The Ronan pioneer., 1917-01-26
CATTLE MARKET
FOR LEWIST0WN
PROMOTERS HOPE TO REPEAT
STORY OF MILES CITY
MART IN FERGUS
Bankers of County Assisting in Pro-
motion of Sales Corporation That
Will Carry on Operations i'll Every
Month of Year; Expect Fame OF
Auctions to BE Nationwide.

There is being organized a COM
pany for the purpose of making Lew
istown the center of the cattle mar
ket of the state of Montana. This
eventually will make the people Of
the state think of cattle when they
think of LeWistown and Fergus cOun-
ty.
This company is to be known as
the Fergus County Sales corporation.
1t will be owned by stockholders
from every part of the county. The
banks of Lewistown have all taken
their share and the banks of Stan
ford are falling into line.
1t is planned that this company
will make a sale every month in the
year, selling anything from few
registered boars to a carload Of
young heifers or bull calves.
Competent Man to Take Charge.
A competent man will be brought
from one of the big commission
houses to manage the auction ring
sales and to direct the business. The
building will be built on the county
fair grounds and will cost the COM
pany one dollar per year, with the
proviso that the stables and the
yards be at the disposal of the fair
directors for the five days of the fair
The commissioners think this will
bring the fair grounds into use that
will benefit more people in the coun
ty than any other way, except as they
are used for fair purposes. There
never was a time when the opportu
nifty for the establishing of such i
sales stable was more logical. There
is a demand in this state for sales
corporation centrally located, and
with the new lines to the east, and
with it's present lines to other parts
of the state to the west and north,
Lewistown offers just the point for
such a business, the promoters con-
tend
With the publicity correctly han
died, men will come from all parts of
the state to buy the registered stock
offered by breeders of both Fergus
county and the state at large, and
the breeders of registered stock of
all kinds who might be induced to
come here from other parts of the
United States.
10000 Head Sold in Two Years.
In two years there have been over
1900 head Of grade stock handled
in Lewistown by two men. At low
average of $50 per head, the total
sales would amount to 1000.
Computed on the basis of two and
one half per cent the income to the
sales corporation would have been
$16,250 for just this amount was
sold by these two men. Ii sold
at private sale, they would have
been more than glad, they say, to
have had the use of good yards and a
place to show their animals to good
advantage.
Inside of year this stable will be
attracting men from every part of the
state lust as has the horse market
in Miles City attracted the horse
buyers from all over the state. In
time it will be the place where stock
ers and feeders will be concentrated
in order that farmers who have feed
for stock can get them.
1t will be the concentrating point
for small shipments of hogs where
they will be marketed and shipped
out in carload lots to terminal points
where they will be sold on their in
dividual merits, each owner getting
for his stock just what they will
bring, eliminating the trouble caused
when lot shipments are sent and the
returns divided.