The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-23
MURRAY MARKE1
IS REAL THIN
First Farmers Day in Way|
Public Market Was a
Success. Il
BIG CROWD OF PEOPLE
PRESENT AT OPENI'
Thirty-Fiye Farmers Were
Hand With Many Things
to Sell.

Standing on hay rack wbirs 4
been heaped high with produco
other articles of an edible nature .,
ident James w, McHenry Of tbs N.
ray Commercial club, Thursday ~.
noon acted in the capacity of :.
tioncer and general adJudicator IL
The first farmers market day was h
under most auspicious eircumstanc,
In the immense crowd, which was "a
posed Of farmers and people from a,
Lake county and Murray in yensr
which swarmed about him. there n,
have been more than 500. 1t We
big. Jolly good patured crowd. and
he articles listed were put up for q
they were eagerly taken by those E
had flocked to Murray to bny hon
hold necessities at b comparativ'
cheap price.
Was a Great Success.
That thc initial event was a sueeI
was demonstrated by the fact that o.
$4,000 worth of goods had been Lie.
during the week. and according to
report Of Mr.. McTIeury al the conc
sion of the sale, $500 worth of ca
butter, apples, dressed and undres'
poultry. live and dressed hogs, %
cows and horses, aud large ouantit
of flour and grain, had been sold
grounds. near the city hall, ceftaiI
presented an aspect of activity vi
the auction began at | o'clock. Thir
five farmers from outlying distri
were on hand with an array of lit|
hif of f-eyerVtbInp
Immediately following the openi
Mr.. McHenrY held up large dresl
turkey. Bidding began at fifty Ger
reached two dollars. and finally I
turkey was sold TO Charles Grand
Meadow Brook farm for three doll
and ten cents. From then Gu the b
ding on various articles was brisk.
W. Cahoon secured a goose for th
dollars. Marshal Mike Mauss purchal
steel cot for one dollar, while J..
Hill obtained six Plymouth Rock N
and one rooster for six dollars.
Wagon Load of Squash Sold.
One wagonload Of Hubbard squa
owned BY j. C.. Stimson of Mill Gre
was disposed Of so rapidly TINT th
Tsese Tses NOT gera SnG@Rn sod n lD ha dozen lots
purchasers paying from twenty to thi
cents for six. And they were be
ties, too. More than twenty-five do
eggs. fresh from the ranch in Taylf
vile, we're sold at from thirty to 70
cents per dozen. In addition to q
onions by the one hundred pounds "
disposed of at from fifty to seven
Ave cents. Six horses were for
during the afternoon, and every
was sold. The prices ranged from 2
entry FIVE to one hundred dollars.
The above list does not take In
the products which were auetloned
during the afternoon IN the least. =
dressed hogs were snapped up just
soon as they were placed on the mar
One ton of hay from Taylorsyills z
for eleven dollars and fifty cents, W
ton of The baled article went 81
figure little better, A buggy was 2
to S. Kankleberg for twenty-one
lars. Guns and other articles OF Y
nature were in demand.
For the Table. II
But where the real bidding was d.
was when the articles of the din
table were put up for sale. Dre5
chickens went at from forty to 81:
cents. BY the time the auction, 4
progressed for an hour. it was ain
impossible to get any more special
in the space which had been allot
for the sale, BY three O'Clock II
idcnt McHenry called halt: stat
that the first InstallmeHt of the go
had been sold, and heartily iuyr
all those present to be on hand n
Thursday, December 20. when a nj
larger consignment Of goods WOULD
placed on sale.
ii was a merry and .iubilant cro
which met in the Commercial e
building Thursday evening at Nun
and discussed the proceedings or
day. Now that the market has ne2
so successfully, il is the Intention.
that body to push il harder than e'