The Dickinson press., 1906-08-18
RANCH AND FARM.
Highest cash price paid for hides.
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J. E. pheIan will ship 80 cars Of
cattle from Hebron on the 10th.
H. b. Schaffner OF Marshall, N. ID.
will sell his entire bunch Of horses. 6-3o.tf
Henry Muccke has 30 acres Of good
wheat this season. He gives the most
OF his attention to cattle raising.
Denny, the WilIis,on mayor and
banker, was found guilty OF horse steal
ing and was sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary.
C. NJ. Dinsdale returned this week
from Wibaux where he had purchased
1900 yves and lambs. He has also
bought the Walter PrIton ewes and
2ooo sheep from below Mott.
Jcfferies q Higgins expected to load
or s cars of stock on Friday. Dan
Zimmerman is figuring on loading on
Sunday. He is booked for 25 cars.
Other Dickinson shipments are: ALI.
White 5, VIM. Kennedy 5, c. Gunkle 3,
+. Manion :, r. Flynn ;, A. Nelson ,,
BAIT Cornell 3.
w. l.. Richards: | think the proposed
Armour & Co. packing plant at Mime
apolis would be a good thing for
Western North Dakota. A market
nearer than Chicago would save
valuable time Tor shippers as we'll as
reduce the expenses and hardships on
cattle incident to the longer haul. At
different times | have sold in So. St.
Paul to advantage. and if Armour &
CO. 90 in at Minneapolis they will have
an upto date plant and will be in a
position to give much better service
than has heretofore been afforded west
of Chicago.
Paris 4 Co: A solitary load Of heavy
steers from Dickinson, N. d., sold last
week at S5.i5. We had a few cattle
from Gladstone, some plain feeding
steers at S3.65; some lighter but better
quality feeders at S3S5, and some pretty
good COWS and heifers at 81. We think
present prices for good fat western cat
tie are very good and advise taking
them now. We do not want to be
understood as advising shipments from
ranges where grass is as green as in
June, but think cattle from range where
grass has even begun to cure may bring
as good results as at any time.
Regarding the proposed Armour &
Go. packing plant at Minneapolis:
pierre Wibaux says: If the plant is
built big enough it will be just what the
stockmen here have been hoping to
have for years. 1t will ave the ex.
pense OF yardage, prevent considerable
loss by shrinkage and leave the money
now spent on freight from Minneapo,
lis to Chicago in the hands of the
shippers, all Of which expenses now
amount to about twenty-five cents pei
hundred pounds; provided, Of course
that the packers will do the right thing
by the shipper. If not, it will not make
any material difference. The plan
must be a large one, however, OF size tt
take care of all the cattle hat may b,
shipped there. | was one of the frs
to ship to St. Paul when the yards wer'
started there years ago. | found tina
the market there was not big enough
and regular enough to be depended on
Some days the market would be over
stocked with comparatively small
shipments, then a shipper was oblige'
to reload and ship on to Chicago.
adopted the method of billing my ship
ments through to Chicago, and if tn
St. Paul market was found unsatis
factory would reload and continued t
Chicago. Finally l found it better t
ship right through to Chicago.