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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
13
Lack of buying power and uncertainties trimmed activity in New York stocks on Wednesday with about 490000 shares traded. Industrials and steels advance on short covering while sugar, leather, and Endicott-Johnson slip. oils and motors show strength in later trading.
In New York on August 18 copper iron antimony lead and zinc were unchanged. Tin remained firm at spot 48.00 with futures at 48.25 and 48.50.
Exchange notes Aug 18 show merchants' paper unchanged and rates irregular. Cables list Francs Belgians Guilders Lire and Marks with demand and cable figures. Time loans strong. Call money steady to high with last loan at 9 and closing bid at 8.
Market notes from Chicago and Omaha dated Aug 18 show grain bids for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Chicago quotes include No 2 red wheat at 2.59 to 2.60 and other grades while Omaha lists No 1 hard wheat at 2.50 to 2.52 and diverse corn and oats prices.
Minneapolis August 18 flour holds firm with a 20 cent rise in price in carload lots. Family patents quoted at 13.45 to 14.20 dollars per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks while bran trades around 42 dollars.
Denver report shows light offerings and strong demand for top killing cattle with prices up to 35 cents higher. Native grass steers and cows show varied gains, hogs steady, sheep demand good but supplies light. Omaha and Chicago roundups note mixed cattle and hog movements with top hogs around 16 dollars and lamb markets holding firm in parts.
In Denver on August 18 no changes were reported in eggs with steady prices amid good demand and light supplies. Fancy Brades sold 52 to 66 cents wholesale, shippers paid 12.50 to 12.75 per dozen, with a loss off basis of 32 to 4 percent. Butter was firm with first grade creamery at 66 cents a pound, second grade 48 to 50, process 49, packing stock 40. Shippers paid 64 to 56 direct and 48 to 50 stations for butter fat. Poultry demand was fair and trade slow: hens 88 cents, broilers 50 to 52, ducks 40, roosters 80. Cantaloupes saw a large supply with sluggish demand, price down about 1.25.
Prices quoted for fruits and vegetables range widely with apricots at 2.50 to 3.60 per crate and pears down to 3 per box. Colorado pears list 2 to 3.50 per bushel basket while watermelons sit 2 to 3 after a 0.75 drop. Potatoes in Colorado 3 to 3.50 per hundredweight. Kansas spuds 2.50 to 2.75. tomatoes 0.40 to 0.90 per basket. turnips down 1, at 4 per hundredweight.
Reported election returns show varying counts for county officials across 25 precincts in Cheyenne area and surrounding towns. Noted precincts yet to report include Little Horse Creek Indian Hill Egbert and Wauneta among others. An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cites a customer testimonial from Albany New York.
Dr. Paul B. Altendorf a Polish born man claiming U S citizenship left Mexico City for Juarez under guard to be deported by order of General Calles. He had been held nine days in a military prison charged with writing false articles on internal affairs and sought $14800 he said was buried on the west Mexican coast.
Laramie County reports total assessed valuation for 1920 at 27 413 495 dollars, railroads excluded. Real property plus 1 225 926 acres valued at 11 106 438 dollars, with town lots 2 296 038 and improvements 6 776 182. Livestock totals include 36 872 cattle valued at 1 665 270 and 36 678 sheep valued at 302 142, plus horses, mules, swine and goats with smaller values. A meeting of the county board of equalization will set the tax levy on the first Monday in September or a nearby date.
Forecast calls for unsettled weather Thursday with showers and cooler air in the southern portion. Friday should be fair overall with possible showers only in the extreme southeast.
Carrie Chapman Catt comments on the ratification of the federal suffrage amendment by the required state. She notes a fifty year campaign by the National American Woman Suffrage Association and describes the long effort in Congress and state legislatures, ending with the formation of the League of Women Voters.
Denver August 18 The special grand jury convenes at 10 a m to investigate fatal rioting during the tramway strike. Service is resumed on all lines. Federal mediator T Y Harry from Portland has arrived and union leaders expect no settlement steps until he finishes his task.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson plans a speaking tour through eastern states to aid Warren G. Harding. The Republican national committee announced the schedule and quoted Johnson’s letter expressing intent to spend October in intensive campaign work in doubtful eastern states.
Second Lieutenant Samuel T. MacNeill of the marine corps is killed at Carlstrom field Arcadia Pennsylvania when the plane he flew went into a tail spin from the ground. The crash was reported by marine corps headquarters. Also appears an advertisement claiming Foley Kidney Pills ease back pain stiff joints and rheumatic pains from Mayfield Kentucky streamer.
Four men held up Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 6 late Wednesday near St Louis, fleeing with four mail pouches believed to contain registered mail. No injuries reported and police searched the area for the robbers.
Governor Coolidge said he would not approve any state depository that keeps Charles Ponzi related funds through the advertising agency of State Treasurer Fred J. Burrell. The move follows the Hanover Trust collapse linked to Ponzi schemes and notes the arrest of Henry F. H. Nielson of Cambridge on larceny charges as a Ponzi agent.
Washington reports bids opened for the remaining six of nine submarines authorized in the 1916 three year program. Bethlehem Ship Building Corp offers two vessels at 4,554,000 each or six at 3,490,000 each. G A King travels to southwestern state for business.
Buddies a comedy with music plays at the Princess tonight set in Brittany after the armistice. A shy American soldier courts a peasant girl while a blackmailer targets Julia whose twin brother died for France. The French boy’s name is cleared and the cast promises a fine performance by the Selwyns.
Carl Snodgrass travels to Denver to conduct business engagements and meet with local partners. His itinerary includes meetings at regional offices and planning sessions for upcoming projects.
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