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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1920
Page
2
Casper faces a growing poor population needing practical aid. The Salvation Army, owing $13 000 for its care, plans a citywide appeal on October 6 to fund food beds and shelter, emphasizing direct help over luxury. The movement aims to mobilize local support and restore dignity to the down and out.
Casper welcomes Navy recruiting officers Sizemore and Williams arriving to take charge from Stars and All who requested transfers to Denver. Sizemore, chief machinist, served on Nevada. Williams, chief boatswain, on Kittery. Stars led Casper station 18 months. All stayed one year. Transfers require three months’ service before potential return if successors depart.
In Santiago Chile on October 2 the court of honor ruled 5 to 3 that Arturo Allessandri, Liberal Alliance nominee, is entitled to the presidency over Luis Borgono Liberal Unionists. The decision credits Allessandri with 177 votes to Borgono's 176.
Jayne Drummond of the Wyoming state highway department organizes a survey party to run a grade through Big Horn canyon between Boysen and Thermopolis to assess feasibility of a highway. The preliminary line should be finished this fall and would ease a troublesome Yellowstone Park to Park route. the Burlington railroad already passes through the canyon.
Air mail pilots report large flocks of wild ducks at Sloan’s Lake near Cheyenne. Ducks panic and take flight at dawn as air mail planes depart, disrupting local hunting plans between Cheyenne and Omaha.
The United Press reports the 1919 census will place U S population around 105.75 million if current growth continues. Census Bureau notes an average rise of about 15 percent from 1910s figure of 91,972,266. Read The Tribune Classified Ad.
Alban Y. Jones a Union Pacific brakeman is jailed in Cheyenne and then moved from the municipal to the county jail in the same building after an assault charge. The alleged assault on Ethel Logan was said to be carried out by telephone, a point likely to be addressed by his counsel.
Jones was arraigned on concealed weapon charges after being fined $40 and released. Pending charges and a warrant sought by Deputy John Piah allege he planned harm with a revolver. A prior record includes an incident involving firing at his father.
A cryptic fragment hints at awakening souls and enduring virtue. It mentions flawed guides and the idea that great men renew or endure while shallow paths mislead.
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