The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-18
Cattle Sales.
IN AND ABOUT STOCK YARDS.

Will not somebody jump on the Wichita
hog market and hold it down where it be-
longs?
Whatever else is said about Wichita it
can not be said with any degree of truth
fulness that ii does not have good hog
market
Wichita packers would not have to have
hogs if they did not turn out such fine
product that people are bound to have it
A J. Swisher of Derby was a visitor at
the yards yesterday. Mr. Swisher thinks
OF moving out on his farm near Derby
and he wanted to find out how stock cat
tie are selling.
c. 3. Prce of Atlanta had a car load Of
hogs on the market yesterday. These big
prices the packers are paying put Mr..
Price in the notion of trying this market.
He was pleased with his sale.
w. w. Mosier and c. +. Doty of Gun
ningham brought in a car load of cattle
yesterday and they were satisfied with
the prices for which their cattle sold.
c Wilson of Lamont consigned a car
load of Oklahoma hogs TO this market
yesterday and Nolan Brothers sent in a
car load from the same place The buy
ers always try to use Oklahoma shippers
right because they need the hogs from
that section
J. NJ Ratcliff Of Cunningham. regular
shipper IL this market had in car load
of hogs yesterday which sold Tor a good
price. He says his firm bought 500 bush
A.. els of wheat at Cunningham last Friday
and on Saturday 45e0 bushels. Mr. Rat
cliff says his section will have pretty
good crop Of ocrn' but tbe farmers pay
more attention 10 wheat. lie says King
man county is 81 righe.
Ed Healey with his wife and daughter,
Miss Alicia spent sunday at Geuda
Springs. Mr.. Healey thinks those springs
are the best in this whole country and
when we set that interurban electric line
built from here 10 the springs IL viii be a
very popular resort.
Wesley \. Nell. the new chief inspector
ct the packing houses and the stock
yards, has arried here from Waterloo.
Iowa and is on duty. He is said TO be
an expert veterinarian and VIII doubtless
give good service. He went through the
packing houses and the stock yards yes
terday The boys al the packing houses
end the stock yards inspected Air. Nell
snd the unanimous verdict was that he
Is a gentleman and a scholar The in
speCtors were all pleased with the new
chief and he VIII fnd them a loyal crowd
goodpaawhneoi moelbe W .SuplanadSlf
\ Frisco engine with two cars backed
onto the stock yards switch yesterday TO
allow 4 Passenger train u pass. Just as
* entered the switch the engine ran on
the track and the section men had 70
change the main track so the passenger
could get past the deraileG engine. The
switches up here are Gandies. They have
two iron rails strung along or the marks
where the ties used TO rest before they
rooted out People who look AT the
switches with their rotten ties would sup
pose that the railroads running into
Wichita are all bankrupts II il were not
= & we'll known fact thar they an have
more business than they can do and are
making lots OF money The railroad COM
panies viii probably claim that the tracks
spr&d or they viii hlsme il IN the wet
weather that came along 70 boom the
corn crop. II is understood that Su3Crin-
tendent Webb Of the Missouri Pacific is
a sort Of joint boss FOR the joint switches
He ought To walk up some day and look
the switches over. II would not do 10
have him ride UP on the switch engine
because he is valuable citizen Of Wich-