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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
8
Sioux City markets show a fifteen cent gain with hogs selling around 16.65 and cattle advancing about 10. Trade remains active pre holiday as receipts run light. Notables include Faye Aldrich now in Denver and Lt Ed Hartnett visiting yards.
Hog prices hold despite slow trading at Chicago Union Stock Yards with receipts around 26 000. Light to heavy hogs quoted from 16 45 to 17 10 with bulk sales around 16 80. Cattle steady with native steers near 14 40. calves and stockers also noted. Sheep market weak with lambs 12 60 to 16 40. South St Paul hogs higher on 41 500 receipts with prices 6 25 to 16 65 and cattle and sheep ranges listed.
Butter steady with creamery at 89 49. Eggs higher on 5 877 cases receipts, ranges 40 to 47 with firsts up to 46. Potatoes higher with 90 car receipts from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota. bulk prices 1 85 to 2 05, sacks 1 90 to 2 10.
Butter market eases receipts total 5 534 pounds with creamery and extras noted. Eggs market firm receipts 2 165 cases with fresh gathered firsts and extra firsts tallied. Live poultry quiet with no prices quoted and dressed poultry weak. Chickens and turkeys show varied price ranges.
Grain bids show No 2 mixed corn at 4.65 1.70 with No 2 yellow at 4.70 1.75 and No 2 white at 4.65. No 3 mixed at 1.60 1.65, No 3 yellow at 4.10 1.70, No 3 white at 4.60 1.65. Oats quote No 8 white 4.79 4.4 79 3-4. No 4 white at 4.78 79 1-4.
Minneapolis cash close details prices for corn No 4 yellow around 1.60 to 1.65, mixed 1.60, oats and white varieties listed with arrivals and bid ranges. Barley chosen at about 1.52 to 1.59, No 2 Rye near 4.84 to 4.85, flax around 3.38 to 3.40, with arrival notices and price movements.
A delegation of shippers forced the suspension of the zero freight rule by the state railroad commission. The plan would let perishable freight be accepted at railway companies’ risk when temperatures fall below zero, with a possible Montana plan adoption and requests for exceptions for route shippers. Mitchell Aberdeen Pierre Sioux Falls represented.
Deadwood South Dakota December 26. Frank Costello a pioneer resident of Deadwood is dead from exposure to recent cold weather. He was found in a helpless condition with both feet frozen solid and died after medical efforts failed. He had lived in the Black Hills for over thirty years and authorities cannot locate his relatives.
Rapid City dispatch reports Helmer Peterson, a young local man, became mentally unstable after dwelling on the war. He enlisted, visited a drug store for a pocket testament, refused to pay, and an investigation found he had lost his mind, now spending much time praying for peace.
Marion South Dakota December 25 Jacob J West of this city jailed at Sioux Falls penitentiary for six months for wife desertion after conviction in state circuit court of this county.
Vermillion S D December 26 One feature of the annual meeting of Clay county teachers and school officers was an address by Lieut Governor W H Mc Master. A good attendance marked the gathering at the town hall as discussions covered district needs and public education goals.
Alexandria S. 10 Dec 26. Within thirty days an aggregate of forty two carloads of cattle were shipped from this city to eastern markets. The shipments valued at about 400000 dollars. All cattle came from farms in the Alexandria territory with no stock ranches in the area. Hogs and other stock were also shipped during the period and more shipments are planned for the winter.
Brookings South Dakota December 26. New officers for the Brookings County Fair association are elected for the coming year. President S J Rudolph vice president Percy Kannard secretary Geo D Cole treasurer George W Cobel. If war conditions permit the 1918 fair will be the greatest event of the kind in the history of Brookings county.
Pukwana South Dakota shipped poultry valued over 10 000 dollars in the past year. The town has risen as a leading grain and stock market in the Missouri River region of the state.
Advices say the directors of the Homestake Mining Company have declared a regular December dividend of 65 cents. There will be no extra dividend this year. The nine mines operated by the company in this city rank among the world's leading gold producers.
The personal property of B C Weeks Jr will be sold at public auction on Thursday Jan 3 at 10 30 a m on his farm 8 miles west and 4 miles north of Mitchell. The sale includes head of horses and cattle machinery and more. Terms cash for sums 10 00 or less and on larger amounts time until Dec 4 0 48 with bankable paper at 10 percent interest. Wayne Barnard auctioneer and Mitchell National Bank Clerk.
Notice is given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Mitchell Trust Company will be held at its office in Mitchell South Dakota on January 8 1918 at 430 am. Wm M Smith signs the notice.
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