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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
11
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Cheyenne reports a nationwide surge in overall wear with 2,500 new recruits in Kansas City per federal fair price official Harry Hoffman. The one piece garment bills itself as affordable camouflage hiding shirts and trousers, with prices as low as 25 cents in some shops. Women in Union Pacific work force favor gingham aprons. men linger in ordinary clothes underneath. Retailers say prices for other clothing likely stay stable.
William Haun a sheepherder tending a large flock near Egbert Wyoming has disappeared since Saturdays snowstorm. Searchers found his sheep huddled in a drift with his dog close by but no sign of Haun. Fears for his safety mount as authorities seek clues to his fate.
Roy Stapleton, captain of the senior class basketball team, was presented with a banner showing that his team had won the interclass basketball tourney. The presentation occurred at the general assembly yesterday. The funds for buying the team's jerseys were also presented.
Five head of live stock including one small calf were found in a shed in east Cheyenne by the police yesterday morning. The animals were hungry and exposed, having not been fed since the snow began. They were taken to the city pound and cared for by police.
Donald Ashton of Cheyenne has been appointed secretary of the Laramie Council of Industry in Laramie Wyoming and will assume duties May 4. He has been with the advertising department of the State Leader since last fall.
In San Francisco on April 24 Boy Scouts assist police in a campaign to stop pedestrians from jaywalking. The effort targets dangerous crossings especially along Hapket Street where four surface street corners pose risks to pedestrians and drivers.
Snow removal continues in Cheyenne with crosswalks mostly cleared and streets plowed. Automobiles operate, trains run with extra motive power, and four horse teams appear in deliveries as residents resume normal routines amid lingering travel barriers.
The Burlington railroad between Cheyenne and Sterling reopened yesterday after four days of heavy snow. An eastbound train arrived at 5 30 p m, with snow plow debris blowing onto nearby housetops. An accommodation train followed, then a second train about five miles behind, restoring Cheyenne’s rail service to schedule with Colorado and Southern lines also operating.
In Denver on April 24, clerks at the Colorado & Southern and Denver & Rio Grand railroads show only 5 percent backing a strike. They will wait for arbitration results to settle their demands, which call for no wage increase but protest the refusal to renew Brotherhood agreements after federal control ended March 4.
Wyoming to build 42 new Baptist church buildings over four years at an estimated cost of 180000 dollars with a 27000 dollar annual operating budget for state mission work by 1924. Leaders urge action as the New World Movement is promoted and canvass begins Sunday April 25 in every church.
William J. Walls, secretary of the Cheyenne Trades and Labor Assembly and foreman at Quality Print Shop, resigned all three positions Wednesday night and will move to California. A. Linn elected to succeed him in the trades and labor assembly. Walls had been a candidate for a city commissionership in last fall’s municipal election.
Washington April 24 Representative Humphrey Democrat of Mississippi introduced a constitutional amendment restricting a person to two presidential terms. The measure aims to prohibit a third term by defining a two term limit for the office.
One of the state’s largest Knights of Columbus meetings will be held in Cheyenne on Sunday May 2 with forty candidates to be initiated. M W Purcell Casper district deputy and a degree staff will lead the work. Delegations are expected from Denver Sidney Casper North Platte and Greyley with plans growing from a hoped for 200 delegates to more than 300 arriving from nearby towns.
Yellowstone Highway Association declares an official map to replace inaccurate versions. Gus Holm s field secretary will collect data on the route from entry into Wyoming to the park gateway and print free copies at Cheyenne and Cody camping grounds. He plans to spend the summer touring the highway to widely distribute the map and challenge costly counterfeit maps.
John Bray and Louis Kazatsky two 13 year olds were detained by police to stop another run to Denver and Fort Collins. They slept in a city jail cell overnight and will be turned over to the truant officer today. Police say they refuse school and home.
Marquette Mich April 24 Any search and seizure by federal prohibition agents that would amount to trespass under constitutional law is illegal. Federal Judge Clarence W Sessions stated during the Solacucei brothers trial in the Iron River whiskey rebellion. The court also held that an indictment charging only selling up a distilling apparatus and not its use is defective as to that charge.
Senate and House conferees tentatively agreed on service pay increases 81 percent for Navy enlisted personnel and 20 percent for Army enlisted personnel with graduated rises for commissioned officers. The pay rises will be retroactive to January 4.
Commissioner Claxton of the Bureau of Education issued calls for eleven regional conferences to discuss commercial training in public and normal schools and other institutions. Dates include Seattle May 17 and Denver May 26.
Colonel W. T. Judkins state game warden returned from Jackson's Hole where he sought to capture elk for Pole Mountain military reservation. Poor road conditions there prevented movement and the plan has been temporarily dropped.
Bert Cole, Casper airman, flew a mile west of Cheyenne on a Casper to Denver trip. He did not land in Cheyenne, traveling through by train back to Casper last night after leaving his airplane in Denver.
Washington April 21 Republican leaders said soldier relief legislation will be taken up in the House May 3 under a special rule. Debate limited to forty minutes with no amendments or substitutes allowed. Ways and Means to report a composite bill next week granting cash compensation of 1.25 dollars for each day of service excluding the first two months.
Clarence Be. Lane and Joseph Rohm were arraigned in district court on charges of burglary at the Capital Coal Ice & Storage warehouse and liquor theft. Both pleaded not guilty and the case is set for trial after Raymona Bergman’s case concludes.
Denver April 24 Reports from the U S forest service indicate Colorado grazing conditions are the worst in years due to recent snows. Assistant District Forester J H Hatton in charge of the grazing division released the update noting severe losses for cattle owners and calling attention to grazing impacts across the state.
Mrs. Josephine Robbins, aged 72, died early Wednesday at St. John's hospital after a period of critical illness. She leaves husband Harvey Robbins, a federal building janitor, a son in California and a daughter in Minnesota. Body remains at Mobbs Huckfeldt & Finkbiner parlors. they lived at 4122 BE 26th Street.
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