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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
14
An Wyoming elder Ha Rhetorically notes cycles of heavy snows. He cites 8000 ft elevations with two feet of snow and crests with seven to nine feet. He warns elk and sheep losses as forage is stripped and access to grass blocked by deep snow.
BASIN Wyoming December 10 Two men a woman and several children alleged Mexicans were arrested and charged with the Lovell robbery of 2000 dollars worth of merchandise. A large quantity of stolen goods was found in the house they occupy and a preliminary hearing is set for next Monday.
The arrival of Mrs. Marshall Dayton in Casper Wyoming reveals a wartime romance. Dayton, a Red Cross nurse, married in France after a war time courtship and has since reunited with her husband who had returned to America months earlier. She spent weeks in Westerville before joining him in the McRory apartments.
W F Bush a Bart Mountain rancher and trapper secured a 3500 dollar judgment against Dr W L Chilcott for loss of a limb, following treatment after a fractured leg. The district court at Red Lodge heard the case, with Bush attended after amputation.
Mary Pritchard sustained fatal burns from a misdirected explosion involving a mist of flammable liquid. Roomers heard her scream and attempted to extinguish the flames. She died hours later leaving three small children, previously separated from their father.
In Manville Wyoming on December 10 a proposal to use wind mills to lift water from the river onto arable land gathers interest among legal ranchers and farmers. A 50 foot motor would move 24 000 gallons of water per hour at ten miles per hour and canvas fans could be deployed in storms. The plan cites shallow drilling to access water on low lands with minimal costs under strong wind flow as a tested irrigation method for the coming season.
Caspar Chamber of Commerce leaders meet after dinner to discuss a North South highway across central Wyoming. The route would link Union Pacific at the south with Northwestern and Burlington lines at Casper, extending to Sheridan as northern terminus, boosting industry amid possible motor truck substitution for rail.
The Douglas land office in Wyoming now handles more business than any other U S land office with the Sun dance office a close second. The report notes the record activity as the nation’s busiest land office.
Wyoming weekly notes Salt Creek gusher ranks with Texas giants, yielding 24 hours output in the thousands of barrels. Mentions various local industries, land deals, and civic projects across Lincoln, Sheridan, Thermopolis, and Pine Bluffs.
Five former service members William Schoubee Frank Kellman James Hanlon Laula Funk and Gifford K Reach endured a devastating Wyoming blizzard west of Casper. Lost on the plains they moved toward a railroad track and flagged a passing train just in time to avoid tragedy.
Princess Zonia wife of Prince Enrico Alliata di Villafranca sister to Gabriel fourteenth prince of Villafranca, daughter of Don Carlos de Orlugar, married in Nome in 1942, known for beauty in her country. Greenland notes marriages are negotiated by parents.
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