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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
12
A quotation notes a controversial Chinese idea of charging patrons for six diners as a bill for two, based on the belief that a dinner for three costs no more than one, attributed to Brooklyn Waggle.
Cheyenne raises about $1,300 of a $2,000 goal for next year’s Boy Scout budget. A. L. Jessup says the program, with six troops and 142 boys, is essential. Donations from Union Pacific workers and Elks lodge are noted. residents may contact J. H. Walton at Stock Growers National Bank to help.
Road survey notes highway segments from Lincoln to Cheyenne with varying quality. Sections from Hershey to Southerland and Wheatland to Ava are being graded or reported good to very good. Some lanes show rough patches near Granite Lookout and in oil fields between Casper and Shoshoni.
Weather data for Cheyenne Wyoming covering twenty four hours ending 6 pm on August 26 shows temperatures of 63 at 6 am 68 at noon and 53 at 6 pm with wet bulb readings of .53 64 and 50 and humidity of .97 40 and 80 Wind SW W NW at speeds 4 20 165 pather is cloudly partly cloudy cloudly Normal temp on date 63 Actual mean 61 change minus two cooler Highest 74 at 10 45 am Lowest 48 at 5 pm Average wind 9.2 mph since January 1 total precipitation 11.56 inches vs normal 11.06 inches last twenty four hours .17 inch.
Buenos Aires reports the Japanese government will subsidize Japanese steamship lines serving South American, Asiatic, and African ports. The decision was communicated through diplomatic channels and plans are to provide financial assistance to maintain routes and services.
Motorists in Houston protest rising tow prices with quotes likening theft to a holdup. Local rates to tow a bogged car to dry road run around 38 dollars, while Liberty County farmers charge 10 to 15 dollars for similar service. The note references a national memorial to Victor Emmanuel III in Rome costing 20 million.
The Texas Oklahoma boundary suit moves to the U S Supreme Court with Oklahoma United States and Texas claiming jurisdiction over lands along the Red River. Texas seeks the river center as the boundary and may hinge on proving river shifts since 1819 while disputes over land titles loom across about 600 miles. The first hearing is set for November 15 to determine if the Green County decision applies.
The Better Farming exhibit car, under Harle G. Reed, opened in Cheyenne overnight and will tour Wyoming and Colorado. It showcases silo construction crop rotation and dairy farming methods with diagrams pictures and models and will answer questions at the depot tracks near the railroad.
President Burton of Standard Oil Col W R Stewart and other officers visited the Laramie plant under erection and the Midwest Refining plant in operation. They toured Greybull and Casper plants and noted progress while the Burton process will treat Midwest gasoline to extract by products.
A cloudburst struck Chugwa ter Thursday afternoon causing major damage to Colorado and Southern Railroad property. Lumber and ties were washed away and tracks were washed out along twenty miles, delaying trains for hours until repairs allowed service to resume at midnight.
Telegrams failed to reach Mrs Forbes in Denver on return to Cheyenne after several days away. Russell Smith of San Francisco, her brother, was killed in an automobile accident the day before. Funeral held Friday. telegram arrived too late to attend.
Joy riders victimized Frank Mullen Thursday evening but his car was found abandoned in the west part of town early Friday morning. Mullen had been at a dance at the Elks' home and left the car outside. when he returned it was gone and later located abandoned by unknown borrowers.
The car was found later by the police after a lock had been forced to start it. Initial thought blamed practical jokers, but examination suggested this was unlikely. An initial search by Mr. Mullen and friends failed to locate the vehicle.
In CASPHR Wyoming the Ford stolen Wednesday night turned up Thursday morning with a man named Miller at the wheel. He bought the car for 75 dollars and a motorcycle from two men who were later traced to the Wyatt hotel. Police found the alleged motorcycle buyers had left the hotel after the theft came to light.
Casper Wyoming August 27 General Leonard Wood will not attend the first annual American Legion Stampede. Roosevelt and Pershing send regrets as the event plans proceed in spite of Wood’s absence.
A message to Hal Curran from a speakers' committee member outlines the Stampede to be held September 5 6 and 7 Invitations were sent to General Wood and General Pershing when Theodore Roosevelt Jr appeared unable to attend the event
LARAMIE Aug 27 The thirty third annual Albany County Teachers Institute starts at the city High School from Aug 31 to Sept 4 in conjunction with the Chautauqua assembly. Mrs N Artisee Erickson county superintendent of schools directs with John Hogan of Rock River serving as secretary.
Bells across the United States, echoing the Liberty Bell, celebrate the ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Cheyenne bells will toll at noon signaling women's new ballot rights, following word to Dr Grace Raymond Hebard of Laramie from Carrie Chapman Catt.
An association tasked with arranging Wyoming participation in a celebration has Dr. Hebard sending a message to Mrs. Theresa Jenkins who will ring the fire bell at noon. A Cheyenne commemorative ceremony was hoped for as the first suffrage bill passage site, but details remain unclear.
State Geologist G. B. Morgan acts as Superintendent of the mines and mineral exhibit at the State Fair in Douglas from September 14 to 17. The exhibit invites entries of minerals including asbestos, sulfur, soda, Hypsom Salts, air shale, gold, silver, copper, iron, mica, zinc, tin, aluminum, nickel, asphalt, and building stones such as marble.
The notice invites entries of Branite sandstone limestone brick clay bricks Fuller's earth cement shales cement and cement building blocks precious stones such as agates crystals garnets opals and topaz bituminous and lignite coals and crude and refined oils with by products. Exhibits with analysis will be preferred and awards will be given for the best displays. Send samples by express to the State Fair Association Mineral Division Douglas Wyoming by September 8. All samples must be labeled.
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