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ample means and a genuine personal enthusiasm 

 to the work, but had the assistance of such able lieu- 

 tenants as Frank Hastings, then a member of his 

 "Packing House Cabinet" and subsequently with 

 the Swensons at Stamford, Tex., and of William 

 Cummings, one of the most experienced cattle buy- 

 ers in the west. Mr. Armour made a number of im- 

 portations from Herefordshire in succeeding years. 

 Late in October he made the good average of 

 $385 on 113 head of imported and home-bred cat- 

 tle sold at Kansas City. At this sale Murdo Mac- 

 Kenzie, manager for the Matador Land and Cattle 

 Co., paid $1,000 for the bull Shore Acres. George 

 W. Henry gave $1,000 for the good stock bull Kan- 

 sas Lad. T. F. B. Sotham took Lady Laurel and 

 Frank Nave got Lalla Eookh at $1,000 each. Scott 

 & Whitman bought imp. True Lass at a bid of $1,025. 



Death of George W. Henry. — ^It was during 

 this two-day sale that Mr. George W. Henry of Chi- 

 cago died suddenly at the Midland Hotel. Mr. 

 Henry had been one of the most active promoters of 

 Hereford breeding during the "eighties," but after 

 selling Eossland Park had dropped out of the trade 

 for some years. He had subsequently, however, 

 bought the old Reed Farm near Goodenow, HI., and 

 was engaged in founding a second herd, under the 

 capable management of Mr. John Letham, when 

 suddenly stricken while in attendance at this sale. 



Another Gudgell-Funkhouser Sale.— At Kan- 

 sas City, on Nov. 15 .and 16, 1898, Messrs. Gudgell 

 i^! Simpson and James A. Funkhouser sold 97 head 



