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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
8
Cheyenne merchants expect a record Christmas shopping day next Monday as Union Pacific paydays align with the holiday season. Store preparations are complete with a wide array of staple and festive goods, and banks report unprecedented city wealth. Dealers compete to attract discriminating buyers with high quality stock and eye catching displays.
Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 A F and A M elected officers for the coming year. Masters H R Millard, Senior Warden H G Watson, Junior Warden C M Watts, Treasurer W M Foust, Secretary D W Gill. Trustees Samuel Carson A D Johnston and T Binke Kennedy.
Burhans scheduled to speak Friday at a regional meeting. Secretary Bertane of the Deere Teertee faces questions over fees and board corruption amid a contentious regional public issue. The meeting aims to discuss city cooperation and public work funding for the summer.
Howard B. Hines was elected chancellor commander to succeed H C Evis at the local Knights of Pythias lodge. Other officers named include Orvilla N. Mendershot as vice chancellor commander J W H Lafferty prelate and J Carl Metcalf master at arm. First rank to be conferred Thursday night on several candidates.
Railroads Burlington and Union Pacific offer holiday fares of one third for teachers and students traveling within Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico to any point in the three states. Rates apply December 22 23 24 25 and 31 and January 1 1917 with final limit January 3 or January 8 for later issued circulars.
Swisher's Optical Service at 215 W 17th St Fort promotes holiday events noting a University of Michigan Glee Club concert on December 26. The notice is brief and lists address and date details as read.
Dr. Howard Russell of Onin, temperance orator, will visit Cheyenne next Sunday with two meetings planned by F. J. Crabbe of the state anti-saloon league. A men’s meeting at the Parish House Sunday afternoon followed by a mass meeting at the Methodist church in the evening.
Mrs Anna Gerson mother of Mrs W 5 McGuire of this city was struck by a Denver bicyclist last Saturday and seriously injured. She is at St Josephs hospital in Denver showing slight improvement but remains in critical condition. T J ODonnell of Denver, attorney in the Mexico Wyoming Petroleum Co case, was in Cheyenne on law business yesterday.
The report discusses securing standing timber, preventing destruction, and promoting timber reproduction. It notes grazing restrictions, road funding, and land exchanges to consolidate government and private lands within national forests. Congress funds include ten million for roads and three million for eastern forest expansion, with Weeks law land purchases continuing to block and extend forest units.
County Clerk Harry Tupper reports the total cost of the primary, regular, and regulatory election in Laramie County at 4862.34 dollars this year. This is 564.57 dollars less than 1914’s total of 5426.90 dollars, despite about 1000 more votes cast. Tupper credits savings to improved efficiency from prior experience.
A Federal Farm Loan association began forming in Hillsdale with 18 attendees and plans for wide membership. A committee on bylaws and incorporation was named to report at the next meeting set for December 25 at 2 p.m.
The Financial News notes Wyoming oil boom in Big Muddy field with 30 tool strings active and wells delivering 200 to 800 barrels daily. It suggests a gravity pipeline to Omaha could boost production, rails not needed, naming Merritt Oil and Gas as largest operator and Ekhor Oil and Glenrock as other big producers. Lamont to speak on merchant cooperation at Laramie dinner. Deming replaces Allison on program.
The Red Cross records show contributions from war start to September 30 totaling about 9.23 million in cash and supplies. Funds supported field representatives and relief shipments, with 1.122 million in supplies sent to Entente allies and 350 thousand to Central Powers. blockade hindered shipping for over a year.
Amid disrupted front lines, the Red Cross arranges to send medical units of six doctors and eight nurses to run hospitals in Germany Austria Hungary. The effort aims to aid wounded and support medical care behind enemy lines during ongoing warfare.
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