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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1903
Page
3
Cheyenne Leader issue from June 30 1905 edited by B A Slack with A B Yeagber as business manager and George H Byans as city editor. Publication details show office and house telephones.
Short items from Cheyenne recount drownings in Lake Minnehaha and Lake Mahpealutah, chilly weather, new telephone exchange walls, real estate activity, Casper Fourth celebrations with a possible tin horn prize fight, a promised Platte River bridge, lively justice courts, and a tall Cheyenne soldier leaving for Ohio after service.
Colonel Cyrus Roberts, on furlough in Texas, will not return to command his regiment at Fort Russell. He will be promoted to brigadier general and retire on July 6, with Lt. Col. R. Whitall likely succeeding him in the Second Infantry, and Major Foster mentioned as another senior candidate.
Local weather notes compiled for Wyoming by the Weather Bureau under the U S Department of Agriculture. The report aggregates observations from county stations, noting temperature, precipitation, and notable patterns across the state.
Cheyenne reports general June showers followed by clear warm weather aiding rapid growth of crops across the state. Alfalfa yields are good and hay prospects strong. ranges are in excellent condition with irrigation water ample though some areas need rain. Grasshoppers rise in eastern counties. hail on the 20th caused minor garden damage in a few locales.
Section Director reports Dillon operations intensify for the Ferrin Mercantile Co new store, warehouse, and planned lumber work. A copper ore streak was found though activity concentrates on construction. A Silver Crown picnic group toured nearby sites chaperoned by local ladies, with residents and visitors listed. Dr Charles Ringlé, a Chicago Eye Ear Nose and Throat graduate, will practice in Cheyenne, in the Atlas building offices.
TO SUBSCRIBERS The committer appointed to collect the opera house bonus will begin work today and hopes to make report July 1 that all subscriptions have been pal. Subscribers will greatly facili tate the labor of the committee and advance the enterprise by making prompt payment. Anyone desiring to do so may mail check to Hon. T. F. Burke, trustee, or to any member of the committee. W. . DEMING, & c. W. RINER, Kw. N. MATSON, (. B. RICHARDSON, PAUL BAILEY, LOUIS KERK, Building Lote For Sale, Desirable building lots on sewer for sale, Corner Twentet and Van len nen atrecta, D. W. Gill,
Five gar s of steel C J Hank the Thermopolia stock man in Casper planned to ship horses to St Louis but high water prevented shipment. Hank states Wyoming buyers shift from horses to cattle, natives may be discarded as better stock improves profits. Hank, from Ogden, praises Wyoming and notes his daughter graduated from Laramie and son returns from Evanston. Union Pacific offers Cheyenne to Chicago St Louis and other city travel at one fare plus $2 round trip, tickets valid 90 days. contact J Barron, U P agent.
The Overland Limited is a magnificent daily train from the Pacific coast to Chicago via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western lines. It offers luxurious travel with through drawing room and tourist sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars, and dining service. The North Western line is the only double track rail between Chicago and the Missouri River, with agents selling tickets on this route.
Classified notice listing positions including chambermaid and laborers for a dam project near Cheyenne with wages of 2.25 to 2.75 per day, board provided, and listings for repair work at Union Dye Works and furniture cleaning by Sam Mandel at 1606 Bady Street.
Classified ad brief listing several properties for sale or rent. Mentions location on Twelfth street near Thames and contact Albert Chapman, a real estate agent. Includes a four room furnished house at 611 West Sixteenth and a furnished front room at 611 West Twenty-second. Additional ads: modern centrally located house at 418 East Sixteenth.
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