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Show HIGH PRICES ME TO BE OBTAINED BK WOOL MEN Ball Lake Feb. 18 That the sheep- ' lien are now at the bat. with every 1 :hance of sending the price of wool 1 ver 'he ten.ee for a goodly number ' OI homr runs is the opinion of bait Lake experts on the present outlook Not only are buyers failing to get contracts of any importance in Salt Lake upon bid- ranging around 2r cents B pound, but advices Irom surrounding sur-rounding tates indicate that there ,s little danger that the winter coats of the sheep will be hawked before prices go higher. According to a dispatch from Butte to the Tribune last night, i'.7. cents was offered freely throughout Mon-tu Mon-tu np yesterday, with but little disposi- j (ion on the part of thp growers to sell I 3 W McClure, secretary' of the Na tional Woolgrowers' association, re ceived telegraphic word yesterday of the Bale pi 500,000 pounds of fine merino wool at Helena at 25 cents. According to a dispatch :rom Rawlins Raw-lins N yo. to a Salt Lake sheepman. '." cents was offered there yesterday for merino wool and 30 cents for the coarser wool. In the same dispatch w as the information that Stratton j Brof of Rawlins had refused 30 1 cents for their clip of between 150,-1)00 150,-1)00 and 200,000 pounds. While some woolgrowcrs are in dined to be afraid that the present1 high prices are due to a flurrv oth i-rs believe that the upward tendency is due to a shortage in the market (' M Stewart, secretary of the Utah' Woolgrowers' association, received ;he following telegram from the Na-! tional Wool Warehouse & Storage company of Chicago yesterday "The only wools available in the eastern markets are pulled wools, being be-ing made b) pat Iters dallj , and, on a basis oi present asking prices for tin ce grades similar quality average territory, three-eights and quarter-bloods quarter-bloods would be worth 32 to 35 cents South American Lincolns, in very limited lim-ited supply, are quoted at 40 to 42 cents Grease dealers and buyers with German orders are now endeavoring endeav-oring to operate in the wobi Only a few clips have been secured, these costing from 25 to 27 cents We be lieve that many manufacturers contemplate con-template buying west this spring and there will be much more competition later." Expects Thirty-cent Wool. Keramcror, Wyo., Feb 17 Perhaps the first wool sale to be made in this state was closed yesterday at Coke ville. when Pete Olsen, one of the most prominent of western Wyoming sheepmen, contracted his wool to a Boston wool firm at 25 cents. Mr Olson's clip will go better than 100,-000 100,-000 pounds. He is the first and only-one only-one so far who has sold, and most sheepmen are expecting at least 30 cents This is the highest price received re-ceived in this section of the country in recent years. |