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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
5
Markets show lower prices for alfalfa and timothy while demand weak in many regions. Wheat and corn futures fluctuate with Buenos Aires and European factors, Minneapolis and Chicago notes, and dairy butter prices volatile as cattle hogs and veal move differently across major markets.
The Denver market mostly offered feeders and stockers with fair demand. Packers showed stronger beef demand. light supplies limited high quality stock. Feeding steers ranged from 6.26 to 6.75, fair stock 5.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers 4.60 to 5.25 for ordinary types, best beef cows about 6, and good stock 5.50 to 5.75. Beef steers steady with top bids 7.60 to 8.00, though few quality lots reached that level. good beef steers around 7.00.
Buyers sought light weight hogs but supplies were heavy and mixed. Light hogs mostly steady while heavy hogs slipped slightly. Pigs steady amid good demand. stocker prices ranged 9 to 10 dollars, killing pigs 9 to 9.46. Lamb markets mixed with Denver prices easing and light weight lambs at 8 to 8.26. Ewes and choice stock around 4 to 4.60 dollars.
Dutch forces confront a long conflict with Acheenese tribes in northern Sumatra. Kota Radja houses about 8000 troops with a fort network and barbed wire defenses. The region features Gold Mountain and dangerous malaria, with pirates once threatening.
A visiting traveler in Madrid faced a severe reprimand for kissing his wife in public outside a hotel on Puerta del Sol. A duty policeman warned him and threatened the station, but the captain reprimanded him and, citing the blue law against kissing in streets, let him off with a caution for the serious offense.
A twelve year old girl, described as morally but not mentally defective, cannot distinguish right from wrong. Her father secured an order to place her in an industrial school after attendance concerns and multiple nocturnal absences. She once walked 15 miles to Basingstoke and was found at a station at midnight.
A prehistoric forest buried under 80 feet of meadow marsh was found near Chestnut Neck along the New York Atlantic City route. Cedar and oak trees remain perfectly preserved while other areas show charcoal. The discovery occurred as linemen erected poles for electric power to the Transatlantic Wireless Plant at Tuckerton, using 80 foot poles across a bottomless stretch of the Mullica River meadows.
A five year old named Leta, visiting a country, asked her mother if tiles play tennis after spotting a potato bag with a sweater like attire. The mother explained, noting the humorous confusion over clothing and objects.
Northern seekers flock to Florida Carolinas for health and pleasure. About 400000 travelers by rail car boat and auto, with hotels and real estate fueling a Florida real estate boom. Golf, beaches and resorts draw thousands despite rising costs, while national parks lure summer visitors year round.
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