Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-15

ing; to Justice, Bateman & Co.; 1875

ing; to Justice, Bateman & CO.; 1875
cents.
Martin Miller, $1,000 pounds, TO Jus.
tice, Bateman & Co.; 1875 cents.
j. o. Higham, 5000 pounds: to Dew
ey. Gould & Co.; 1874 cents.
o. N. Shrine. 1900 pounds Wyo.
ming; to Denny. Rice & Benedict;
l3 cents.
P. E. Flanagan. $4,000 pounds;
to Jeramiah Williams & Co.; 1874
cents.
On the same day E. W. Grimes re-
fused 121h cents for 1900 pounds,
the bid of J. Koshland & Co.
Thursday.
P. Yegen & Co.. $500 pounds; TO
Nichols. Dupee & Co.; 1871 cents.
w. H. Clanton, $4,000 pounds; to
Dewey. Gould & Co.; l41s cents.
P. Yegen & Co.. 1,20O pounds; to
Nichols, Dupee & Co.; 14h cents.
consignnnents.
Consignments since la st Tuesday
are E. w. Grimes. $4,000 pounds, to
Silberman Bros; Candee & Mattison.
10000 pounds, to same firm; John
Stanley 10000 pounds. to Justice.
Bateman & Co. This consignor re-
fused an offer of 13h from the same
house last Monday.
Today's Sales.
Only three clips were sold today.
The sales were effected this morning,
as the exchange was not in session
this afternoon. no offerings having
been made.
The highest price paid so far this
season was realized for one OF the
clips, that of G. w. Moore. which was
of exceptionally good quality.
Following are the sales:
George w. Moore, $4,000 pounds;
to Whitman, Farnesworth & Thayer;
l6h cents.
Ganguet &DuPont, $4,000 pounds;
to Nichols, Dupee & Co.; lax cents.
Thomas Toston. 1900 pounds; to
j. Koshland & Co.; 14h cents.
Three firms tied on this clip. j..
Koshland & Co., Brown & Adams and
Justice, Bateman & Co. In the toss
up the first named won.
Great Falls. July 10.-The highest
price that has been paid for Montana
wool since 1899 was paid on the
Great rails exchange yesterday, when
Coffey & Wallerstein Of Bynum re-
ceived 171a cents per pound for their
clip. weighing approximately $4,000
pounds.
In July 1899, on the Great Falls
market 2O& cents was paid for q
clip; that year the range OF prices
was from 161s to 20% cents. a majori-
ty of the clip going at better than IS
cents. and there are many growers
who believe that this years market
Will be equal to that of 1899. In the
latter year the Great Falls market
was the highest In the state, and II
has been the highest every year since.
but the prices have never since came
anywhere near the 1899 prices. In
1901, the highest price here end In
the state was 15 7.s cents. Last year
the highest price here and In the state
was 17& cents. which was the high
est price since 1899 until yesterday,
when X of cent higher was paid.
The Coffey & Wallenstein clip, for
which TN cents per pound was paid
by ]. r. Hartley. Boston broker, con-
sisted of 100 bags from wethers, Al
bags from ewes, bag from bucks
and / bag of tags. The wool is very
clean, containing a great deal Of even
staple, but many growers state that
many equally as good clips will be
received here this year. The aver.
age weight of the fleeces could not
be ascertained, but It is probable that
the price per fleece is not very high,
as It Is stated that Coffey & Wallen-
stein this year secured from 5000 to
1000 pounds less wool than they Sc
cured from the same number OF sheep
last year.
Billings. July 8.-As predicted in
this mornings Record, the wool mar.
ket still shows unusual activity and
the business of this market will not
and sellers both predict this.
One reason is the stormy wealth
er of the past ten days. which has
retarded shearing. Another is the de.
sire OF the growers to hold for better
prices which may come. Today's
sales we're:
Martin Miller to Justice. Bateman
& Co, $4,000 pounds at 13Mc.
j. o. Higham. 5000 to Dewey, Gould
& Co., at 14kc.
+. w. Grimes refused 12kc on 16.
900 bid by ]. Koshland & Co.
p. Z. Flanagan, 10000. to jeremiah
Williams & Co., at 13Ac.
o. N. Shrine, Wyoming, 1900, TO
Denny, Rice & Benedict, at 13c.
As will be noted by referring to this
weeks reports from this market. none
of the large clips has yet been offered
at public sale. The actual status OF
the market cannot be determined un.
I'll one of the large. flrst-class clips
has been put up and bid on or sold.
SO far nothing except small clips Of
inferior quality have been offered.
Both buyer and seller seem to be re-
garding each other with quiet assur-
ance. each waiting on the other to
make a move.
One Clip Sold.
Big Timber, July 8.-There was on