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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1917
Page
3
New York reports on the National Defense Act defining infantry regiment structure 51 officers and 1,964 enlisted, totaling 2,015 war strength. It details battalion and company compositions, wagon trains, and the need for universal service to mobilize regiments quickly.
Fairfax Harrison announces a formal plan for railroad and government cooperation in war mobilization. American Railway Association representatives will aid Quartermaster operations at mobilization concentration and strategic points, reporting to commanding officers and coordinating with camp quartermasters.
Western Newspaper Union reports Denver markets with steers and cows priced by feed type. Included are hogs, sheep, yearlings, hay buying prices, grain costs, dressed poultry, eggs, creamery values, and vegetables with per ton and per hundred weight figures.
In Boston a massive flag was raised as Congress convened for a pivotal session. A woman led the Star Spangled Banner as bands played and a crowd of about 100,000 filled Boston Common and surrounding streets, celebrating the momentous event.
New York lead at 9 cents and bar silver at 74 cents. Copper casting brand at 29.37 percent. St Louis spelter priced at 9.64. Boulder reports concentrate prices at 60 percent grade 17.00 per unit and crude ore tiers including 60 percent 15.00 and 25 percent 9.40, 12 percent 8.70 and 10 percent 8.00 per unit.
Chicago market notes show Wheat prices for No. 3 red at 2.54 and No. 2 hard at 2.55. Corn No. 2 yellow 1.55, No. 3 yellow 1.5344, No. 4 yellow 1.51. Oats No. 3 white 70%c, Rye No. 3 1.95, Barley 1.20, Timothy 5.00, Clover 12.00, Lard 21.02, Ribs 19.60. Live stock quotes report hogs 14.70 to 15.80 and cattle 5.60 to 13.25. Linseed quotes in Duluth on track 3.34 3.35 with nearby 3.33 and 3.324.
New York reports lead at 9 cents and copper at 29.37 per unit while Boulder lists tungsten concentrates at 60 percent and $17.00 per unit. Jerome records ore at Venture Hill Verde shaft and Verde district producers, with Arizona copper output near 700 million pounds this year. Mining activity rises across Colorado districts with new ore bodies found and mills shipping, including Idaho Springs Argo mill handling 6 million pounds in March.
The Carlisle mine at Steeple Rock reports a rich strike at the 500-foot level with ore rich in lead zinc and silver. A 15-foot drift faces ore. another strike at 637 feet. Last Chance mine development 900 feet ongoing with east and west push and positive results. The property has produced gold and silver for 13 years, totaling over 5 million dollars gross. Albert A. Leach notes Black Hawk camp near Tyrone and Silver City, with nickel cobalt arsenides and massive native silver and argentite, reopening as silver prices rise.
Hoyts, operating in Dry Creek, run two strings while Prudential Oil Co. expands at Silver Tip. Producers Oil Co. reports about five million feet of gas in the Dry Creek field as spring opens. Large oil companies plan continued work in Worland oil fields.
An advertisement urges patriotic Americans to increase farming and own land to meet wartime grain shortages. It cites two dollar wheat, Canada’s lands offered almost free to settle, and the need for field work, crops, and national prosperity, stressing unity with Allied efforts.
A brief exchange where one speaker asks if another favors nature over change. The responder denies trying to improve on nature, presenting a view that values natural states and restraint.
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