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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
11
George Holand of Albany hotel records 207 cottontails shot in eight short hunts around Twin Creek neighborhood near Lander Wyoming. The rabbits were killed with a 22 caliber rifle while the hunter rode in a sleigh. a lodged tool prevented extraction and no output estimate was given.
Professor George Currie, Latin and Greek instructor at the University of Wyoming, suffered a dislocated and fractured wrist when he was struck while attempting to field a steal in an indoor baseball game at the campus gymnasium. He was sent home for treatment.
Two escapees from Butte county jail Bell Fourche, John Beard and Burl Sawyer, are riding the sheriff’s team and headed toward Moorcroft. Beard is 5 feet 10 inches, 145 pounds with a sandy mustache. Sawyer is 6 feet tall, 185 pounds and dark. The stolen team is described as a white blaze-faced gelding and a gray horse, both with brands noted.
Casper Wyoming Dee 29 Joe Tuck left for Hong Kong China the latter part of the week where he will visit his mother and incidentally get married He is brother of Tonk tuck proprietor of the Bon Ton and an uncle who is an officer of high rank in the Chinese army He will remain in China for several months and return to Casper if his bride is allowed to live in the United States.
Reports from Moorcroft, Wyoming say the Wyoming Fuel Oil Company struck oil in paying quantities in a well just north of the town. The tool went three feet into off bearing sand before the interruption.
WHEATLAND Wyoming December 29 About three weeks ago Mr Hussey of Lingle was thrown from a broncho and fractured a bone in his neck He could not reach the sanatorium due to the country s condition until this week He remains in continual pain but the attending physician says there is a possibility of partial recovery He is a young man about 26 with strong constitution who would not have survived the injury so long
Upton Wyoming December 29 A H H Peckham of Fiddler Creek country shipped a quantity of high quality seed corn to Nebraska. Weaton county emerges as a leading corn producing area and Peckham showed a radish 26 inches long in the newspaper office window, later sent to Omaha for exhibition.
John McCullough, once Wyoming’s leading cattle baron with a vast herd and a retinue of riders, arrives in Lander from South Pass at age 83 ill and destitute. Once powerful on the range, he now lives in poverty, a hermit in a sheep wagon, weakened and helpless in the community he helped found.
Wolves along the Wind River range in Wyoming raise concern as a trapped wolf is reported near Dubois and another seen in Popo Agie canyon. The animals are described as larger and hardier than gray wolves, with a recent horse predation spurring trappers and stockmen to rid the canyon area of wolves and coyotes.
D C Nowlln completed the purchase of 560 tons of hay for the biological survey to feed the elk this winter. This amount, plus 186 tons left from last year, should keep the elk in good condition through the season.
A fragmented roster lists several male roles with dates: petrography on Jan 21 22, ald on Jan 21 22, junior to pographer Feb 5 6, topo graphic aid temporary Feb 4, technical assistant to pharmacology Feb 2, senior land appraiser Jan 19, inspector of mechanical and electrical engineering Jan 21 22 23, logwer Jan 26.
The United States civil service commission announces examinations for positions including translator and laboratory roles. Applicants should apply to Mr. H. B. Patten in the surveyor general's office with the date and location details provided.
Changes and improvements to the Burlington station exhibit of Wyoming agricultural products this week. Fresh produce and fruit will replace current display in cages Bow Wheatland Basin Careghurat to reflect larger displays with more items sent in for totalled exhibit.
The Cheyenne Lodge No. 1 and Acacia Lodge No. 11 installed their officers for the coming year at the Masonic temple on Saturday night. Officers named include A D Johnston W M and F B Fobes W M among others, with remarks by Past Grand Masters Samuel Carson and others, followed by a luncheon hosted by Eastern Star ladies.
Kent county farmers converge on Chestertown for a grand jury meeting to indict the Negro defendants in the murder of James N. Coleman. Parraway confesses killing Coleman and Mabel admits robbing the body as the mob threatens lynching. officials hope for calm as proceedings begin. A national arboretum is planned for Rock Creek Park in Washington to house all American tree species.
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