Cheyenne Leader December 4, 1900 edition
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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1900
Page
2
The Cheyenne Leader dated December 4 1900 is listed with publication details and subscription rates for the Daily Leader annual plan.
The Union Pacific owns Granite Canon Springs water since twenty two years and uses it on passenger and Pullman cars. Daily shipments reach Cheyenne and are placed in train water coolers. The company regulates ice quality and has stopped local ice cutting, sourcing from the Laramie River instead.
The editorial argues the Cheyenne water supply is sound while criticizing a rival Tribune for concealing dangerous findings. It defends publishing Dr. Mitchell’s full report to inform the public and outsiders, rejects concealment, and urges honesty over secrecy to remove evil from the community.
The Douglas Budget criticizes Wilf eld supporter Warren claiming Warren backs arid land reclamation and opposes land endowments to states while criticizing a reef of positions on the Argentine reciprocity treaty and wool. It recalls a Spartan fable and then shifts to a verse on Converse County with a quip about a queenly figure.
State Chairman Van Orsdel congratulates Chairman Wells on Converse County’s large majority, noting 66 percent for McKinley and Roosevelt. The county is called the banner county of the state due to its strong vote share and high turnout. The remark from Lara mie Republican and others signals broader county enthusiasm.
A patchwork of quips and social notes on manners, jealousy, and gender. The column jests about ideas, dependents, and fashion, plus a report of an Atchison girl sent away to end a romance and observations on girls with uncombed hair after a concert.
A poem laments relentless bills from groceries to doctors and wages. In a separate notice, a reward is offered for information on Ernest Hopkins, 28, heavily built, about six foot ten, last seen in Cheyenne on June 2, with the Leader subscription rate noted at 60 cents.
A collage of curious items ranges from an Ohio older woman’s bold move to a legless husband, to a Konttck cashier’s 200000 shortfall blamed on horse races. Includes a Colorado woman’s ascent, a San Francisco merchant facing imperial removal, Mark Twain’s NY driver fined for extortion, and playful notes on mothers’ congress anecdotes about chewing antics.
A portly man in a black cutaway chats with a grimy bearded stranger asking for a nickel to buy a beer. The piece shifts to Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line fire funds totaling $216 801.19 after June 30 1900 deductions and cites low fire losses for both lines. A Hindoo Hoodoo comedy by John Fowler is praised for fresh humor and brisk plot turns. Heasch Bowers troupe touring coast cities receives strong critical notices with a big show coming Thursday night.
Fragmented OCR text shows a school attendance remark about Billy and a joke exchange. It mentions house furnishings sold on easy payment terms and an ad seeking board and room with a private family, with garbled names JoXea and Thorman.
A historic roll lists Wyoming legislators with districts and parties. It notes Republicans hold 18 seats to 1 Democrat and that senators serve four years from January 1901, with a total Republican holdover of 10.
The article lists numerous Republican and a few Democratic members from Wyoming counties including Lander Fremont Cheyenne and Uinta with a vacancy in Laramie due to the death of Arthur Richardson. It also announces bids for two thousand five hundred dollar water bonds in the town of Lusk Converse County with interest at six percent and a bid deadline of December 10 2000.
Notice announces Peter Hansen of Diamond Wyoming filing for final proof on January 9, 1901 at Cheyenne for SE 14 NE 14 Sec 24 T19N R68W Lot 2 SE 14 NW 14 SW 14 NE 14 Sec 19 T19N R68W with witnesses Donald McDonald Surette Joseph Strong and Joseph B Reed all of Diamond to prove residence cultivation of the land.
Notice is given that John W. Ropper is administrator of the estate of Silas J. Hopper, deceased. Creditors must present claims within six months after the first publication or be barred. Dated November 20 1900. November 20 27 December 4 11.
Phillip J. Yoder of Phillips Wyoming filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish his claim on land described as BE 14 Sec 11 T 18N R 63W near Cheyenne. Wyo. The proceeding lists John Mullen Charles Rug and others as witnesses with the support of attorney O Clark Phillips Wyoming. The notice appears in the Cheyenne area records dated November 26 1900 and December 29 1900. The document also mentions a typhoid fever case and a sanitary company service in Cheyenne.
United States Land Office Cheyenne announces under the 1878 Timber Lands Act that Joseph A. Breckens of Cheyenne has filed sworn statement No. 163 for land in Township 20 North Range 69 West and 24 Section, with proof to show timber value over agriculture. Witnesses listed: Wys., Richard Susette, George Dietrich, Robert Breckens. Public claimants must file by January 9, 1901.
Land Act notice from Cheyenne Wyoming dated Oct 23 1900 announces that James K Miller of Iron Mountain Wyoming filed a timber land claim for section 64 township 20 north range 70 west seeking proof that the land is more valuable for timber or stone than for agriculture. Public claims by Joseph Reed William Clay and John L Jordan of Diamond and Iron Mountain are invited to file before January 4 1901.
United States Land Office Cheyenne announces Breckens of Cheyenne filed timber land claim No. 169 for SE 1 4 BE 1 4 Section 33 Township 20 North Range 69 West and will hold a public sale January 4, 1901 to acquire timber or stone land for agricultural use. Witnesses from Diamond and Iron Mountain are named. claims must be presented by January 4, 1901.
John L. Jordan of Iron Mountain County Laramie Wyoming files sworn statement No 160 under the 1878 vada and Washington land act for the NW SW and SW NW sections 4 township 19 range 1 in Towoowbip No 19 with timber or stone value. Witnesses Joseph Reed and Rouest W Breckens. Adverse parties urged to file claims by January 4 1901.
Department of the Lotertor announces that Morin of ta, Arnold of Islay, Morten of Wey, James Morwn of F i, and Allenanger of ine filed notices of claim for sections 3 and 4, township 14 north, range 6 west. Proofs will be made before the teller and receiver at Cheyenne on January 900, detailing cultivation and residence requirements for the land shown. Upholstering goods and draperies offered by Warren Mercantile Co.
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