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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1917
Page
7
Denver reports 78 loads or about 2200 cattle on sale with strong demand but prices easing. Beef steers reach up to 10.00, killers 7.75 9.00, cows 6.00 7.50, bulls 5.59 6.50, calves 9.00 11.50. Chicago and river markets lower, hogs and cattle receipts steady to higher in Kansas City and Chicago markets.
Oil quotations mixed with cattle and sheep quotes from Omaha Nebraska on August 27 show steady to higher demand. Receipts reach 12 700 for dogs and cattle 15 900. heavy to light classes priced from 14 50 to 17 00 for pigs and cattle. Sheep receipts at 18 000 with yearlings 10 50 to 12 00 and lambs 16 25 to 16 85.
Mining at Anaconda Copper Mining company sites in Butte and Anaconda is halted and the Great Falls smelter will close within forty eight hours. Company officials blame a worker walkout and union leaders call the move a lockout as labor pushes to honor contracts.
Department of the Interior Cheyenne land office publishes a notice for Anders C Willadsen of Granite Canon Wyoming sworn 14 June 1916 to purchase S2S2, section 32, township 13N range 70W timber valued at 5200. land 80. timber 3200 trees. building material 220. final proof 29 September 1917 before the Register and Receiver. protests or contests allowed prior to patent issuance.
F Kelly reports a $175 loss from his camp on school grounds while he and Mrs. Kelly prepared to move into a rental house. Thief reached under the tent to grab trousers and cash, leaving clothes and the torn chair disturbed. knee prints and shadows suggest camp neighbors observed the setup as wind shifted the canvas. The Kellys recently moved to a Bloom erook Northfork ranch and have been camping in a car awaiting possession.
Agricultural development in the territory between Billings and Thermopolis south of the Montana line is advancing rapidly. Robert Leavens of J S Case company reports strong activity and two separators sold on a recent trip. The Chase company notes fifty engines and separators placed in northern Wyoming since January as land once deemed unfit for crops now proves productive.
The sheriff’s office rapidly traced the Overland vehicle owned by Lem Ellis after it was stolen Friday night in front of the Tandy store. A description was sent to Denver and the car was quickly found, but the thief remains unidentified. The vehicle will be returned to the owner.
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