Che Cheyenne Leader Notes City Growth and Events
The Cheyenne Leader reports rapid urban growth with over twenty new houses, a rising population, and new infrastructure including a composite car and tall telephone poles. It notes the state university term opening September 19, mining activity, coal output trends, and upcoming Frontier fair grounds train schedules. Community notices cover social events, religious services, and local labor organization activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
Cheyenne and
Northern
Telephone Company
Krutz-Chatterton
Wyoming
Fair Grounds
Frontier Days
Th Press Association
Eight New Mines Drive Wyoming Coal Boom
Inspector Noah Young reports eight new Wyoming coal mines opened in the last year, boosting state output and highlighting major projects. Union Pacific replaces wooden brattice with stone stoping at Rock Springs No. 1, while Spring Valley and Glenrock openings promise large production. Meeteetse, Lander, Thermopolis trips planned for data. Miner Pat Melvin dies from Hanna mine injuries while his family remains in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Young
Rock Springs
Glenrock
Spring Valley
Inspector Young
Wyoming
America
Diamondville
Tte
Young
Union Pacific Coal Company
No. 1
Union Pacific
Meeteetse
Lander
Thermopolis
Pat Melvin
Rock Springs Hospital
Hanna
Wilkesbarre
Prominent Wyoming Press Leaders Urge State Convention
Wyoming editors including Governor De Forest Richards and Attorney General J A Van Orsdel address the Cheyenne press meeting. Resolutions call a state convention of publishers to promote resources development and endorse a St Louis 1903 Louisiana Purchase Fair exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Association
Richards
Elwood Mead
van Orsdel
Slack
George W. Perry
Rawlins
Gvernor Richards
de Forest Richards
Wyoming
Mead
Office of Irrigation Investigations
Department of Agriculture
West
Warren
Cheyenne
Kansas
Nebraska
Meads
Pasis Exposition
Buffalo
St. Louis
J. A.van Qorsdel
Capitol
State Museum
Lake
Minnehahn
W. G. Courant
Government Seeks 6,000 Cavalry Horses. Cheyenne Demand High
News notes a large government need for cavalry horses, with N R Davis stating demand exceeds supply. About $3,500 spent in Cheyenne last month, $7,000 more would be used if horses were broken. Owners urged to break horses now as contracts loom, with $75 per horse paid for breaking. The piece mentions a grand banquet for Laramie promoters and local events, plus business updates on Turner Hall, the Y M I excursion, and Silver Moon restaurant relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
N. R. Davis
United States
Boards of Inspection
Silver Moon
West Seventeenth Street
W. R. Jackson
Jackson
Home Seekers Here and Cheyenne Wheatland Visit
About forty Nebraska home seekers arrived in Cheyenne and departed for Wheatland to inspect the area and plan new homesteads near that town. Also reported is a baseball telegram noting Glaze and Pendergraft with ten and five strikeouts, a 5 to 4 Cheyenne win, and a mock bullfight style crowd reaction. A prize of five dollars will be awarded for the most comical costume at the Eagles French ball on August 28 and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Turner Hall
Spring Valley
Union Pacific Company
Big Aspen
Young
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wheatland
Rooters
Joe Cahill
Glaze
Pendergraft
North Platte
Glazel
Runaway Car Injures Mine Worker in Rock Springs
Albert Nelson suffered a broken arm and other injuries when a runaway trip derailed a safety switch at Mine No. 10 in Rock Springs on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Nelson
Mine No. 10
Rock Springs
Nelson
Work Begins on Seventeenth Street Mask Hall Enclosure
Construction starts on the open air mask hall for Frontier Day on Seventeenth Street with lumber hauled in and bleachers being erected. Pavillion contract by Connor & Miller but final work not finished until early next week to avoid street closures. Mrs. Padgette travels west to join her deserter husband as plans unfold for events and social functions include Royal Neighbors and Eagles ball promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth Street
Connor & Miller
1 000 Foot Well Sunk by Union Pacific at Ridge
Union Pacific let a contract to sink a 1 000 foot well at Ridge station to secure water for a tank there. Twelve coal chute additions at Medicine Row and a pit on the main line for fire cleaning are planned. A supervisor will ensure firemen keep that point clean as work on new business blocks accelerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Ridge Station
Medicine Row
Pipeliner Suffer Severe Steam Burns at Rock Springs
Fred Schuler a pipeman in Rock Springs mines is badly burned by escaping steam. Doctors fear loss of sight as his facial injuries are extensive. The Leader Job Department invites rush help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schuler
Rock Springs
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B.A Slack
K W. DE
BELLD
George H. Evans
Ward
Randall
John Cris
Philadelphia
Careyhurst
Frank Burrage
Federation
Fred Hagan
Hoyt
Opera
Giuen
L. G. Chirk
Helena, Mont
Baptist
Table Rock
Dan Hastings
Laramie
McCormick & Gilmore
Painters and Decorators Association of America
Painters' Union of
W. Db
Hudson
K. K, Bruce
C. H. Skred
J. Kennedy
W. Bennett
Napersteer
Fowler Methodist’ Episcopal Church
CITI
VanOrsdel
W. B. Chaplin
Laramia Republican
Interior Daily
Bill
Manitou
Big van Horn Syndicate
Laramie, Hahn's Peak
Pacific Railroad
The
Minnehaha
Platte Canon
Denver
Sherman
Leader Leader Press
Leader
Cheyenne Federation of Labor
Woodmen of America
A. O. U. W. Hall
Cowhick Dry Goods Company
Potter Ghosen
C. N. Potter
General Council of the
American Bar Association
Pen
James Williams
Penitentiary
Matthew Bona
Michigan General
O. W. Ruggles
Chicago
Ill
B. S. Karchmer
Sixteenth Street
ANS West
Mrs. M. L. House
Ferguson Street
Dinnben
Brothers Leading
Grocers
Eddy Sts
Tim
Dent
Offich
Ridge
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuper-Busch Brewing Association
Hofmanns
Anheuser-Busch Branch
Hofmann Bros
West Sixteenth Street
Opyrig
Hofmann House
Hellbeck
Gunther
Old Hofmann House
Fifteenth Street
Npar Eddy
Idelman Bros
Vreeland & Stone
Geo, H. Nagleh
Chas, BE. Miller
Corson
Sec
Treas
Union
Mercantile
Haguson
Sunbonnet
Warren Mercantile CO
Schilling
Ohenstein Brothers
Extra Valle
Wm. Myers
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