Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-01
WOOL MARKET
ABOUT OVER
Amount eaIed Out at the Local Ware.
house is 1,15o,ooo Pounds in Ex-
cess Of Last Year.
MILLIONS AND A HALF
That 10 the Total for This Season.
Some Fergus Clips Sent to 9th.
er Markets.

BY tomorrow evening, it is expected
that the last of the wool will be
baled out at the local warehouse,
and the work for the season will be
ended. Except for some odds and
ends, all of which are accounted for
in the Estimates. the season will real
ly close tonight, and it has been one
of the most profitable ever known by
the woolgrowers of Fergus county.
Amount Of Wool Received.
The amount of wool received at the
warehouse foots up 3,50O,oO0 pounds,
as compared with 2,350,0OO for last
season, gain of 1,l5O,00O pounds.
This by no means represents the to-
tai clip of the county, as several grow
ers sent their wool to other markets.
Bower Bros. big clip, together with
nearly all of the Wolf creek wool,
went to Great Falls. Evers Bros. sent
their clip to Fort Benton, and some
growers shipped to Billings. The to-
I tai clip last season, as shown by the
official report of Sheep Commissioner
B. c. White, was 4,75S,316, which
sold at an average price Of 1893 cents,
representing $S53,272.64 received by
the sheepmen from this source. While
complete figures are not yet available,
it is estimated that there was no
falling off in quantity this year, and
the price realized was something like
cents pound in advance of last
season.
Lambs WHICH sold last season at
about $1.S0, have brought better than
50 right along this season, many be-
| ing sold at $2.25, and they are hard
| to find now at almost any price. AL
| together, the season has been an ex-
ceedingly profitable one for the sheep
men.
Sales Of Wool.
There have been a number of sales
of wool. during the past week, and
the price has kept right up, several
clips bringing better than "a cents.
Mr.. Merrill, buyer for Luce & Mann
| ing, of Boston, one of the most ac-
| tive men in the local market in the
past season. and who is exceedingly
popular with all who have ever had
any dealings with him, came in Sat
udray, and was on the market for
the first time Monday. The offerings
We're small, the market being nearly
over, but Mr.. Merrill picked up
car load in short order.
| He has been operating this season
along the line Of the Great North
ern, in the Milk River country, and
purchased upwards OF million
pounds of wool there. Mr.. Merrill
expects to be with us next season,
and he will be a very welcome addi-
ton to the force of buyers.
Sales Of the Week.
The following sales have been made
during the past week:
S. Douglas, $4,000 pounds to Pat.
terson, for jeremiah Williams & com.
pany, at PAN cents.
P. w. Korell, 10000 pounds to Mer-
rill, for Luce & Manning, at % rs
cents.
Chamberlain & Boyer, 10000 pounds
to Merrill, at 90 hcents.
P. Boyer, 5000 pounds to Merrill.
at 23h cents.
Fred Anderson, 2O,oOt pounds to
Eshleman. at 1912 cents.
A. ]. Slough, 10000 pounds to Trum-
bull, for 24lA cents.
John Ross, $1,000 pounds to Trum-
bull. at 231s cents.
Thomas Nicholson, $4,000 pounds to
Trumbull at 23 5-S cents.
D. NJ. Bean, 10000 pounds to Trum.
bull, at 22k cents.
]. C. Hauck, 10000 pounds, to Pat
terson, at 24h cents.
, F. H. Tompkins, 10000 pounds to
Patterson, at 23k cents.
William Busch. $4,000 pounds tc
Patterson. at % cents.
Holland Bros, 10000 pounds to
Eshleman, at % cents.
j. w. Woods, $1,000 pounds, at %
cents, to Patterson.
+; Theodore Gray, 10000 pounds, at 2:
, cents, to Patterson.
Ole Vinger, 1900 pounds, at q
. cents, to Patterson.
/, w. ]. Winnett, 10000 pounds, al
22% cents, to Eshleman.
: Average Of $4.s5 Per Head.
Theodore Hogeland, of Deerf1eld
. will hold one record this year. HI
brought in last week the fleeces from
IS sheep. which were kept arounl
the ranch house. From one Of thes,
! sheep, a fleece weighing % pound!
;. ;, was taken, while another weighed 2,
, pounds. The wool from the entire Il
q head brought an average price o
y $4S5, and was bought by Jack Pat
terson, the dean of the wool buying
:. corps, and who was never known t
s let a good thing pass him by If none,
a. could stop it. In explanation of tn
phenOminal price realized from theS
a sheep, it is necessary to say tha
" they had not been sheared for tw
ID years.
L.
Is Back From the Fair.