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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1920
Page
12
W H Newby fractured pelvis and sustained injuries after a fall over the Big Horn canyon rim. He lay at the scene for forty eight hours before removal could begin due to slow assembly of equipment and personnel. His sons Roth and Billy witnessed the event. Billy fell as well but was not seriously hurt.
Bishop Patrick A. McGovern of Cheyenne led dedication services for St. Anthony's cathedral in Casper Wyoming. The $100000 church was Casper's largest place of worship with about 1000 attendees including priests from Wyoming Omaha and Chicago. Father John H. Mullin conducted the Mass after the dedication ceremony.
LARAMIE Wyo Aug 17 Dr Preston Slosson one of the editors of the New York Independent who went to France with President Wilson and who lived in Versailles for a year is in the city for a visit. He was born here his father connected with the University of Wyoming and state chemist his mother chaplain of the Wyoming State Prison then in Laramie. The Slossons moved to New York in 1902 when Dr BE WB Slosson became literary editor of the Independent the post his son now holds.
Casper Wyoming August 17 Michael Henry president of the Mike Henry Oil Co proposes increasing capital to five million dollars in a letter to stockholders The plan argues a smaller increase avoids heavy taxes and enables liberal stock dividends The announcement caused a slight drop in the stock price to 9 cents a share Also reported is the deep test on Salt Creek section 22 39 78 Teapot area reaching 8200 feet showing the second Wall Creek land to be dry
Casper Wyoming August 17 William Cartwright of Matheny and Quak streets may lose his left foot after being run over by a truck he had just alighted from near the railroad crossing on West Second street. The arch was crushed.
Rock Springs Wyoming reports more than one million pounds of wool shipped east in ten days. Most shipments were consigned on advances from twenty cents per pound downward, with none sold outright.
A deed from Union Pacific to Michael A. Carroll and Howard R. Ingham for 2,950 acres in the Little Lazareta valley, dated September 1, 1899, was found and filed in Laramie Wyoming. Carroll is deceased. the document was discovered by his partner and son-in-law H. K. Ingham while reviewing papers. The ranch has been operated as a hay and cattle concern since the purchase.
Ernest Carter, treasurer and auditor of the Colorado Wyoming & Eastern railway, appeared before the Wyoming State Utilities Commission in Cheyenne to seek a 265 percent freight rate hike and a 20 percent passenger fare increase. The line carries all milk handled and uses no Pullman cars. The higher rates would take effect August 26.
The Laramie Red Desert well in section 18-20-77 is shut at 3,420 feet awaiting casing. New bullwheels have been added and the rig remains in good condition to resume drilling toward the oil sands. The site lies about three miles from Ohio Oil Company producers.
Laramie Wyoming August 17 The Ohio Oil company which recently struck water in the well drilled in the Two Rivers section north of Laramie is pulling the casing and dismantling the rig with plans to abandon the well. The water was found in sands known to yield oil nearby.
Burns Wyoming August 17 threshing progress reported with wheat yields up to 800 bushels for John Musselman three miles south. Wheat crops running to 37 bushels per acre and some winter rye reaching 67 bushels per acre in the Burns district.
Casper Wyoming August 17 Tom Vianuneva attempted to rob a pool hall on the Sandbar forcing Gerardo Espineva to defend himself. Vianuneva was killed by a revolver shot to the temple after Espineva, wounded in the shoulder, fired back. Espineva surrendered to city police and attended the coroner’s inquest.
In Kemmerrer Wyoming the Wyopa Coal Company mine at Conroy was taken over by bondholders to protect their investment. A public auction served as a legal formality with bids of 500 10000 and 110000, the latter winning. The mine is believed worth at least 1 million dollars.
George Winkowich, about 66, longtime Union Pacific locomotive engineer from Sidney Nebraska, died in Saratoga Wyoming after exposure in a rainstorm near his camp. His body was sent to Sidney for funeral arrangements. he had no close relatives in the United States and had recently learned a pension would have supported him.
Rock Springs Wyoming is named an emergency landing field and possible overnight stop for serial mail service flyers. The city will upgrade a north town landing strip and build an 80 by 90 foot hangar, ready by early September, with reimbursement to come from the post office department. The field sits roughly midway between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City.
Lovell Wyo Aug 17 The Big Horn Glass companys plant here is producing steadily turning out window glass The first order for the ouput came from Billings Montana for two carloads The second order for five carloads came from Denver
In Newcastle Wyoming on August 17 Judge A M Nelson, a Civil War veteran, lost his hat during a flight at 2000 feet. The hat landed exactly on the courthouse weather vane, marking a perfect bull's-eye before tumbling to the ground.
Barbara Burke explains balancing fashion and foot health. She urges avoiding extreme heels, favors versatile footwear for sport and dress, and recommends shoe changes to maintain comfort, proper support, and long wear. Indoor slippers with ankle fastenings are advised for indoor use.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard home remedy for female ills. It stresses that the product is made from roots and herbs, free of narcotics or harmful drugs, and offers confidence to suffering women.
Mrs. Hattie Duty accuses Homer Duty of neglecting family duties to attend six fraternal organization meetings. She claims he believed duty required presence at the meetings rather than at home, triggering the disagreement over his responsibilities.
In Clyarmount Wyoming Lu ther Zing spots a mother wolf her eight half grown pups as she trains them to hamstring cattle. He lassoes two pups and kills them under horse hooves, the mother retreats with the remaining six pups. Several cattle are bitten but no additional hamstringing occurs. The den is found next day but the family has moved.
TOKIO July 21. Infanticide cases in Chiba prefecture have alarmed authorities. This year, the monkey year in the Japanese calendar, prompts mothers to fear misfortune for children born then. Police order registration and monitoring of prospective mothers to eradicate the superstition.
Philadelphia August 16. The Philadelphia mint produced 501 million coins in the last fiscal year. Director Raymond T. Baker cites new die cutting machines electric furnaces and carrying devices as boosting output by about 25 percent from 1919. He notes Philadelphia is now the largest mint in the world.
Sir W. B. Richmond a Royal Academician writes to the press that at seventy he would rather go to jail than pay the Hammersmith Borough Council tax demand of 149 pounds a year on his house and grounds. He calls the levy Bolshevist and unjust.
Japanese welcome a Canton dominated party of Chinese newspaper men marking renewed ties after recent strain. The delegation includes a writer who led the anti Japanese boycott, seen as sign of improvement in Sino Japanese relations. The note mentions Canton as Japan’s gateway for South China trade. The piece adds an unrelated line about Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome.
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