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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
3
The page lists KE. A. SLACK as Editor and Proprietor A. B. YEAGER as Business Manager and GEORGE H W BVANA as City Editor.
State Examiner H B Henderson travels to Laramie on official business. Cheyenne hosts a Baptist social and a golf tournament at the Cheyenne Golf Club while Acacia Lodge initiates two candidates. Memorials note funerals and local incidents including a murder case in Gillette and a pending Fourth of July plan.
The Grand Army Encampment and auxiliaries plan a three day program in Cheyenne with reception and decoration committees, 250 lodgings secured, four bands, and troops from Fort Russell and Wyoming National Guard. A social excursion train from Denver and various halls and churches selected for events accompany the business sessions. Citizens pledge substantial support and city preparations emphasize patriotic display.
In a mass meeting at Rawlins Wyoming officers were elected for a county industrial association. James Clause was named president John B Williams secretary Wm Daily treasurer and G C Miller chairman. A prominent committee was chosen to create a top mineral and agricultural display for Wyoming.
Sidney Gish of Soda Springs Wyoming dies after a pistol in his hip pocket discharged while being moved to his belt. The bullet glanced and pierced his body. He dies the next morning. Mrs Henry Dillman learns her brother J H Richards is seriously ill in Omaha. later telegram states he died at 3 o clock.
Special to Daily Leader reports experiments in Wyoming and Montana to extend pole life by seasoning and preserving inferior timber to substitute for more valuable wood. Trials in Bear Gulch and Aberidan with lodgepole pine began last summer with Burlington railroad cooperation under Rey H. U.
Vice President and General Manager Herbert of the Colorado and Southern arrived from Denver in his private car and rode north on the Cheyenne and Northern line to Orin Junction. He conducts a general inspection to determine needed improvements and investigates a proposed new extension to Douglas. The visit signals a likely near future construction.
Dispatch from Sheridan reports the Dietz mines have employed 400 to 500 workers for years and a new eastern buyer plans one or two mines. Engineers will drill and locate sites within days, with 700 to 1,000 men expected once mines ship coal.
F B Stone of Upper Wind River suffered a peculiar accident while hunting this week. A pitch pine spear pierced the right thigh, leaving a fragment embedded in the deep muscle near a major artery. He was exhausted from bleeding, rescued by a companion, then brought home. Later surgery removed a wood splinter several inches long.
Contractor Emich reports rapid progress on the federal Wilding Building in Cheyenne with the roof to be on in two months. Stonework nears completion by month’s end, followed by interior work, elevators, boilers, and plumbing as the project aims to finish on schedule. Wheat condition on June 1 stood at 110, up from 95.4 a year earlier.
A Wilkinsburg mule defeated a horse in a staged strength contest on Larimer Avenue, drawing Humane Society calls for charges of cruelty. Witnesses described the event before Alderman Meanle as spectators watched the mule finish ahead after a lengthy struggle. The case prompted a $600 bond for owners and a local weather note followed.
Several help wanted notices in this era advertise general house work store attendants and carpet work at 1006 Eddy Street Union Dye Works plus quarry and hammerman labor for Cheyenne dam with wages 2.25 to 2.60 per day and board. Also sales and real estate inquiries and horses for sale with location hints and contact details.
Nicely furnished home available from 42 dollars per month and up. Also large and small dwellings offered with electric service and familiar amenities. Contact local rental office for inventory and rates.
The notice mentions hot and cold bath facilities on a street named Masi Batreet and asks Pinder to return to the Leader office. It appears as a fragment of a public or civic notice with informal routing instructions.
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