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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
14
New strength shown in the corn market based on expectations of a rebound after a recent decline. September and December prices move within narrow ranges before closing unsettled as profits pullback weaker. Oats firm with price gains, while provisions follow grain and hogs, and butter and eggs firm or higher with strong receipts.
Chicago market shows cattle receipts and hogs with mixed changes on July 7 with steers up to 25 cents, yearlings at 16.75, hogs stronger on light grades, tops around 16.25, 13.50 to 15.40 for heavier loads, sheep to 15.59 with feeder lambs rising. Spokane reports steady markets, prime mixed hogs at 15.75 to 16.25, cattle steady with prime steer prices near 19.50 and a wide range for other grades, lambs and yearlings also showing varied values.
Cattle receipts 3 500 steady to strong fat steers 6 50 to 15 50 cows and heifers 5 50 to 12 50 calves 4 50 to 10 50 stockers and feeders steady more active. Hogs 3 25 higher Jamous 6 13 25. Sheep 1 7 to 5 50. Bulk value around 13 7 billion.
Omaha stock market notes show hog receipts at 9.50 with top to 16.60 and bulk around 123.85 for 14.75. Cattle receipts total 550 with beef steers steady, medium grades 108e weak, beeves up to 16.30, stockers and feeders steady. Sheep receipts 13,000 with lambs unevenly lower, bulk western lambs around 14.25 to 14.50, sheep and feed strong.
With transport solved the coal shortage threat eases. Allied conference gives Germany one day to disarm or Lloyd George will refuse further talks. ICC hearings on railroad rates expected before September 1 when government guarantee expires. Good demand reported for a 25 million pound Swiss government bond issue.
The market rose due to sentiment and favorable last week bank statements. Overnight San Francisco news that Democrats selected a candidate may have aided the move, but the rise is viewed as a continuation of July expectations and anticipated gains in the money market.
Indications pointed to renewed public participation after weeks out of the market. Steel shares were uniformly strong yesterday and houses with wire connections to steel centers did brisk business, signaling expectations that second quarter earnings may exceed prior hopes.
Billings Commercial club forms committee to assemble a large local band. Preparations are rushed and a weekly concerto program for the summer is planned by the committee and local musicians.
The New York Stock Exchange opened with the broadest, most active session in weeks. Industrial and specialty shares jumped 2 to 5 points as oils, steels, equipment and shippings drove gains while transportation shares lagged. Rails joined the advance as buying cooled near midday.
Copper steady at 19 3/4 cents for spot and third quarter. Tin steady at 48.50 dollars for spot July and August. Lead offered at 9 1/2 cents spot and July. Zinc quiet at 1.50 dollars East delivery.
Stocks remained buoyant with early call money at 8 percent, easing to 7. United States Steel led gains as prices reached 95. Crucible advanced to 15944 on short covering. Studebaker and several oils moved firm with notable highs, while rails rallied on anticipated interstate commerce rate news. Foreign exchange stayed firm with marks near 2.65, pounds 3.95, and francs 11.85.
New York July 7 raw sugar steady at 18.56 cents per pound for centrifugal sugar. Refined sugar unchanged at 22.24 cents for fine granulated. Market quiet with little movement seen in early trading.
Minneapolis Grain Market summary shows flour unchanged, shipments at 33,616 barrels, bran at 51 cents, wheat receipts 160 cars versus 69 a year ago. Cash wheat No 1 northern traded 2.85 to 2.90, corn No 3 yellow 1.54 to 1.58, oats No 3 white 0.58 to 1.00, barley 1.12 to 1.33, rye No 2 2.17 to 2.66, and flax No 1 3.60 to 3.53.
In Edgar the Snyder Sheep company completed shearing of thirty thousand head of sheep yielding 300000 pounds of wool. Harry Snyder, company head, returned to Billings after supervising the work. The average yield was 10 pounds per sheep versus the 1919 average of 9.5 pounds.
The Pittman act prompts the director of the Philadelphia mint to buy over 6.6 million ounces of silver at $1 an ounce for storage. Most silver will stay in Philadelphia to support new dollar minting, with prior holdings of 116 million silver dollars in trust. Additional shipments from New Orleans and Washington fed melting operations, while future recoinage is allowed but not timed. Nearby mining updates include Lead Trust mill at Northport and five drills per shift, plus several copper and silver projects in Idaho Montana Washington and British Columbia.
July 8 1920 horoscope highlights Mercury and Neptune strong for writing and memory sharpness. Favorable to aviation invention studies and lighting advances while cautioning speculation and travel. Cancer births may show artistic talent. actors and authors born under this sign.
PlentYwood July 7 at a convention presided by R Arnold the league endorsed by nomination a full county ticket for state senator Claire Stoner commissioners Jens Ibsen and R G Tyler sheriff Oscar Collins treasurer D J Olson clerk of court Carl Peterson clerk and recorder B K O Grady county attorney T Vollum surveyor Russell Link assessor Neils Christiansen auditor Hans Madsen superintendent of schools William Moe coroner M S Nelson public administrator Ole Aspelund
In Wolf Point on July 7 an explosion or spontaneous combustion started a blaze that destroyed the general store of Dan Mc Allen & Co. The building and stock valued around 80 000 were not saved and were described as fairly well insured.
NEW YORK July 7 Bar silver domestic 99 cents a troy ounce foreign 91 1/2 cents Mexican dollars 69 cents London July 17 Bar silver 52 1/2 cents per ounce Discount rates Short bills 6 percent three month bills 6 percent
Heavy rains and cloud bursts flood Main Street and basements in Lewistown from Sunday evening until Monday afternoon. Estimated losses reach 125,900 dollars, with major hits to Power Mercantile, Lewistown Wholesale, Judith theater, Gamble Robinson, and Fergus Hotel among others. water works damaged, repairs completed by 6 PM. Nearby Hanover escaped with minor damage as country losses focus on crops and roads.
Livingston June 7 The water level of Lake Yellowstone stands five feet higher than last fall and within one foot of its 1918 peak. Jerome G. Locke, back from a Grand Canyon and lake inspection, reports a dam could raise levels up to seven feet, storing water for irrigation across about seven hundred thousand acres with minimal scenic or timber impact.
Livingston June 17. Word arrives that the appropriation committee of the lower house of the national congress plans to inspect and review public works projects funded by government funds. The report signals scrutiny of allocations and potential cost adjustments. Budget officials expect a formal inquiry to begin soon.
A 21 member committee led by Congressman Good will tour Montana in late July to inspect Yellowstone National Park the Shoshone reclamation project in Wyoming and the Huntley project near Billings They plan to reach Yellowstone Lake on July 19 and Glacier National Park on July 25 with local chambers of commerce coordinating a Yellowstone Valley briefing on damming the Yellowstone River and flood control efforts through Lake Yellowstone engagements
The Rev. Walter H. North longtime pastor of Billings Congregational Church will leave for Chicago early next month to serve Warren Avenue Congregational Church. He has been active in Rotary and Commercial club work and a testimonial is being organized by leading city figures.
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