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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
8
City and county plan a joint building with Rawlins stone likely material. John Howard appears set to receive the contract as plans for lighting heating elevator and vault doors are finalized. Commissioners expect completion within seventeen months with ongoing negotiations for light and heat concessions.
A man who died after an assault or fall was laid to rest in a nameless grave in the potters field of the local cemetery after more than a week of unidentified status. Relatives could not be located and no funeral rites were performed. Other bodies at Early's have been identified and funeral plans proceed.
The first contingent of 150 national guardsmen underwent physicals by regular army physicians at Fort A. Roseell with 250 men to be examined daily. By week’s end all Third Infantry companies will have typhoid and smallpox inoculations and completed testing.
A dry farmer near Cheyenne fled from a runaway team pulling a heavy wagon after a brake jammed. The wagon tore out the back wall of W W Quinn’s coal shed, then the horses ran through the alley, turning a somersault and sustaining injuries. They were finally captured at Seventeenth Street Carey Avenue corner.
Trustees of the American Defense Society have chosen Robert Appleton as treasurer Henry C Quimby as chairman of the executive committee Richard M Hurd as chairman of the board and Major William Tutherly as secretary The advisory board includes Theodore Roosevelt David J Hill and Robert Bacon and the group pushed Preparedness before other interests and before US entry into the war
Four carloads of speed horses arrive daily as Frontier park prepares for an August 8 race meeting. Premier jockeys including Earl Pool J Longo Pete Ormes and Charley Grose are en route to Cheyenne along with top riders from Canada and New York.
Washington August 6 Senate patents committee defers action on bills to commandeer German patents for producing salvorsan in the United States. The panel says the pending trading with the enemy bill may cover the issue by amendment and thus postpone the decision.
Denver dispatch notes Wyoming oil stocks retreated in New York with Midwest Refining and Merritt Oil dropping from prior highs while Hall and Elkhorn rose locally. Western Exploration jumped on a new Powder River well and New York trading rumors boosted demand. Local activity followed improved oil field conditions.
Elkhorn reports a deep well near Wall Creek sand has begun to flow and is expected to reach steady production within one to two weeks after final cleaning. Trading today largely held at the 50 cent price, rising from about 75 cents in early sessions.
With Hall, Grass Creek O1 and Gas rising, prices touched 94 cents and held. United Petroleum moved to 30 cents while Beaton-Wyoming traded at 26 cents and Glenrock ranged from 4.65 to 4.75 dollars. Local traders ignored the softer New York market as the regional market tracked the producing area nearby.
Two men arrested by pro vost guards near the Colorado and Southern tracks after a car disappears. They were relieved of a gun and a large amount of ammunition not suitable for the gun. The ammunition, found at the police station, is standard for officers’ weapons. The suspects identify themselves as M. Johnson and C. W. Andrews and claim they had a car in Cheyenne that somehow disappeared.
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