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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1920
Page
2
The article explains tire longevity depends on upkeep and advises regular alignment checks, careful driving to protect side walls, using whitening mixed rubber cement to repair minor tread issues, and rotating tires. It stresses using a spare to reduce wear on main tires and to extend tire life overall.
The city advances on Park addition housing with fifty homes nearly done and six two family units on Evans street. New streets are laid out while Hirsig mobilizes crews for street upgrades. The C&S S track grain elevator is being remodeled as Cheyenne Artificial Ice and Storage builds a new ice plant. A northeastern grade school proceeds toward completion and hospital bids may start soon. The old pumphouse boilers are out for a planned park, aviation field hangar and tower near finish, and depot renovations prep moving headquarters to Cheyenne.
Water exposure causes bearing failure as high pressure washes etch races and balls. The article notes 70,000 cars left France after American forces left, with 69,000 reportedly sold by the finance minister. End of year rent disposal expected per authority.
A note advises keeping windshields clear in rain by rinsing away car soap buildup. It warns that suds left to dry form droplets that hinder visibility and suggests regular cleaning to prevent misting and streaks.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company creates a motorized trolley offering four wheel drive and a front truck. The vehicle seats 44 passengers and can carry up to 80 people, priced at $1 per foot in Akron during a crest car strike.
After an engine overhaul a car may still drag uphill. Remove the muffler and clean it out to restore performance and efficiency.
New piston rings must be lapped to fit the cylinder wall tightly and evenly. The process ensures a proper seal and even wear across the bore. A careful lapping procedure helps prevent blowby and enhances engine efficiency.
New York markets were shut on Saturday in anticipation of the Labor Day holiday. Trading halted as banks and financial houses observed the long weekend.
Metals prices in New York for September show domestic figures unchanged at four conte per ounce with Mexican ponla noted in market remarks.
Exchange steady with sterling at 2.55 and cables 3.55. Francs demand 6.94, cables 6.96. Belgian francs 7.38 and cable 7.40. Guilders 31.80 to 31.90. Lire 4.58 and cable 4.60. Marks 1.09 demand, 2.00 cables. New York exchange on Montreal at 9 1/2 percent discount.
The Commercial Bulletin reports a brighter wool market outlook aided by American Woolen company resumption on September 13 and strong London colonial wool auctions. Foreign primary markets show low priced wools and moving lite wool from the West on sale with several secured basis prices listed for Texas California and eastern regions.
Denver September 4 buyers showed keen interest despite light Saturday receipts as the market stayed active. Prices for cattle hovered around seven dollars sixty cents per head with top quality steers and heifers attracting bids while some lots moved quickly.
The text describes seating rings by moving the assembly in the cylinder with an abrasive mixture and oil. It reports motorized express companies totaling 1956 at year start, with an average 121 mile round trip and 42 states having such lines, New York holding 268 the most. It warns oiled roads are dangerous, urging slow careful driving and possible use of tire chains.
The Saturday sheep market saw lambs bring 12.30 to 12.76. Fair to good stock ranged 6.25 to 46.50. Hog trading was light with all good butcher hogs selling strongly though offerings were small. One load brought 15.50.
United States Bureau of Markets reports Hogu receipts 3 000 cattle receipts 260 sheep 1 600 prices generally steady to 15 cents higher cattle on corn fed rise veals and stockers up to 50 cents feeders up 25 50 cents in part market compared with last week noting declines in some categories top price $15 26 bulk $14 25 to $14 75
A reader proposes a simple device to prevent flat tires by mounting a magnet on each wheel fork with wiring to the ignition. The magnet would attract tacks and other nonmagnetic hazards while riding, though dust must be kept clear and speed kept under two miles per hour for effectiveness.
Chicago markets show cattle 25 to 50 cents lower on most grades with western types steady. Hogs rise 15 to 25 cents with totals near 16.25 top, sows around 14.16 to 14.40, and pigs steady to higher. Lambs and muttons mostly 25 to 75 cents lower while feeder classes hold steady to 25 cents down.
Denver on September 4 reports continued scarcity of fancy eyes pushing wholesale prices to 55 to 60 cents per dozen, a 3 cent rise. Shippers receive 14 to 14.50 dollars per dozen with a 31.2 cent loan, as buyers pay higher for supplies.
The daughter of Count So Skillful With Rifle earns a nickname Annie Oakley The Second for top scores at a national rifle meet. Mina M reportedly shines at Camp Perry Ohio with high marks and strong showings among marksmen from across the country.
At a special meeting of the board of livestock commissioners in Rawlins Wyoming M B Pickett was chosen to succeed Charles B Boyce as secretary of the board. Pickett has served as sheriff and livestock official in Carbon County and has lived in the area for twenty years.
The wholesale market lists poultry at 65 cents a pound for meat, ducks 8 to 40 cents, geese 36 cents, hens 35 to 38 cents, and roosters 25 to 27 cents. Butterfat prices are steady with 59 cents per pound for first grade creamery. shipments paid 62 to 68 cents. Vegetables steady. cabbage 75 cents per hundredweight. potatoes 2.50 to 2.75 per hundredweight. apples 2.25 to 4 per box. Weather in Cheyenne shows mean temperature 63 degrees, high 64, low 40, precipitation 0.12 inches in the last 24 hours.
Grain markets in Minneapolis list flour unchanged at Bran $42. Corn No 8 yellow $1.22 to $1.35. Date No 8 white 67% SS%c. Barley $4c to $1.04. Rye No 2 $1.81 to $1.82. Flax seed No 1 $3.22 to $3.24.
Chicago on September 4 reports No 2 red wheat at 2.44 to 2.64 percent, No 2 hard at 2.52 to 2.57, corn mixed at 1.42 and 1.43, oats at 0.64 to 0.68, rye 1.87 to 1.90, barley 1.00 to 1.08, Timothy seed 6.50 to 7.60, Clover seed 25 to 20, pork nominal, lard 19, ribs 15.60 to 16.50.
Gerald A. Stack of Lander Wyoming, who killed Paul Brown in a road house at Niles TL, was released Friday on bond furnished by his brother. The report notes the aid provided by the sibling and mentions a call for a free demonstration.
Minneaplis Sept 4 Aussie boxer Australian Shades Yankee Lightweight fights report notes from Lew as part of a Minnesota boxing card.
In a day night boxing card here Edwarda of Australia, lightweight champion, edged Johnny Nove of St Paul over ten rounds by the judges. Earlier Serra Jack Burke of Chicago was stopped by Lateh of St Paul in the eighth round of a scheduled bout.
Jack Britton defeated Johnny Tillman by outpoint in a ten round junior welterweight bout held in Cleveland. Charlie OConnell stopped Danny Paver in the eighth round.
Paris reports the seven modern revival of the Olympic Games ended in a $500000 financial loss. A statement issued there today notes the event at Antwerp failed to be money making and cites the overall deficit.
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