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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
16
Brand books listing all brands registered with Secretary Thompson of the board of livestock commissioners up to June 30, 1916 have been reviewed and will be sold at one dollar each. Bound in red leather the volumes include Wyoming stock laws and other stockman information. Proceeds cover cost. copies sent gratis to county clerks sheriffs and state livestock inspectors.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations open in Cheyenne for architectural and steel draftsman male applicants at $1500 annually, Investigator for cooperative marketing male positions at $2250 to $2760, and tabulating mechanician male post at $1200.
The Stahl and Dean squad, Denver champions, travel to Cheyenne to face the Indians at Frontier Park on Sunday. They promise a fast game and another long winning streak, while Nat Walker vows to bring his strongest lineup yet. Also slated: Cigarmakers from Denver on the 20th and Cabanolas for two games around Labor Day.
Flood wreckage spreads across Cabin Creek and Coal River regions as families perish and towns near the creek mouths are swept away. Rail lines and bridges damaged. a million feet of lumber stacked high. deaths include women and children. warehouses and farms lose houses, goods, and equipment amid widespread devastation.
Miss Lolita Armour, 19, daughter of J Ogden Armour, is a leading figure in the national service school of the women’s section of the navy league. She serves as chairman and is described as one of the most active women in the organization.
Centered on crippled Lolita Armour, the millions her father summoned Professor Lorenz from Vienna to cure her hip disease without surgery. Since recovery, Armour pursues outdoor sports and equestrian life, devoted to horse care and service in the National Service archives, spending much of each day in association offices.
Anger rises in Denmark over a proposed sale of islands with opposition from conservatives and left parties. Radical journals and partisan papers publish communications urging the king to refuse sign, though the parliament may still act, and the king is unlikely to approve.
The coal operators of southern Wyoming and the United Mine Workers continue wage negotiations for the next two years without progress. A new compromise committee of two members from each side meets daily at Fleet National Bank to find a basis for agreement. Representatives include William Monay of Kemmerer Coal and W D Brennan of Union Pacific for the operators and President Gildroy with Secretary James Morgan for the Union.
Traffic on the C S was stopped for hours Wednesday night after a wreck seven miles north of Cheyenne. A loose track or broken wheel derailed three cars. No injuries to crew, passenger transfer required, ore from Sunrise iron mines to Pueblo plant.
Tokyo reports naval leaders push for a major expansion with eight superdreadnoughts and six battle cruisers targeted within seven years. Two new battle cruisers would replace older units as the program unfolds under ongoing credit discussions.
Douglas Aug. 10 General Elias Calles declares Yaqui Indians practically subjugated in northern Mexico. Troops occupy towns in the Yaqui valley. light fighting wanes as soldiers assist farmers with crops expected to be large this year.
United States Attorney C L Rigdon travels from Wyoming to interview Hobgood in San Francisco and will depose in the case against Carbon Timber company and Elk Mountain Mercantile company. The government seeks 27000 dollars in damages for a forest fire blamed on negligent sawmill management and unextinguished sawdust, destroying forest timber.
In Tokyo on August 10 sentencing gave life penal servitude to Wagoro Fukude and Amataro Shimomura for the January 12 bomb attempt on Prime Minister Count Okuma. Accomplices Jujira Onikura Masakichi Wada and Takashi Hida were acquitted. The case revealed a broad plot against leaders in Japan.
Sydney Burleson, daughter of the postmaster general, wins favorable notice as a leading figure among Washington's younger set, highlighted by her social prominence and circle of influence in the capital.
A retirement photo marks Admiral C. M. Winslow stepping from active service and Admiral W. B. Caperton succeeds him as commander of the Pacific fleet. The transfer highlights a shift in leadership within the U S Navy's Pacific forces.
Chicago wholesale flour climbs 50 cents per barrel pushing bakers grade to 7.26 from 6.75 yesterday. The increase follows a month of gains totaling about 2 per barrel amid volatile wheat trading. Some bakers consider shifting to smaller loaf sizes as costs rise.
The market rose briefly for about four minutes then fell as rumors swirled. Brokers stayed in close touch discounting rumors of wheat in sight and guessing where a new development would shift prices.
A garbled dispatch suggests German movements toward Hanover in the next twenty four hours as experts forecast shifts in the region. The notice includes unrelated advertising junk about selling items and promotional copy from a Kansas City advertising company.
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