Local Produce Prices in New Listings
Carrots new at 6 cents per pound and beets bulk at 6 cents per pound. Turnips white priced at 4 cents per pound. Rutabagas 4 cents per pound. New potatoes three pounds for 25 cents.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
8
Carrots new at 6 cents per pound and beets bulk at 6 cents per pound. Turnips white priced at 4 cents per pound. Rutabagas 4 cents per pound. New potatoes three pounds for 25 cents.
Mild weather drew many anglers to streams in the Cheyenne district. Most traveled by automobile with some by rail. Returning parties said highways were rough and fishing was poor. Ice has left creeks but snow remains in brush along banks making fishing a task rather than a pastime.
The Lusk Development company formed to profit from rapid town growth has purchased 120 acres beside Lusk and King, near the depot, plus town plots including a prime corner. Plans include laying out the acreage, building a hotel and moving picture theater, as rail service and an oil field pipeline expand in the area.
Rock Springs will observe the eight hour day next Tuesday with band concerts a parade and public meetings. All United crafts join the parade along with the city council fire department soldiers automobiles and other groups.
An unofficial report claims J. D. Woodruff will resume his post as superintendent of the Cheyenne Wyoming division and A. W. McDuffy will return as superintendent of the western division, after Woodruff’s overseas service. Woodruff is expected to reach the city soon. J. W. Highleyman leaves the Wyoming division as master mechanic to join the expeditionary force.
George EB Storey and his son George EK Storey traveled from Burns to the city and back, noting the Lincoln Highway is in good condition overall except at two points along the Burns to city stretch.
Warren Richardson chairman of the board of county commissioners left Cheyenne yesterday afternoon for Texas. He will visit several oil fields and be away about a week or ten days.
Mia Gonzalez and Mrs Tomas Delgado travel to Denver to urge Governor Shoup to restore a Ford touring car seized by Colorado authorities used during an alleged Cheyenne to Colorado liquor transport. Gonzales and Delgado await transfer to Rawlins state prison for a decade or more.
Corn and oat prices listed for No 2 white to mixed grades with values from 1.48 to 1.56. Hogs receipts 14,000 with prices from 18.60 to 19.30, best bids around 19.10. Cattle receipts 1,600 with native steers 12.00 to 18.50 and calves 8.00 to 13.75. Sheep receipts 5,500 with lambs 19.00 to 19.86 and wethers 15.00 to 16.00.
In ROCK SPRINGS Wyoming on March 28 Richard Lewis over eighty was knocked down by a running bull near his home. He suffered multiple broken ribs and hip injuries and was hospitalized. The bull was shot after the attack.
Adam Schilling, a veteran Union Pacific conductor, resumed his run yesterday after a week off due to a severe cold.
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Corporal Donkin of Salt Lake City, discharged from Company G, 2362nd infantry, bears a cheek dimple formed by a German sniper’s bullet in France. The scar came as he shielded himself with a open mouth to emit a war cry, returning home after service with Cheyenne troops.
A delegation of about thirty high school students departed yesterday for Laramie to cheer their representatives in the incoming state basketball tournament. An extra coach was added to train No 3 to accommodate the group and a second extra car was provided for the Birds of Paradise theatrical troupe and other overflow from the high school car.
Drilling on the Mohawk well west of Casper resumed after installing a new engine boiler and drilling cable. The crew, now at a depth of 2,450 feet, plans to sink the hole to any required depth.
Peerless on the Weltch ranch twelve miles east of Casper finished setting casing to shut off a small water flow found at 2,400 feet and drilling is under way again.
Mrs. Inez M. Robinson secretary and Miss Allie Jewell superintendent of the Wyoming Childrens Home Society depart for Wheatland where the society’s headquarters are located. Judge J. A. Riner, president, remains detained in Denver by court business.
Jessa Walling of Burns was in the city yesterday to visit his son at Fort Russell who awaits discharge from the United States army. The son has suffered severely from Spanish influenza and is recuperating after a long hospital stay.
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