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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
7
Lost between Carey avenue and Western Union a wrist watch. Finder should return it to Miss Dooley at Western Union for a reward. Also a help wanted notice for a coal gas stoker at Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co.
Notice to creditors for Charles W. Pearson deceased requests claims with vouchers to Ella Pearson administratrix within six months, one year barred. attorney John C. Thompson. Also notice of service by publication in Wyoming district court for divorce case Jesse Z. Baker versus Mary S. Baker. answer by June 12, 1920. Attorny T. J. Fisher.
Daily Market Report shows slow uneven demand with 94 pound shorn lambs at 16.50 dollars and choice handy weight shorn lambs at 17.50 dollars, recorded late yesterday by Ohenstein and Graham.
Rev. J. A. Alford, Montana organizer, is named state secretary for Wyoming in the Interchurch World Movement, succeeding A. F. B. Stewart who left to become a Y M C A secretary in Poland. Edworthy reports the appointment from Cleveland where field secretaries meet. Alford has long directed Montana Interchurch work and led International Sunday School efforts.
Navy recruiting station at 212 Lincoln Way reports Archie Edwards Baker of Van Tassell promoted from yeoman second class to yeoman first class and stationed at Great Lakes Illinois. William Dewey Huss of Sheridan promoted from class to crew member on the U S cruiser Galveston.
Encampment May 18. The Charter Oak mine eight miles west of Encampment, the district’s only coal property, has resumed work after a January shutdown caused by a coal shortage. A flotation plant was installed and machinery modernized to restart mining.
New York grain margins report May Corn opening at 1.94 with high 1.9414 and close 1.90. July Corn opens 1.76 with high 4.76 and close 1.70. May Oats opens 1.06 and closes 1.04. July Oats opens 0.92 with high 0.92 and low 0.89. close 0.90. Bond figures show Liberty issues trading near 83.00 to 95.20 with varied coupons.
Minneapolis May 418 Flour unchanged Bran 53800 per ton and related market notes show steady prices for grain products in the local exchange markets.
Cattle receipts 15 000 with steady to strong demand for butcher cattle and calves and bulls. cows and canners mostly 5 25 to 5 75. Hog receipts 86 000 mostly steady with top 44 50 and bulk 13 25. Pigs 25 to 50 cents lower, bulk 12 00 to 13 25. Sheep receipts 412 000 noted in market report.
Hogs receipts 14 000 market slow light hogs steady to strong bulk 18 50 18 85 top 14 00 250 pounders up 15 cents higher bulk 13 25 13 50 Cattle receipts 6 500 beef steers and butcher stock steady to 250 lower best beeves 12 75 bulk of steers 12 05 12 25 cows and heifers 9 00 10 50 stockers and feeders strong Sheep receipts 9 000 California spring lambs and woolled stock 500 lower clipped killing grades mostly 25 cents lower California spring lambs 16 50 17 75 clipped lambs 15 00 16 50
Laramie reports testing in the Copper Basin and Lost Soldier fields with promising prospects. Kemmerer roads and Lusk plant developments. uranium ore projects under Larimer ownership. 62 miles of highway planned by Utah builders. Pine Bluffs sewer near completion. copper finds near Wheatland. Upton to build 25 residences at 100000 cost. Riverton refinery starts with Dallas crude. Lovell beet planting. Big Horn gas piping to Montana smelters. Hamilton dome wells pump crude. Lusk refinery runs at full capacity. Osage oil field activity upticks. Sheridan residents form Moorcroft oil operation company.
Myo May 18 Searching parties have failed to locate Joe Pixley 75 missing since April 8 in the hills near the North fork. The elderly man, nearly blind, lived alone on the town’s edge and may have wandered off days before his disappearance, possibly perishing in the mountains.
New York leaders in goods predict a halt in rising living costs this summer with no further increases in staple foods and clothes, though luxury items could still rise. The survey of selling conditions suggests prices for basic necessities may stabilize while higher end goods remain pricey.
At the annual Associated Students elections at the University of Wyoming in Laramie on May 4 4, Clarence A Rue of Denver is named president and Miss Mary Kent of Iowa becomes vice president. Nora Murphy of Rock Springs is secretary and Frank Kershisnik of Rock Springs editor of the Wyoming Student. Six at large delegates were elected to lead committees and three constitutional amendments passed. Dr Grace Hebard and Brininstool coauthor The Bozeman Trail to be issued next September by Arthur L Cook Publishing.
A mosaic of quotes and musings on hair symbolism, candy boycotts, second hand dress, and the bungalow house craze. Sharp wit contrasts urban costs with a laid back Mars indifference, ending with a Webster quip about a $3.60 steak and trifling consequence.
The work will feature original maps by Dr Ifebard and reproductions of Caspar Collins fort and trading post drawings, reflecting Gasper’s naming. Delta Sigma Rho Wyoming chapter elected four debate participants Sylva Ekstrom Alice Hardie Glen Parker and Thomas Nicholas to join May 29 initiation and banquet. Y M C A Rocky Mountain region official Ben Cherrington visited to boost Estes Park Y conference June 10 to 24 inviting wide Wyoming student attendance.
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