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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1920
Page
6
In Brew York Ort 15 traders noted money market ease despite the Anglo French loan payments. Call money opened at 9 percent, eased toward year end, with two to three month lending at 8 percent amid mixed stock gains and bond strength led by Reading fours and Liberty issues.
Exchange rates show mercantile and sterling markets steady. Cables quote francs Belgian francs and guilders with modest shifts, while lire marks and Greek pound figures appear. Time loans remain steady, call money strong with a 6 percent ruling rate and a peak nine percent.
In London copper zinc and tin markets parts of the metals complex show mixed activity. Copper spot and futures quotes slid while tin held firm with spot 82 pounds 15s and electrolytic tin around 104 pounds. Lead antimony and sine details unclear.
Market notes from Omaha dated Oct 15 list grain prices for wheat and corn. Prices cover No 1 and 2 dark and white wheat, No 1 yellow, mixed varieties, oats, with typical bid-ask ranges and cents per bushel.
Chicago market shows dull trading with cattle weaker small herd, hog receipts 16 000 active. hog prices up 15 to 26 cents from yesterday's average with top at 16.00. Vealers steady to high. sheep trend steady with best Westerns and native ewes quoted near 6.00 to 13.00.
Hog prices rise to as high as 14.76 with active demand and bulk at 14.25 to 14.80. Cattle receipts total 2,400 with steers and stockers steady to dull amid generally common quality. Sheep receipts 7,000 with top lambs at 12.00 and feeding lambs at 12.60 while feeding ewes bring 4.85.
The State Public Service Commission plans a decision in days on Mountain State Telephone Company’s request to raise Wyoming rates by 14.04 percent effective October 21. A hearing discussed the proposal. company officials said Wyoming lines operated at a loss of about 57,000 last year and would lose more this year under current rates. Officials noted interstate rate alignment is contributing to the push for higher charges.
Frank F. Kelly 48 F W Whear 25 and Charles Jackson 26 were bound over to district court on $5000 bail each for allegedly holding up eighteen passengers on a Colorado and Southern southbound freight between Wheatland and Cheyenne. Deputies nabbed them near Fort Russell after a pistol and loot totaling about $70 and several watches were found. Victims named include Frank M. West and others who reported the robbery occurred in rapid succession as hobos rode separate cars.
In a local case, a man named W. Whear of Kelly was brought to the sheriff's office after a report involving unidentified workers described as Ternatical Workers of the World. The fragmentary text provides limited clarity on the exact charges or location.
Scott Davis a Union Pacific stock agent based in Denver arrived in Cheyenne Center and stayed at the Plains hotel. He once drove the Cheyenne to Deadwood stage in 1886 before a famous hold up. Davis helped advance Wyoming and Colorado development. Every Canadian soldier settler receives 160 acres in the Dominion.
The Croix de Guerre, a renowned French military decoration, was established specifically as a medal honoring World War I service. It recognizes acts of bravery and distinguished conduct by soldiers and allied personnel.
Casper Wyoming October 16 Mine Ethel Hale a trained general secretary from Denver takes charge of the W C A office here after the resignation of the previous secretary at the request of the local board. Miss Hale has led W W A branches in the south and in New York City and managed a cafeteria. During the year she served as house manager of a cantona in Texas.
In New York a curb market crackdown led to two men being taken into custody over an automotive alcohol dispute. Each vehicle contained a five gallon drum of grain alcohol, prompting officials to intervene amid an ongoing hunt for contraband liquor.
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