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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
14
Denver livestock receipts since last report were light with steady to slightly weaker price trends. Beef cattle sold readily with good demand for feeder calves and prime steers. hogs were light and lower. sheep demand was steady to firm with fat lambs up to 12.75 and fat ewes around 7.60.
The article notes river quotations signaling favorable terms for shippers and advises sending sheep and lambs to the Denver market. It emphasizes economic incentives for livestock traders to route shipments via river routes to Denver.
NE markets report 7500 cattle and 20,900 sheep receipts with mixed ranges. Heavy cattle trade steady to lower. natives 7.50 to 11.50, cows 6.50 to 10.60, stockers 6.25 to 8.40. Sheep steady. yearlings 9.25 to 11.25. lambs 12.10 to 12.20. Missouri reports 4000 hog receipts. top 10.45, sows 9.70 to 11.40, cattle 7 to 12, calves 6 to 11.50.
Cheyenne Milling Co lists milling wheat at 1.55 per bushel and durum at 1.56, rye at 1.04, flax at 2.00, and oats at 1.00 per bushel. Volume and unit details shown in the market listing.
Prices listed for corn, cheese, wheat, native hay, alfalfa hay, bran, and show oats. Figures include corn per owt two dollars forty cents, wheat eight dollars, alfalfa hay fifteen dollars per ton, and bran several dollars per hundred weight.
A fragmented timetable lists Western Pacific and Colorado & Southern lines with arrivals and departures at Portland Cheyenne Denver and Casper. It mentions trains like No 7 Los Angeles arrives and No 3 California Departs, with numerous times and routes including Overland Pacific Atlantic Omaha Express and Billings and Denver connections.
The State Board of School Land Commissioners in Wyoming announces a public sale by auction on the first day of February 1917 at 1 p m at the Cheyenne courthouse. Lands include Northeast and Southwest quarters and Lot 1 in township 14 north range 65 west. Minimum bids, payment terms, and notification about sale conditions are listed.
Notice to bid on February 3 1917 at the courthouse to sell North half South half of Section 23 Township 18 North Range 64 West containing 160 acres at not less than 12 per acre. Minimum cash 10 percent. Balance via annual payments with interest. Purchaser covers advertisement costs. Commissioner Hopkins signs the notice.
Department of the Interior announces that Harry Creathbaum of Meadow Wyoming filed for final three year proof on land described in Lot 2 8 4 Soc 6 T 17 N R 66 W in Township 18 N 6th Principal Meridian. Proof date set for January 18 1917 before the U S Land Office Register and Receiver Cheyenne Wyoming. Witnesses B F McLerran George J Parker Thomas Tennant and Alexander Kirkbride. Lath Will Reed Registrar. Also an unrelated advertisement for barber college mail order catalogues.
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