Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-13
Morris Williams
HORSE SALES AND REAL ESTATE
AUCTION EVERY OTHER FRIDAY.
PRIVATE SALES DAILY.
HORSES WILL SELL LOWER.

Anyone who has followed these adj
vertisements since the first of the year
knows have steadily maintained that
horse prices must - lower with the
opening of spring. or as soon as the
agricultural demand from the west
and south Is supplied.
see no reason to change my opin-
ion as yet. Last week Chicago quoted
them at S5 to $40 lower than in Jan
uary and st. Louis $40 to $40 lower
on the heavy sorts.
This week the market opens with
heavy receipts and horses clearing
with difficulty at country cost. l make
no question whatever but they will go
lower yet. At our sale last Friday we
had good run of horses,-over 200,--
and had lot of buyers, number of
them directly from eastern markets.
and 1t was due to this fact that we did
not experience as much decline in
prices as was felt in other markets
For our sale on Feb. 81 7 already have
the promise of an unusual number of
buyers land right here / want to say,
l never make statement of this kind
without the facts to back iD, and I
| look for prices to be about the same as
at last sale. In fact, my opinion is
though l am no prophet the
prices will hold fairly steady for per-
| haps a month yet, and at the end of
that time, the farm trade being over,
and having to depend entirely on the
| east for our outlet, we will just begin
to realize that horse prices are off.
AS I have stated before, I may be
wrong, and hope am. but
with thousands Of market horses
prices. and with the eastern industries
calling for less than so per cent of
their usual quota Of horses, TELL ME
! what is to sustain prices when the
farm trade Is over.
Meanwhile. higher or lower, Ottum-
wa is THE BEST HORSE MARKET
| WEST OF CHICAGO, because we get
IRENE parts Of the country than any
other market. We get more buyers
and more business because we are not
afraid to advertise.
We are using space to advertise the
Ottumwa sales In more papers today
than any other market in America is
using-May sound big-but it's a fact
! can prove.
| MORRIS WILLIAMS,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
| P. s.-My brother, A. B. Williams
and his partner, Mr. Harry Tarbill
want me to tell you that, having SOLD
their farm near Belknap, they will
close out all their stock and feed, al
public auction, on Wednesday, Feb. 10
classes of cattle. rs head of hogs. most
Of them full blood Jersey Duroc, 1,50(
blu. corn-good corn.--hay in the stack
farm implements, etc.
They will have Col. Lee Fleener fol-
auctioneer, and free Dog Meat" sand.
wiches for dinner.
Everybody invited. M. III. w.
P. S. No. 2.-Now, the truth Is, the
above "ad.' is not worded just as A. r
gave 1t to me. have touched it up
a little myself.
And another thing want to tell you
ION the Q. T.'--You know A. B. Is {
single man yet. Well, he had this mic,
farm near Belknap-a good enough
home for any woman. and he kept /
TIL leap year-and yet no female ap
piled for the position. Then he tradet
. for an entire stock of ladies furnish
. ing goods"-and still no applicant
came. Then he got discouraged ant
!, sold the home-and now he's going tt
sell his stock and stay bachelor.
M. H. W.