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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
10
Markets report a severe setback in grain prices as unseasonable weather depresses wheat and corn trade. Low temperatures and rapid growth spur bearish sentiment with heavy selling in recent hours. Butter, eggs, and other staples show mixed activity while receipts and prices are noted.
A brief AP report notes irregular activity in bonds led by Heshies and other prominent issues on the New York Stock Exchange. Total sales reached par value of 10,875,000 with mixed morning results and unsettled tapes as traders adjusted holdings.
Copper producers face widespread curtailment as demand collapses. Phelps-Dodge and Inspiration Copper report reduced monthly output, while Miami Copper plans no immediate shutdown. The Boston News Bureau warns continued closures threaten the entire industry, with dividends halted and workers affected. Silver holdings rise as treasury purchases silver under the Pittman act. Fairbanks reports new gold discovery on Cocomo creek near town, with a 70 foot wide streak worth about $5 per windlass bucket.
Trading interest waned prompting Dears to raid special stocks, dragging others lower. Anaconda and Porphyry mine closures trigger dialogue on impact of $40,000,000 1-4 year 8 percent notes backed by copper. Notes distributed by underwriting banks. US Steel is expected to set prices post Gary. American Telegraph and Telephone dividend outlook cited as weak amid rising rates. Copper shares reflect adverse conditions. Calumet & Hecla and related firms announce April 1 shutdowns. Analysts anticipate eventual improvement with constructive moves. Logan and Bryan report cheerier news. market sentiment slowly firms.
The nonmagnetic ship Carnegie, after a stay for repairs in San Francisco, sails for Samoa to complete a survey of the South Pacific. She will then pass through the canal to Washington to submit her compass variation data to the Carnegie Institution.
March 30 three Kalispell residents Basye and Bingham are reported dead. John Swatey Busyeragea aged 55 died at home of cerebral hemorrhage after a long illness. survived by seven children. Other notices mention a fatal fire at the Great Northern freight depot, and court matters from Three Forks including juvenile cases and aviation talks along the Yellowstone Trail.
The report notes cattle receipts around 6 000 at one market and 12 000 at another with mixed trends. Beets steers largely steady with some higher hogs and cows showing varied price movement. Sheep receipts near 20 000 with slow market and lambs about 5 0 lower while yearlings hold near 16 250 to 16 75.
March 30 at Montacal No 2 river well near Musselshell the flow shifted from water to oil indicating substantial oil presence in the Cat Creek field east end. Several rigs head to Flatwillow, Kansas Montana drilling resumes at Winifred as prospects look bright. local oil men plan open club rooms. Lewistown council to discuss guarantor role. marriages, deaths, and sheriff injury report noted.
In Billings on March 30 a daylight search failed to recover a diamond stuck in gutter mud. An electric flashlight beam at night found four spark from the stone and it was restored to owner George Bennighoff, a pioneer hotel proprietor. The stickpin diamond, once in a cattleman’s safe, fell from its prongs yesterday and was found after a friend swept the flashlight along the hotel street front.
Billings reports 2 211 farms valued at 29 899 600 with 1 067 425 acres. Livestock totals include 18 737 horses 31 217 cattle and 63 720 sheep. Wheat 511 482 bushels oat 176 089 bushels potato 70 179 bushels hay valued at 1 438. The note ends with a political-railway line from the Columbia Record.
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