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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
16
New York June 16 stock activity showed dull, unsettled trading amid speculation on a railroad rate fight and retrenchment moves. Reports note copper prices easing in London and bonds trading irregularly as market leaders weigh future policy effects.
In New York on June 16 the market reported standard copper dull at spot 2 twelve and a half cents per pound with futures for June July and August at WE L2.1W9c and September at 11.9560.
Spot copper and lead quotes show copper around 12.82 percent in London and 12.97 in New York with local markets steady. Copper casting and electrolytic rates listed along with 145 tons exports this month to date and 7.447 tons for the period, while spiegel metal prices and spares remain unchanged in London and at East St. Louis markets.
Close: prime mercantile paper 4y 5 percent. Sterling exchange firm with bills at 484.40 7181 percent for 1 day and at 4.75 for demand. Commercial bills 4831g p4s4. Bar silver 53 gc. Mexican dollars 44 cents. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds irregular. Money on call steady around 2 to 5 percent. loans quiet and firmer.
Montana brings unexpected weather signals easing crop fears as forecasts of rain buoy grain and cash markets. Wheat and corn futures show mixed moves with July and September contracts fluctuating while oats and barley hold firm or rise slightly. Provisions edge higher then retreat, with exact price quotes for futures and cash trades listed.
Chicago cattle receipts around 5 505 and hogs near 17 000. Market steady for cattle and sheep with varied values for steers cows and calves. Hogs show a slow market with price ranges across light mixed heavy and pigs.
In Chicago on June 16 prices for dairy goods show Butter-Steady and Cheese-Steady trends. Figures include creamery listings such as 24lg 2tic daisies and 23 26e hige e-Steady, with Firsts and Prime Mists noted and Young Americas at 4a ge alongside Longhorns.
Want ads run in the Standard at a per word rate. Each insertion costs a word count with six ordinary words per line and ten lines per find. Replies go to the Standard office via a card to secure responses. Display type on the want page at regular rates.
A long list of help wanted and business notices appears for Butte and surrounding towns. Positions include cooks, bookkeepers, tailors, housekeepers, and salesmen. Also listed are buyers for furniture and a company seeking state managers across western states with high investment and executive requirements. Local notices include lost items and public service references.
Numerous classifieds list for sale and lease items across Montana. Includes drug stock and fixtures, a moving picture show, hotel furniture, a pool hall, and multiple real estate offerings in Anaconda, Butte, Missoula, Hamilton, Lewistown, and surrounding towns.
Minneapolis market brief notes bid prices for cash and futures of hard and northern wheat. September and December contracts cited with approximate values and quality grades No 1 and No 2, showing small percentage changes and varying quotes.
R K Patillo of New Orleans cites a shoe adoption trend in Porto Rico as 100,000 youths now wear footwear. He notes the drive follows hookworm concerns and plans for a general law to make shoes compulsory, aiming to curb barefoot disease and anemia.
Mrs. Pennington meets a new cook Martha carrying a bed spring and mattress on her back. She explains that the room is fully furnished yet the cook says she must sleep more carefully when on others' beds.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Mr. Smith will depart the local weather bureau and return to Columbus Onto. It praises his winter service as the finest of a generation and hopes his spring and summer fare well elsewhere.
Bids will be received until 12 m, June 20, 110, for erecting and completing at the state fair grounds a mineral exhibit building and a sheep exhibit building. Plans and specs are on file at Secretary Martin’s office where they may be viewed. Each bid must be accompanied by a $100 certified check. MARTIN MARTIN, Secretary.
Notice to contractors bids will be received up to 10 a m June 30 1910 at the secretarys office Jefferson county free high school Boulder Mont for pneumatic water system for high school building at Boulder Mont Bids must include certified check 100 payable to M L Parker president Bond of 50 percent of contract amount required Specifications available from secretary M F Parker President SADLE MAGUIRE Secretary
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