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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1918
Page
3
Daily Market Report shows light cattle trade with generally steady to slightly lower prices. Beef steers sell from 11.00 to 12.00 with plain and thin cows easing. feeders and stockers steady, lambs and sheep in active demand, receipts around 25,000 and near yesterday’s average.
Market steady for cattle with receipts of 200 head. Prime fed steers ranged 12.50 to 19.75 dollars, dressed beef steers 10.25 to 12.50, western steers 9.24 to 12.75, cows 7.75 to 10.75, heifers 7.00 to 11.75, stockers and feeders 7.50 to 12.00, bulls 6.75 to 10.00, calves 7.50 to 14.25. Sheep receipts none. lambs 16.00 to 17.96, yearlings 15.50 to 14.75, wethers 11.50 to 18.50, ewes 11.25 to 18.00.
In Lyman Wy February 9 a meeting convened to organize blooded chicken interests. Over a dozen attendees chose Bet Bull George Godfrey and Loraine Rollins as officers to draft by laws for a forthcoming assembly. County Agent H J Thomas spoke on breeding and marketing pure bred chickens and more meetings are planned.
Farmers of Carbon county meet at Rawlins National Bank to organize the Carbon County Federal Farm Loan Association. The group plans to enable members to borrow long term funds under the federal farm loan law at 6 percent interest. A large turnout is hoped for.
Latest Oil News reports Big Indian Oil and Gas Company controls about =000 acres fee or leased across Big Muddy Salt Creek Lander Hudson Po ison Spider Emigrant Gap Lusk and other proven fields. It completed a Salt Creek well on Dec 28 and plans two more in Wall Creek sand plus a Big Muddy and Salt Creek well. A steel cable delay slowed progress in Big Muddy though drilling nears 1600 feet. In Salt Creek a second Wall Creek sand well is planned to about 60 feet depth unless early production reduces depth. Vincent Richards Craig group agreed to drill several wells on Mety ground adjoining Taw school section in Warm Springs field.
Warm Springs Wyoming draws oil men as seven wells operate at 1000 feet producing 25 to 100 barrels. Plans for a nine mile pipeline to Thermopolis advance with surveys and expected summer completion. Western Exploration seeks dividends while Ohio Oil and Midwest Refining push drills in Pilot Butte and Lusk fields. Shiloh and Hermogeon report Ardmore depth. Empire Gas and Fuel notes a 400 barrel well in Kansas.
A jumble of classified items includes sales agents seeking fast sellers and reps for clothing and general goods, employment pitches for salesmen in Wyoming 1918, farm and rental listings near Cheyenne and Denver, nursing training ads, land and ranch offers, exchange pleas for property, and miscellaneous requests for desks rags and oil investments. The text mixes ads, job leads, property for sale, and consumer offers with scattered names and addresses.
The court issues a divorce petition against an unnamed defendant. The notice requires the respondent to appear before the District Court in Cheyenne Wyoming by March 2005 or a default judgment may be entered.
A goose sold at Wildhersal auction for 2050 dollars. The daily cule book records show total sales reaching 89407 dollars from the event. The auctions featured Red Chis as part of the sale lineup.
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