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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
2
Cheyenne residents praise President Roosevelt for his simple, cordial manner and his role in securing the national irrigation law. Senator Warren organized the welcome, with labor groups and a dramatic entrance arch noted, and the president's Memorial Day speech lauded after a long ride.
The piece paints Theodore Roosevelt as a rugged, approachable leader welcomed by Western crowds. It highlights his sturdy figure, honest demeanor, natural speech, and the patriotism of locals as he travels sixty miles, greeted with cheers and western hospitality, embodying the national ideal of manhood.
In a violent clash eight miles from a Kansas town, Barry family of five and three cowboys were killed after fences blocked a road and wire cutting escalated into a volley near St. Francis Kaw. The shootout ended with multiple deaths and a shattered homestead.
The Denver Republican lauds Senator Francis Warren for orchestrating President Roosevelt's Wyoming visit. It praises the three day stay, the Laramie to Cheyenne ride, Wild West displays, and gifts including a horse and saddle. Marshal Frank A. Hadsell receives special commendation for coordinating rides.
June rail tickets offered by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line cover Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and intermediate points with a $1 fare plus 2.00 round trip, return by October. Also a contest notice from the United States Land Office Cheyenne details a homestead entry dispute with Hugh J Allen and John E Burns. stockholders’ meeting for The Mammoth Group Gold Mining Company set for June 20, 1908 to amend Articles and increase capital.
A Cheyenne man Olson, returning from Alamedas Adamless Eden voyage, recounts the ill fated colonists on the Percy Edwards voyage to Lavoea Fiji and Suva. The survivors faced Mosquito swamps and ruined crops while a dream led to a land grant and a doomed forest of doom. Olson traveled to Sydney London and back to Cheyenne. Special union pacific excursion notes follow.
The 1903 annual report by Superintendent J O Churchill to the school board outlines value in the schools, advocates an Ungraded School with careful promotions, and calls for teacher appointment power to the superintendent with board approval. It notes the free book system’s limits, urges replacements and additions of modern texts, and highlights the need for stricter rules amid large eighth grades and upcoming commencement. It also covers decor from a Carnegie Library art exhibit raising 201.81 to purchase forty one pictures, to be hung before September.
The district notes 1295 pupils this year with 82 girls and 662 boys in attendance. It calls for one west side and one south side classroom to cover next year and suggests moving sixth and seventh grades from Johnson to Central to free space. Book fund shows $165.14 on hand. A Wyoming land contest affidavit, filed May 7 1903, involves Frank McClung of Guernsey and a public notice of proceedings by WR Chaplin as Register.
Train numbers and arrival or departure times listed for various routes including Overland Limited Fast Mail California Express Pacific Express Portlaed Granger Masterm Express Fast Mail Southbound from different origins with efficiencies and station times.
Mails close for West and East bound trains on No 65 and No 154 schedules. Colorado and Southern Daily operates except Sunday with mixed departures and arrivals around 7:00 am to 10:06 pm. Local stops include Fort Russell and Little Bear with several western stations noted.
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