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Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1917

Page

2

Wyoming Plans Fall Crop Trial At Pinedale Field

Wyoming officials discuss winter grain viability as John W. Hay of Rock Springs funds 1000 pounds of Teatarker Red No 1 winter wheat for a 3/4 acre plot in Pinedale. Local growers will plant and manage the trial to gauge feasibility and potential flour-mill support for future regional grain crops.

Pinedale Aux John W. Hay Treek Springs Jones, Son & Ca Jones Hay Geimatrr Cedp

Casper Judge Fines Seventeen Gamblers in Crap Game

Casper judge Cooper fines seventeen gamblers found in a Tuesday raid on a Grant and Futth streets crap game. Twelve were colored and five white. each pays a $31 fine or serves municipal work as punishment. The ruling reflects the active police effort to police gambling.

Casper Judge Casper Auen Tobie Grant and Futth Vreets Cooper

U P Officials Visit Pinedale on Summer Tour

A Union Pacific delegation visited Pinedale and Fremont Lake enroute to Yellowstone Park, staying from Sunday to Wednesday. The group, led by W. S. Tingier and W. K. Cundiff, toured with locals and planned to boost regional tourism via a summer pamphlet.

Pinedale Fremont Lake Yellowstone Park Itiinger Union Pacific Railroad Omaha W. K. Cundiff General Puoenger Union Pacific Denver E. A. Cope George M. Revick B.S. Redick P. W. Jenkins Zeph Jones J. F. Patterson W. L. Hobtie Express Rocky Springs George M. Redick Harare Union Pacific Company T. l. Clementsen Jackson EK. V. Cochina

Burglaries Foiled As Man Uses Rail Speeder

In Kemmerer August 17 two men burglarized the Cokeville Mercantile store while clerks worked elsewhere. Clyde Raw pursued one thief aboard a freight speeder, catching him at the first stop and delivering him to Cokeville. The second suspect was later captured in Kemmerer and returned for trial, with both remanded to the county work house.

Kemmerer Cokeville Mercantile Company Clyde Raw Cokeville Tuy Marshall Con Wrady Kommeres Benell Cokevilla Justice of the Peace Turchett

Limere Men Strike Settlement Faces Delay in Northwest

Lumbermen of the Pacific Northwest refuse to end the eight hour dispute by Saturday night. Governor Lister of Washington threatens federal intervention. The mills refuse to grant the eight hour day and fear competition with Southern mills.

Portland Ore Pacific Northwest Lister Washington Southern the

Wyoming Children’s Home Society elects new officers

The sixth annual Wyoming Children’s Home Society board meeting in Cheyenne elected John Ainer as president and a slate including Rt. Rev. P. A. McGovern and J. K. Mason as vice presidents. Miss Alice Jewell continued as superintendent, C. F. Artist as treasurer, with Kinney filling an unexpired director term. The society reported doubled donations and doubled children cared for.

The Wyoming Children's Home Society Cheyenne George L. Strader Strader Miss Jewell C. E. Artist Sheridan Ines M. Robinson C. FB Wheatland Alice Jewell Joseph C. Kinney Cokeville Phillip Swarty Lander G. L. Strader Jewel

Will Survive Lightning Stroke at Luian Ranch

At the Luian ranch southwest of Pinedale an employee known as Indian Bill was struck by lightning while mowing hay. He suffered severe burns, was found unconscious, and is recovering with scars expected. the incident echoed a six year old lightning injury to Abner Luman, the ranch owner, who was seriously hurt but never fully recovered.

Pinedale Luian Ranch Abner Luman Bill Mr. Luman

Dome building at state fair destroyed by fire

Springfield report states the Dome at the state fair grounds, valued at $69,000, was totally destroyed by fire. The blaze endangered several other fair structures but troopers on the ground saved records of the national guard.

Springfield Tate National Guard

Freighter Tragedy Leaves Boy with Severed Legs

Burns Aug 17. Fred Henley eight suffered two legs severed above the knee after being caught under a freight train while attempting to board near Burns on a run to Cheyenne. The Burns bridge gang worker had been drinking prior to the accident and was rushed to the Union Pacific hospital in Cheyenne for treatment.

Burns Fred Henley Cheyenne Henley Bridge Pine Bluffs Flillsdale Union Pacific

U P Double Track Nears Completion From Pine Bluffs to Archer

The Union Pacific double tracking from Pine Bluffs to Archer nears finish as grading is done and dirt work strong. The line is usable from Pine Bluffs west to Archer and east to Durham with only eight to nine miles left. Officials warn progress depends on labor and weather, but rapid pace could soon boost road efficiency by reducing wait times for passing trains.

Archer Durham

Virginia mountaineers sentenced for arms conspiracy

William V. McCoy and J Walter Phippa, both Virginia mountaineers, were sentenced in Bristol to five years in prison for conspiring to seize and destroy arms and munitions of war.

Bristol William V. McCoy J. Walter Phippa

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