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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
4
A morning note from Jacobe Pete to a friend recounts a trip with a large basket to the grocer. He lists purchases including sugar, tea, coffee, new potatoes, green vegetables, and fruit, noting salt could not fit in the basket and was carried home separately.
A Cheyenne visit by G A Sommers, the Bath murder suspect, is revealed after a forged check endorsement tied to Sheriff Bath's killing is traced to an Omaha saloonkeeper. Sommers allegedly sought a Leader paper for the murder story, and police now link a Leader office caller to the crime.
A light hearted bill led by Peck's Bad Boy and His Chums provides a laughful start to the program. Fish preserving at Astrakhan Russia is shown as an educational feature. The Justice of the Redskin is a Pathe drama, claimed to be the best picture yet. A melody, The Red White and Blue, by Jack Leonard, closes the lineup.
Numerous visitors arrive in the city including B Irwin back from Denver and J W McDevitt en route to Guernsey. Dozens of relatives and alumni such as Albert Bristol from Bear Creek and Sidney Bartlett from Guernsey are listed among guests and travelers visiting local households and district offices.
Atlas presents the Hawaiian act to delighted audiences with "New Stuff" as the feature of the last half. Matinees at 3 p m daily and evenings at 8 and 9 15 p m. Prices are popular. The Hawaiian hula dance appears at every show with changing songs, puns and pictures.
Mrs Edward Towse of Honolulu hosted a box party at the Atlas theater Tuesday evening and enjoyed Hawaiian dances as part of the week’s program. The party included Mr and Mrs Stephen Bon, Mrs L R Bresnahen, Miss Nan Bresnahen, Miss Mamie Bresnahen, Mrs Ollie Smith and Miss Vena Epple, followed by a theater supper.
Mrs. Ruff reports Colonel F. M. Foote of Evanston is slowly improving from illness. Doctors say several months will pass before full recovery is possible.
William Devereux a popular member of the night police force has relinquished his beat in a surprising move.
Report from Guernsey indicates an unprecedented North Platte flood swept away the Whalen temporary diversion dam for the Pathfinder Inter State irrigation project. Damage, mainly to machinery, totals at least $15,000 and construction on the permanent dam will be delayed until floods subside and the dam is rebuilt. The disaster endangers diversion for 70,000 acres across eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. The present flood surpasses any prior in local memory, with Guernsey area water levels unseen since the 1880s.
Mrs. Wharf hosted a dinner Wednesday night for her sister Miss Thompson a member of the St. Johns Hospital Training School graduating class of 08. The table featured pink and white tarlations and asparagus fern. Guests included Miss Thompson Scase Wilson Evans and Stanley plus Miss McKenzie matron of St Johns. The evening ended with a visit to Atlas theater and a light collation in Atlas refreshment parlors.
Dr and Mrs G L Strader have returned from a trip that included Chicago and other eastern points. In Chicago Dr Strader attended a large medical convention as Wyoming's representative. Biler's big show is set for June 11.
The Biller titled King of the Cattle Ring features Bana and an orchestra and seats thirty people. See it next Tuesday.
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