The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-05

ed on Tuesday Of this week, possibly
because of the very small offerings of
wool. The sales opened with a good
attendance, good competition and a
net available quantity Of 100000 bales
as compared with 100000 bales a
year ago.. Merinos, as compared with
the close of the last series, were 5 per
cent higher, fine and medium cross
breds, 10 per cent higher and low
c~rossbreds, 20 per cent higher.
Texas, California and Oregon.
Texas woods have been more active.
A good-sized line of eight months
spring woods sold at 17A @1Sc in the
grease, costing, clean, it is under
stood, 53@55c. Twelve months woods
have sold at zoe, equivalent, it is
claimed, to a clean cost of close to
Coo. Fall woods also have attracted
more attention, and sales If about
100, 900 pounds of the latter are re-
ported to have been made at 16@17c
in the grease, costing clean 46@48c.
All the woods in San Angelo have
been sold the past week to two houses
at about lac, which pretty effectually
cleans up the woods that had remained
in the state of Texas.
In CALIFORNIA; there has beer some
movement. Northern woods are we'll
cleaned up. Choice northern Mendo-
cino woods of light shrinkage, are re-
ported to have been sold as high as
21@23c in the grease, costing 52@55c,
clean. Some of the very best Men
docinos are held as high as SIC, clean.
A good demand is reported for defec.
tive woods, the poorest selling at $50
32c, clean, and the free woods at 400
44c, clean. All the good free woods
are practically secured out there and
mixed with the longer woods.
Oregon woods continue quiet. Man
ufacturers have supplied themselvs
temporarily and are not large buyers
of these woods at present. Moderate
sales of No. 1 clothing and combing
have been put through at TIC in the
grease, equivalent to a clean cost of
SIC. Some nice Valleys have been
taken at 10000.
Territories.
Territories have been in good, steady
demand, although but few individual
lines of large size have been moved.
But there has been a good general
trade in thise woods, and sales have
been put through at high prices. Woods
have commanded 53@55c, clean, for
the best fine stock and up to SIC for
best staple woods. Fine medium woods
sell at 4S@50c for good, average
stock, and medium woods at 43@45c.
The sales of the week include Mon
tanas, Wyomings, Nevadas, Idahos,
Utahs and Colorados and New Mex
icos. Fine staple Montana has sold
at 10000, or at 55@57c, clean. Fine
medium has sold at SOC, clean. Nice
fine an. fine medium staple Montanas
are selling anywhere from 52@55c,
dependent on general character and
staple. Moderate sales of Wyoming
have been made on the basis of pre-
vious quotations-fne and fine me-
dunn bringing 4S@50c, clean. Ne
vadas are selling all the way from 16
to 17nc. the best woods costing, clean,
about soc. Sales of Idaho in the
original bags are reported at 16Ac.
Utah woods have been moved with
some freedom and are getting pretty
we'll sold out. Among the sales were
So 900 pounds of Utahs at prices rang
ing from 10 to Ice for fine and fine
medium. There is a good demand for
No. 2 and No. 8 C%olorados. Of which
there are not many in the market. In
secured woods a good business is re-
ported. Good secured woods are not
plenty and in consequence bring a
good price. Good fine medium stock
has sold at 4S@50c.
Receipts and Shipments.
The receipts Of wool in Boston this
week. last week and for. the CORE.
| spending week Of last year are as
follows:
This week-Domestic, 1889 bales;
foreign, 1928: total, 1927.
Last week-Domestic. 1884 bales;
foreign, 1,24S; total, 14,752.
Last year-Domestic, 14,6O9 bales;
foreign, 2,479 bales; total, 17,OsS.
The total receipts since January 1
have been 720,056 bales domestic and
134,547 bales foreign, against 601, 75S
bales domestic and 125,0OS bales for
eign for the corresponding period OF
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