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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
2
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1901. It applauds metropolitan airs and announces pay in advance as the only recognized system for mail subscriptions. The paper will bill each subscriber when the paid period ends. If a stop order is missed, contact this office or the postmaster to halt delivery.
A playful reminiscence about youth and poetry in Wyoming. The writer mocks a Leader editor’s return to verse, recalling a snowstorm, a protective arm around a maiden, and the phrase Slack Slack amid lighthearted satire.
The Wyoming Press Association elected Deming at a Albany hotel banquet to head the next annual excursion. The Tribune notes the tour includes a stop in Buffalo and a visit to Yellowstone after an invitation from Commissioner Meldrum. The gathering signals a larger turnout of editors and their families for future trips.
A Harper's Weekly piece by J D Whelpley accuses western land programs of widespread fraud in Wyoming Colorado and other arid regions. It argues homestead law fosters schemes by corporations and individuals to secure water and meadow rights, with perjury and forged proofs abundant and desert claims routinely watered to fake proofs.
In Wyoming final proofs for homestead claims face strict verification including a certified water title and proof of land reclamation. Critics call frauds common, while supporters insist 75 percent of final proofs are genuine and compliant with residence cultivation and improvements. The New York Times notes Mr Low’s appointments as high in fitness and free of partisan influence, reflecting focus on public interests over party politics.
The Labor News argues against Chinese laundries under exclusion agitation. It cites Cheyenne seven Chinese laundries and praises Cheyenne Steam Laundry as employing forty white workers year round, paying about 18000 dollars annually, with long-tenured staff and sanitary practices. It urges union members to patronize white laundries to protect local labor and schools.
Miss Fannie Hundley a 17 year old girl in Big Horn County reportedly took strychnine after love disappointment with Quincy Chance owner of Chance ranch. She died within half an hour. Locals mourn the young woman described as of excellent habits and quite attractive.
Cheyenne venues reveal a forthcoming Carnegie library with frescoes, opalescent transoms, and copper bronze finishes. Details cover color schemes, grand mantels, a marble fountain, and planned furniture delays. Community efforts for a library fair include gifts from Daughters of the Revolution and local donors.
Sheriff Smalley inaugurates a rogues gallery by buying a novelty camera with an electric light. The device captures photos automatically when prisoners resist, and can double as an electric lantern. Suspicious inmates will be photographed for future reference.
A fragment reflects on a drowned bride on the eve of her wedding and notes the irony of losing a bride in ordinary clothes despite a fine going away gown. The terse aside underscores tragedy and social ritual.
Christian Scientists no services Sunday. Trinity German Lutheran and Scandinavian Lutheran hold morning or usual hours. St Mark's Episcopal with multiple services. First Methodist Episcopal with classes and leagues. A M E Church, First Congregational, South Side Congregational, First Presbyterian, First Baptist, St Mary’s cathedral with masses and sacraments. Congregational services include Rev Gray with map by Home Missionary society. Christmas song service planned by choir.
Cheyenne citizens will vote on February 4th on bonds totaling 165000 for water and sewer projects. The council adjourned last night and supported a 15000 sewer bond and two proposed routes to expand the sewer system, including enlarging Eddy street or building from Sixteenth street south on Warren avenue.
Turner Hall hosted the 33rd annual masquerade ball by the Durante Hose Company. Guests enjoyed Nagel's orchestra and rich costumes, with prize winners including Queen Dodo and prince and a one-legged tramp. Supper was provided by the Woodman Circle. committees managed arrangements and admissions. For rent notice follows.
Rev. Bruce Kinney of Albuquerque N M has been appointed general missionary in Wyoming. He will start February 1 next year, working under a superintendent who oversees ten states. Kinney will base his headquarters temporarily in Salt Lake City with his children in school, then relocate to Wyoming.
Fort Collins researchers plan a winter trial feeding 3 000 Curry Bros sheep at Fort Steele using native grasses and multiple grains. Flemming notes daily weather, grain weights, and chemical values to gauge weight gain per grain input. If successful, many Wyoming ranches may adopt the method next spring.
Salt Lake City forms the first oil exchange for Utah and Wyoming mirroring mining exchanges. Officers elected include Perry S. Heath president W S Roberts vice president Nels BE Youngberg secretary Dr A S Chapman treasurer with a board of directors featuring M A Dougherty S L Boggs and others. Cheyenne Cigar Factory ad promotes souvenir cigar boxes pipes and cases ending with Christmas gift offerings.
The board of directors School District No 14 Fremont County Wyoming will receive bids for four negotiable coupon school house bonds of 175 dollars each. Bonds dated January 15 1902 with one due January 15 1907 and annually thereafter until all paid. Bid deadline 5 pm January 11 1902. Bonds not sold below par. private sale possible. George W Woolf clerk Lost Cabin Wyoming. Dec 26 1901.
Notice that the First National Bank of Cheyenne will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday January 14 1902 at 10 o clock a m. The meeting will elect directors for the ensuing year and address any other business properly brought before the gathering.
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