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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1917
Page
10
Intense artillery battles rage in Flanders as German and Turkish forces pursue a push toward Bagdad. British and Canadian troops hold trench lines near Lens and at Hoge. Russian and Romanian forces resist but retreat near Sereth river towns Marasechti and Furteni. Submarine losses mount, Campana sunk, and plans for Riga offensive surface in Moscow reports.
Reports describe Sinn Fein gains in Kilkenny by election. Canada spends about 850000 dollars daily on the war through July 20 totaling 623000000. Japan reports new naval units joining Allied forces in European waters. Archduchess Hedwig of Tuscany betrothed to Count Bernhard zu Stolberg Stolberg born in Manka. The American mission to Russia disapproves sending troops to the eastern front. Sweden hosts war and peace talks with Nordic and Dutch representatives. The British Labor party votes to send delegates to Stockholm. East London chemical works explosion kills or injures scores. thirteen women’s bodies recovered. The Red Cross opens a fresh air farm refugee center near Paris for 400 children. Karl Liebknecht released from custody in Germany. Arthur Henderson resigns from the British War Council.
Reports note former President Taft is improving while another item claims a plot to corner canned tomatoes has been uncovered. Seattle native Thomas Wardall born 1815 is described as healthy and active.
Senator LaFollette introduces a peace resolution in the Senate as debate on the revised war tax measure proceeds. Coal prices rise amid alleged profiteering while wheat and flour price controls are promised soon. Herbert Hoover named food dictator. Seldon G. Hopkins nominated to interior secretary, succeeding Bo Sweeney. Army strength set at 300,000 with possible Aug to Sept call-up. McAdoo plans new $6 billion bond issue.
Cattle prices listed include grass steers good to choice at 9.00 to 10.5 cents per pound, fair to good grass steers at 8.00 to 9.0, and prime heifers at 9.25 to 10.25. Cows, grassers range 6.00 to 7.00, canners and cutters 4.50 to 6.0, feeders and stockers 7.75 to 8.60 for good to choice, 6.00 to 6.75 for common to fair. Hog prices noted as Good Hogs. sheep figures show spring lambs 18.50 to 14.00, feeder lambs 18.50 to 14.00, ewes 8.50 to 9.20, wethers 9.50 to 10.265, yearling wethers 10.00 to 11.00.
The Rev Arthur Duckworth his wife and six children of Denver were among twelve killed when the City of Athens struck a mine off Cape Town on August 10. The family had been living at 2838 High Street and were returning to India for missionary work after a year’s vacation with relatives in Denver.
New York Lead Spot 10% l1l. Bar silver 82%c. Copper Casting 27.12. St Louis Spelter 8.42. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 per cent 17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60 per cent 15.00 25 per cent 9.40 12.00 10 per cent 8.70 10.00 per unit.
Devereux Milburn joins the War Department s second Plattsburg training camp cohort set to begin August 27. In Denver Don Harker defeats Scott Townsend in an exhibition, raising 22.60 for the Red Cross. Miss Katherine Stinson and Barney Oldfield team for an August 18 Sheepshead Bay event with a 1000 purse for earth and air racing. Pike s Peak auto races are canceled as manufacturers and drivers join war work.
A table of buying prices per ton for upland hay and prairie hay, timothy, alfalfa, and South Park and Gunnison Valley hay. Also lists per 100 pounds prices for wheat, oats, corn, bran, and selling prices for potatoes and fruit such as apples, cherries, gooseberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Includes Colorado, Nebraska, and Colorado/Nebraska regions.
Molybdenum in large quantities at Wallapai and high grade at Kingman are reported. New Cornelia Copper Company buys Ajo Consolidated Copper properties. Douglas smelters produce 21.5 million pounds of copper in July, about one million below normal. Consolidated Arizona Smelting enlarges Humboldt smelter, to be finished by Nov 1. Arizona mine valuations total 330.63 million, adding 158.74 million to taxable wealth, up from 171.89 million in 1916.
About 3,000 Montana coal miners demand higher pay while Wyoming District 22 workers seek parity with Montana wages. July copper production by Anaconda Copper Mining Co fell from May and June levels, signaling labor tensions in Butte. General Petroleum expands Wyoming holdings acquired from the Wyoming Montana Development Co, including Rispin interests in Salt Creek and Lusk fields with other producers involved.
Reports from Bisbee show residents resolved to uphold deportation acts amid legal and civic tensions. A New York exemption board case reports a third arrest and one board’s removal.
Flint market items include dry hides priced per pound from .34 to .39 with variations for horsehides and green salted hides. Flint bull and stag hides listed as well as culls and glue hides. Wool pelts, short wool pelts, butcher shearlings and buck saddles appear with assorted prices and weights.
Washington. Herbert C Hoover food administrator announces plans for wheat flour and bread control. Provisions include seizure of excess reserves, maintenance of fair prices, licensing for mills, storage limits, and licenses for large elevators. Regulations take effect Sept 1 as price stability is pursued. Chang Won joins U S Army in Pueblo. the city reportedly supplied the first Chinese recruit.
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces captured Pantziu, a railway hub in southern Moldova, after a stiff defense by Russo Romanian troops. London notes Anglo French forces pause to regroup before another assault near Ypres. Berlin confirms two German air losses and Dutch reports a German plane alights in the Netherlands. The American bark Christiane was sunk off the Azores by a German submarine.
Dispatches note Wick man and Fantone of Telluride operating the Santa Cruz as a new shipper. Consolidated Mines plans a 100 ton mill at the Yukon group in Alice this fall. Colorado oil output in 1916 fell 5 percent to 197235 barrels. The Browning claim in Custer county yields the state’s largest copper vein. Camp Bird tunnel in Ouray district reveals a new 30 foot wide lead with high gold values near Yellow Rose lines.
Lead and copper futures quoted with September and fourth quarter at 26.50 to 27.00 dollars. Tin spot bids at 68.75 dollars. Bar silver at 8 shillings 2 1/2 pence per ounce. Spelter price in St. Louis 8.42 dollars. London bar silver 42 1/16 pence per ounce. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent at 17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent at 15.00 dollars per unit, 9.40 to 12.00 dollars per unit. 10 percent at 8.70 to 10.00 dollars per unit.
The assay office of Wildcat Leasing Company at White Oaks twelve miles northeast of Carrizozo was destroyed by fire. The Mogollon district output in July reached about 12 000 tons yielding nearly 6 000 pounds of gold and silver. Phelps Dodge Corp's first half earnings topped 15 million dollars with 34 dollars per share and 14 per share in dividends. Copper from its smelters totaled about 97 million pounds, including custom ores. Lincoln Oil Co rigs ready to dig in section 11 five miles southwest of Hagerman, while Mexola Petroleum Co Oklahoma prepares to test a well in section 15 three miles northeast of Dayton with first oil at 840 feet and hoped paying quantities at 940 feet.
Chicago market notes show hogs posting a new high price record for bulk at 15.80 to 16.75 with mixed bids near 15.35 to 16.75 and heavy up to 16.80 while rough hogs trade around 15.10 to 15.35. Cattle include native beef at 7.90 to 14.35 and western steers 7.00 to 12.25 with calves at 8.75 to 13.50. Sheep list wethers 7.50 to 10.80, ewes 6.50 to 9.25, and lambs 9.25 to 14.85.
Flaxseed futures in Duluth list September at 3.30 dollars, October at 3.30 dollars, and November at 3.30 dollars. The steady quotes indicate stable prices across the autumn contract months.
Butter creamery at 9 cents, 354% quoted. eggs higher with receipts 10 083 cases and firsts 31 32 cents, ordinary firsts 27 29 cents per dozen, at mark. Potatoes Virginia barrels 4.50 to 5.50, Minnesota bulk 1.35 to 1.50, home grown 1.40 to 1.50 per unit. Poultry fowls 18 to 21 cents, springs 21 to 26 cents.
Kansas City market notes show Butter-Creamery at 37c for firsts and 35c for seconds with packing at 33 1/4c. Eggs list Firsts 30c and Seconds 24c. Poultry values include Hens 16c Roosters 13c and Broilers 16c.
Washington plans to boost winter wheat to 47,337,000 acres and rye to 5,131,000 acres for next year. The Agriculture Department staff and crop experts from colleges, state commissions on agriculture, and State Councils of Defense will participate without disturbing corn and other crops.
A Lander report notes prospectors from that city head for the Red Desert to locate oil lands as Casper Oil Company plans larger scale operations. Roxana Petroleum Company of Tulsa Oklahoma has been chartered to do business in Wyoming with capitalization of eight million dollars.
In Fulton New York Mrs Nellie Phelps says after a year of weakness doctors recommended surgery Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and allowed normal work. The ad urges other women with female troubles nervousness backache or blues to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch explains American soldiers use of the phrase to “can the Kaiser” means to decorate him with hardware and strike hard upon his power. It clarifies British readers misinterpret this as hermetic sealing and notes Americans intend bold, direct action when first in Europe.
A humorous exchange where a male warns Miss Emily that venturing as a missionary to cannibal tribes is dangerous. He argues locals would think she is sweet enough to eat, highlighting playful foreshadowing of danger with wit.
A witty quip notes that when a man fails in an undertaking he attributes it to fatalism. It also observes that the board of health consists of three square meals a day.
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