Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-08-01
All But Two Clips In and BaIed Out:
Greater Part of the Wool Already
ln.the Fast.
BIG INCREASE OVER: LAST YEAR
Three Million Five Hundred Thousand
Pounds Shipped From lewistown
During the Season.

close this afternoon when the last clip,
excepting possibly those of James NJ.
Croft and j. l.. Stewart, amounting to
about 10000 pounds each, had been
baled out and weighed into the cars
ready for shipment to the eastern
warehouses. Eschleman, Patterson,
Trumbull and Merrill, the four buyers
who have operated on the local mark
ct, will leave in the morning for their
eastern homes, each well satisfied With
the purchases made in Fergus county
the present season.
This has been the best season that
the woolgroWers Of Fergus county
have ever experienced. But two or
three clips have sold for less than 20
cents per pound and the average IL
has also been an excellent season for
the people Of Lewistown, as it more
thoroughly established this city as one
Of the three really important wool
markets of the state. There has been
approXimately as much wool SOLD On
the open market here this year as
was sold at either Great Falls or Bill
lings. The prices have been good and
with very few exceptions all are salts
fled with the conditions as they have
existed here
There was some dissatisfaction eX-
pressed by q few woolgrowers because
the prices offered by the buyers on the
open market were rot quite as high as
the prices offered while the wool was
vet on the backs of the sheep. The
Democrat interviewed all of the wool
buyers on this subject and they all
gave the same reason for the slight
falling off, small though 1t was.
One of them who represents one OF
the most substantial houses in the
east said: "The buyers necessarily
had to go it somewhat blindly when
contracting for wool before 1t was
shorn We based the estimates Of the
different clips upon our knowledge OF
what they were in former years. After
the wool was brought in, 1t was found
that it was much dirtier than was sup
posed. All of the buyers We're sur
prised at the amount of dirt found in
some clips and this, of course, influ-
enced us in making our bids on the OPP
EN- market. There has been just as
keen competition among the few buy
ers here as there would have been had
"a dozen buyers been on the ground.
We have been well pleased with the
manner in which the wool has been
baled out and the general treatment
accorded us here and all look forward
to another trip to Lewistown next
year."
There was 100000 pounds of wool
baled at the Lewistown worehouse and
shipped out this year. Last year the
amount handled here was 2,350,000
pounds, making an increase for the
present season of 1,150,000 pounds.
This is a most gratifying increase and
thoroughly demonstrates the popular
ity of Lewistown as a wool center.
Following are the sales not pre-
viously reported in the Democrat:
To Trumbull:
Slough q Mitchell. 1900 pounds at
"a Is.
Thos. Nicholson, $4,000 pounds at
% 5-S.
David Stewart, 5000 pounds at 22 1-8.
Ross, Mitchell & Packard, 25.000
pounds at 22 ga.
Ben Bean, Il 600 pounds at y 5-S.
To Eschleman:
Holland Bros, 10000 pounds at 23.
w. J. Winnett, 10000 pounds at % 3-4
Fred Anderson. 10000 at 10 1-2.
William Busch, $4,000 pounds at %.
To Patterson:
j. w. Woods, $4,000 pounds al 22.
Theodore Gray, $4,000 pounds at 23.
Ole Vnger, 1900 pounds at 22.
To Merrill for Luce d Manning:
p. w. Korell, $1,000 pounds at % rs.
=. Boyer, $500 pounds at % H.
Chamberlain & Boyer, 10000 pounds
at % 1-2.
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