The Dickinson press., 1903-10-17
RANCH TALK.
Rea Bros, recently bought 10000 Mo-

Rea Bros, recently bought 10000 Mon
tana lambs at sI.75 per head.
In addition to sales already reported
Allenberg 4 Co. give the following for
last week: Sam Brand 10 %1Io4.s,eers
81 10, and heifers at $3.50 and COWS at
So; B. Connolly ~ I736-feedersS s.; Flynn
Bros. 6 l245-feeders 81, and 81 I13o.feed-
ers $3.50.
One of the w bar men Of Wibaux was
and stated that they got $3.50 and 1870
and $40 a year ago.
J. E. Phelan's cattle sales on the 9TH
were as follows: 50 I1oo-steers $500, 50
Io37-steers S3.l5, lo2 Il5o-steers S3.4o. 10
leo7-steers S3.o5, IS I%248-steers 1915. AZ
oo3-cows $500.
VIM. Wilson has had a number Of
photographs made of the Rasmus Jensen
which sold in Chicago on the 9Th at s5!o5
photographed in the stock yards east Of
Dickinson just before they were loaded
on the cars for market and make a very
fine picture. MI. Jensen does not dehorn
his cattle, which 10 contrary to the prac-
tice of most stookmen and which condi-
ton is supposed to detract about Ioc per
cwt. from the selling price.
The trainload of cattle shipped from
Dickinson on Sunday was made up as
follows: D. B. Zimmerman ID cars, c.
c. Mead, w. B. Galligan, John Clark
and Frank Lish E cars, o. T. and E. S.
Clough and Guy Griswold 4 cars and c.
c. Steier 2 cars. The Cloughs, c. c.
Mead and c. c. Steier were among those
who went down with the shipment.
Over on the 500 line preference is
given stock trains over passenger trains
Geo. Harkins has II cars booked for
the 18th and Jeff Farrah 2. Henry
Schultz has changed his scar sheep
shipment to this date. w. w. Phipps
has a sheep car ordered for the 2lst and
Jeferies & Higgins have 10 cars Of cat
tie ordered tor the goth and Connolly
Bros. 3 cars same date.
The following shipments are booked
for Oct. ~ at Medora: S. N. Lebo {
cars, Crawford 4, J. B. Harker ;, Geo
Burgess 2, S. M. Ferris 2, Jim Harmon 2
Geo. Reid 2, J. K. Moody 2, Eugene Rus
sci l, Foley Bros. 2, Geo. Meyers
Hanley I, Cliff Denniston !, ]. w. Folli:
l.. At Taylor Oct. "a, Fred Balk z cars
Asa Gardner Of New England has in
vested in IL registered Shorthorn cow
and 50 grade heifers and cows. Thu
stock was purchased from South Dakot'
parties.
Keogh Bros. sold 80 steers, l74o weight
at $500 on Monday and 9 loo7-cows a
$3.50.
]. E. Phelan had some better cattle o.
Mondays market as the following quo
tations Indicate: go I255-steers $3.50, Il
l3o8-steers $4.2o, 81 1l56'steers s4.Io an
o4254-steers $685..
Chicago Live Stock World: Averag
prices for native beef cattle for this yea
are showing a wide difference compare
with last year and yet are not much OF
Of line with normal years. Taken b
months the average on zoe to 1900 Il
steers for January of the year was 8
cents less than for the opening month
1902; February decline was S1.25: Marc
SLAP, April s2.72, May S2.I8, June S2.4
July $3.50, August $2.58 and SePtembe
S2.35. 1t is safe to say that the averag
for the completed year will be lower tina
for any year since 1893 but higher tina
for any year from 1893 back to 1885.
Redmond & Zimmerman shipped
cars of sheep on Wednesday, Crostf
waite & Metcalf 2.
Massacre & Simpson have 10 Ca,
booked for the 23rd and Wenzel JergeI
car for same date.
F. M. Smith sold 81 12oo.cows at s4.4
Other sales from this locality were
follows: Hamilton Bros. 10 I244-stee
81, 20 r2oo-steers 81 and 80 132o-stee.
$40; c. R. Pendergast IS I187-stee
$500 and 10 ool.heifers s3.7o;C.C. Mes
"a Io61-cows 50, - 17oo-steers $3.50 az
40 1174-steers $500. The last W sal
! were made by Paris 4 Co.
Allenberg & Co. report the followi1
t sales for Monday: Seven loads Of Il
Ludolph cattle. 1850 weight, $3.50; l.
Field I car, I232 weight, S4.25; the be
of the Isaac Henderson cattle s4.75.
A trainload of stock was loaded
Dickinson on Thursday and among Il
Shippers OF rIlQAy . tram HeIe JdllleS
, Saunders, w. A. Beck and the Dako
Land & Cattle Co.
Wednesdays market don't appear
! have been very brisk. Allenberg & {
report the following sales: Clough
: Son II 13Io.steers $40, and IS IL!
5 steers at $685., cows $3.50 and S2.75;
+ c. Steier steers 1915 and $40; Baker
Sons SAYS for steers, $500 and $500 I
COWS and S3.25 for heifers.