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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1920
Page
10
Corn prices advanced with little selling, signaling cautious demand. Market activity showed moderate gains across futures while hog values lagged, and butter market data remained largely unchanged amid flat price readings.
Livestock 600 Stakes show weaker beet grades and slow demand as top prices dip. Yearlings bring about 11.25 to 14.25 dollars with bulky beef trades around 7,858.20 dollars total stock numbers. Calves steady and stockers slow. hog receipts 32,000. Spokane reports steady market with prime mixed meats at 15.75 dollars and other categories softer. Metals and sugar markets show copper and tin firm, lead quiet, and raw sugar strengthening with refined grades steady.
The horoscope warns of a hard day with planetary clashes and possible labor troubles. It predicts reforms in government, potential scandal among elites, and criticism of idle women while noting a senator could gain broad support. Individuals born on this day are urged to follow routine paths and save money for future needs.
Federal agents nabbed Gordon Kirby of Still in Graveyard Hinton accused of using the hilltop cemetery as a moonshine disposal site. Transactions occurred at night with tombstone as a counter, marking a covert operation in the city.
New York stocks showed fair support in a quiet day as money rates stiffened and out-of-town advices suggested unfavorable general conditions. Total sales reached about 650000 shares.
Stocks closed steadier after a morning of tight dealings with gains intact in Bethlehem Steel and City utilities, while Liberty bonds and Victory notes traded on low records. Rail stocks looked cheapest and a hoped market boom is delayed by policy questions and a fragile credit backdrop in this era of rapid financial shifts.
Mines and Mining notes North Butte produced 1,000,000 pounds of copper in April as per Boston office data. Reports hint at a first quarter operations report soon, with the Edith May and 3,400 level vein openings yielding high assays around 10 percent copper. Concurrently, the Mon arch mine shipment to Bunker Hill smelter returned lower value, while Champion mine and Lump Gulch district activity grows with mass copper shipments and steady ore flows.
May 14 in San Francisco Les Anderson, a local heavyweight, won a four round decision over Gunboat Smith of New York as observed by ringside judges. Anderson outclassed Smith in every round.
In Winnett on May 14 heavy rainfall slowed operations across the Cat Creek field. Two Frantz wells near spudding are nearly ready, while the Deexer-Carlina was stalled by rain and a broken engine. Reports indicate possible oil-bearing strata and signs at the Frantz offices as Joe J. Baker helps secure a new lease for Montana Petroleum.
Mars Wells wholesale hardware begins a four story warehouse project in Billings with frontage of 100 feet and plans to rise to six stories within four years, as city activity includes Memorial Day services preparations and wool marketing talks. Local events cover Indian affairs committee visit to reservations on June 2 3 and receptions by the Billings Commercial Club. Cattle predation by a wolf is reported south east of Billings, with a yearling calf lost. A May 22 meeting calls Yellowstone county wool growers to discuss a cooperative plan to cut marketing costs by lowering freight charges. Bethlehem Steel sells 2 000 equipment trust to a local banking syndicate.
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