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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1921
Page
10
Grain prices closed higher as news fixed a definite time for Germany to meet allied reparation terms. Wheat and corn futures edged up amid bullish domestic demand and harvest uncertainties. Hog prices supported provisions while cash grain receipts and input costs influenced trading across Minneapolis and New York markets.
Stock market proceedings centered on speculative favorites with uneven tone from heavy to steady to irregular. Oils, motors, steels, equipment and shipping shares led activity, along with cheaper reorganized rails and Standard Oil of New Jersey. Atlantic Gulf Shipping fell near close amid sizable block trades. 400000 shares changed hands. Traders watched Washington and London for guidance as British exchange firmed on hopes of German indemnity settlement. Bond trading remained irregular. Utah dividend cut and Bay Consolidated suspension signaled copper weakness. Liberty Sigo fell to 90.92 and UK Sis dipped to 34 before a late rally.
The Federal Reserve Board bulletin notes February lending and selling in terests reduced the price of refined lead on New York basis to 6.4 cents per pound. January copper output by major producers in the Minneapolis district totaled about 41,948 pounds, down from December and well below January 1920 volumes.
Gossips from the brokers report Utah will pay $1 quarterly after forecasts of $4. Copper prices steady near multi month lows with 12% late December level. Rail and oil shares attract speculators while Baldwin Locomotive signals a two month work base. government spare parts orders cash. Market closes unsettled with volumes slim and oversold hints.
Under L B Lyons six miners start development at Silver Spray Mining and Milling property 21 miles southwest of Dillon. No dead work. sufficient ore staged to cover tunnel costs. Copper potential noted. initial face to measure three feet. Copper output data shows quarterly and yearly figures with costs and ore grades, plus 1920 Germany copper imports and silver purchases by the Treasury.
Delegates from parts of Montana gather in Missoula for the first convention of the business and professional women clubs. National federation president Eena Lake Forrest arrived from Detroit to aid organization. A banquet at the Florence Hotel closes the event after an automobile tour of the city.
Cattle and hog receipts noted across markets with steady to higher bids in spots. Beeftype cattle ranged from 6.75 to 8.75 for common and midgrade steers, cows from 4.26 to 6.75, veal calves down to 0.50, hogs 10.76 to 11.00, sows mixed. sheep market weak with native lambs 8.50 to 9.00 and ewes around 4.28 to 8.26. overall receipts around 2,000 cattle, 5,500 hogs, 1,000 sheep at South St Paul and Omaha reports.
The Livingston column reports wage trends in the Bitter Root valley with foremen noting monthly pay around $50. It lists officers of Wingston lodge No 240 and identifies juveniles committed to the state industrial school in Miles City by Judge A P Stark. Town politics mention Towis Terwilliger as a candidate while Miller is named for city near-term interests.
The article notes a shipment of polo ponies to England for competition, referencing mounts used by the British team that won the trophy in 1944 in Haworth and America. The piece frames this as part of ongoing preparations and historical context for the English matches.
An audience at the Monday evening club banquet heard the vice president hailed as the most expert loafer. The event featured remarks about the vice president presiding over a body in a relaxed, humorous tone.
The article notes Mr. Bryan demonstrates a method using a sheet of paper and a fountain to solve a work transcript problem. It also references sea bug holobates as the sole insect living on the ocean surface, with its diet undetermined.
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