co. have put in
II carloads Of Kansas City cattle during
the past month, representing an invest
ment of over $4,000.
D. w. Ryder, the Portland liveryman,
has been in the city the past week look
ing for ten, OF a dozen good work horses
to fill out a car which he is shipping from
his horse ranch at Belfeld. Mr.. Ryder
shipped a car from his ranch last month
and; has a customer for as many more
horses.
So far 90 carloads Of Kansas City cat
tie have been bought by Dickinson par
ties. to say nothing of several trainloads
that have been shipped in from WASH
ington and Idaho and many carloads
from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and
other points east.
c. F. Higgins and Monroe Simpson
received a shipment Of four cars Q fsKan-
sas City cattle this week.
SIS. Sutherland does not expect to
shipiuntil late.
Joe Hushka buys lambs of H.
Schultz at So per head.
Henry Schultz has bought a bunch Of
81 cattle, and will probably buy some
more.
CHI. Merry was a busy man the first
of this week branding 4o6 head of fine
2-year old steers which3his firm, Hilliard
& Merry, had bought in Kansas City.
Lewis Bros. of Thirty-Mile creek have
contracted to winter 800 head of these
cattle.
The o. P. liner steers reported
in the Press last week were picked
from the Tom Way herd of Heretords.
They were only 2-years old, and it is safe
to say THAT there are few herds in the
country that would average in weight
what these "a did-lo54 lbs. This is
where goodbreeding counts. Thesteers
sold at S. per cwt., thus netting their
owner almost $50 per head.
L. "A. Sherman returned from Mon
tana and Idaho a short time ago with a
band OF Spear Head horses which, he had
gathered to turn over to the Little Mis-
souri, Horse Co. on his contract Of last
year, Mr.. Sherman still has a number Of
horses Of this brand which haven't been
tailed to the above company and such
Of the number as he is unable to gather
this year will. according to the terms Of
contract, become their property another
season. 4
Geo: Harkins was in from the south on
Monday to receive two carloads of 2
year old cattle which he had bought in
Kansas City. MI. Harkins has also Q q
tracted to keep the two c%arswhichJ. E
Phelan bought at the same time.
Cattle from Stark county Aug. 20: D.
p. Zimmerman AZ III*I-steers $3.50, ~
iI68-steers s4.5o. AZ IooI-cows, $4.lo, IS
Io76-cows $500; y. p. Dohrmann a
registers $4.a5; Paul liner 60 1885,
dogie steers s4.lo; Henry Plaggmier "a
IIoo-dogie steers f3sa5.
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