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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader announces subscription and delivery details including daily morning issues except Monday. It lists annual and six month rates, carrier delivery mornings including Sunday, and contact lines for circulation queries with names and phone numbers.
Wyoming electors are listed for the Bryan Kern ticket with John H Ward Andrew M’micken and B G Rogers named by county as the slate awaiting approval.
The Cheyenne Leader issue highlights Wyoming’s awakening enterprise and ambitious growth. It credits new settlers investors and leaders for expanding resources, land, and opportunities while inviting others to join in development and prosperity.
The article notes that dry farming has been successfully used for about twenty years in eastern Wyoming and in parts of Crook Weston and Converse counties. It highlights towns like Salem Lara mie Manville and districts where dry land farming thrives without special promotion.
The article notes six years of New Mexico growth adding 75,000 people and land sales, cites dry farming success in the Panhandle of Texas and eastern Oregon, and argues rainfall farming is established not experimental. It compares Cheyenne’s 14.5 inch rainfall and Syrian practice, asserting dry farming as proven and real.
Cheyenne citizens are urged to treat Frontier Days visitors as guests of the city. The piece emphasizes hospitality, fair treatment, and honest accommodations to protect Cheyenne’s reputation and ensure guests carry a positive view of the city. Committees have worked long hours to make 1908 a success and citizens should support them.
At Evanston a train stop conversation described by Mr Allard in Times as significant involved a prominent attorney of Evaua and referenced a Harriman discussion. The fragment notes a pivotal exchange amid ongoing events.
The issue features a valuable Wyoming industrial map drawn by Bartlett Bros, noted as mining and irrigation engineers. They detail oil deposits, coal and metal mines, and dry and irrigated lands, and have been contracted by the secretary of the interior to survey Yellowstone park boundaries.
Tomorrow marks the annual Frontier Days carnival in Wyoming with readers urged to decorate in red white and blue and display patriotism. The frontier development edition is advertised as the largest ever issued in the state with ads urging orders. A Chicago man’s rain prediction humorously yields a real storm the next day. The piece notes the Gould family and Harriman era references amid broader reflections on progress and land.
Oyster Bay Aug 16. Rudolph Forster confirms Roosevelt will not campaign for Taft this fall. He reiterates the president will give campaign speeches himself.
A physician cites complexion and teeth as indicators of life habits and refinement. He argues both can be improved by patient, intelligent care and promotes Dr. B. H. Sweisatt, up-to-date dentist at Bresnahan block, 1617% Ferguson Street, for treatment.
An 1908 recruitment notice for The Nebraska Military Academy Lincoln describes a high grade boarding school for boys with 40 acre campus near the city. Led by Colonel George R Burnett the academy offers college and business prep, health habits and home life focus, and a special department for younger boys. Open September 16 1908. Address B D Hayward Superintendent Box 153 Lincoln Neb City office 324 26 Security Mutual Block.
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