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Show AUCTION SALE OF ' WOOL IN THIS CITY H 7 Buyers Are to Be Invited to Be Present and Bid on the Clip New H Method of Disposing of the Product of the Herds Highest H ' Bidder Will Be Awarded the Wool in 2,500 Saoks. HHJbB H ' A little diversion In tho manner of B ' selling a clip ot wool will bo Indulged H in February 17 by leading sheepmen H ' of Ogden, by submitting the wool to H tho highest responsible biddor. The H 5 sale will lako place at the office of the 1 Lindsay Live Stock company at 21S4 H Washington avenue. H Tho question of marketing wool to H : the best advantage haB boon a vexed H ono with wool men for years past. H Wool in large quantities has been B . shipped to eastern storo houses, there !to bo bought by the manufacturers pnd wholosalo dealers in wool; wool ( buyers havo visited tho hords on the range and the shearing penB, purchas- H i Ing from individuals, sheepmen have H J been summoned to central commercial H V points and banqueted by the dealers n 1 in an effort to drive a bargain on the H I wool clip, but it remains now for tho H Ogdcn men to bring the buyers to- R pother und have them submit scaled Bpi bids for tlio wool. H' ' Circular letters have been sent o Hl all buyers and if they dosirc to pur- H chase the 1012 clip of Ogdcn wool, B thov will lmvo tn raakn thnlr annear- B nncc In this city and bid 'for tho H product. The, one offering thcfufgli- B est prico for the wool will bo declared H ( the purchaser and all bids must bo Ipresonted to tho Ogden pool of wool-growors wool-growors in sealed envelopes Mo3t i 1 of the buyers, it is said, are In tho H "1 western country at this time figuring H on the Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, No. Hj j vada and Arizona clips, and they arc H at this time within reach of this sale. H Only recently the wool men of Og- H den forced an association for the pur- H pose of marketing tlielr wool tills H year to the best possible advantage H and the plan of offering it to the H highest bidder "was speedily adopted, H tho date for the salo being fixed as H February 17, which Is Saturday On B I that day there will be for salo 2. nor) H packs of wool, each of which will B weigh ahout 300 pounds It is said H that tho- wool clip of this year from B - tho sheep of the men offering It for B sale to the highest biddor will be tho H best in tho Intormountain section of B j, country and that all buyers arc fa- B miliar with the quality. As high as H 18 cents a pound has been offered for ; wool this year and tho Ogden men B "- .. are confident that they will rocolvo tho fl top. price for their product. It is pos- B Bible, thoy say, that even more than B IS cents will ho offered. B All bids will be received and open- 1 ed on Sattirday. It has an ore tramway three miloa long which Is in almost constant use. Tho old Black Warrior recently cut a high-grade silver ore shoot. For two vears tho owners have been prospecting pros-pecting around and expending considerable con-siderable money without apparent results. re-sults. But about two weeks ago their courts were rewarded, and the property prop-erty promlsos some handsome returns in the near future. This old mine has records which show that at ono time It shipped 1.000 tons of oro which aer-aged aer-aged $100 a ion. It has shipped some which ran over ?1,000 a ton FranlJ Williams Is now In charge and Is feel. Ing good over conditions A number of Salt Lake people are Interested. 00 |