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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1916
Page
2
Victor Miller of L. Chester Inc will film ten days in the Bighorn country starting near Jackson Peak. The crew will shoot Lake scenes Glacier routes Cloud Peak and Big Horn canyon with guides from HF Bar ranch Trail Lodge and Horton. A boat trip through the canyon will be filmed to add dramatic value to the scenic project.
County treasurer Ben Bell and aide inspecting Hubbel coal mine tunnels near Salt River Junction encountered a bear in a tunnel. Armed with a shotgun and aided by a sheep herder with a 30-30 rifle, they retreated after confirming a likely cub and possible den, choosing safety over confrontation.
KEMMERER Aug 7 This year s Labor Day celebration aims to surpass all prior events with strong funding and an energetic committee. Posters were placed around town and camps to publicize the celebration and events. The Frontier reports a total of 6600 raised toward financing for the September 4 event, with Minegeps and other locals signaling support.
Aug 7 Thermopolis reports contractor Alex Halone trapped under several tons of earth during basement footing work on a building under construction. A fellow worker fled the collapse. workers dug him out within minutes. Halone remained dazed but uninjured and returned to work after recovering his breath.
Democratic leaders from across Colorado gathered in Denver to plan the state assembly agenda for the September primaries and the November election. Names floated include Julius C. Gunter for governor and several candidates for secretary of state, state auditor, treasurer, attorney general, lieutenant governor, and public instruction judge, with multiple hopefuls for each post.
London reports a year marked by unusual cool and wet June and July with March like conditions. Russia Scandinavia and southern Germany suffer heavy rain and storms while Mediterranean regions face heat waves and forest fires in Sardinia.
Earl Sutton, nineteen, son of Albert and Mrs Gutton, ranch east of Kaycee, arrested last Friday in Buffalo on charges of stealing two head from J Earl Cattle Co. He posted $1,000 bond for a preliminary exam set before Justice Myers. Sutton sold cattle to Hile Streeter with a bill of sale. Streeter was detained but released after presenting Suttons bill of sale and a canceled check.
A Kansas City tractor show coinciding with the automobile show drew many auto dealers to tractor territories. The Automobile magazine notes farmers buy 76 to 5 percent of autos, bringing dealers closer to farm customers. Not all auto dealers fit tractor work. others will adapt as specialized implement dealers rise.
Aug 1 Kemmerer coal company increases labor by seven miners at its No. 2 property at Goblet due to rising demand. Workmen arrived in a special car yesterday and began operations on site.
The Wheatland library project is awarded to W. Goodrich for 12,400 dollars after higher bids. Other bidders came from Cheyenne Denver and Greeley. Construction starts immediately with completion planned for January. Carnegie gift totaled 12,600 dollars. old lot and building sold for 1,200 dollars.
M Eby, chairman of the county committee of the Beptiet church, was informed Rev B Stephens will assume duties in about a week. The State Leader office will sell a complete 10 point and a complete set Baldwin joint one letter mating cheap.
A British colonel reports in a private letter that the Turkish commander at Kut and General Townsend were raised in France where they were schoolfellows and friends. They immediately recognized each other and exchanged greetings.
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