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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
6
Hettinger reports snow in the Horh mountains exceeding 1915 to 1919 levels with two feet at 8000 ft and seven to nine feet higher up. He predicts consecutive heavy winters as cycles repeat. Elk starvation follows as elk and sheep lose browse and access to grass due to snow and overgrazing.
BASIN Wyoming December 10 Two men a woman and several children ai Mexi cans were arrested and brought to the county seat charged with the robbery of a Lovell store worth about 2000 dollars. A large quantity of stolen goods was found in their house and they face a preliminary hearing next Monday.
Casper, Wyo Dec 10 The arrival here of Mrs Marshall Dayton reveals a romance from the great war. Dayton a Red Cross nurse and he and Mrs Dayton wed in France after a wartime courtship. He returned to America months ago while his bride waited for clearance. She spent a few weeks in Westerville before joining her husband in Casper at the McRory apartments.
W F Bush a Bart Mountain rancher and trapper from Cody Wyoming won a 3500 judgment against Dr W L Chilcott for the loss of a limb following a leg fracture. The case heard in Red Lodge district court after Bush amputated his limb and capably pursued damages from an original 30000 claim.
Mary Pritchard sustained severe burns in a tank explosion. Flaming liquid drenched her from head to foot as roomers gathered after her scream. Firefighters wrapped her in bed clothing to extinguish the flames, but she died hours later. She leaves three small children, with the father separated some time ago.
Manville Wyoming December 10 The Wyoming wind may lift unappropriated river water to irrigation lands using wind mills. A new 50 foot motor could move 24 000 gallons of water 100 feet each hour at 10 mile per hour winds. Canvas fans would be used in storms and water could reach shallow lands at minimal cost for farming development.
Casper Wyoming December meeting of the Chamber of Commerce follows a dinner at the Hefining and discusses a proposed north south highway across central Wyoming. The project would connect the Union Pacific on the south with the Northwestern and Burlington lines at Casper and extend to Sheridan posing major industrial benefits.
Douglas, Wyoming reports the local land office now handles more business than any other United States land office with the Sun Dance office close behind. A stray line notes island residents in Japan pawn graves of relatives during hard times, a practice always redeemed though it signals family shame.
December report notes Salt Creek gusher ranking with Texas giants at 24 hour output. Wyoming sees diverse activity from exploration to mill rebuilding, farm payments, and regional development. Lincoln County crowns river crossing aid, sugar beet paydays total large sums, and several oil fields report new wells or discontinues.
William Schoubee Frank Kellman James Hanlon Loula Funk and Gifford K Reach faced a deadly blizzard while aiming for a Casper bound train. They battled freezing temps built shelter then trudged to a railroad track and flagged a passing train just in time, narrowly escaping death on the plains west of Casper.
Princess Zonia wife of Prince Enrico Alliata di Villafranca is praised for beauty. Daughter of Don Carlos de Orlugar, she married in Nome in 1942. In Greenland negotiations between parents govern marriage arrangements.
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