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Show OPTION ON BOLD PLANT SECURED BY; STOCKMEN - DENVER, March 24. That the stockmen of the West, backed by the powerful power-ful National Live-Stock association, mean to carry, out their project of establishing estab-lishing an Independent packing plant to fight the beef trust is evidenced by. the option that has been.taken upon the packing plant of Jacob Dold of .Kansas City. This option 1s now in the hands of Vice-President L. F. Wilson and Treasurer F. W. Flato of the organization. All the papers Incident thereto are also In the possession of thee.o(Tlcers, who are carefully making an examination of them with a view te formal' aceptance at an early I date by the organization, ac- , cording to Secretary Clmrles T, Martin of the association. Just returned from the East. .---' - .' . . J. ' . v The option carries -with it a lease for ten years on the property. . The Dold packing-house has been one of the strongest competitors of the trust. Its- capacity ca-pacity Is sufficient to ki:i :"?9 .head of cattle, 4000 hogs and as many sheep daily. According to Mr.' Martin, the capacity is great enough to answer the business of the stockmen, who ar r ' -v'r T the project to. a successful end. - |