Show DENVER FAT STOCK SHOW Prize Steer Was Sold For 15 Cents Per ter Pound Denver Feb 24 About peo people people pie including the governor of Colorado the state legislature and members of or commercial bodies attended the first annual exhibition of the th Denver fat stock and feeder show at tae stock stockyards stockyards stockyards yards here today There were about 1500 cattle on exhibition and the cham chars championship was awarded to a steer owned by the millionaire mine owner D R It C Brown of Aspen who owns a ranch near Denver This steer was fed on sugar beets and alfalfa This steer sold soldat soldat soldat at auction this afternoon to the West Western Western ern em Pacific company at 15 cents per pound the highest price ever paid for Cor beef beer In the west The steer weighed 1600 pounds Peter Hopley the Iowa feeder pur purchased purchased purchased chased the champion load of feeders yearling grade Hereford He tord steers raised in Iq North park at 5 cents c per pound He Ie proposes to put pu them on feed for forthe the World fair shW sh w at St SL StLouis StLouis Louis These cattle were part of a ship shipment shipment shipment ment of ot over head brought in from the North park where they were dug dugout dugout dugout out of three feet feel of or snow 5 With the exception of the prize load l the balance were sold to the American Livestock company to toga go to South Dakota to be finished on the range The show here has been a p success and a permanent organization will be made to continue the exhibition an annually annually The show was started for the purpose of ot demonstrating that the western range men could make beef bee at home Instead of sending their cattle to the corn states to finish |