Cheyenne Leader notes local events and travels
The Cheyenne Leader reports on a busy day of moves and news. Laborers travel west for fishing at Sloan's Lake while preachers push early store closings in Laramie. Snow blocks roads then clears to Battle Lake. Several local figures plan trips to Denver, Idaho, and beyond as the region reports weather, mining, and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan's Lake
Laramie
Sherman
Cheyenne
Anton Barron
Glenrock
Carrie Nation
Marie Buchanan
Presbyterian
Battle Lake District
Ferris-Haggarty
James Brierley
Hanna
Indians
Masons
Wyoming
Boulder
Bert Halford
Matilda Chamberlain
Walter Peckham
Andrews
Graham
Sixteenth Street
Postoffice Schedule Adjusted for Train Service Changes
Changes will adjust post office hours to match the Union Pacific train timetable. Baseball tomorrow features Cheyenne at Boulder in a Boulevard Park game at 3 PM. Also note a Cheyenne dancing academy event at Company G Hall tonight.
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Postoffice
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Boulder
Boulevard Park
Cheyenne Dancing Academy
Company G Hall
Boulder VS
Railroad Employes Meet to Discuss Building and Loan Associations
About sixty shop men met in the master mechanic's office to weigh building and loan options. Committees were formed to confer with the Franklin Association trustees and to count how many shop workers would take stock, with reports due at a follow up meeting next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trustees of Franklin Association
J. W. Davis
Franklin Association
J. C. Costello
C. H. Hoxsworth
A. J. Barker
Tom Rooney
John McCuabe, Sr
W. R. McKeen
D. A. Jones
P. McNamara
W H Stevens
T. F. Whalen
Elroy Snyder
John Long
Frank Herrod
Dwight Apperson
C. H. Hexaworth
George Barley
Nebraska
W. O. Rockafield
Wyoming
I. Robinson
Cheyenne High School 1901 Graduation Highlights
The Cheyenne High School commencement drew a large audience as Senator Clarence D. Clark delivered an able talk on The Schools of the Twentieth Century. Rev. Gates then spoke on The Spirit of the School, stressing broad study, patriotism, and the value of college education for graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
C. D. Clark
G. A. Bates
Cheyenne High School
Churchill
Middlehauf
Coates
Clark
Myers
Clarence D. Clark
Wyoming
Intermountain
Gates
Devine
Marie Buchanan
State Geologist Office Created In Capitol Building
Prof Henry C Beeler of Cambria Wyoming inaugurated as state geologist appointed May 1 by Governor Richards. New office in west wing of state building to aid mining industry with reports, data collection, and mineral classification. Salary 2400 annually. Miss Mayme Buechner resigns as clerk in State Superintendent Tynan’s office.
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Capitol Building
Henry C. Beeler
Cambria
Wyo
Richards
State Building
Colorado School of Mines
Boulder
Wyoming
Colorado
Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins
South Dakota
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Hoe
Buechner
Mayme Buechner
Tynan
New Corporations Formed in Wyoming State Filing
The North Platte Copper Mining and Smelting Company forms with $3,000,000 capital to operate at Douglas in Converse County. Incorporators are FP, H Harvey, L E B Pusey, and J J Steffen. it is the state's largest capitalized mining company. The Canfield Oil Company has $150,000 capital and will operate in Wyoming and Colorado. Incorporators are C H White, I H Hoover, and Charles Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
Douglas
Converse County
H. Harvey
L. E B. Pusey
J. J. Steffen
Canfield Oil Company
Wyoming
Colorado
C. H. White
I. H. Hoover
Charles Page
Jaw Fracture in Accident at Laramie Rolling Mill
Albert Klein, cousin of Prof. Robert Nagel, sustained a fractured jaw and other injuries this week in the Laramie rolling mill after being struck by a red hot rail. He narrowly escaped death in the big rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Klein
Robert Nagel
Laramie
Threatened with Hanging Charlie Lung Struggles in Saratoga
Charlie Lung the naturalized Chinese man who moved from this city to Saratoga faces threats from masked men who warned him to leave town within 24 hours. The next night two shots were fired through his window. He remains in town with an unknown outcome.
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Charlie Lung
Saratoga
Charlie
Stop Right Here Charm Offer From Andrus Jeweler
Complete line of K. T. and 32nd degree Masonic charms offered at a reduced price by Andrus, Jeweler.
Oil Discovery At Walcott Station Sparks Wyoming Boom
News from Walcott Station in Carbon county reports a high grade lubricating oil find after water well drilling, triggering excitement in Laramie Rawlins and prompting a local company to form to develop the new fields. Oil was found at a depth of 104 feet and acres have been claimed nearby. In other notes Judge Becker handled minor offenses. Decorations Day knife incident resulted in a $13 fine. A fight with Officer Murray led to fines of $13 and $10. A plain drunk was fined $10. The A M I conference adjourned with a pleasing program at the church, noted as successful and enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Uinta County
Walcott Station
Carbon County
Laramie
Rawlins
Union Pacific Sells Large Wyoming Lands in Big Sale
Union Pacific land department reports brisk activity in Wyoming and nearby western states with a single day sale totaling 385,359 acres. The largest deal went to Cromberg Brothers of Medicine Bow for 19,200 acres in Carbon county for sheep range use at 11,520 dollars, while related notices advertise a 1,000 acre ranch with water rights for sale or lease in Converse county and a furniture sale at 1620 House Street during ten days.
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Union Pacific Land Department
Wyoming
Cromberg Brothers
Medicine Bow
Carbon County
Forks of la Bonte
Converse County
Douglas
Wyo
H. B, Freeman
Apology From Students Over Offensive Posters
The undersigned acknowledge scattering posters on May 29 and apologize for the offense caused to parents, the Board of Education, city authorities, and the class of 1901. They pledge to remove all traces within 24 hours and vow to act as gentlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Paul Emiunson
Jack Clark
Edwin Weeks
Harry Patton
Earnest Wittrau
Sherman Cut Off Opens Tomorrow At Midnight
The Sherman cut off from Laramie to Tie Siding will be opened for traffic with trains using the new line starting after midnight. The first westbound train over the route is expected to be No. 101 leaving Cheyenne at 10 50 tonight. Invitations are issued for the June 12 marriage of Miss Mayme Buechner and Mr Jed McKie at St Marks cathedral with a reception at the Buechner home following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Sherman
Laramie
Tie Siding
Cheyenne
West
Mayme Buechner
Jed McKie
St. Mark’s Cathedral
Buechner
Senator Clark speaks at Memorial Exercises in Rawlins
Dec oration day observances were held by the G A R with an evening address by Senator C D Clark at the opera house. The High School graduating class this year numbers three. A brick plant new system began with its first kiln firing. Railroad timekeeping in Rawlins switches to a self reporting method verified by gang foremen. An Indiana man wooed and wed a St Louis girl in four days, stirring local gossip. Hartlewood and Dinneen offer attractive livery rigs at IXL stables.
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Rawlins
Wye
Opera House
C. D Clark
Fira
Indiana
St. Louis
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A. Slack
KK. W. DE Belle
George H. Evans
Andy Clark
Denver
Clarence Hammond
H. C. Beeler
Albert Champan
Colorado Springs
Nagel
Orchesta
New York
Chris Nagel
Prof. Mead
Grant
San Francisco
Portland
Pacific Coast
Mary Hader
Adam Smith
Tomah
Wis
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
England
France
Naion
Middlekauf
Senator Clark
Dr. Gates
Will J. Eliot
Don Glenn
Alfred W. Schooler
Edna Phillips
J. Delroy
Fred C. Clark
Albert J. Miller
James Libby
Parks W. Smith
Amelia A. Mumm
Prof. Beeler
N, H
Andrus
Great Shoe Clearing Sale
Cowhick Dry Goods Company
THE
Messick Dry Goods Companys
Messick Dry Goods Company
the People's Store
Qil
House Street
Hartlewood & Dinneen
Mead
R. P. Allen
Iron Mountain
Elwood Mead
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Sherman Hill
W. Seventeenth
Service
Painless Dentists Bank
West Seventeenth St
Western Union Tel, Co
Hofmann Bros
West Sixteenth Street
Bina
B. S. Karchmer
Keystone
Llading
Cook
W Riner
Wm. Myers & Co
Whitcomb
Vreeland & Stone
GEO
H. Nagle
Chas. E. Miller
Corson
Sec
Treas
Union, Mercantile, Co
Ferguson Stry NI
Cheyenne, Wyo
Buechner & Son
Ferguson Burchner &'Son
Ferguson
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