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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
3
Wyoming district supervisor Lee announced the census will start January 2 with house to house canvassing. He urged families to prepare names ages birthplaces education language and farm products and values for accurate enumeration and to carry details if away in January 4920.
A garbled report describes a judge’s citation to destroy liquor as the first wholesale destruction since prohibition. It notes confiscated liquor accumulating in the snow by the courthouse and spilled by cooks and bottles, amid a volatile confrontation.
In Thermopolis seventy four cattle owned by Marty Baker drowned after venturing onto the Big Horn river ice and breaking through. Reports from Kommerer describe numerous losses across the district with twenty three drowned in Ham's Fork near Opal fifty at B Q ranch near Sage and fifteen in Bear river near Evanston. A census effort seeks to determine Wyoming population and wealth.
Douglas Wyoming December 23 A D Gook field agent reports a sharp fall in winter wheat and rye plantings in 1919. Wheat acreage sown 70009 versus 84000 last year a drop of 14000 with 96 percent normal condition. Rye sowing 26000 down from 28000 with 95 percent normal. Drought and lack of irrigation blamed with late autumn rains and cold snaps hindering plowing and seeding.
The former executive committee member of the Wyoming American Legion branch died by his own hand with a revolver. He served overseas with the 16th ammunition train and later joined the crack rifle team sent to Hallie shoot in New Jersey. Authorities attribute the death to despondency over an inability to secure success in a commercial career. A state land lottery planned for Tuesday was abandoned due to insufficient applicants, with land offered at a minimum price of 15 per acre. About 20,900 acres of state lands along the Chicago Northwestern line will be offered for sale soon.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Burns Wyoming for Victor Thompson who was killed when his automobile overturned 28 miles northeast of Hayden Saturday night. Mrs Minnie Fenwick, a friend of the Thompson family, conducted the service.
On a route to his homestead a man and small children were involved when his oar caused the boat to overturn. Officials report no serious injuries though passengers were shaken and assisted ashore.
In CAMBNA WY, a one year old child of Mr and Mrs Andrew Palwasind slid into a tub of hot water standing on the kitchen floor. The accident left the child in critical condition from scalding and fears mount that he may die.
Lilian M. Grinnell, longtime editor of the New Castle paper, will retire effective January 1. The announcement notes her decades of editorial leadership and service to the community in Newcastle Wyoming and marks the end of an era for local journalism.
Two years of leadership by the News Castle News Journal editor yielded a marked improvement. She resigns effective January 1 and will return to her former home in Lincoln Nebraska as a state leader ad campaign notes TRY STATE LEADER WANT ADS THEY BRING RESULTS.
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