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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1908
Page
8
A meeting of the Cheyenne Hallway Employees Building and Loan association last evening resulted in loans sold at premiums. The records show $2,800 sold at 17 percent, $1,000 at 19 percent, $8,800 at 20 percent, and another $900 at 20.14 percent.
The Omaha Corn Exposition showcased public funding and broad appeal, signaling Cheyenne's upcoming Dry Farming Congress. The piece urges business leaders, farmers, and citizens to back the effort to reclaim desert lands through scientific irrigation and farming methods, highlighting international interest and regional prestige.
The Denver stock show grows into a leading national event with the Fourth Annual National Stock Show opening January 18 for a week. A new $200000 amphitheatre for 10000 spectators is dedicated, with feeders cattle carloads from the west and buyers from the east. Herefords Shorthorns and Galloways headline offerings, plus public sales by national breed associations to improve western flocks and herds.
A fragmentary dispatch accuses forestry officials of scheming to seize 600000 acres of prime land along mountain bases to control water power. The text mocks Pinchot and political meddling, invoking Oliver Twist imagery and warning of alleged mischief to enrich interests.
In Sheridan Wyoming on December 26 1910 judge Parmalee granted fourteen year old Bertha Fillmore a divorce from Louis Fillmore son of a noted stockman. The decree orders $400 to cover the cost of the child divorce locating the daughter of Mr and Mrs Cu of the town.
Joseph Byrne, ranchman of Evanston, Wyoming, sold 21 steers four cows and one bull at South Omaha for 81350 averaging 59 a head. George Gallbraith also sold a prime steer for 75 at the same market. Notice dissolving Little Horse Creek Land and Cattle Company, a Wyoming corporation, after Dec 10 1908 stockholders meeting.
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