Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Raised the Price of McCray’s Bull $10,500. [ARTICLE]

Raised the Price of McCray’s Bull $10,500.

Monon News. Dr. Clayton and Ed L. Smith attended the Hereford cattle sate of ' H. O. Harris & Sons at Harris, Mo., last week and witnessed the sale at auction of over" $ 500,000 worth of cattle within seven hours. The highest priced animal was $27,000 and bid off by a Mr. Pickering, of Kansas City, who also paid SIO,OOO for a cow. It is proper to explain here that Dr. Clayton was next to the highest bidden because he sat next to Mr. Pickering when he made the high bid. A Mr. Marshall, of Los Angeles, Cal., paid $20,000 for the next highest animal. Col. Fred Reppert, of Decatur, Ind., was the lone auctioneer who cried this mammoth sale. The Indiana buyers at this sale were Frank Cox, of Indianapolis, who recently bought several Herefords of E. L. Smith, and Warren T. McCray, of Kentland.