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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
2
The Cheyenne Leader lists subscription rates for daily and weekly editions and notes its publication details with the 1900 December Saturday issue. It indicates the paper is published by B A Slack and entered at the Cheyenne Wyoming Post Office as second class matter.
A long campaign against John C. Teller of Colorado and Wyoming ends with a government victory in timber rights case. Special Agent Abbott and U S Attorney Burke led proceedings in Denver against Teller and his counsel Willard Teller. Testimony by John H. Mullison and Ira Reynolds supported the government case.
The Leader endorses A J Mokler editor of the Casper Tribune for chief clerk of the house. The piece praises his work ethic and intelligence while noting his unlikely ascent may raise his prominence and daily earnings.
A proposed bill to reduce the war tax would nearly abolish stamp taxes on checks telegrams deeds mortgages and similar documents and waive taxation on proprietary articles excepting wine. It would also raise beer rebates from 7.5 percent to 20 percent cutting the net tax to about one dollar per barrel. The total reduction could reach forty million dollars based on last year’s surplus.
A leading taxpayer suggests Cheyenne secure lands along Crow Creek to source irrigation and prevent stream contamination. Other taxpayers push prompt action, fearing worsening water quality and quantity. The text also notes political maneuvering with Elkins likely to win West Virginia’s senior Senate seat and Roosevelt’s Colorado hunting trip.
The piece notes Warren’s likely uncontested re-election as many assembly members urge him to stay in Washington. Andrew Carnegie pledges 10 000 for a Pekin public library if a donated site is provided and annual maintenance reaches 1 000. Senator Hoar appears set for election amid a Republican incoming legislature, with Senator Lodge steering elements toward unity.
Rawlins Journal confirms the Rambor mine was purchased by the Venture syndicate and is now in the possession of the buyers. Development work is underway and the mine will operate on a large scale through winter with regular shipments expected.
Chicago Times-Herald describes a sixty foot high cliff along the Smoky Hill river east of Kanapolis Kansas as home to a district school in a limestone cave. The 12 by 14 foot room serves as classroom with maps on rock walls while a nearby milk room and a large fire place brighten winter. The Faris brothers own the dam and the site attracts visitors and picnics, with nearby rock salt mines and cave formations noted as regional curiosities.
Cheyenne audiences will attend a Zobo concert at Keefe hall on December 14 to benefit the Presbyterian church. Local talent will perform a trained Zobo chorus in what organizers call a great novelty. Admission is 25 cents.
Crowded Casper schools prompt the board to hire contractor Tubbs to design and estimate a 6 by 60 foot four room frame high school building. A bond proposal will go to voters at the next school election. The Casper fire department plans electric alarms to place in business and residential areas with Casper Electric installing and maintaining them.
Various notices advertise barber shop services meals at a Sterling establishment and repairs, domestic help wanted, Belgian Hares for sale, real estate rooms for rent, furnished houses with steam heat, and a Metropolitan hotel inquiry. Includes names such as D. Miller and J. W. Griffin and addresses in Denver and Darwin areas.
United States Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming October 19 1900 notices that John L Jordan of Iron Mountain Laramie Wyoming filed sworn statement No 160 under the 1873 timber land act offering to prove land is better for timber than agriculture and will establish claim before the Cheyenne register January 4 1901 witnesses include William Reed Joseph Reed William Clay and W Breckona with adjacency notices to claimants to present claims by January 4 1901
Notices record multiple final proof filings in Cheyenne Wyoming with different claimants. Nelson F Patten of Little Bear, Charles Spits of Stringtown and Theodore Spitz of Pine Bluffs filing deadlines in 1900 1901 detail land parcels witnesses and locations. Also a recruitment notice for the US Army in Cheyenne and a missing person alert for Ernest Hopkins.
United States Land Office announces under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 that Joseph A Breckona of Cheyenne Wyoming has filed sworn statement No 163 for lands in township 2 north range 69 west NW 14 SE 14 and No 14 SW 14 section 24. He will prove the land’s value for timber or stone and will offer witnesses Donald McDonald Richard C Surette George Destrich and Robert W Breckens from Diamond and Cheyenne. Claims must be filed by January 5 1901.
Notice announces sworn statement No. 16% by James E K Miller Iron Mountain Laramie for NW 1 4 Section 14 Township 20 North Range 70 West to establish claim before the Cheyenne Wyoming register and receiver on January 4 1901. Claimants Joseph B Reed William T Clay John L Jordan Diamond and others.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on October 19 1900 Hubert W Hreckens of Laramie County died leaving sworn statement No 159 for the purchase of the SB 1 4 SE 1 4 Section 33 Township 20 North Range 69 West. He will offer proof the land is valuable for timber or stone. William Reed of Diamond Wyoming to file by January 4 1901.
Department of the Interior issues notice that settler Robert A Morton of Islay Wyoming seeks to prove up homestead No 3790 before the register and receiver in Cheyenne Wyoming on January 3 1900. Names listed include Dan M Arnold David Morton James Morton Alexander Nimmo and W B Chaplin.
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