Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-19
THE HORSE SALE.

Had bad weather to contend with, but
nevertheless was very successful as, an
opening sale. Shippers were here from all
parts of the country and bought and paid
the cash for about $4,000 worth Of horses
from Wapello and the surrounding coun-
ties. Consignors from outside the county
who had stock here were Charles Fellers,
the extensive horse dealer from Fremont;
Mt. Long, with a couple of extra good
ones from Oskaloosa; Lon Cremer, the vet
eran horseman from Hedrick; also ]. NJ.
Fleener Lee Fleener, IS. j. Smith, 2 from
the same place; Os Redfern, from Martins
burg; also from the east part of the county
H. Fl. Dickens, z. T. Knight, Chas. Kobel,
Tom Jaques, w. McMullen, Mr.. Van Horn
and large number of local consignors from
ottumwa and vicinity To these gentle
men who came forward and supported our
first sale, which necessarily was more or
less of an experiment, we wish to tender
our thanks, for while this sale makes us
no money to speak Of, 1t proved to the Sat:
isfaction of those present that OttumwR
can hold some successful sales. There Is
another matter I wish to speak Of in this
connection, and that Is the fact that there
were some twenty or thirty horses brought
in and sold privately to our buy rs, and
we getting no commission whatever on such
sales. Now, Of course, to the Broad Guage
man, who Is in favor Of supporting institu-
community, it must occur that such pro-
ceeding Is not right. We spend the money
which they contribute, by way of commits
sions, in advertising to secure the presence
of as many buyers as possible.
The little fellow, the Narrow Guage man,
like the thief at night, .sneaks in with his
stock, sells it privately to the buyers, which
your money and mine has brought here, and
does nothing by way Of settling for the ben
eft he has obtained. 1t Is as If we had
each of us paid his part toward the OK for
the feast, and these little fellows" dart
in and seize portion of the flesh for which
they have paid no part. Blood sucking yam-
pires upon the body Of the decent COM
munity. The same sort of fellows are al
ways willing to have a factory started in
their vicinity, to whose artisans they may
sell their produce, but when you go to.them
with the subscription list for securing said
factory, they do not realize any value it
can be to them whatever. There were
portion of the men who sold horses private
~ to our buyers, for whom I do not intend
the above remarks, and that Is the portion
who had had no previous experience In
the auction sale. They did 1t unthoughted-
ly. But for the fellow who has been doing
this same thing at other sales for years,
we intend every word Of It, And that Isn't
all; we know who many of them were. OF
course, it was probably mere accident
that they happened to be here, the days OF
our sale. but it was undoubtedly fortu-
nate accident for them. And we will try
and advise them in ample time Of the next
dates, so they can happen (D here again.
We expect to do even better by them next
time. We expect to publish in this space
the names Of these ''little fellows" who
benefit without giving in return from the
institutions built up by the support Of the
Broad Guage men of the community, SO
you may know just who they are.
] pay for this space and am in the habit
of saying about what please in 1t, and
you can just bet your last copper, I'll do
just what / say will.
Yes, we expect to hold some strictly first
class sales in Ottumwa, the best In the
state.