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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
7
Cattle offerings were light with firm prices and quick turnover for saleable lots. Beef steer demand stays strong with prices from 6.50 to 7.00 for top weights, cows 6.00 to 6.50, bulls and calves in good demand, feeders active, hogs light but prices up to 8.55 top and 8.40 to 8.50 common, pigs at 7.50, sheep demand fair with lambs and 95 lb ewes noted.
Chicago markets report hogs receipts 16 000 strong prices 8.10 to 9.50 per cwt mixed and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 6 000 slow weak beeves 6.759 to 10, Texas and western steers 6.00 to 7.90, stockers and feeders 5.50 to 7.80, cows and heifers 3.69 to 8.40, calves 8.75 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 48 000 mostly lower natives 3.40 to 4.65 western 3.65 to 4.45 yearlings 4.85 to 5.70 lambs native 5.25 to 7.40 western 5.75 to 7.50.
Omaha records cattle and hog markets with receipts of 5800 cattle and 4800 hogs. Native steers range $7.00 to $9.00, cows and heifers $5.75 to $7.25, western steers $6.00 to $7.75, Texas steers $5.50 to $7.25, range cows and heifers $5.25 to $6.75, calves $6.25 to $9.75. Hog receipts higher at the yard.
Public notice details the incorporation of Packard & Pettigrew a Wyoming corporation organized in Cheyenne on September 2 1913 with capital stock of 50000 divided into 100 shares of 100 each Its term is fifty years and possibly extended The corporation will operate in Cheyenne Wyoming and Denver Colorado with principal office at 3819 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne and a Denver office Four directors are named W Carlton Packard Tod M Pettigrew Jr Harry B Kelly and Charles bf Bartlett as process agent in Cheyenne
The report lists heavy cattle at 7.75 to 8.05 dollars per hundredweight and light cattle at 8.00 to 8.05. Bulls and bulk of males hover around 7.95 to 8.05 with receipts totaling about 46,000. Yearlings price 5.25 to 5.75, wethers 4.25 to 4.60, lambs near 7.00 to 7.50.
Instructions for orange dishes and serving ideas appear alongside a historical note about Porfirio Diaz at Vera Cruz in 1897. The piece cites an answer to Diaz on executing conspirators and mentions nine men killed.
Legal notice announces Truth Backes has filed for divorce in the District Court of Laramie County Wyoming on September 1913 alleging non support. Roy Backes must answer by November 1914 or the petition will be treated as true and judgment entered. T J Fisher clerk and attorney S listed.
State of Wyoming has filed in the Cheyenne office an application to select lands described in the notice. The list is open to public inspection and copies posted for public perusal. Protests and contest must be filed prior to approval and forwarded to the General Land Office in Washington DC for action.
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