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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1902
Page
3
The item lists the editor and proprietor W A Slack, business manager Robert Mickel, city editor Geongh Ww Evans, and notes the roles of editor and proprietor.
Cheyenne resident William Gauff captured a gold watch in the San Francisco Examiner contest. Other items note Wyoming meetings, Fourth of July ball plans, wool sales at Cody, W R C encampment delegates, liquor penalties, tennis court preparations, labor news positions, and transit repairs in Union Pacific shops.
A twelve man survey party, led by civil engineer Woodward, arrived at Walcott Station to map south toward Pass Creek as Union Pacific reportedly seeks to block a foreign line into Carbon county mining districts. The camp moves pace suggests UP plans a town site at Walcott and a possible feeder to Upper Platte valley mining areas.
The Sheridan Wyoming event features a 1400 strong parade in full war regalia, a Crater battle reproduction, stage hold ups, cowboys rescues, rodeo events, and bucking bronchs with cattle branding. Local figures Plenty nes, Pretty Tagle, Shoulder Blade and others lead Indian pageantry. An old bachelor in the county awaits marriage after decades.
Advertises a $400 piano available for $70 down and $25 monthly balance on terms. Offers payment plans from $8 to $10 per month. Claims good credit with the seller and payments at one third to one half of regular prices on terms to fit buyers.
Prof. Nelson from the state university arrived in Laramie with a carload of high grade stock for the experiment station to test breeds suitable for Wyoming. Earlier shipments included Rambouillet sheep from California. Cattle and sheep sources include Iowa Agricultural College Ames Spencer Brothers New York. Experiments directed by Prof. Frank Emery and the station vice director, a leading stock expert in the West.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with possible thunderstorms. Low barometer across the central and western states. unsettled weather over many areas. Scattered showers in the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions. general to heavy showers from Iowa to New England. Warm spell east of the Mississippi. northern states see heat relief with showers Missouri eastward and southward. Knoxville, Tennessee reports 74 degrees, no measurable precipitation.
Improvements at Fort McKengle Wyoming near completion. An appropriation of 415,500 financed a brig reservoir plant and sewer system. Nine new army barracks have been built, bringing total expenditure to 200,000 dollars. Further improvements are requested.
Cheyenne reports two remarkable fire dogs. One bull dog owned by Henry Thor of the Alert fre wagon crew is trained to stamp out fires by biting and jumping onto burning materials. The other, Nig, belongs to Gus Buechner and races to any fire when the bell rings, reportedly never missing a blaze in two years even at night.
Workers using steam derricks tear down walls of the federal building. Only the section of stones resting on the water is left. Removing the stones requires tearing brickwork behind them, raising costs. Further work will pause while contractors await cement from manufacturers to set the stones.
A wandering speaker recalls a field of daffodils by a lake where ten thousand dancers sway in breezy motion. The poet stands in awe, imagining wealth from such sight, which returns during solitary hours to bless the heart with memory.
Post office Inspector James Dennett returned from Battle Lake Carbon county to probe a local postmaster who plied patrons with drink caused chaos on the streets. A string of comic exchanges and quips follows, including a Mont Pelee gag and a contested concert writeup by a new musical critic.
An indignant subscriber stormed the rural editor’s office and nearly punched the tie from the journalist. The editor worries the clash may halt his paper as readers voice anger over a meat famine report.
A sorrel two year old gelding branded EI on the left jaw was picked up May 1 in the pasture near Six and One-half Miles West of the City. The notice includes a satirical aside about royal spending and a rental ad line for Tie leader.
Wanted ads list a girl for general house work at 201 East Seventeenth street and room and board or furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 600 East Eighteenth street. A good cook is sought at 212 East Fifteenth Street.
FOR SALE Varler organ folding bed sideboard and walnut bedroom suit Apply 622 West Twenty fourth St FOR SALE Four lots in good location Inquire at this office Three lots on 4 west trent neat Thames Inquire of Alert Chapman real estate agent Cut Nowers Mrs Glatoke phone wi FOR RENT Om len space Bruner 1717 Ferguson etreet wd AW For Rent five room furnished house 910 Wear Twentieth street FOR RENT Unfurnished roomty housekeeping 60T B 17th street FOR RENT Nicely furnished room Call at 306 Wear Sixteenth street FOR RENT Nicely furnished coome in brick blocks electric lght Janitor service 5 month upward Inquire Warren Emporium
A quirky exchange notes drummers in the auto industry with playful questions. The Leader is teased as a subscription feature from the paper’s state-focused publication.
Chapin's greenhouse offers cut flowers and designs for weddings parties and funerals at the corner of Eighteenth and Central avenues. Also advertised are hot and cold baths and a barber shop on Sixteenth Street. Real estate for sale lists eight residence lots in the east part of town near Maxwell and Twentyfinish streets, run by Albert Chapmin, real estate agent.
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