. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. 1, J. S. Cooper 2, F. J. Berry. 3, JrcoId Koehler. 4, William Locke. 5. F. Kenyon. 6, Leroy Marsh. 7, J. J. Ellsworth. 8, H. McNair. 9, James Blair. 10, A. Evans. 11, A. 0. Elder. 12, Samuel Cozzens. THE UNION STOCKYARDS 79 lookiDg around this vast, respectable, and grief-strickencongregation I know that he must have been a manwith a big heart,and I am told that there are many menin this city who owe their start in life to him. Thusclosed the life of one who did much for the i)rosperityof the
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. 1, J. S. Cooper 2, F. J. Berry. 3, JrcoId Koehler. 4, William Locke. 5. F. Kenyon. 6, Leroy Marsh. 7, J. J. Ellsworth. 8, H. McNair. 9, James Blair. 10, A. Evans. 11, A. 0. Elder. 12, Samuel Cozzens. THE UNION STOCKYARDS 79 lookiDg around this vast, respectable, and grief-strickencongregation I know that he must have been a manwith a big heart,and I am told that there are many menin this city who owe their start in life to him. Thusclosed the life of one who did much for the i)rosperityof the city, and builded for himself a monument in thehearts of all whom he SOME EXPORTERS. J. S. Cooper, a man of great perspicacity and withan indomitable will, was the first to see that the loca-tion of the city and the presence of the stockyardsafforded all the requirements necessary to establisha great horse market. He bought out Tom Evers, andvery shortly thereafter the shingle of J. S. Cooperswung out to the breeze, Coopers shrewdness, go-aheadativeness and advertising setting the ball spin- 80 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY ning rapidly which Evers had started rolling. Andtoday John S. Cooper is a rich man, prominent in bothsocial, business and political circles, and is doing asextensive a business as any man in the yards. He isably assisted by Andrew MacDonald, who is the equalof his chief in knowledge of the business and all-roundshrewdness. Cooper may justly be considered the father of thegreatest horse market in the world, and deserves thegratitude of the entire northwest for his activity in be-half of the horse industry.
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