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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1920
Page
22
Cheyenne weather report notes temperatures from 44 at 6:00 a.m. to 67 at noon and 61 at 6:00 p.m. Humidity rises to 90 percent early then falls to 56 percent by afternoon. Winds from west to southwest around 8 to 15 mph with cloudy to clear conditions. Total precipitation since Jan 1 is 11.389 inches, with last 24 hours at 0.03 inches.
Weather Bureau notes roads in the north and south somewhat slippery but drying soon. Western Nebraska roads muddy. Lincoln highway west remains open but likely closed Monday. Happy Jack labeled.
Union Pacific announces wage adjustments for local shopmen and transportation staff with checks issued for back pay from May 1 to August 1. Freight rates rise 25 percent, passenger fares 20 percent, and Pullman fares 60 percent, with a wartime tax added.
Figures total about 150000 with six to eighteen cent hourly raises across departments. Mechanical department to receive about 95000 and transportation about 55000. Average back pay near 100, many due overtime. Colorado & Southern employees awaiting checks, due early month. total about 80000.
James H. Millerman foreman of labor at Union Pacific died at his home 5623 West Twentieth Street at 10 this morning. A longtime resident since 1898 he was a Knights of Security member and survived by three daughters Mrs R H Fitzmorris Mrs P O D Viner and Mrs Emma Soules and a grandson La Verne Millerman. Funeral plans await arrival of Mrs Soules from California.
H M Kirk a Union Pacific brakeman was struck by a helper engine near Home sday afternoon and taken to St John s hospital with injuries described as not serious. He was hit in the back as he came close to the east bound track while performing duties.
A well attended Industrial club meeting laid plans for the forthcoming chautauqua assembly in Cheyenne. Six hundred tickets will be sold and committees will distribute them starting Monday. The season ticket price is modest to enable broad purchase.
Katherine A Morton state superintendent of public instruction will depart early next week to attend county institutes in the northern part of the state. Deputy superintendent Miss Serafina Facinelli will leave with her to attend institutes in county seats along the Union Pacific.
C T Rossignol musical director advertises for twenty eight musicians to form the First Cavalry band of the Wyoming national guard. They will be paid during rehearsals and the band will attend the encampment at Basin in September.
The text cites a U.S. Public Health Service estimate of one rat per person. It notes the Grand Canyon of the Colorado extending 217 miles and 9 to 13 miles wide. It claims Europe’s insanity and cancer rates tripled in fifty years. It mentions a new hotel for dogs and cats opening in London.
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