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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
8
Public notice lists second class matter date September 6 1907 at Cheyenne Wyoming post office under 1879 act. It shows Daily Leader subscription rates with yearly and six month figures, but text includes garbled fragments.
Cardinal Gibbons expressed support for a high liquor license as the practical solution to Prohibition. He argued revenue would rise despite fewer saloons and police could more effectively enforce laws with fewer outlets. The plan would curb small grog shops and reduce temptations for the poorer class while improving governance.
A defense of watershed policy by State Engineer Clarence T. Johnson argues against Pinchot style forest reserve plans. Johnson claims decades of data show forests do not conserve water for irrigation and urges ranchers to read and weigh the arguments carefully against reserve policies.
The testimony before the committee shows Wyoming would pay as much as 1.63 million dollars yearly for grazing in forest reserves if leases cover all lands. It warns of loss of sovereignty, heightened federal control, restricted homesteads, and compulsory state duties including policing reserves and funding courts.
A speaker urges west coast residents to resist subsidized water and grass costs and accuses the Pinchot family of securing over nine million acres of Wyoming forest reserves. He asserts the government surveys overstate timber land by about a million and a quarter acres, including grazing land within reserves.
The Denver News editorial discusses the play The Man of the Hour and the real truths its scene conveys about election frauds. It cites Chas Edward Russell’s investigations and a table showing how rarely crimes are punished in major cities, including New York Philadelphia Chicago Denver Cincinnati and Kansas City.
George White, shot by Joe Thornton at Green River several days ago, died at the state hospital from the wound. Thornton will be held to answer to a charge of murder.
A collage of old newspaper jokes and quips about editors travelers and fathers. The snippets include a leap year proposal about a woman editor who can cook and a buyer seller joke from a Philadelphia Ledger style tone.
A sales pitch claims the bitters are medicine to restore appetite digestion and bowel function, noting it has helped thousands of other cases and promising strength and robustness after a single bottle.
Washington February 7 Kiam Rossiter appointed public printer in the post office department resigns. Captain H T Brian succeeds as acting public printer for the time being under informal ruling.
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