Vernal Express | 1931-05-21 | Page 5 | Two Million Pounds of Wool to be Shipped from Craig, Colorado This Year

gwo million pounds of wool to be shipped from craig colorado this year price 1 OP OF WOOL L RINGS FEW 8 SUES LES ONE ove CUP or 4 1030 wo SOLD AT 13 ho that bounas of wool will be marketed wa biar throng th gh I 1 cragg la the opinion of W 0 moore moore denver saiu it lake freight agent this represents almost a quarter ter ol 01 a million pounds of ool more nan than passed pissed through cra f g to market last year mr this unprecedented ih sh ament marks craig GS sis the out tending shipping point f for or ocl ora in the state ot of colorado since the shearing of sheep in 1 thia this section cot got under way two wo weeks ago truck load liter after truck load of sool ool has been taken to craig cral on the deny r A salt lake we sull railroad road tracks the ples VIPs of wool n m have been mounting higher nd higher in great plies mr moore cays says thu 00 large in tease irease in the amount of ool beng shipped through craig this year Is largely due to 0 o the fact that many vernal clips have in previous years been sh aped through other outlets are am this year being brought to atal craig for shipment hip ment 1 the I he first sale alie of fleeces of 0 the new crop wire were made in craig last lost thursday hen when W C snow rep es enting eitmann elsmann brothers of bos boo ton paid simons brothers 18 centa cents per pound for 4 OW fleeces wool buyers tron from virtually every w wool 1 buying concern in the united states hae hate been working in that territory tor for the past ten days while they have hate made some offers few sales hae hate been made moet most of the producer producers are determined to hold their wool unless more substantial offers are axe made by the buy ers