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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
7
Daily Market Report from Denver notes light cattle receipts and a quiet market. Be stock offerings are thin with slight price lift in higher grades, while stockers and feeders show slow demand. Hogs sell steadily with top around 15.90 and strong demand. sheep receipts rise but market dull and lower due to Washington lamb boycott affecting demand.
Hogs receipts 1600 with prices 10 to 20 cents higher. heavy 15.30 to 16.00. mixed 15.30 to 15.60. light 15.00 to 16.15. pigs 12.50 to 14.50. bulk 15.25 to 15.50. Cattle receipts 6500, market stronger. native steers 9.00 to 14.00. cows 6.00 to 9.00. western steers 8.50 to 11.50. Texas steers 7.00 to 8.50. calves 8.00 to 12.50. stockers 6.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 13,500, market steady to stronger. yearlings 9.10 to 10.50. wethers 9.00 to 10.25. ewes 8.00 to 9.00. lambs 13.70 to 14.25.
Chicago hog receipts tested higher by 10 to 15 cents with bulk trading around 15.45 to 16.45 for larger hogs and lighter classes at 14.85 to 16.40. Cattle receipts reached 13 000 with native beef at 7.50 to 14.10, western steers 8.20 to 11.50, cows and heifers 4.30 to 11.75, calves 8.50 to 13.25. Sheep receipts 12 000 with wethers 7.50 to 10.65 and lambs 9.25 to 14.60.
Kansas City market receipts show hogs at 9000 with prices from 14.75 to 16.25 and light 14.75 to 15.65. Cattle receipts 16000 with prime fed steers at 15.00 to 12.85 and dressed beef steers 10.07 to 12.74. Sheep receipts 5000 with lambs 13.25 to 14.25 and yearlings 9.50 to 11.00. wethers 8.50 to 10.00. ewes 8.00 to 9.25.
Judge G. Salisbury aged 8 arrived from Fort Collins Colorado a month ago with his wife Susan R Salisbury. He died at 3 o clock Thursday after a brief illness at the home of his nephew CC Shiply in Riverton. A prominent Colorado attorney for many years his body was shipped to Pueblo Colorado for burial.
Casper reports an oil market surge as Glenrock and Northwest stocks jump on Midwest Refining control. Kinney Oil drills new wells with 100 barrels daily in Big Muddy while Wind River plans rapid Hudson field drilling. A 6000 acre syndicate led by Franklin Perrit and State Senator Yoder plans a new oil venture.
West Salt Creek field reports the Bessemer well drilled to the second Wall Creek sand has passed the first Wall Creek sand and reached the 2300 foot level. The well sits on the northeast quarter of section 36 40 80. H N Eisenberg of Blackstone Drilling, hired to drill on Bessemer holdings, arrived from Denver for the camp. A rig on section 30 40 79 will spud in an offset to the Mutual well within ten days.
Dr J F Leeper president of Elkhorn Oil reports the Big Muddy field Deep well down 2750 feet approaching pay sands and the shallow well at 1735 feet. Progress is satisfactory with no delays and either well could be brought in early this month per GM A U Mangan.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha places contracts with Osaka Ironworks and other Japanese yards for ten steamers totaling 856,500 tons. Value around £21,000,000, with completion target in 1918.
Public land notice from the U S Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming dated July 16 1917 announces An ders C Willadsen Granite Canon Wyoming filed June 10 1916 sworn statement for Timber and Stone claim of 160 acres in section 32 township 13 north range 70 west with estimated land timber and stone values totaling 455 dollars final proof set for September 29 1917 before the Register and Receiver protest or contest allowed by filing corroborated affidavit in Philadelphia office.
Wanted work by day or washing to take home at 25 cents per dozen rough dry. Apply 706 Russell Avenue. Also wanted to rent a modern furnished apartment or small house by responsible couple. Phone n46w, pat en.
Italian forces repelled Thursday and Friday night assaults by Austro-Hungarian troops east of Vertoba and on Monte Kombon. Italian air squadrons bombed Pola arsenal and military works causing extensive damage and large fires.
The Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners offers at public auction on August 27, 1917 at 1 PM in Cheyenne the NE quarter of Section 12, Township 14N Range 65W containing 18 acres. Appraised value 123.22 per acre, minimum 75 percent of valuation, minimum $10 per acre. Sale reserves minerals to state. 10 percent cash, balance up to 18 annual payments at 4 percent interest. Improvements may be bought at appraised value. Frank II Hom, President. Ray F Ler, Commissioner of Public Lands, secretary.
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