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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
15
Engineers lay out grades for a city county building project. A twelve foot wide cement sidewalk and four curbing eighteen feet from the lot line, plus a west side concrete driveway to the jail, with a direct door to the bull pen. Work speeds to allow lawn planting and parking space between sidewalk and curbing for a good grass start this year.
A heavy spring rain drenched streets from late afternoon into night, with earlier squalls preceding it. Farmers welcomed the moisture, noting it improves dry farming prospects and could yield a strong year for crops if the wet spell lasts.
The Templar Motor Car Company will establish an agency here after renovations are finished. Templar is a newer high grade car and the opening marks part of the city’s early spring automotive expansion alongside Franklin cars which already plan two new agencies.
A bandit robbed a registered mail car after leaving the train at Sheffield near Kansas City. Five clerks were found bound in the car, police deploy riot guns, search woods, and monitor roads into the city as post office officials probe the haul.
Reports detail broad walkouts with hundreds to thousands idle in Toledo Detroit Gary East St. Louis St. Louis Decatur Joliet Springfield Baltimore and Ohio lines and other hubs. Yard and switch crews vote to strike or remain at work as tensions rise and midnight deadlines approach.
Kansas City faced widespread disruption as switchmen on railroads under Railway Trainmen contracts went on strike beginning last night. Only the Rock Island line remained unaffected per W. M. Corrett, with locomotive firemen and various Terminal company crews quitting or pressed to service as officials reported.
Senate Republicans and Democrats dispute the spread of railroad walkouts from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Senator McCormick introduces a resolution to empower the Interstate Commerce Committee to investigate the strikes and report on causes and merits. The panel will consider funding for the inquiry and whether it covers Los Angeles Buffalo and other cities.
At a meeting in Buffalo on April 8 about 1,400 striking switchmen attended. The grand lodge of the International Yard Workers Association was organized and aims to extend to other states. The group says it will supersede the switchmen's union and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for yardmen.
S. A. Bristol, longtime Cheyenne figure and head of The Bristol company, led Wyoming printing and bookbinding after publishing the Wyoming Tribune with Gen. E. M. Lee. A Republican city leader, he served in the state legislature and city council, aided Cheyenne water projects, and was active in Masonic bodies. His wife died in 1914 and his son EB. L. Bristol perished in 1915 automobile accident.
Captain Rossignol leads No. 4 cm band aboard the train with Walter Stevens as manager. Abanquet and smoker preceded departure from Temple. The Shrine drum corps joined the procession with Peter S. Cook and C. B. Morgan at the fore. Thirty novices carried an enormous fifty foot cable as Charlie Burke piloted the train. The caravan moved on after a lively night in Cheyenne toward the Rawlins session of Korein Temple.
The state bank examiner’s office is auditing all counties. Lara mie and Platte counties completed. Dickinson and Putnam depart for Goshen county. With two done, 49 counties remain to be reviewed, a task expected to take many weeks.
Three large Rock River wells completed by an Ohio company add 3 650 barrels daily, keeping Wyoming's March average high at 4 570 barrels daily from 46 completions. Lance Creek has 68 rigs with 46 drilling. Salt Creek and other districts report mixed results as overall activity remains strong.
Gasper, Wyo., April 8 Jack Taylor moved closer to the world wrestling championship by defeating Big Bill Wokoff in two straight falls. Both wins came by crotch and half Nelson as Taylor lifted his opponent and pinned him. Hokulf received strong applause for his effort.
The evening featured a groggy handshake with Taylor who was named the best man and favorite among a large crowd. The first fall occurred in 48 minutes and the second in 40 minutes. Dowler threw Eads in 44 minutes during preliminaries, and Matherly earned a decision over Rodgers when the referee halted in the third round.
Snow packs the Laramie area to fifteen feet in deep cuts delaying the Colorado Wyoming and Western line between Laramie and Walden. Four locomotives are stalled between Walden and Coalmont and a fifth borrowed from Union Pacific is snowed in. The line’s single snow plow is drifted under with blockage in its third week, likely to last until the end of April.
Mrs. E. A. Hancock and children leave for Fort Collins to join Mr. Hancock who has taken a position on the Fort Collins Express. He previously served on the State Leader staff. Locals who knew the family express regret over their departure.
William Daley veteran chief dispatcher of the Union Pacific accompanied the Shriners to Rawlins this morning after the ceremonial session of Korean temple and will proceed to California where his family have been visiting for some time.
The Union Oil Co. of California paid 15000 dollars to Mrs. Kathlene Humphreys and her son William E. Humphreys for leases on two ranches totaling 640 acres in sections 11 and 12-35-66, Lance Creek field. The deal marks a major bonus in the area and signals optimism about field extension toward Sunset Oil Co. acreage in section 36-35-66, where Union drilling is currently testing below 2000 feet.
In Paris a revived Absinth problem prompts police action. Absinthe reappears in cafes after wartime ban, served under various names. Officials have developed a spot test to detect it. if present, all stock is confiscated and the vendor arrested.
Cheyenne will soon welcome another Templar Motor Sales Agency location. A former Paul Milazzo shoe shop on Carey Avenue is slated for conversion into an automobile salesroom, signaling expansion.
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