Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-06-15
WOOL BEGINS
TO COME IN
TWO Clips Have AlresdV Arrived and
Are Stored In the New Ware
house and Others Coming.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Nine Directors Chosen and Officers
Re-Eleeted-WiIl be Best Mar
ket In the State.

Al a meeting OF the stockholuers
OF the Wool Warehouse association
held yesterday afternoon, it was de-
cided to elect as directors of the com
pany for the ensuing year n repre-
sentative of each of the nine heaviest
subscribers to the stock, nine being
the number of directors previously
determined upon.
In accordance with this plan the
following were elected: w. d..
Symmes, G.. J.. Wiedeman. G. j. Bach,
David Hilger, S. S. Hobson, +. t..
Wright, NJ. l.. Woodman. w. H. Hop
kins and j. E. Lane.
Subsequently the directors chose
the following as officers for the year,
no changes being made from the list
of temporary officers previously chos-
en-: President, G. j. Wiedeman; vice
president, G.. j. Bach; secretary, X.
Won Tobel; treasurer, F. e. Wright.
All those who attended the meet
ing seemed well pleased with the an.
nouncement of Supt. Lane that the
warehouse would be entirely complet-
ed Saturday night and the belief was
generally expressed that at least three
million pounds of the best of Montana
wool would be received at Lewistown
this al and eagerly bid for by
representatives of the largest wool
buying concerns of the east.
C. w. Baylies is temporarily in
charge at the warehouse, receiving
clips. which have already begun to
arrive.
c. E. Kinds, of Valentine, has his
clip of 14,314 pounds in the ware
house, as has Peter T~aarland, of the
lower country. Mr.. Taarland's clip
amounts to 1875 pounds. A. Mau,
land has in two loads and all of his
clip will be here within the next two
or three days. The Fergus clip Is al.
so started this way and some of II
is expected to arrive today. Many
other clips will be started this week
and there will be hundreds Of thous'
ands of pounds in the warehouse
within a very ftw days.
Some idea of the amount OF wool
the warehouse will hold may be gain
ed by estimating the space which the
two small clips already stored occupy
Each occupies but a very small cor
ner of the vast building and do not
take up more than one-fiftieth of the
floor space. There is no doubt but
that the warehouse will hold one mil
lion and a quarter pounds and it IL
confidently believed that n and {
half million pounds can be stored
without unnecessary crowding.
The assurance that the warehouse
will be ready for all the wool tina
can be brought here has decided man!
woolgrowers, who were undecided al
to where they would market theil
wool this season. The further assur
ance that many Objectionable feature!
such as having to wait for an I'm
reasonably long time to get theil
wool baled out In order that a speed.
settlement can be made after thu
wool is sold, or even having to bIib'
the warehouse men in order TO &c
the wool baled. will be eliminated oil
this market, will bring many NOR
to Lewistown.
There has been some talk by pei
sons inimical to the movement to es
tablish a market here to the effec
that there will be a scarcity of buy
: ers on the market in this city. Sue
, talk Is the veriest nonsense. Woo
buyers come to Montana to buy woo
, and they are going to be found wher
the wool is to be found. The woo
, on the Lewistown market will be tn
: most sought for clips in the state
, The buyers have assured local partie
that they will be here beyond tn
~peradventure of a doubt and they wi
, keep their promise, not especial
, because they said so, but because the
, want the wool and want 1t worse thi
year than for several years pas
. Hundreds of thousands of pounds {
, wool, as yet unshorn, has been col
|. tracted for. which shows the cage
3 ness of the large wool %purchasin
!. firms to secure the product this Sc;
|. son. People who bring their wool I
LIZ" ioto"h Will uoVC % 6oou oh Vi
e p~ortunity to dispose of their wool I
advantage as those who haul to Bill
ings or Great Falls. Then, too, do
. ems of growers who live compars
s lively near this city. a bring ]
d their wool and then go home unit
the time for selling 1t arrives. In III
manner many a dollar a be save
The merchants here make positive a
surances of prices for supplies whic
cannot be lowered by the merchant
of Great Falls or Billings. Viewin
J. 1t from all sides, there can be no re
s sonable excuse for any woolgrow'
who lives in the Lewistown territol
taking his clip to any other mark
than the one to be found here in Il
Judith Basin.
e Geo. NJ. Stone has accepted an c
fer from Mr.. Thayer, OF Whitma
II Farnworth & Thayer, to represel
W that firm in Lewistown during Il
d season. If any grower wishes 10 a
cept an advance on his wool clip NJ
n Stone is in a position to negotia'
# and he yesterday received addition
advicas from Mr. Thayer authOriZiI