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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
14
Seventh grade winners Myers Spaulding and Charlotte Sellers publish prize essays urging prohibition. The judges’ opinions cite figures on grain use, crime linked to liquor, and quotes from judges and leaders calling for dry laws to aid national and wartime aims.
A historical note states judges’ opinions on alcohol carry more weight than popular belief, arguing magistrates’ views hold greater value in shaping temperance policy. The text hints at a debate about societal attitudes versus legal authority.
Edouard A. Keaptedy of Chugwater has been appointed deputy state livestock inspector to replace Sam Brownell who resigned to enter the United States navy. Keaptedy will inspect cattle in Goshen and northeastern Laramie County at once.
Special Staff Dispatch explains how Civil engineers aviators and map-makers in the United States prepare printed maps for the army in France. Camera planes photograph German land the data is merged with French maps to engrave zinc plates for mass production. Maps guide artillery river crossings and rail routes as troops advance.
In Jackson Wye Dee 28 the meat supply hints at import rules for cattle from tick infested Central and South American countries. Slaughtering is required upon entry. Regulations protect domestic cattle and wholesome meat. A permit from the secretary of sericulture is required for each consignment.
An analysis by John Ogommon(s) criticizes Germany and its socialist allies for proposing peace terms to Bolshevik Russia that would grant German tariffs free access to Russian wheat and control of exports. The piece links these terms to German capitalists and calls for warning to Allied workers. It asserts that Stockholm talks favored Bolshevik delegates over Kerensky, exposing German socialists as aiding militarism and pressuring workers globally.
Denver December 28 Announcement that a test well will be started immediately to explore the Muddy Creek oil field in southern Carbon county Wyoming. F. McElroy will supervise a standard rig to reach at least 1000 feet. Imperial Oil Refining Co. is among the financiers and leases border the area. Geological report by C. E. Jamison and I. W. Trumbull notes favorable seepages and shallow prior wells.
The Mid west Refining company plans Wyoming’s first casinghead gasoline plant on Salt Creek leases. Six units will process about 1,50,000 cubic feet of gas daily, yielding roughly 6000 gallons of gas per day and about 1500 barrels of gasoline at 75 degrees gravity. After blending, around 5000 barrels of gasoline at 60 degrees should be produced daily.
ROCK SPRINGS WY Dec 28 The Union Pacific railroad will place women ticket agents at all major ticket offices nationwide to relieve male staff who have joined the army. A local school in Omaha has trained the women, with assignments to follow as each office is prepared.
Arthur Cummings 38, foreman and master mechanic at the Oldecker Tool Co in South DurIn Street Casper, was fatally injured when a large emery wheel shattered sending flying fragments through the shop. He died about 4:45 p.m. after hospital care failed. He was from Basin, survived by a Tulsa wife and child, with parents and a brother in Oklahoma. The body remained at Chamberlain chapel awaiting transfer.
Fred Ballie of Laramie Wyoming is appointed hatchery superintendent at Soldier Springs following his father John Ballie’s death. Ballie had overseen hatchery operations for weeks with assistance from John Lenihan Wyoming fish commissioner during the illness and after the father’s passing.
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