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L -te tw t -4 ,d iwmmi iWiiiiiii iiiiiiniffiHM - rSvr l viT TCans. Historic Society YOL. Xn, 1ST0. 145. WICHITA, KANSAS, SUNDAY MORNING MAY 4 1890-TWELYE PAGES. WHOLE NO. 1855. I Vm m ' B v 55 ""BaPKXBffi&9a7BdBHBBBSSBBBPV,-- VflsB . . t ' I lor i 1 I -il-grY' T -YGv rii WS818!! ta &&Jm3Bs?Xm I i it I fw ;( WICHITA STOCK YAEDS. A EESUME OF THE IMMENSE BUSI NESS DONE. Increase Not Equaled by any Market in the Country As Shown by Num ber of Hogs and Cattle Hand led and Money Interested Commission Men and Market Parlance. MOXG the greatest of all of Wichita's great plants or in- flncf.TMoc ic lion livft stock market and packing houses. The : U business at the Union ack Yards has ' grown from nothing only a few monts ago to the handling of thousands of cattle and hogs every week SSo fat has been the Lfo increase in the vol ume oi ousmess anu (especially so during I the past few months, 5 that it is hard for any j person to compre- 'hend or believe it without being at the irW lti ff 'yar(ls almoit daily ' ' f lii flVeJ antl tnere see tne car u y p fat 6mootUj corn fe(1 cattle and great, fat porkers, unloaded, fed, watered, sold, weighed and delivered to purchasers. Thisis actually what takes place rat the Wichita Union Stock Yards ' daily and it presents a very lively scene and ' involves the turning over of many actions. I It is cxceedinorlv hard for nnn wlin spps I nil this daily to comprehend the situation of today, or the great future of Wichita's live stock market, when you consider that ' 5 only a lew short months ago there was nothing of the kind here if we except the individual plants of CoL M. Stewart and that of Ackernian who both discontinued business previous to the opening of the present yards. Its growth is simply won derful and unprecedented in the history of nil the great live stock markets of this or PKESIDEXT J. O. DAVIDSON. any other country, and many who have given the subject much thought prophesy that this will, within a few years, become one of the greatest live stock markets in the country. Most people who have the ' means 01 Knowing, predict mac its growcn in future will be much faster than during the past few months. Only last August and September when the Whittaker packing house started up, the manager felt as though there would be neither hog or cattle enough on this market for a long time to supply two packing house. How different now. Mr. Hamilton, Whittakcr's manager, says he expects to see 5,000 hogs a day on this mar ket by June 1, 1S91. The buyers for the two packing houses say they have never seen such fine hogs as come to this market day after day. They would certainly take the premium over hog raided in any other country in the world. Less than six months asro if two or three cattle were sent to this market with a car load of hogs it was almost im possible to sell them and if a sale was effected it was generally at the purchaser's own price. Now, with from 100 to 500 cat tle on the market daily, they nearly all find ready sale and the salesmen have something to do with making the price. In fact everything sells at good market alues. The following shows the receipts of live stock at the yards during the past -sixteen mou t lib, or from January 1, 1Ss9, to April 30, ISliO: In I S mzimu i , IZs'M " liriaa fsPsssi ft U imZO&nt.lwi'tt'r - "SU WMmmms y. " jNitXjtmmiBL, u iv ,m.wfftm ih't.wm 'if''' Yft Ji Mm w5 CATTLE. nOGS. ... 269 7S70 ... 416 9100 ... 3$G 9036 ... 067 7(574 ... W2 12136 ... ." 927 ... 571 0S75 ... 476 6517 ... S41 7700 . . .1033 104SS ...1S03 14591 ...1402 15932 . .2135 15603 ...19vM 15962 ...WW 1S527 . . .5395 24465 January, 1SS9 rebrunrv. 1SS9 March, 18S0 April. 1SS9 Mav, 1889 June, 1SSS Julv.lS&il August. 1SS9 September. 1SS9 October. 1SS9 November, 1SS0 December, 1SS9 January, IStK) February, 1SD0. March, i$W April, ISM. a gain for April. 1S90, over the same month COMPANY'S OFFICE AXD BANK, in 1S59 of 4,718 csittle and 10,791 hogs, which is ceitainly a most wonderful increase i a year. IgllliSllflllffli 4 s'4-mXSj tJI i i i t'li, A1 1 t - Use.'! ill l f y Hi To make things convenient for parties doing business at the ssock yards the Citi zens bank opened a branch bank in the Exchange building January 1, 1890, where banking in all its details is transacted. To give our readers some idea of the amount of money handled by the commission men, buyers, sellers and packers who do busi ness through the Stock Yards branch of the Citizens bank, we publish the follow ing statement furnished by Mr. Faulkner, the obliging cashier: January business, $241,0S1.39. February business, $300,504.11: gain oyer previous month, 29 per cent. March business, $593,603.34; gain over previous month, 99 per ceat. April business, $875,096.84; gain over pre vious month, 36 per cent. And a total gain in three months of one hundred and seventy-four (174) per cent. The following shows the number of cars of stock brought to the Union stock yards during last month by the different rail roads: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 202 cars Missouri Pacific 122 " Rocklsland 56 " Frisco 62 " Wichita & Western 42 " Total 4S4cars SHIPPED OUT. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 105 cars Missouri Pacific 35 " Rocklsland 12 " Frisco 2 " Total 154 cars Mr. Augustus Knight, one of the oldest and most successful shoe merchants of St. Jc: J ff SnV,?!- bisSbgasaa w ... . - tTNaOADENTr CATTLE. Louis, is in the city and took in the stock yards and live stock market day before yes terday. In an interview with a reporter he said: "The growtli and rapid increase in this line of business astonishes me. It is truly wonderful. Such hogs I have never seen before, and I predict that this will in time prove a greater live stock market than Kansas City." Mr. Knight is a large owner of Wichita realty and says there is none of it for sale. He is very enthusi astic over the bright future of Kansas and Wichita in particular. He was in Galves ton two weeks and did not invest a dollar in real estate; said he thought any good business man could make two dollars in Kansas where there is one to be made in Texas.. It will no doubt be interesting to our readers to know where the idea of a live stock market originated. During the early winter of 1SS0, Dr. J. J. Dulauey, of Covington, Ky., after studying the loca tion of Wichita and her surroundings be fjimn so thorouehlv convinced that g was the center for a reat live stock market and OKE OF THE HOG PENS. packing center that in December of that year he sent Talton fcmory out nere to talk the matter up and organize a com pany, which was done. The doctor is here now on a visit to his son, Superintendent Dulaney. The in crease in business is far in advance of his most sanguine hopes, and he says that Wichita has the location and will in time become the greatest live stock market west of Chicago. The doctor is a large stockholder in the company. In all his successful business career he has never taken hold of an enterprise which has not proved a success.' The new yards which were finished less than eix months ago, and were thought to be large enough for a year at least, are now inadequate and an addition is now being built which will re quire more than one million feet of lum ber and when completed the yards will cover more than ten acres of ground, and Doctor Dulaney says they will have to double the capacity in another year. Superintendent Dulaney is always look ing after the interests of the patrons of the market and makes all needed improve ments as far as practicable. L. C. Sharp is said to be the best yard master in the country, and there is no doubt of it in the minds of those who see him about the yards daily. He super intended the building of the new yards and done much of the planning of them. He has been connected with tocJc yards since he was a lxy of 14. He was three years weighmaster and five years yardmaster at Covington, Ky. Any thing that he attends to personally is sure to be done right. Mr. A. C. Ruuyon, the -vecretary of the company, has held the osition sinee Jan uary 1, lbS9. ami hxs proved himself a nost efficient otficer and accountant, and is withnil a groat fnvonte with everybody who knows hiiu. Mr. Joe Rjubontc. who has lwen con nected with the yards since they were tmSas'-i'-niML'niitM. .a'-mawa 4'' i .1 ISNSsi -v v.x.xvn.-ww rvx" V-JS.V n. uu i j .:t vsixx . 1 -i-i " HFSiEK'6a H 7-v RlMi?: ' '.. v.. tkfafeftiMkffli)?nIf i ySsr built, at first as bookkeeper, and the past year and a half has held the position of weighmaster to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the yards. Mr. L. B. Preston, an old time stock man, is on the road constantly working up new business for the yards and hammenn new uusiness lorine yarns auu iiaiuuiciiuji tuiii me wrung uj uu mc uovij. mc away at the railroads for better rates and i animal eating this weed becomes hopeless shiDDinc facilities for some noints. In this Iv niad and finally dies." branch of the business Mr. Preston has proved himself a success. HOTEL. AND EXCHANGE BUILDING. Every stock yard and cattle market of the country has some name that is 'con fined to particular grades of stock that are I received, and there are many distinguish ' ing terms common to all. It is thought some of the more common and also some 1 peculiarly Wichita expressions and names would be of interest. A leading cattle . cnlocmnn nf fhp wpsf-. who is finite famil- ,-,,. i,; Ininnlfc n Wll n, mi .im i iv-uiiu o v-wt- ... .... the more common terms, on the subject yesterday said: "Ypb T will pnrir.T.vnr to crive VOU some I pointers that may please the general reaoer. i wm commence witu uie anstu cratic, blue-blooded Short Horn or Dur ham breed, as this strain was the first to resume any importance with the breeders of America. Next in importance came the beautiful white faced Herefordst and they are fast stripping the Short Horns in the race for supremacy. The Devons next eame and were much courted. The Gate ways and Polled Angus are much sought $2 , W ' Xf TT t& m 77 m s m v 1 JOE KAXSOM, THE WEIGIDIAN. after, much alike in disposition and color and are both hornless, the difference, how ever, being tnat we have red Polled Angus and rarely any other than coal black in the Galoways. These are the more promi nent strains in beef cattle, and in the dairy cattle the Jersevs have the Kill for butter: the Aldernev and II olsteins as combination milker and butter cows are profitable and much admired. While these are the strains for dairy products, an occasional scalawag mongreal, or common grade, furnish an excellent article for all three, beef, milk and butter. "But the different nom do plumes or nick-names of certain cattle may be interesting. We may head the libt with the 'Maverick.' In the early days of Texas a ranchman and a cowboy by the name of Maverick made considerable wealth by branding all cattle wherever found without mark or brand with his brand, and forever after the name of "Mav erick" was yiven to all calves that did not follow a branded cow." "Some time ago in your market a St. Louis buyer was heard to remark that he "H Cnnmbell asked the "Wis UJltl 1USL UUUlll J-il.iH.it. t-i.. " est Kentuck- le answer was i;in" what a Heretic was. The immediately given: "A son ot a gun who has gone back on his religion." The name has been applied to calves that have been weaned at a tender age, left to hustle for themselves and shipped to market thin and poor, usually they are tall, slim, slab-sided customers." "The same buyer bought of Mr. Ald tiv twn 'lnbv""steers. This term origin ated in New York more than fifty years ago and applies to an over-grown, loose jointed, big-boned animal, which can be found in both he and she cattle. They are ungainly and never fat. They are famous soup-bone and scrap meat produc ers." " 'Docgies' are a distinct species of cattle belonging to the range districts. They are scrubbv, little, knot headed, big bellied, off colored, low priced goods." "A 'quinine' steer is known from the east sreERKSTESBEST W. RWLAXEr. to the west as beast with a lone, narrow hcttd, little thin horns, eyes sank far into the head antl mi-aleabte. The term originated at an early ilay in Paw county, Indiana. whre the chicken- shake the feat hr off of themselves with the e;ue j and the cattle lor their horn.- aod hair from the ame cau.-e.wxt quinine t-acl-mtnl-tered to bant well a man." "The term ioeo steer" wi!! be aew to HOfiCG J -- vm -jj-w lit K many of your -cattle readers. This is an unfortunate beast from the range districts. He or she comes by the name 'loco' from eating the weed of that name, -which has the same effect on cattle that morphine or opium has on the human being. It causes the hair to dron from around the eves and I turn the wrong -way on the body. The " 'Chickadees" and "chinckapins" be- long to the same family and the names ap- ply to little, thin Indian or Texas heifers that are close kin to the 'quinine' steer. 'Pistareens,' 'scallawags,' 'sisters,' 'dough bellies,' etc., belong to the same class." The above may give some idea of the stock yard parlance which runs an aver age man knowing nothing about the bus iness, in a hollow stump when he gets around among cattle parlance slingers who are not accompanying each term with an explanation. In writing up the wonderful growth of business of the Wichita live stock market, the commission men should not be over looked, for it is through their own per sonal efforts and hard work, together with spending a great deal of money in adver tising their markei, also in railroad fares to see shippers and stock raises in differ ent parts of southwestern Kansas to get personal interviews and induce them to try the Wichita market, that the now un presented business in the history of all other live stock market in the country of the same age, is due. They are certainly deserving of much credit for theia untir ing efforts in the manner in which they have stuck to it, for during the first twelve to eighteen months they received but little encouragement or return for their hard work and expense. They feel much encouraged with their present busi ness and lood for a decided increase in re ceipts from now on, in fact they t' am this market will surpise the world before the close of the year 1S91. The commission linns are men of integrity and high standing in the com munity who thoroughly understand their business and have ample capital to trans mit it. They are ceaseless in their efforts to get the highest market price on all con signments of stock and in every way to please the shipper. In consigning stock shippers can rely on cetting just as good prices and good service in every way as though they were on the market with their stock. The commission men are al ways glad to have shippers come in when ever they can to see the wonderful growth of this market and to see in what a thor oughly business-like manner business is transacted at the yards. Dr. J. S. Dulaney, of Covington, Ky., who is largely interested in Wichita L'nion stock yards company, says of our live stock commission merchants: "They are the finest set of men, taken as a whole, understand their business best, and work the hardest for the interest of their cus tomers and the market, of any men I have ever seen in the business, and I have had experience on several of the large markets of the country. They are gentlemen of in tegrity and can bo relied on to do every thing right and at the right time." This, coming from a gentleman of the doctor's exnerience sneaks volumes for the Wichita live stock commission market. They have done so much toward making this market the grand success it now is, with the brightest prospect of becoming one of the greatest live stock markets in the country within a very few years, that this article on the live stock market would be incomplete without writing something of the history and experience as successful business men of the members of the differ ent firms. There are now eleven commis sion firms at the yards and all seem to be doing a successful business. VAXDEVEB & BRTA. Yandiver & Bryan- James Yandiver, the senior member of this concern, was v ,-,,,-. ,-It- nf tho firm of Ditmars. Yoris & """""'' w - - , ' -t .t: .i t TtT-c?- Tf wmmAtu .:. - . k rfvt vanl aim? tne of the men who in the early ays of the UUSU1CV t iUfc cvv- j ---. market saw many day ps witaoot hav ing any business to attend to as there was little or no stock oeing seat in. .Mr f Yandiver came nere irvin jdoijuuijrui where he had several years experience in the Uxe stock business- Mr. Y. attends to the selling of all the hoes for thicoocera. Denis Bryan, thejtmKir partner, came here with his family abont one year ao from Indianapolis where for jtrs he was venior member of the snse&l firm the ofBrraa&Co.. whokaate bmchas, ship pers aMl geera! traders.. They fttrablMd 4h scunisions for the. t and cotinty insftioa5 for &evral ja ' A 4 fcft Nil--g?y J3 to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Bryan is a very genial gentleman of the "old sod" and makes one feel perfectly at ease -when meeting him. He gives his personal attention to the selling of cattle. Mr. B. made occasional visits to Wichita for seven years and he became so thorough ly convinced that this would become one of the greatest cattle markets in the conn; try he left a good business in Indianapolis to settle in Wichita. This concern have built up a very successful business, which is daily increasing. Mr. Jeff Houston, who represents this concern oc the road, is a Kentucky boy of large experience in the live stock business. "Jeff" has the affable ways of most south ern gentlemen and is doing some good work for the concern. R. J. Hunt, for many years connected with Libby, McXeal & Libby, beef packers of Chicago, has charge of the office and books. Bean. Bleakmore & Co. This concern 1 was one of the first to rent an office at the Stock Yards Exchange building and put out a sign as live stock commission mer chants, feeling assured that in time this would become a large market for the hand ling of live stock. The first few months were discouraging, as very little stock came to the new market of the southwest, but with the pluck and enterprise that possesses Wichita's business men who BEAN & BLEAKMOP.E. have made her what she is today the greatest city in Kansas, to say nothing of what she will be in the next few years they stuck to it, devoted their entire time and energy to the ad ertising and building up of this market. Today they are doing a large business and are reaping a benefit from their industry. The firm is comprised of Col. R. T. Beau and J. B. Bleakmore. Colonel Bean came to Wichita from Kentucky about four years ago and has been prominently connected with many of this cities leading enterprises since com ing here. Was president of the Fourth Mational Bank here for some time. ' Col onel Bean looks after the office and finan cial business of the concern. J. B. Bleakmore came to this city in 16S5 and has been closely connected with many of Wichita's business interests since that time. He is what the boy's term "a hustler" and to his energy and hard work much of the success of the concern is due. Mr. Bleadmore gives his entire personal attention to the seeing of all the stock which this concern handles. ELDBIDGE & CAMPBELL. Eldridge & Campbell This firm is com posed of R. W. Eldridge and M C. Camp bell, who are old timers in " ichita. Late in the fall of 1SSS Mr. Eldridge, who for years had been buying hogs and cattle in this part of the country and shipping them to eastern markets on his own nc count, went to the stock yards, rented an office in the Exchange building and put out a sign reading R. W. Eldridge & Co., Livestock Commission Merchants. Owing to his acquaintance throughout the south west he controled his shore of the business from the start. Mr. Eldridge came to Wichita when a boy and has large real es tate interests here. He gives his personal attention to the selling of hogs. About June 1, 1&9, M. C. Campbell, who has handled cattle all his life and for the past few years has had large cattle in terests in Kansas, Indian territory and Texas, made Mr. Eldridge a proposition to buy out his partner's interests which was accepted, and June 5 the firm nams was changed to Eldridge & Campboll. There is probably not a better judge of cattle on this market than Mx. Campell, and to this department he devotes his entire attention. This firm have built up a mo3t success ful business and are cetting their share of the new business is daily coming to the Wichita market. The books and office work are in charge of Mr. Reainer, who handles it in a manner which shows him to be well un in the business. Ditmars, Yoris fc Co. One of the very first concerns to rent an office in the stock yards exebanee bnlding after it was com pleted was Ditmars, Yons and Yandirer, T)tt-rk-a "V is&Co. The mem bers of this con cern are C. L. Dit mars. a gentleman of large business expeneaceand wealth, who lives near Indiaeapolis, 1 -- . 'v- , SC Ind. , aad who makes aa asnoal or semi-annual j Tint to the Wia-l nmgWoooer; W. ( Yoris, although a young , bs Lad a larae ex- livestock bosun a the cwuatry around Indiauajxth?. aad Ed Wissktiworik, as old aa Kn. lr. VorK or "Uy" jgkti, fanuiiarly known about the yard. ha always be" biier w the ereat aad ottx?td famre oi the Wichita ItveHOck swtrfeet, ha devatdl hofch rfae rfirK ft ndr7JZr,Zr' My ry j tls -" rVs" . I C V, fi&m' rtl iV f JBC'X? ' Bl fltm ''W and money for the advancement of this market. He has general supervision of the the firm's affairs and gives his personal at tention to the sale of hogs. Ed Wiggles, who has a large experience in the buying and selling of live stock on his own ac count during the past three years, is In the country workinn up business most oithe time. They have in their employ as cattle salesman, J. M. Johnson, who has handled cattle in different ways all his life, and for nearly a year was cattle buyer for the Dold Packing company. There is no question as to Mr. Johnson's knowledge of cattle and their values. This concern en joys a very good business and aro getting a share of the new trade. BILLIXGS & IUSOX. Billings & Rison This concern is com posed of Captain Sam Billings and W. H. Rison, and aro one of the oldest commis sion firms at the yards. Captain Billings came to Wichita in the early spring of 'fc6 and has been closely connected with many of this city's business enterprises since that time. He is astrong believer not only in the great and successful future of Wichita as a live stock and-packing center but also the great commercial and manu facturing city of the southwest. Captain Billings was for scmo time interested in the produce commission business here. He gives his personal attention to the office and financial affairs of the company. W. IL Rison has for many years been a buyer and shipper of livo btock throughout southwestern Kansas SLIMEK & BDTZ. Slimer & Beetz. Both of these gentle men came here from the east, where thoy had years of experience in the handling of live stock. They are live, energetic, busi ness men, with amplecapital and arcdoing a successful business. They have handled a great many cattle on this market, some on orders, some on commission, nud have purchased many loads and shipped to caster market. From Juno 1st 1SS9, to the first of this month they handled 4,470 head of cattle. W. C. Slimer Is S- I r fll 'a son oi jir. Bu rner wJio owns Slimer's Rtock yards in Cincin nati, and of the firm of Slimer & Dayton, pork packers of that L. C. SnAP.P, TAP.D MASTER, city. Mr. Slimer attends to the selling of hogs on this mar ket. Mr. Butz came here f torn Louisville, Ky., where be had a large experience in the Hvp stock trade, Mr Rion is t lomughly posted as to the quality and values of both hogs and cattle and attends personally to all sales made by the firm. They are doing a very satis factory business and capture their share of the new shippers which come to the market. ' ! Mr, Butz thfroughly understand? the buying selling and handling of cattle, and devotes his attention' to' Ibis department of thfljWisiness. The office work1 and books arllooked after by W. O. RiddelL McCoy & Underwood Daring the early fall of IShO this concern, who have been established in the live etock commWoa business in Kansas City for the past tn rrsv-T- vears. became con- SS3k TiDcd that the TesTV Wichita live stock I market would as- ame immense proportions with in a very few years and in order to cootroi some of ribe trade which Jthev had bca en joying at their home market from rthis part of the if1 1' 1 country 'jal jwr jot aever year, taey Vt-V mu" ail!, a rxED B. M txY. bmatn o. taw business at the new live iocfc market of the fouthwefit, vrhtch tbey doae 'rrember 1, IS. Fred B. McCoy, a on of the o ior member of the firm, who has ha1 much experience ia the Kaasas CU.y & came here to montRe affairs of the Wichita branch, which he has done BKwt soecrsfrdly". He attends jstrietlr to business dnriai: bcMaes hours 'and teniseh liked by all who haTe hotdnvft dealing with the firm. v.. J&saex Keeaef. who h ht&a with the Kau City houec aa &kasaa ioe e ytrs, aaa wa .? -, ra" r . .. I .yrsa (WW ') kSST J-jt U,llvi k.A perfeat ia aananag os eawc aa ? yTZ'jr Tweiw-e Itxa H xtork which Ls eotvtandl to tm oa i. u. twi warr AUr-miaa this nawfcet. Mr. Ktesry i a w4 jod& twk aad wort hard Jar lha b iaut euufsw rttstoaaer and jfearalty d wp)egtln This eeaerra to boiW i5 n a ttd m4 Tsry mce 4ul bittainawft on thi atarkec Haaiey & Girn Tbi few " &VL C. Hlr aad win fiieaa, wao ar- rtti kaswa ia Wichita aad i smrsmmA country." Mr. Healey has han dled livo stock iu various ways since he was a a boy and is well posted as to quaH ties and values of Scattld and hogn. His interests all enter in Wich ita and ' he has taken hold of the commission business at the E. c. healt. yards to ma&e it his future business and devotes his entire timo to the enterprise to make it a success. He is a good salesman on both cattle and hogs. Mr. Glenn has had quite a large exp:r ienco in the live stock line and is a hard worker. He attends to considerable of tho outside business of they firm. They are doing a good business and are devoting their time and energy to increasing iu J. H. Campbell & Co. This concern, one of the largest and most successful in the live stock business in this country, with headquarters at Chicago andbranohes at St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City, after giving the subject much thought, and thoroughly studying the situation, came to the conclusion that Wichita was destined to become one of the great livo stock markots of the couutry, and that m the near future, and in all prob ability it would, within a few years, outstrip some of the older and much larger mar kets. Early this spring J. H. Camp bell, ot Chicago who is president of g- the company, came here to look the field over, and so well pleaed was he with tho out look for tho future that ho mado ar rangements to es U B. rniwroN'. tablish a branch office here. The affairs of tho company are in chargo of F. tt. Steck, who has had years of cxporionce n tho live stock business. Mr. Stock is on the rond mot of the timo, looking up shipments for the house. L. U. Longor bon, who has been on tho Chicago market for several years, looks after tho willing of all the stock, and is thoroughly posted as to quality antl values, and Mr. J. A. Flem ing hanftes the books and oUlcc affairs in a satisfactory manner. Bcniinghoff, Kenoyer & Co. This con cern, although one of the newest at tho yards, are doing a good business. Tho firm is composed of Mr. Jerry Bemlng- hoff, the senior member, is a capitalist ana lives at Leon, as also docs Mr. Geor Kenoyer, who is in the banking btminesa. Mr. T. J. Lindsey and Captain B. II. Fox, are the active members of tho concern at this point. Mr. LIndsey has had years of experience in tho live stock buinca and well posted as to quality and Talues. Ho devotes his time to soiling tho stock wit iu to pr consigned to thorn, but maktw specialty of tho cattle department. Cnpt II IL Fox has been in this counsry for Urn past twenty years and has dealt largnly in cattle, and hogs, buying and shipping to different markets. This is the bwt expert enco a man am get in the live tock bul lions, and to say the Colonel is fully up to the busiuos-s is putting It nilld. He pays especial attention to tho willing of hogs. Longneckar& Swentzoll This concorn has built up a good paying buslm-wi through their untiring efforts and hard work Thoy have dealt in live stock mom or less for a great many year. They handle ft large portion of tho cattle which are driven in, and the hogs which come to market in wngoiw. Mr. X. C Houston has, perhaps, done M much toward building up the cattle mar ket hero aa any other man. He was one of tho first buyers on the market and has stayed by It, and today i one of the strongest! cattle buyers at the yard. He has thousand cattl j year and only a? fw days ago left" for the eastern markets with ten carloads of stock which he has pur chased here. This kind of buslnesa is y c nocsTo. what makes a Htc stock market thrive and protrronK. Mr. Ward Tucker who has been n tali market wrreral weeks buytaj? cattle for theLeadville and Aitpoo, CoJoradu, mar ket, is a very genial oootpawkm, and U wail up in ms lino of hmitae.. Hit being here hi made a m u c h. mom active le nand for hutobe' grades of cattle. KsMjs out M-T- eral ears a wreJC aad the eomoui on me b and 1 1 Mkieftate are anx J. Wm Vd have- him retaata hare. i". Vr.V,'tSkar, rep resatiK Mrn A. C SCTtTOT, 8BCT. i Bv&t ( Kaaa Citj in aow jeraeBtry hxUe4 W This ooscora do a Urge bwmm in t piag beary hogs to Old Mextjoo. 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