Union Pacific Extends Shop Hours for First Time in Two Decades
Union Pacific inaugurates ten hour days in its shops with 7 am start and 6 pm finish, the first time since 1900 that hours exceed nine per day. The locomotive boiler and machine shops adopt the piece work system today, with blacksmiths and other departments to follow. management says efficiency gains justify the change, while some strikers warn of possible walkouts as installation proceeds tomorrow.
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Union Pacific
Indian player breaks wrist during Sunday game
Charles Kittmiller, star fielder for the Indians, fractured his right wrist in a collision at second base against Rock Springs on Sunday. He continued to play the full game before a physician examined the injured wrist and confirmed a fracture.
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Charles Kittmiller
Indians
Rock Springs
Cheyennese Wins Cheyenne Contract for University Heating Plant
Percival Brothers of Cheyenne will receive the contract to build the new central heating plant at the state university. The boiler and steam fitting work will be awarded to William Cordiner of Laramie.
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Cheyennese
Percival Brothers of
Cheyenne
The
State University
William Cordiner
Laramle
Troop A Outing to Silver Crown for Weekend encampment
Troop A of the W. N. G. will assemble for a two day encampment at Silver Crown. Members plan hunting fishing and athletic contests with a return on Sunday and some staying until Monday.
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Saurday
Silver Crown
Insurance Agent Co W Monahan Moves to Salt Lake
Co W Monahan a noted Douglas insurance agent with Mutual Life and Travelers has moved with his family to Salt Lake to take the post of state agent for the Travelers.
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Co. W. Monahan
Douglas Insurance
The
Mutual Life and Travelers’ Companies
Salt Lake
New Highway to Fort Russell Remains Fenced In
The government project limits access as authorities fence the new road toward Fort Russell. Bicycle paths on both sides are in use while the route settles and hardens.
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Fort Russell
Retrenchment Hits Rail Work Near Rock Springs
Palm and a steel gang were near Rock Springs to re lay rails to Green River but the orders to suspend such work came yesterday. Gravel pits at Granger were also closed as part of cost cutting. The policy aims to align expenses with yearly earnings.
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A. Palm
Rock Springs
Green River
Granger
Rawlins
Woodmen Travel Offer Cripple Creek and Return
Round trip fare set at $9.05 for Woodmen of the World meeting at Cripple Creek Colorado. Sales dates July 29 and 30 with return to August 16. Agent J F Barron reports. Accurate adjusting and watch repair by D Miller 1709 Ferguson Ave.
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Connectiona
Woodmen of the World
Cripple Creek
Colo
D. Miller
Ferguson
Fairview Mine to Sink 400 Feet as Copper Finds Extend
Globe Mining Company plans to sink the Fairview shaft to 400 feet with a new boiler engine and a slugger drill. Copper and gold ore are expected to form a profitable body below, with a concentrator to reduce ore before shipment to Colorado.
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George Kirby
Globe Mining Company
Hecla
Fairview
Robert Widdicot
Cripple Creek
Kirby
Colorado
Denver
Frontier celebration draws near with almost full roping contest
Final entries near limit for the Cheyenne Frontier Days events. Bucking and pitching have open entry, roping closes with three spots left, and wild horse race allows ten entrants with seven already listed. Cheyenne Lodge of Elks plans to enter a horse in the bucking contest. Weighin changed to 118 pounds for free for all races. Rawlins notes and a Chicago Geological expedition to the Big Horn mountains.
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Elka
Li Chayenne
Bilton Perry
Guy Holt
Edgar Perry
Alvin Perry
Will Abbdie
Roy Bordon
Hugh McPhee
Harry Goat
Fort Collins
C. B
Frank Irwin
Bosler
Sherman
George Armstrong
Jack Dolan
Earnest Batton
W. C. McEndorffer
Nelson Perry
Joe Dolan
Ed Dolan
Pine Bluffs
Tom Helpin
Walter Fuler
Eaton
Colo
Walter Ferguson
Roy Borden
Imer Cayton
Will Abidié
Cheyenne Lodge of Elks
Elks
The
University of Chicago
West
Rollin Salisbury
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Hartville Townsite Decision Affirms Ownership
Hartville Wyoming gains final approval as a Hartville townsite patent is affirmed by Hon. Binger Herman, commissioner of the general land office, upholding the Cheyenne land office ruling that the site is occupied in good faith for residence and municipal use, with over 100 residents and town improvements valued above $10,000. The town was incorporated legally and Joseph J. Hauphof was authorized to file as trustee. protests are dismissed.
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Binger Herman
General Land Office
Register Chaplin
Charles A. Wright
Hartville
Cheyenne Land Office
Wyo
Joseph J. Hauphof
Yeur
Mead Prominent as Irrigation Policy Sparks Clash
Elwood Mead a former state engineer and now irrigation expert with the agricultural department rises in prominence amid a dispute between the interior and agricultural departments over control of irrigation works under the new law. Mead argues that interior plans may be premature until water rights are resolved. Choir members from the Episcopal church spend the day at Natural Fort under Dr. Rafter. Frank Moore, 19, drowned last Friday while bathing at his father's ranch lake near Douglas.
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Elwood Mead
Agricultural Department
Interior and Agricultural Department
Mr. Mead
Washington Times
Interior Department
Episcopal Choir
Rafter
Natural Fort
Frank Moore
Lee Moore
Douglaw
Judge Hayford Dying in Laramie Hospital Bedside
The Laramie Republican reports Judge Hayford of Laramie is dying with no hope of recovery. Mills Mabel Hayford of the Cheyenne land office is at his bedside. In related notes, six more prisoners will be transferred to the auxiliary prison, bringing the total to about thirty five convicts there. Frontier day events mention Haptint ladies serving meals at the Burlington depot.
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Judge Hayford
The
Laramie
Mills Mabel Hayford
Cheyenne Land Office
Rawlins
Burtiogtos
Democratic primaries elect delegates to county convention
Delegates were elected in each city ward last night to attend the county convention on Thursday. The First Ward selections include L R Brenahen and M J Meyer among others. The Second Ward slate lists J C Costello Frank Roedel and Samuel Becker. The Third Ward names J A Martin J L Murray and J L Cook, with a note about a blacksmith Arthur Dover of Dover Albany County being declared insane and ordered to the state asylum.
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J. C. Costello
Frank Roedel
William Storey
Joe
J. Daly
William Mills
T. Corn
W. R. Stoll
Frank Jones
BE. R. Black
Samuel Becker
James Pink
C. &. Stevens
J. A. Martin
Charles Thompson
W. E. Dinneen
J. L. Murray
W. E. Cook
Willis Rutledge
Henry Arp
D. W. Gill
Matt Brennan
Wiliam Murphy
James Cooper
Michael Segar
Arthur Dover
Dover
Albany County
Laramie
Rock Springs Chinamen Close Deal for Wilcox Restaurant
Rock Springs Chinese owners have nearly completed a purchase of the Wilcox restaurant on Sixteenth Street and are expected to take over operations around Aunt Lat.
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Rock Springs
Sixteenth Street
Aunt Lat
Leffler Returns Home After Near Fatal Wounds
Leffler the Cheyenne boy who nearly died from a stabbing at Poor Tello returns home to his family and is rapidly recovering from his injuries this week.
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Leffler
Poortello
Buechner Family Moves For Health Trip
Gue Buechner travels from La Jun to Colo with sister Mrs. F J McKie to Ashland Wisconsin for health care. Gus Buechner plans a month in Chicago for treatment and recovery.
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Gue Buechner
la Jun
Colo
Hin Slater
F. J. McKie
Ashland
Wic
Gus Buechner
Chicago
Reverend McQuilkie Leaves Mount to Visit Family
Reverend H. H. McQuilkie and his wife with their baby departed Mountain for a two week vacation hosted by Robert Allen, aiming to upend the planned stay.
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H. H. McQuilkie
Groreing
From Mountain
Robert Allen
Union Pacific inspection board to visit Cheyenne
The inspection board will arrive tomorrow evening and stay about four or five days. It stops at way stations to examine operators and station agents. The board includes the inspection car air brake car and the surgeon's car to test eyesight and hearing of all employees.
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Union Pacific Inspection Board
Cheyenne
Dresser Heads to City Stores for Fall Winter Stock
W L Dresser left this morning for a month long trip to Kansas City and New York to buy fall and winter stock for the Golden Rule store.
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W. L. Dresser
Kansas City
New York
Golden Rule
Dies of Burns Claim Nine Year Old Anna Christensen
Last evening the nine year old Anna Christensen died at the county hospital after severe burns from a kerosene oil explosion yesterday at noon. Her father arrived in the city before her death and her mother is grief stricken. The funeral is set for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the South Side Congregational Church with Rev. Annette Becher-Gray presiding. Also noted is the marriage of Newell W. Edson and Mrs. Lillie Green of Fountain, Calo, performed today by Rev. Forsyth.
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Anna Christensen
South Side
Annette Becher-Gray
Forsyth
Newell W. Edeon
Lillie Green
Fountain, Calo
Officers Chosen for Railway Employes Building and Loan
A meeting of the newly elected trustees of the Railway Employes Building and Loan Association chose officers for the coming year. Alex Stewart was named Provident, J. L. Murray Vice President, and C. W. Riner Secretary. A new valuation committee was elected: Judge J. M. Garey, J. L. Murray and C. B. Richardson. The association will issue a second stock series matureing a year after the first, with loans available on funds from both series. It is expected to attract secretly funded capital and union leaders may invest. The state board of charities will delay departure for Rock Springs and Evanston until tomorrow night. In Rawlins, Wyoming, July 29, plumber Fred Anderson lost a finger repairing a locomobile. A Colorado department rifle shoot begins tomorrow at Fort Russell with about twenty marksmen. A lost open-face chain watch between the Cheyenne Club and Nineteenth and Central avenue offers reward.
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Railway Employes Building and Loan Association
Provident
Alex. Stewart
J. L. Murray
C. W. Riner
J. M. Garey
C. B. Richardson
Union Pacific
Burt
Dickinson
Department of the Colorado
Fort Russell
Anguatith
Baxter Gold Mining Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of Incorporation were filed noting Baxter Gold Mining Company will operate in Wyoming and Colorado with $100,000 capital stock.
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Baxter Gold Mining Company
Wyoming
Colorado
All Night Restaurant Merriment Ends With Missing Lobster
In a famous uptown all night eatery two men finished off lobster, rabbit, and ale. One remained sober and cautious, while the other became sleepy and loud. The sober man ordered clearance and tea, woke his friend, and left with the shared memory of a lobster and rabbit lost to the night.
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New York
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