Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 41
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, October 12, 1907
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High Prices for Horses and Mules.
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Kansas City Drovers' Journal Bids were received at Kansas City and St. Louis
yesterday for horses and mules for the army. Kansas City dealers will not
give out their bids, but when Capt. J. M. Baker opened and read the figures
submitted by dealers at various markets yesterday he thought they were high
enough. Bids for saddle mules ranged from $161 to $174.50 each, and for
pack mules from $155 to $169.50.
Uncle Sam asked for bids on little mules,
but received big bids. In proportion, a big mule would be worth a fortune.
Ninety saddle mules were wanted, each big enough to carry one private soldier
without epaulettes.
The pack mules are only to be large enough
to carry cannon. The government wants 484 of them. Most are for the
mountain battery service and will be sent to Fort Russell, near Cheyenne, for
training. The remainder will be sent to Fort Sheridan, near Chicago.
Only one bid was made on horses, $162.50
each for saddle horses and $205 each for artillery horses. The bids are to
be sent to the quartermaster general's office in Washington, D.C., where the
awards will be made.
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