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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1920

Page

12

Markets Hold Up Wheat Boost as Producers Press Tactics

Definite steps by farm groups to push the wheat market to $3 a bushel boosted prices in Chicago. December and March contracts surged, with corn and oats also advancing while provisions weakened. Cited factors include lighter trading volume, fears grain was dumped below cost, and misstatements about supply. Cash quotes show No. 3 red wheat around $2.14 to $2.15.

Chicago Cuba Barnes United States

Livestock Market Report From Chicago

Cattle receipts 2000 with steady to strong demand for good and choice steers. Hogs receipts 27000 show prices down 15 to 25 cents from Saturday, but pigs and butchers hold around 15.50 to 16.25. Sheep receipts 30000 with fat natives steady and feeder lambs active, westerns lacking early sales.

Spokane Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Spokane news wires report a steady market with receipts across hogs cattle and sheep. Prime mixed hogs $15.50 to 16.25 and stockers $13.25 to 14.25. Cattle receipts 220 with prime steers $9.50 to 10 and cows $6.50 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 1,179 with prime lambs $9.50 to 10 and best ewes $2 to 5.

Hogs and cattle market report from Omaha dated Oct 11

Omaha market summary shows hog receipts about 5,000 with prices 25 to 40 cents lower. top hogs at 15.10, bulk around 14.25. Cattle receipts near 17,000 with mixed adjustments. grass steers steady to 25 cents lower, stockers and feeders steady to 25 cents lower, heavy grades down. Sheep receipts 25,090. lambs steady to strong with early top westerns at 12.35 and feeding lambs at 11.75.

Omaha

Stock Market Dips as Loans Rise and Columbus Day Quiets Trading

New York stock activity slowed after a weekend rebound as bills show high call loans peaking at 9 percent before close. Rail shares weaken amid price-change rumors while Anaconda Copper announces a $25 million bond issue. Total market sales reach 12.375 million dollars with bonds steady on call.

Anaconda Copper Company London Paris Brussels Spain Greece United States New York Heilbronner Co Alaska

Gossip From The Brokers Stock Market Review

The Heil bronner Company notes a pre holiday drift with industrials down and steel names like United States Steel and Republic Steel holding firm. Copper and oil shares show volatility while rail stocks remain steady. holiday trading dampens activity as banks’ loan growth contrasts with short selling trends.

Foreign Exchange and Money Market Slips in New York

New York reports a range of exchange rates with Prime Mercantile paper at 8 percent. Sterling demand at 3.49 with cables at 6.60 and other currencies including francs 6.96, Belgian francs 6.96, lire 4.02, marks 1.54, and Greece 9.82. New York exchange on Montreal at 8 percent discount. Time loans steady for 60, 90 days and six months at 7 to 8 percent. Call money strong with a high of 9 percent and the ruling rate at 7 to 8 percent, last loan at 9 percent.

Greece New York Exchange Montreal

Bar Silver and Foreign Rates Reported

BAR SILVER. NEW YORK October 11 Domestic 9 5 8e foreign 83c Mexican dollars 634e LONDON October 11 Bar silver 53 4 per ounce money 4 per cent Discount rates Short bills 6 per cent three month bills 6 11 16 per cent.

New York London

Oil deposits likely extend to White Sulphur Springs district

Lewistown reports seepage oil found in the White Sulphur Springs area in large quantities. Analysis shows illuminating oil content well over 50 percent. Gasoline content is high though lower than Fergus oil. Whitetail Oil Association officials visit the field and plan immediate drilling if the investigation agrees.

Lewistown White Sulphur Springs Whitetail Oil Association

Market Report from South St Paul Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Cattle receipts 15000 with no good or choice beef steers. odd head $10-$11, bulk $6.50-$9, cows and heifers $5-$7.50, canners $3.50-$4.50, stockers and feeders steady. Hog receipts 7500. prices $14.25-$14.75, trailing Saturday’s averages, best feeding pigs around $14, pigs steady. Sheep receipts 15000. lambs 25 cents higher, top native $10.75, Dakotas $11, ewes $5, feeding lambs steady at $11-$11.50.

South Paul Dakotas

Minneapolis Grain Market Report October Receipts and Prices

Wheat receipts 882 cars vs 800 last year. Cash quotes No 1 northern 2.16 2.26% to 2.26. December 2.13 2.34% and March 2.08. Corn No 3 yellow 88 0c. Oats No 3 white 50% 50%c. Barley 67 92c. Rye No 2 1.64 1.65. Flax No 1 2.92 2.95. Flour unchanged to 45c higher. Shipments 77,113 barrels. Bran 30.

Minneapolis

Anaconda Zinc Gains as Copper Slows in 1920 Outlook

The Anaconda Copper company expands zinc output toward 11 million pounds monthly, while copper runs at about 40 percent of normal. Analysts foresee phosphate rock markets, Yukon placer camps yielding 4.485 million, and ongoing reorganization plans for Scratch Gravel assets in Helena. Copper demand remains slow with producers delaying raw material purchases amid price uncertainty.

Anaconda Copper Company Boston News Bureau Anaconda Far East Pacific Coast Yukon Valley Alaska Yukon Dawson Fairbanks Tolovana Iditarod Tacoma Ophir Hot Springs Ruby Koyukuk Circle Marshall Forty Mile Rampart Chandler Dawson Daily News Boston

Oil Drilling Stir Near Lewistown Expected Soon

Lewistown reports indicate a active company has secured leases on a large land area near the town and plans to start drilling within months. Oil experts foresee a strong likelihood of operations beginning shortly in Lewistown.

Lewistown

Copper and metals prices mixed in New York and London

New York metals market reports copper at 17 18 cents spot and fourth quarter, iron steady with No 1 northern at 50 61, No 2 northern 49 50, No 2 southern 42 43. Tin steady 41 75 spot, futures 43. Antimony 6 62 cents. Lead 7 50 7 75. Zinc East St Louis spot 7 30 7 10. London spot copper 96 12s 64d, electrolytic 109, tin 263 17s 6d, lead 34 12s 6d, zinc 40 10s.

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Diagnose illness by handwriting study

International News Service reports Paris professor M Dupardhy-Jeannet trained in handwriting diagnosis says writing style reflects health. Descending lines signal stomach trouble while ascending lines point to liver. Leftward signature hints at severe depression and possible self-harm.

Newton C. Parke International News Service Paris M. Dupardhy-Jeannet M’s

Hiding Cigarette Boy Finds Money In Basement Vault

Colorado Springs report details how George A. Loveland, a theater proprietor, hid cash from box office receipts in a basement wall crevice. A 13 year old retrieved 1148 dollars, sparking a spree among about a dozen youths who spent hundreds on candy and entertainment around Little Lannon. Police recovered the funds and investigated the juvenile involvement.

Colorado Springs Col George A. Loveland Loveland Garden of the Gods Captain Kidd Lannon

Lightning Strikes Utah Sheep Flock Wounding 1250

Two herdsmen near the American Fork canyon in Utah awoke to a lightning strike that split their 1250 sheep into two wide swaths about 250 sheep each. The flock in the center was struck. sheep on the outsides escaped. Popular Mechanics reports the incident.

American Fork Canyon Utah Popular Mechanics Magazine

Ice from Alps Delights Lyons and European Cities

Glacier ice mined and blasted like stone reaches Lyons France and other European cities. It is valued for hardness and lasting quality compared to ordinary ice.

Alps Lyons France Europe

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Timothy Sig Butter Creamery Aaron Spokane NEW York Stock Exchange Grangers Pacifics Coalers Boston Curb Heilbronner Company Baldwin United States Steel Republic Steel Lackawanna American Locomotive American Car Foundry Low Kennecott Low China Southern Pacific Union Canadian Northern Pacific Great Northern Mexican Petroleum Royal Dutch Invincible Lauzier-Wolcott Mining and Statistical Department Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Bank of New York Shorts NEW York Money Prime Mercantile Moiseless Iinvvcor Sport Stening Bull Farry Nodung Berett Nery Goop What & Bout ME Printing CO South ST. Paul Scratch Gravel Consolidated Gold Mining Company Scratch Gravel Consolidated Mines Company Capital Helena Treasury Reserve Metal Market The First National Bank of Federal Reserve System Andrew J. Davis J. & Dutton J. E. Stephenson George A. Hill Cashier Andrew J. Davis Jr W. J. Forsythe Cashier Teen W. A. Clark J. Ross Clark W. A. Clark & Bro Alex 3. Johnston J. K. Besset Anaconda Butte E. Park Broadway Ies Stock and Grain Brokers Butte Anaconda Billings Logan & Bryan and Hayden Stone CO Lauzier-Wolcott Company
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