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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
7
Daily Market Report from Denver and other outlets notes light cattle offerings and firm demand with record hog and fat lamb prices. Beef cattle and feeders show strength, with top hogs at 11.50 and fat lambs up to 13.85 freight paid. St Joseph and Omaha reports mixed cattle and rising hogs and sheep prices. Chicago also reports firm hog market and varied cattle and pig ranges.
Arrivals and departures listed for Union Pacific, Overland, Portland Flyer, Fast Mail, and various regional trains. Includes times for No 19 Pacific, No 10 Fast Mail, No 20 Pacific Net, No 18 Portland Cheyenne Flyer, No 9 12, No 8 Los Angeles Limited, Atlantic Express, Omaha Express, and Denver Colorado & Southern routes with arrival and departure times and extra fare notes.
Livestock receipts show market strength in Kansas City with cattle and sheep gains and hogs at higher prices. Kansas City lists prime red steers to 11.60 and calf values to 15.00, while St Louis reports higher hogs with good heavy and bulk sold around 11.45 to 11.86. Sheep in both markets firm with lambs near 13.76 to 14.25 and yearlings around 11.75 to 12.50.
Price snippet shows Milling Wheat at 1.60 to 1.70, Durum Wheat 1.60 to 1.70, and Rye and Oats with unclear values. text contains garbled terms and stray characters suggesting OCR errors in a historical market page. The readable figures indicate a grain price listing with multiple varieties and ranges.
Furnished by the Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company. Corn per CWL eight dollars forty cents. Corn chop per cwt two dollars fifty cents. Wheat value unclear. Nebraska hay sixteen dollars. native hay twenty dollars. Alfalfa hay per ton eighteen dollars. Straw per ton fifty nine dollars eight cents.
Wyoming regulated filing certifies Minnesota Oil Company as a Wyoming corporation to acquire own and develop oil lands in Wyoming and elsewhere. It lists 300 shares at 100 dollars, five directors William C Robinson Frank L Swan Bert G Boucher Roger V Whiteside and Robert J Whiteside. Principal office Cheyenne First National Bank Building with John D Clark as agent. dated January 24 1917.
The United Western Consolidated Oil Co was incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on January 2 1917 with capital stock of 500000 shares and 500000 dollars. The company aims to produce and deal in oil and will be governed by five directors J W Dorsey W K Cashman I M Cantor Henry Schmetzer and H A True Jr. The principal office is room 424 Citizens National Bank building Cheyenne and Henry Schmetzer is the agent in charge.
Department of the Interior announces a public sale of a land tract in Cheyenne Wyoming under Sec 2455. Bidding starts at or above $2.50 per acre on February 23. The tract in Sec 24 T10N R69W is mountainous and not suitable for cultivation. Highest bidder must pay immediately.
On December 27 1916 Alfred J Heasman applies under Section 2455 R. S. and a public sale is set for February 23 at 11 00 AM to bid on the SE 1 4 Section 24 township 16 north range 69 west 6th principal meridian at not less than 2 50 per acre The tract is described as suitable for cultivation or possibly too rough and will be declared closed when bids are exhausted.
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