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Show SHEEP PRICES FIFTY TO DOLLAR HIGHER AT I RIVER TWENTY-riVE TO TirTY BET-M BET-M TER FOR LAMBS. ' I Yeirling Steers SeUlng Readily At ground Thirteen Dollars With Most jof the Offerings, However, of the fddlewelght Class Higher rig-a rig-a Tor Wool the Prediction, upondenee Tho Hun JKANSAH CITY, Mo, Mnv 10.-SmiiH'rs 10.-SmiiH'rs profiled bv the tnlstnkc thev msdo Inst week when thev grouiwtl theTr offerings in the first two days ofjlhe week, and this week found I lie opwng moderate with indications of fttfjfiiro equal ilistnhution thnnighout lljg;.week Trading in cattle opened enm- and nt strong to twenty-five ccTita higher prices, hogs were strong niTjlsliicp were Tift v cents higlicr. He-c?j)U He-c?j)U I.hIbv were IMMM) cHtlle, 10.000 hojrf snl 5000 of sheep. With lighter total ricipt nnd mi increased iium-bcoof iium-bcoof (H?kers nnd feeders, the sup-plvfcn sup-plvfcn lieef cattle Imlny was nwleri-nljvj nwleri-nljvj shori of n week ago and n er ngfflnnd nHer the first canvas of" the sujjplv killers trailed Treely in lieef enmi nt strong to t went v -five ents hlgjicr pnics Ihnn the close last week. The big drop in price that nernrred Insg Monilnv nml Tuesda.v has nltoiit dlsspienred, mid indtralioiiN are for more, settled conditions in the trade. Yearling steers sold readily. Tup flQji' Stronger weights brought up toj!p H. Most of the offerings were mqdiiunw eight stwrs that linmglit tM to UM. All cows Mild heifers nndrt.wl rslvcs were strong to twetit-fivcCrenls twetit-fivcCrenls htghor. Trade in stocko'r nndjirwlers wns nctive with prices ftrju. Practically no cattle are going ouluo be fetl on grass, Vfrsdo hogs opened slowly nt TO!jJ jiWs Mini ohK'd Ita ctnts higher nnd active. Shippers lop on the close A11.K0. The bulk or the offerings of-ferings sold nt 11.00 to $1105. Good mediiimweight hogs are bringing best price from imckers, while shippers still favor the higher weights. Sin op pricis were fifl.v cent to a dollar higher, nnd lambs twwilv-l'ivc to fifty rents up. A Iwnd of Anxona springs sold ut $111.75, compared with M0.50, the extreme top last week. Snmo fed vvooled lainln sold around $20.25, nnd cull lambs $18.00. A bunch of some two thousand Texas gntssfnt w ethers sold nt $12.00 or $1.25 mImivc the top pruo lust week. LARGE SHIPMENTS OOINO INTO GREEN RIVER CITY Several leading shtopmcu of Southeastern South-eastern Utah have formed a eorMira-turn eorMira-turn known as tliu King llros. Co. nnd lire shearing their sheep at Granite, from which phtte tho wool is being luiiiled to Green ltiver, n distance of M'venty-thrce miles over very difficult desert roads. Tho company is handling handl-ing Its own tmnisirtutiou litis .veer. Lot jenr the hauling wits done by contract, but did not prove very satis-futory satis-futory either to the coiiiwn.v or eon-liio'tors. eon-liio'tors. Owing to the hard winter and jMior rouge, sheep were not in n 1 1. million to bo driven a long distance and therefore it was not deemed ad-viMthln ad-viMthln to drive them to Sun Kafttel lor shearing as it had been at tirst pliiuned, so It is being done at (Irunite nnd tliu wool stored at (liven ltiver drawer nre receiving sixty cents u ""tiitl. About ms loads have already in ii hauled In, l'rominent among tin shippers are L C. Hnnkerluiff, I Hunt and Inland and l'.d King '1 haul is starting h lillle earlier il n usual this esr SHEEP LOSSES ON WESTERN DESERT SAID TO BE SLIOHT nmc small losses to sheep on the wi iitoni deoit as a result nt eirly I wring are reHirteil b,v Thomas lied-un lied-un ml, secretary of tho state live stock bt.ird, who is jiut buck In Ziou from a trip to (Irantsville, Skull Valley, 1'iiekson 1'ass and Desert Mountain. Hut on the whole sheep are coming olf tho distort in much better coiidt-lieu coiidt-lieu than Itedniond hud liwu led from earlier reports to expect The recent Ktoriiis, ho sa v , have eutied a good growth of succulent pastuie on tho clinert nnd in so mo ensoa ho noted as high as 100 per cent increase in Hot kg hv lamhiitg. Tho movement of sheep buck to Idaho is now strong Shearing Shear-ing is on in full inroe ul Gntutsvillu. PESSIMISM REIGNS OVER MONTANA SHEEP STATUS Heparin from Montana state tho lamb crop will bo very short, and that wooliuon ought to get n dollar for (Contlnutxi On Page Tour.) SHEEP PRICES FIFTY TO DOLLAR DOL-LAR HIQHER AT RIVER. (Concluded Prom Page One ) their fleeces to come out even. This reason's ?ocn months of winter, liko that of 1830, tins been more thnn try wg. It hits nlvi been disastrous with lowea amounting to 40 nnd 60 per cent. The storm of April were so seere that thoir effects lasted two weeks. Lambing is beginning and tho roRils are impassible, making it nl-most nl-most iniM)seible to hnul supplies into tho ewniH Ilailrond service is ile-dared ile-dared tu be er irreeular, resultititr in lioa Ioes nl unloading points. Shearing has been delayed two weeks. Sales are reported as fift,-cvon sent. |