Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-03-01
.FARMERS[BUY PUREIBRED||H0RSES
AND CATTLE W0RTHi0VER $4,000
FIRST SALE OF LOCAL PURE
BRED ASSOCIATION DRAWS
MANY OF BUYERS
GOOD PRICES PREVAILED
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
HEAD FINE STOCK SOLD-DE.
MAND EXCEEDED SUPPLY

More than $4,000. worth of pure
bred horses and cattle pass from the
farms of the breeders to the farms
of the men who are becoming breed
ers as the result of the first annual
sale of the Pure Bred Live Stock
Association of Williams and McKen-
zie counties held in this city Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The sale was success beyond the
highest expectations of those who
managed it. It brought together the
greatest number of stock men ever
assembled here and marked long
step forward in the pure bred stock
industry in this section. The demand
for good horses and cattle was shown
TO be unprecedented and the hundred
and over animals offered did not 60
around. This was more especially
true Of cattle. Many who said they
had hoped to purchase young bulls
were unable to get them.
Prices Good
Prices ranged we'll up but every
purchaser felt he was getting his
moneys worth. Several young per-
cheron stations brought close to the
$1,000, mark and one fine span of
heavy draft mares were knocked
down at $1,150, another team Of
mares brought an even $110O.
The cattle offered were mostly
shorthorns, white faces black polls.
All were snapped up at prices that
showed an appreciation of the value
of good blood in the herds.
The listed horses made up the
classiest and most valuable bunch Of
pure bred draft flesh ever seen in
the local yards. Practically all Of
them were raised in this section and
were living testimonial to the vir-
tues of the country as q place to rear
the highest types of animals: "These
are the boys" one man was heard to
say, "that turn our grass and low
cost products into good hard dollars.
They are growing while we Sleep"
The principal breeders who had
offerings on the list were:
U. L. Burdick, F. ]. Wilkinson, J.
G.. Stewart, O. L. Hide, H. L. Lamp
man, G. E. Albright, A. M. Neer and
Peter Knudson.
The sale was held in the Great
Northern stables, bleacher seats be-
ing erected inside one of the barns
because of the raw weather. The
seats and runways were packed with
buyers and interested spectators
many Of whom came long distances
from points in both North Dakita
and Montana. They came to buy
and the bidding was lively.
It was impossible to distinguish
BUYERS from mere on-lookers. A we'll
dressed travelling sales man who
would naturally be set down in the
latter class made the last bid on three
nice percherons and wrote his check
for a thousand dollars in payment.
He has a farm that he got in the
Fort Berthold drawing about five
years ago.
Pleased With Results
Besides the registered horses and
cattle few pure bred hogs were sold
and few unregistered and work
horses were sold after everything
else had been disposed of.
F. j. Wilkinson, of Trenton, pres
ident of the pure bred association,
U. L. Burdick, secretary and A. A.
Stenehjem, of Arnegard, vice presi-
dent, expressed themselves as high
ly gratifed by the large attendance
and great interest. Ninety per cent
of the sales were cash.
The sales will become an annual
event and a movement is on foot to
erect a stock pavilion and provide '
better facilities for accommodating !
buvers and handling stock.