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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
High winds and heavy snow drove drifts that buried rails and rail cars near Laramie Wyoming. Pacific Heat Rock River built a shed to prevent blockades but snow packed to the roof, delaying freight and risking dynamite if the line remained blocked. Twenty five men rushed to the scene with shovels to clear the shed and load snow onto flat cars.
Iry Spangler, at the William Duncan ranch on Mud Creek, accidentally shot himself in the left lung with a .38 revolver when an attempt to shoot a coyote on the porch went awry. He was brought to Thermopolis for treatment. surgeons expect recovery. His wife heard the shot and found him unconscious.
Casper Wyoming December 17 The Midwest Oil company has erected a rig on the northwest quarter of section 2-24-79 of the Gary dome north and east of the Big Muddy field and Casper indications are that a deep test is projected with producing sands of the Big Muddy proposed to underlie this structure.
Worland still relies on an old mine 26 miles away reopened by the strike for coal. Volunteers transport fuel into town by passenger autos, delivering about sixteen tons daily, loaded into cars after being packed in sacks.
BASIN Wyo Dec 17 The annual meeting of the Big Horn county canal stockholders elected district directors C L Brome M W H Smith D W Rogers H R Armeling and B A Rowe. Officers named H A Armeling president E A Rowe secretary treasurer Frank A Wise assistant secretary A resolution approved issuing new certificates for lands with water rights to acreage for irrigation on the 54 mile canal serving about 20 000 acres now in drainage districts with planting time next year.
The Wyoming State Bar will hold its next annual meeting in Casper. The date may be postponed from January and has not been definitively set. W. C. Wilson, who just returned from Cheyenne, announced the plans.
In Rawlins Wyoming this morning Marshall W P Smith shot and killed A Kiro karis a Greek suspected of a Utah criminal record. Police say the Greek abused his wife at a Wheatland rooming house and made a threatening move when ordered to desist. Smith, who described the man as a con artist, fired.
Operations by High Gravity company northwest of Cody halted due to severe winter weather. The well reached about 1400 feet, with the log aligning with Elk Basin field formations to the northeast beyond Heart Mountain. work will not resume until spring.
Midwest company workers agreed in principle on forming an employee benefit association to start around January 1. A directors’ vote passed about 2 to 4 with directors drawn from workers and association members. Dues of 1 dollar per month will be payroll deducted and compulsory for all employees. Benefits include 3.50 per day for illness or injury after a seven day waiting period up to twenty weeks per year, with a visiting committee reviewing claims.
In ROCK SPRINGS Wyoming on December 17 two half brothers Joseph Shirta and Edward Karel fought a duel near their homesteads in the Upper Green River valley. After liquor fueled tensions Karel visited Shirtz's cabin and fired a rifle threat. They tied in a simultaneous exchange of gunfire with each man fatally wounded. Karel survived with a widow and three children. Shirtz was unmarried.
Correspondence notes a disputed lead shipment and promises rapid re delivery at the sender’s expense. The fragment implies timely action to rectify a logistics fault and warns of prompt resolution.
The article notes Germany moving to conserve life and rebuild after World War I, detailing a new hospital near Berlin’s suburbs. It mentions care for children and improved medical services as part of wartime recovery efforts.
Newland Catlett colored, explains remarks to Walter Harris leading to assault case. Judge W H Edwards, Prosecuting Attorney Charles E Lane, and spectators heard the defense. Catlett fined 30 for discharging a firearm within city limits and given 10 days in jail after planning to raise 25 to pay the fine.
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 as chairman He added he was ready to step down when a successor is found but thought Foster would not be chosen for the office noting he is a good baseball man yet lacks sufficient backing.
The War Department recommends an army of 509000 officers and men but it appears set for rejection by both the senate and house military committees. It was indicated that strength would be limited to not more than 280000.
Casper Wyoming December 17 Imp res sive funeral services for John F Leeper mayor of Casper were held at the Masonic temple Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock In tribute to his memory all business in the city was suspended between 2 and 4 o clock by proclamation of T A Dean acting mayor The Masonic temple was filled with friends of the former mayor and his family and sorrowing citizens of Casper with many elaborate moral tributes testifying to the high respect accorded him
F J His cock, a moving picture cameraman, 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 would appear in theaters nationwide, as posters and ads promote the sensational footage.
Walter Rader bound over on $500 bond to answer in district court for stealing two barrels of whiskey from A Van Tassell of Cheyenne and Charles Muroan of Denver. The case heard by Judge Willadson in Granite Canyon with testimony on confessions and floor lifting used to remove the liquor. The two barrels stored in a blind cellar under a Van Tassell Coal Company warehouse are held at the county jail. Denver resident Charles Murnan, tied to the case, reportedly lost several cases of liquor worth $1,000 in a separate Denver break in.
A nostalgic advertisement urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley and Co at 2845 Sheffield Ave Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, lists uses, and claims satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes painting and paperhanging services and Christmas cards at Cheyenne Printery 174 West 17th Street with a phone number.
Miss Amanda Glement, after three years as instructor of physical education for women at the University of Wyoming, has tendered her resignation and will return to Hudson South Dakota. Her successor has not been selected.
On a recount of font order delays, the Close Initiation is set for Sunday January 4 at the Cheyenne Printery located at 114 West 17th Street. The event affects CLASS COMMITTEE and XMAG GUARDS.
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