The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-08-08
AUGUST SALE WAS
A THOROUGH
SUCCESS
Thousands of Head of Stock
Are Sold During
The WeeW.
PRICES UGH BETTER
Second Sale Shows Small Falling OF
IN Jumper OF Horses out 1ne,e are
more cattle and Sneep-fronolers,
Buyers and Seilers are wei kleas-
ed-Amprovements wall be mace.

n larger number OF buyers, better
prices Tor horses and more sneep and
cattle were the features OF the second
SAFE conducted III inns city py tae
onion OtoCk I aruS oaIeS ". There
were not quite SO many horses listed
at the yarus inns monln as tAere were
month ago, although there were tul-
~ as many disposed OF during the
week. IL Is impossible to give the
exact NUMBER or horses ana mules
whIcn changed hands during the saIe
as no record was Kept OF lnose osIu
d. pIl'dte SAFE. AT tue yarus near4y
IoOu horses and mules were Sola.
Ihese animals Drought their Iuu mar
kel prlce. TUESDAY the Sales aRxre-
sateu over $zu,UUu; Wednesday uear-
~ @Io,uOu ana yesterday We were I'M
aDie u get the ngures before gong
~ press. leSteroay the Dlg feature
was the sale OF cattle ana sheep, OF the
iatler /o,UUU head had been nSteu.
Cattie sold tor a good price through
out the sale.
Messrs. Turner, Haley. Ruby and
FORD and others interested IN the
monthly sales were hignly pleased
with the second sale. Results nave
lar exceeded their expectations. Ihe
monthly SAFE at auction is now an as
SuIeu success. Greater and better
sales Will occur from now on, until
these sales wlll become the biggest
events III the country IN TINS resect.
One tact has become apparent ana
that Is that better facilities must De
provided At an early DATE. PROBABLY
before the next sale extensive iIu-
proVements and engagements will be
made at the grounds.
tuesday the sale opened at o clock
ana continued until III the evening.
here were present large NUMBERS OF
buyers from all sections OF the coun-
Try. Upwards o. 4UU head OF horses
and mules were sod unuer the nam
Iner. botn buyers and sellers seem
to, be Wen Satlsned with the prices
PAID and received. lhe safes Iues-
uay amounted to over SlU,VUU.
Wednesday uvely blduing charac-
terlzed the sale. GOOD prices were
obtained throughout the Gay. Practi-
caily All the horses and mules quar-
Tered at the yards were sold. lhe
total amount OF the SAFES was nearly
@1o,Ouo. Inc heaviest buyers tuesday
and wednesday were }. +. Walker OF
York, Neb.; M. L. Smith OF Buffalo,
N. \. and J. u. Huston OF Seattle.
Yesterday fewer horses and mules
were sold as 1t was sheep and cattle
day at the sale. We were unable to
get the ngures on the sale before GO
ing to press. 7o,UUU sheep mad been
listed and over INV head OF cattle.
~ consignment of oUU head OF range
steers from Lemp Il DoDson and one
OF lIo head OF tull biooded Hoiste,n
dairy cows and SUI head OF durham
and Hereford stock cattle had been
received. The bidding was spirited
and good prices were obtained. Prac-
tlcaliy all the cattle offered at the
sale were sold. The Bensinger cattle
were from the Sacramento valley in
California. Great interest was mani
tested by the farmers in the cattle.
1t is estimated that Boise valley far
mers in this immediate vicinity have
purchased over lOOO head Of full
Diooded dairy cows during the past
year. They have also made extensive
purchases of beef cattle.