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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
3
George Holand of Albany hotel set a record by shooting 207 jackrabbits in eight short hunts near Lander Wyoming. Using a .22 rifle, many rabbits fell while he rode in a sleigh. TheTwin Creek neighborhood was the scene and no estimate of total output could be made before the tool was removed.
LARAMIE Wyoming Dec 29 Professor George Currie Latin and Greek instructor at the University of Wyoming was injured in a university gym incident. While at second base during an indoor baseball game a baserunner attempting to steal slid in and struck Currie’s ankle causing him to fall backward. He dislocated and fractured his wrist and was sent home by a physician.
Moorcroft Wye December 29 Word reaches Sheriff Hareltog to watch for two men John Beard and Burl Sawyer who escaped from Butte county jail at Bell Fourche. They are driving the sheriff's team and head this way Beard is ten inches tall and 145 pounds with a sandy mustache, Hurl Sawyer six feet tall and 185 pounds. The team includes a white faced bay horse with a white left thigh blaze a gray horse with no brand and a white topped buckskin.
Casper Wyoming news item states Joe Tuck left for Hong Kong to visit his mother and marry. He is brother of Tonk Tuck, owner of Bon Ton, and nephew of a Chinese army officer with an important position in the new government. He plans to stay months, returning to Casper if his bride may join him in the United States.
In Moorcroft, Wyoming, rumors claim oil in paying quantities at a Wyomin g Fuel Oil Co. well north of town. The drill tool halted after three feet into off bearing sand, signaling a potentially fruitful find.
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 weather until this week He is alive and suffers continual pain with a possible but uncertain recovery The young man 26 or 26 is of strong constitution to have survived so long
A. H H. Peckham of Fiddler Creek country shipped a quantity of seed corn of exceptionally fine quality to Nebraska. Weaton county is rising as a corn producing section and Peckham displayed a radish measuring 26 inches in length in the newspaper office window, later sent to Omaha for exhibition.
John McCullough once ruled Wyoming’s cattle frontier with a small army of cowboys. At 83 he arrives in Lander from South Pass sick and poverty ridden after decades as a hermit in a sheep wagon. Once a powerful rangeman, he now lies aged and helpless.
A number of black wolves have been sighted along the Wind River range this year. One was trapped by a ranger at Dubois two weeks ago, and Supervisor Poole saw one in Popo Agie canyon last week. The larger breed killed a full grown horse last week, prompting trappers and stockmen to push to rid the district of wolves and coyotes.
D C Nowlin completed the purchase of 560 tons of hay for the biological survey to feed the elk this winter. This amount plus 186 tons carried over from last year should keep the elk in good shape through the season.
A list of job titles with associated dates includes petrography, ald, pographer, topo graphic aid, and other roles. Entries show multiple days in January and February for male workers across technical, inspection, and appraisal posts.
The United States civil service commission announces examinations for translator and related roles. Applications are handled through the surveyor general's office. The notice lists male and female candidates and indicates procedures for submitting on dates to be announced.
Changes at the Burlington station exhibit of Wyoming agricultural products include added produce and fresh fruit and vegetables replacing items in cages. Bow Wheatland Basin and Careghurat are noted as the largest displays and will contribute a large portion of the agricultural goods.
The Cheyenne No. 1 and Acacia No. 11 Blue Lodges held a ceremony at the Masonic temple Saturday night to install their officers for the coming year. Officers named include A D Johnston W M and F B Fobes W M for the two lodges, with several J W and J S and other posts. Addresses were given by Past Grand Masters Samuel Carson and others, followed by a luncheon hosted by the Eastern Star ladies.
Kent county farmers converge on Chestertown for a grand jury session to prosecute black defendants in the murder of James N. Coleman. Authorities worry over more mob hostility after last Saturday’s jail riot attempt. Parraway admits killing Coleman. Mabel confesses aiding robbery of the body. A national arboretum is planned for Rock Creek Park to house all American tree species.
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