Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-20
NO MORE
AT AUCTION
Fletcher Bros, Called the Public Sale
on Last Night.
WILL CONTINUE PRIVATE SALES.
Dissatisfaction on Both Sides Cause q
halt--Twenty-tw Car Loads Sold In
Three Days--Some Buyers Remain
to Purchase at Private Sale.

The much advertised horse sale is
now on and Forsyth is enjoying the
novelty and reaping the benefit deriv-
ed from the presence of large number
of visitors in town. While the actual
number of buyers now here fell little
short of the expectations, the horsemen
of the east responded very literally
and there is certainly y big crowd in
town this week. The sale has been
extensively advertised in stock papers
and the men, who are here, are pre-
pared to snap up all that are offered.
In assuring them that Fletcher Bros.
had plenty Of stock, J. S. Cooper, who
has the sale in charge, was perfectly
correct, and it is no fault of the firms
that the sale has not progressed more
rapidly. The sale of horses on the
range is in the nature of an experiment
and the only difficulty the owners ex-
pected to encounter was the one of get
ting the horses in and Classifying them
rapidly enough to make it an object
for buyers to remain on the ground.
This has been more difficult job than
first anticipated, for although about
forty-five men have been employed in
rounding up stock and bginging it in,
it seems that eight or ten carloads a
day is all that can be handled.
All OF the largest horse dealers are
represented and as the sale is conduct
ell OH a cash basis the amount of money
brought in amounts 20 considerable
figure. The first days sale was eight
carloads. the second the same and al
though the bidders have been little
impatient at the slow progress they
have remained.
Mr.. Cooper is assisted by o. +. Nc
Donald, VIM. Riley, statesmen, and
, Col. l. c. Gallup, auctioneer. AS
| fast as the stock is cut up into suitable
| lots Col. Gallup starts the bidding
and in Il few minutes they are knocked
down TO the highest bidder. The prices
vary, of course, according TO the values,
! the lowest paid the first two days be-
ing $l3.5 a head for a carload of year
lings and the highest $45. so for horses
from three to six years old The fol-
lowing is a list Of the buyers: w. II.
Millens, Clear View, Iowa; A. Sweet,
Fayette, la ; ID. II. Sweet, Davenport.
Ia: w. II. Orton, Fullerton, Neb.; d.
r N1,,
Miles City; c, NJ. Regan, Esbon,
Kans.: John Gallup, Grand Ledge,
Mich; Il. Mooney, Plain City, Ohio;
S. Daugherty, Plymouth, Ohio; c. f..
Devoe, Greenwich, Ohio X. b. King,
Windsor. N. Y; Dan Barrett, Cas-
cade, Ia; Robt. Kean, Cascade, Ia;
h. w. Watt, Minden, Neb.; r. J.
Hewey, Noble, Ills; NJ. Zimmerman,
ST. Paul: c. Lamar, N. H. Miller,
Milbank, Mimi; c. Hewry, Noble,
Ills; {. Saunders, Grantburg, Wis;
G. E. Jamison, Dowsfury, HIS; A.
Mclean, Grafton, N. D.; f. S. Case,
West View, o.; Geo. Hondeshell,
Webster, o.; Sam Mcbride, Branford,
o.; w. H. Kelly, Fisher, Ills; H. ].
Rutledge. Findlay, o.; ID. Lester &
Sons, Lacon, Ills: G. w. Wilson,
Alpha, Ills: Dan Berry, II. +. Nc
Adoo, Decatur, Ind; La Brice & Son,
Doland, S. Dak.; S. w. Lurin, Sher-
brooke, Canada; Fred Miller, st. Paul;
Olin Grindall, Chapella, S. Oak.
The following sales were made:
La Brice & Son, Gears; Olin Grindall,
car; S. w. Linn, cars; Fred Miller,
car; S. Saunders, l car; Sam Nc
Bride, cars; Dan Berry, cars.
The Camp.
Although elaborate preparations
were made by Fletcher Bros; for the
entertainment of the buyers, the hotel
facilities are ample enough to take
care of the larger part of them and the
camp in consequence is rot as well
patronized as it would be if the attend
ance was larger.