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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
7
The market showed active beef and feeder trades with steady to higher cattle values. Prices ranged with good fat cows around 8.75 to 9.75, steers mostly 11.50 to 12.25, hogs firm around 17.10 to 17.30, and lambs quoted 11.50 to 16.00, while feeders and vealers remained in steady demand.
Oil operators rush drilling in the Big Muddy field as about 100 rigs run daily. Water from Platte river supplies boilers while three Sands Shannon, stray, and Wall Creek yield oil at depths from 900 to 23 200 feet. Companies plan large investments and expect prolific production with a possible 245 million barrels from 7 000 acres.
Los Angeles will host 25 men’s teams for the Pacific Coast Bowling Minna tournament set March 11 to 10. Estimated prize money around 2000 will be awarded once about forty teams enter. Expected participants include San Jose Oakland San Francisco Fresno San Diego Oxnard Sacramento Stockton and teams from Phoenix Portland and Salt Lake City.
Cheyenne council approves bid from American LaFrance for a fire apparatus under contract and authorizes mayor to sign terms. Clerk to advertise bids for a water dept truck of not more than ten ton capacity and a 600 gallon street sprinkler to be opened after the next meeting. Minutes of February 24 1918 regular session certified by City Clerk J J Showalter.
Four keys on a ring with name plate Kepler and VM. Missed at the State Leader. reward offered. Contact Plains Hotel office or State Leader with information. Reward amount listed as 250 or 450 in scattered figures.
Wyoming General Hospital Rock Springs offers young women between 20 and 0 a chance to train as nurses. Entrance requires good health and moral character, plus a two year high school education. For details contact Chief Nurse, Wyoming General Hospital, Rock Springs.
A brief note from Akron Times imagines a woman missing a train as she suspects the engineer delays her for spite at Northway station. The fragment hints at a personal grievance and social context of transportation delays.
The Winona Poo Copper Company is incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on February 20. Its object is milling and related operations with capital stock of 50000 dollars in 50000 shares at one dollar each. It has a fifty year existence and will operate in Park County Wyoming with five directors led by Wo Green J M [mnner Woo Cavnuh K M Cavnoal and J d Wille.
Notice from the authorized official in Cheyenne City, Lita County, Vesombe State, about the sale of parcel blocks and panels. The undersigned solicitor appoints Wilson as agent to collect fees and demands payment by the specified date, warning of potential action and reserving rights to enforce the sale.
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