Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18
THE OTTUMWA HORSE SALES
COMPARTMENT 1T IS AND
Few Facts Concerning the Largest Horse Market Iowa
menced Business Early in 1905 in Small Way and Now
the Head of the List--What It Means to Ouumwa-F
Plans of the Management.

the business gained IN magnitude aQQi-
lions were added to the stables until
now fully 200 horses can be housed
in the company's own barns and there
Is room for that many more in adju-
cent stables.
In the fall Of 1905 a suitable sales
pavilion was erected at the north end
Of the main barn, in which the auc-
tions were held during the winter,
but this also Is rapidly becoming In
adequate to the needs of tho enter.
prise and extensive plans are afoot
for the erection Of new sales paw
lion before next fall-the present
auction stand to be turned into more
stable room.
1t Is the ambition Of the manage
ment to erect large building Of
brick on their present property, fac
ing on Church street. This. according
to present plans, will be suitable 9th
er for a sales pavilion or for place
for holding horse shows.
This large addition viii involve con-
expenditure. It 10 hoped by
those interested In the company and
by those who realize what
an important item the sales have been
in the advertising Of Ottumwa abroad,
that the enterprissng element of OF
tumwa business men will see fit to
aid the management toward the Gull
mtnation OF their projects.
Worth Much to ottumwa.
The Ottumwa Horse sales company
Is purely home institution From
an insignificant country auction. in
less than two years, the concern has
prospered to such an extent and has
given such universal satisfaction to
both buyers and shippers alike that
today It stands absolutely first in mag
nitude in the state of Iowa.
It means much to the city. To 1t
are drawn many figures prominent In
the big horse markets Of the country:
a class Of mon that have money. They
bring money to Ottumwa with them
and they spend 1t here.
They buy their horses; some one
car load, some two, and many others
buy more; ship them to their home
markets and dispose Of them. The
buyers are satisfied and they come
back again. They often bring others
with them.
During the past winter horses have
been shipped from Ottumwa to Cali
fornia, to Canada, to wyoming, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New
York, besides countless numbers TO
Chicago for general distribution and
Ito st. Louis to supply the demands Of
the southern states.
Where horses from Ottumwa go, the
name Of Ottumwa goes. The horses
from Iowa are as good as can be rails
ed anywhere in the states and dealers
everywhere are rapidly becoming
aware Of the fact.
At present Ottumwa leads the state
in the shipment Of horses; leads the
state through the instrumentality OF
the Ottumwa Horse Sales company
whose management, by their capabil
lity of giving eminent satisfaction to
patrons and knowledge Of horses have
made the sales what they are. Many
people Of Ottumwa realize fully, in 9
commercial way Just what sort OF
advertising as Ia given the city by the
incoming and outgoing buyers is worth
| to Ottumwa. It is these merchants
and business men Of tho city, the fal
s3ghted citiaans. that arc being looked
to By those having tho enlargement
Of the sales facilities In hand. FOL
help when the time for building
comes-
A Few Figures.
While the name Of tho company re
fers solely to horses; not only horses
but mules and Shetland ponies also
have been handled by the local com
pany.
In addition to the public sales {
great volume Of business is done eacf
month by the. sales people through
private sales. The public sales have
been held every other Friday the veal
round, but. beginning with January
1908, the company expect to have theil
new pavilion! and will hold salt
every Friday.
The earlier sales of 1905 amounted
to $4,000 to $4,000 each: the sales o
the past month or two will average
considerably over $4,000 each. Where
as 1900 horses were disposed Of II
1905, judging from present indications
5000 will be sold in 1907; $500 were
sold In 1906 when tho companys barns
burned and valuable time was uset
in moving and building.
These figures give fair idea of thu
real growth made by the concern
The following statistics may prove o
interest to some: