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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
15
The newspaper lists John C Vleming and John Charles Thompson as editors and staff, notes Associated Press exclusive rights to republication, and outlines publication rights and period rates for one year, six months, and other terms.
The article notes Wyoming leads in bank deposits per capita with 894 depositors per 1000 residents, followed by Montana and Idaho, highlighting Western thrift as a rising economic trait. It lists eleven thrifty states including California, Colorado, Texas, Maine, and Pennsylvania, with Virginia as the sole southern representative.
The piece warns that $25,000,000 in new theaters are rising while homes are scarce and prices rise. Builders and amusement promoters are blamed for hoarding materials and inflating costs, prompting calls for public limits on building permits until housing needs are met.
Baseball fans learn Christy Mathewson, ill with tuberculosis at a Saranac sanitarium, was not quitting baseball. Meanwhile rumors that he resigned as New York Giants coach during a slump are set aside as he rests away from the game.
Clevelanders form a Cheer Em Up Club to lift life inside the city’s institutions. The optimistic effort aims to spread happiness, arguing surly moods spread like frowns while cheerful acts inspire others to smile and join the cause.
A blend of folklore about four leaf clovers and baseball statistics dominates the page. Celtic roots and Druids are linked to clover legends while league leaders and batting averages highlight top players such as Hornsby Williams and Roush with standings and numbers across teams.
Chicago August reports show Tris Speaker at .417 and George Sisler at .402 atop AL batting. Ruth hits .891 with 38 homers after a Chicago series drawing 126000 fans. Rice leads base stealing with 43. Hornsby leads NL batting.
Lost Springs Times notes the Cheyenne State Leader abandons the scene as the presidential race begins, signaling waning party interest in the campaign within the state.
Buffalo Bill's old home in North Platte Nebraska will be sold at public auction on August 14 by North Platte Realty Auction Co. The eleven room residence sits among large trees shrubs and roses in the city’s best section. Owned by Hershey Welch the property once housed the Cody family and served as Colonel Cody's headquarters amid other ranch holdings in the region.
The Teamsters face the Union Pacific shops team on the South Side diamond this afternoon at 2:80. Shops have beaten the Elks twice, and this first meeting with the Teamsters tests local teams’ abilities.
Dick Grace, longtime first deputy county clerk under Ida C. Graham, resigns to take a position in the U S revenue department. He has issued many marriage licenses and his courteous service was noted by couples seeking licenses. His county deputy work is praised as he moves to federal duties.
Sylvester Fleeman was brought before police court on a charge of discharging a firearm within city limits and received a reprimand from Judge Hirsi. Testimony described a three room home and a hotel guest staying at Fleeman’s house who was warned away. Fleeman allegedly fired a pistol into the ground to frighten him.
A Minneapolis slogan urges fathers to know their sons by dedicating at least one hour daily and one evening weekly. The item notes a Durham England Christening party custom of fruit cake and cheese. It cites Canada as producing and selling nearly $27,000,000 worth of apples in 1919.
The U S Forest Service issues a permit to a Portland Oregon firm to extract pitch from 160 acres of Douglas fir trees. The aim is to create a new naval stores source and boost the value of the Douglas fir by tapping resin from storm-wrecked timber.
John Wheeler, convicted of petit larceny in May, served six months in the county jail and cooked meals for inmates. He vanished Saturday afternoon around four, leaving no clothes or cash and even unfinished supper. Sheriff Smalley suspects Wheeler fled for a permanent kitchen job after hinting at a future release.
The Centennial Valley Oil Company finished cementing the Centennial well at 6660 feet and will resume drilling once the cement dries. A Lake Hattie well shows 12 percent increase at 1226 feet, and drilling is underway. More than 300 species of antlions are noted.
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