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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
11
Snow and east wind lash Laramie blowing into a Pacific Heat Rock River shed blocking the Union Pacific line. Plows failed inside the shed. workers shoveled and moved snow onto flat cars. A freight engine stalled, with drift reaching fifteen feet. wind subsided after about thirty minutes.
Iry Spangler, at Wil iam Duncag ranch on Mud creek, accidentally shot himself through the body while rising to shoot a coyote after his wife woke him by a shot and a fall. The 88 calibre revolver bullet entered his left lung. surgeons expect recovery. He was brought to Thermopolis for treatment.
Casper Wyoming December 17 The Midwest Oil company erected a rig on the northwest quarter of section 2 24 79 of the Gary dome north and east of the Big Muddy field Indications are a deep test is projected. The producing sands of the Big Muddy are proposed to underlie this structure.
Worland still depends on coal from an old mine 26 miles away reopened by the strike. Volunteers haul coal by car into town with cars loaded the fuel after sacking. About sixteen tons daily are moved by pleasure vehicles part of the supply chain.
BASIN Wyo Dec 17 The annual meeting of the Big Horn county canal stockholders was held in Basin. Directors were elected for four districts and officers chosen: H A Armeling president E A Rowe secretary treasurer Frank A Wise assistant secretary. A resolution authorized new certificates for lands with water rights. The canal spans 54 miles irrigating about 20 000 acres and will be reorganized into drainage districts ahead of planting season next year.
Wyoming State Bar plans its annual meeting in Casper. W C Wilson reports return from Cheyenne. usual January date may be postponed with no definite date yet fixed.
In Rawlins Wyoming this morning Marshall W P Smith shot and killed A Kiro karis a 9 Greek said to have a criminal record in Utah The Greek was abusing his wife at the Wheatland rooming house when Smith ordered him to desist facing a threatening move Smith who cut off the fellow's record as a con man fired at him and killed him.
Drilling on the High Gravity company site northwest of Cody has been suspended due to severe winter weather. The well reached about 1400 feet and the log aligns with Elk Basin field formations to the northeast beyond Heart Mountain.
The Midwest company plans to implement a mutual benefit association around January 1. A elected board of directors will manage a $1 monthly dues system for all employees. Benefits provide $3.50 daily for illness or accident after seven days, with up to twenty weeks per year. A visiting committee reviews applications and may require medical statements.
In Rock Springs Wyoming on December 17 a duel to the death occurred between half brothers Joseph Shirtz and Edward Karel on a remote Upper Green River valley ranch. After years of friction Karel, drinking, threatened Shirtz with a rifle then both men fired wounding each other fatally for Shirtz leaving an unmarried man and Karel leaving a widow with three children.
A brief notice promises prompt delivery of a lead er phone requested by a customer, with an assurance of service at the sender's expense.
A new hospital near Berlin suburbs provides care for orphaned children as Germany begins to conserve life and rebuild after World War I. The facility embodies postwar recovery efforts, equipping staff to save lives and treat vulnerable youths.
Newland Catlett, colored, was fined 30 and given 10 days in jail after an assault case in which he claimed an ingenuous explanation for a threat phrase. Judge W H Edwards presided with Prosecutor Charles E Lane noting the disputed remarks and a prior shooting incident at 1717 Bent Street involving a 45 army Colt.
Cincinnati December 47 August Herrmann chairman of the national baseball commission said he did not believe John B Poster former secretary of the New York Nationals would be selected as his successor Herrmann added he is ready to step down but does not think Foster will be chosen for the office stating he is a good baseball man but lacks backing
Washington dispatch reports the War Department backs an army of 509,000 but Senate and House military committees are likely to reject that plan. The expected authorization falls to not more than 280,000 troops, altering the wartime force.
Impressive funeral services for John F. Leeper former mayor of Casper were held at the Masonic temple Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All business in the city was suspended from 2 to 4 PM per a proclamation by acting mayor T. A. Dean. The temple was filled with friends of the Leeper family and Casper citizens as tribute to his memory.
F J His cock a moving picture cameraman has returned from Douglas with motion pictures of William L Carlisle the wounded Union Pacific train bandit. The film was sent to an eastern distributor and will appear in theatres across the country.
Walter Rader was bound over on $500 bond to appear in district court for allegedly stealing two whiskey barrels from the Van Tassell Coal Company ware cellar in Cheyenne. The incident involved Clark and Muroan of Denver, with testimony about how the barrels were removed and hidden.
Handout advertises Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney pills for back and kidney pains, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation. Includes mailing slip to Pol ey & Co at 2845 Sheffield Ave Chicago and a phone number 1634. Also notes painting and paperhanging services and Xmas cards at Cheyenne Printery 174 West 17th Street with a sign painting radiance service.
Miss Amanda Glement, three years instructor of physical education for women at the University of Wyoming, has tendered her resignation and will return home to Hudson South Dakota. Her successor has not been selected.
The Close Initiation is rescheduled to Sumday January 4 at the Cheyenne Printery 114 West 17th Street as the font order recount prevented holding meetings. The class committee and XMAG guards oversee proceedings.
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