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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
16
Warren from Riverton and H Bannon from San Francisco visit Cheyenne on business. T H Redington arrives from Denver for a Cheyenne visit. Cheyenne Business College opens next Tuesday January 2 with day and night sessions inviting enrollment.
Ralph Rogers of Diamond and Charles Bent of Egbert spent the day in Cheyenne on business and filed for brands with the state board of livestock commissioners. C P Arnold, lawyer from Laramie, visited the state library on business. Henry G Knight, Wyoming University ag college dean, departed for Laramie after a two day visit. Omaha’s E Cooper arrived in the city to stay at the Plains Hotel for several days on business.
The Public Authorities and Board of Health order strict measles quarantine. Everyone except the breadwinner must stay in their home or yard for ten days, no contact with others, with a further ten days after doctors release. If a child in the family falls ill again, the quarantine extends by that many days. Fines range from one to one hundred dollars. Extra mounted police will enforce the law. Office of the Mayor, O. K. Snyder, City Health Officer, December 30, 1931.
Invitations announce New Year celebrations at the Plains Hotel with a big poultry exhibit at Maccabee Temple. Admits 10 cents. children free with parents. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Besse of Laramie and Rev Luther Stromquist of Blackfoot Idaho.
Department of Agriculture says meat prices will not drop. Wheat Blocult will supply more nutritious value than beefsteak or eggs at lower cost. Shredded Wheat remains the same price and quality for a half day’s work. Two biscuits with fruit make a complete meal under five cents. Made at Niagara Falls, New York.
Max Irvine at Douglas reported slightly improved from pneumonia while Henry Faber and Anna Peters of Divide secured a marriage license at the county clerk's office yesterday.
The roads into Cheyenne are improving daily after blizzard conditions. Farmers and stockmen, previously blocked, are coming into town for the week. Ranchers paid September taxes at the county treasurer’s office before the January 1 delinquency, with penalties accruing thereafter. Visitors from outlying districts included J. W. Bovworth, D. F. Raleigh, J. J. Faever of Burns, Charles Jacobson, George Pontine, J. F. Spannon of Carpenter, and William Ferguson of Hecla.
The Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature The Enemy directed by George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester plays at the Lyric today. Cast includes Peggy Hyland Ewart Overton Charles Kent Julia Swayne Gordon James Morrison Billie Billings Edward Elkas and Charles Wellesley.
Today's program features four reels of laughter and a three reel drama. Charlie Chaplin stars in a two reel feature Charlie's Nightmare, described as one long laugh. Bud Fisher cartoons of Matt and Jeff and Christie comedies are also included.
A New Year ball at Parish House will be held Monday night January 1, 1917 hosted by W E A O T M. Music by Messrs Bird and Hopkins. Admission 50 cents a couple. Everyone welcome. The notice also promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a tonic and laxative with E W Grove signature on the box and claims no head ringing.
Cheyenne faces a measles outbreak with about 200 patients. City health officer Dr. C. K. Snyder announces mounted police will patrol the city and arrest quarantine violators. Fines range from 1 to 100 dollars as officials vow strict enforcement to stop the spread.
A Denver man details a child recovery after his ex wife and others aided by surveillance. He claims his former wife eloped with a soldier, later suing a Pillsburg chemist for a $50,000 damage suit. The tale includes a divorce on cruelty grounds and a Cheyenne police-led rescue.
Berlin officials announce a police order allowing restaurants and amusements to stay open until 1 a.m. on New Year’s night in response to public demand. The measure takes effect December 31 and aims to ease celebrations in the city.
May or John MancVicar accused of seizing wagon loads from a coal company to aid poor residents. He charged that twenty Des Moines area mines restrict production to keep up prices, causing coal shortages for needy families.
The man described as volatile planned a raid on another coal supplier after an injunction halted his first attempt. He fled to avoid capture and cited public necessity as motivation for continuing wrongdoing.
Two men in an automobile battered the San Jacinto post office door and dynamited the safe, escaping with $250 in money and $100 in stamps. The robbery was not discovered until daybreak.
Sergeant Leroy B. Moss of Company I and Sergeant Marshal Dayton of Company C were named second lieutenants by Captain Marker acting adjutant general. Moss, previously a University of Wyoming cadet battalion captain, was in line for major this year and returns to school. Dayton also received the commission and will report to the Wyoming Infantry. It remains undecided which guard companies they will join. About twenty sergeants took the lieutenant exam. four qualified and Moss and Dayton were chosen.
Denver December 29 The Colorado Wyoming Eastern railroad, the sole outlet from North Park country, has been blocked for several days by heavy snows. Between 25 000 and 20 000 head of cattle have been fed up. Ranchers report ample feed and no losses, with the line expected to reopen in a day or two.
The article traces the Union Pacific as a national artery linking east and west, echoing Daniel Webster and Senator Green on the railroad’s significance. It notes early forecasts of financial peril for the project and hints at the pall road’s poor financial condition amid debate over federal versus private funding.
The speech lauds J. J. Harriman and associates for directing destinies of the Union Pacific, noting $269,700,000 invested since 1897 in extensions, double-tracking, and improvements. It credits Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, and Sheridan for founding and supporting the railroad as a public servant serving the nation’s health, wealth, and population.
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