Wyoming public service board reports twenty months of activity
The Wyoming public service commission handled about sixty cases in twenty months, with 126 utilities voting with the commission. Formal cases numbered thirty seven, twenty three informal, with readjusted rates in several utilities.
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Wyoming Public Service Commission
H. A. Floyd
Commission
Green River Waterworks
Rock Springs
Hot Springs Light and Power Company
Thermopolis
Douglas Electric Light Company
Douglas
Sheridan County Electric Company
Inter-mountain and
Western Demurrage
Hmit
Wheatland Haller
Burlington Railway
Wyoming
Sloux City
Inter-atate Commerce Commission
Rockies
State Engineering Department
Southority
Suspects Hanted in Bad Check Case
The Cheyenne Retail Credit Men's association hunts two men named K. P. Mann and H. G. Carrly for cashing a $16 worthless check at the Cheyenne creamery. The Stockcrowers bank deposited a $10 voucher signed by Mann and endorsed by Carrie. neither man had an account here. Authorities say the men, now believed to be strangers, established themselves and departed after the check was cashed.
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Cheyenne Retail Credit Men's Association
K.P. Mann
H. G. Carrly
Stockcrowers Bank
Mann
Carrie
Cheyenne
Prisoner Perishes as Antonito Jail Burns Down
Ep erfanio Valdes, a prisoner from Conejos, died in the Antonito jail blaze after it burned during the night. Valdez had been brought in from Ortix on drunkenness charges and was found dead in the ruins.
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Antonito
Colo
Eperfanio Valdes
Valdez
Conejos
Ortix
Valdee
Electric tragedy at border fence kills couple in Tucson
Aged couple Raymon Torres and his wife died of electrocution when a live wire at a barbed wire gate at the Ancient San Navier missions fence fell onto them. A coroner's jury ruled a broken electric light line caused the accident.
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Tucson
Ariz
Raymon Torres
San Navier Missions
Old Time Cold Cure Tea Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement urges readers to take Hamburg Breast Tea or Hamburger Brust Thee as a home remedy for cold and grip. A spoonful steeped in boiling water, strained, and drunk relieves congestion and loosens bowels, claimed to open pores and cure a cold. It is marketed as inexpensive and vegetarian.
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Hamburg
New Year Revelry Planned at Plains Hotel
Plains Hotel manager Pruitt reports New Year’s celebration reservations are sold out in the dining room with only railing seats left for those arriving New Year’s night. The party features a banquet, dancing, 10:30 pm seating, Ferris trio music, a Denver singer, and a lobby dance area. The event may run past 5 or 6 am depending on guests.
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the Plains
Pruitt
Rill
Ferris Trio
Denver
Arsa
Cheyenne
Christmas Misadventure in The Traveling Salesman at Lyric
Bob Blake, a traveling salesman, oversleeps Christmas morning and lands in Grand Crossing a dull town. His boredom ends when events unfold quickly in Frank Moln tage’s stage success adaptation. The Traveling Salesman marks Moln tage’s motion picture debut at the Paramount screen debut on New Year’s Day at the Lyric theatre.
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Bob Blake
Blake
Grand Crossing
Famous Players
Frank Molntages
Paramount
Tupper to Turn Office Over in Perfect Shape
Ida Graham will assume the county clerk post next week and find the office in order. outgoing official Harry W. Tupper closed affairs fully yesterday with books and accounts up to date.
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Ida Graham
Harry W. Tupper
Tupper
Salvation Army Official to Lecture in Cheyenne
Thomas Estell of Chicago commander of the Salvation Army for twenty five western states and Hawaii will lecture January 12 at the Parish house in Cheyenne on The Salvation Army in This Land and Other Lands. Governor Kendrick will chair and Mayor LaPontaine will speak on The Work of the Army in Cheyenne.
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Thomas Estell
Chicago
Salvation Army
Hawaii
Cheyenne
Estell
Sweden
Holland
France
Japan
Australia
Eva Booth
John B. Kendrick
R. N. LaPontaine
Army
Grand Mask Ball Now Open for New Year Events
First event of the year features Fifth Annual Ball by bartenders and Eagles on Monday evening January 1, 1817. Prizes include 10 dollars for best costume, 5 dollars and 5 dollars for runners up. Comic entertainment adds to the festive night.
Brakeman Brings Aid After Severe Wyoming Snowstorm
Brakeman L L Wallace of the Union Pacific walked five miles through a blizzard west of Rock River to aid a stranded Saratoga Encampment train. Passengers endured extreme cold as only one coach could be heated. a woman fainted and food was scarce. A light engine failed to reach them, and families from Cheyenne were later evacuated by wagon.
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L. L. Wallace
Union Pacific
Chayenne
Rock River
Saratoga
Walcott
Rawlins
Wolcott
Cheyenne Mra
James Ljttle
Bandits Kill Guard in Safe Cracking at Bishop & Hamlin
In Chisago on December 30, bandits surprised by the night watchman Dad Folger during a safe cracking at Bishop and Hamlin coal operators killed him and escaped with the loot.
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Chisago
Bishop & Hamlin
Dad” Folger
China Creamery Set to Mark Sixteenth Anniversary
China Creamery will celebrate its sixteenth anniversary New Year's Day marking growth from a one room operation started January 1, 1901 to a modern plant at Eighteenth and Thomas streets producing 560000 pounds of butter in the year now ending. The Cheyenne firm also operates a Burns Wyoming pasteurizing plant buying dairy products from local farmers and stock growers worth about 50000 annually. The company continues to expand and gain respect.
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Cheyenne Creamery
Eighteenth and
Thomas Streets
Burns
Wyo
Vaughan Brothers Cheyenne Plant Highlighted in Banner Year
The firm founded by F. H. Vaughan employs thirty people and operates a fireproof three story Cheyenne plant. The building cost sixty thousand dollars, marking a banner year in the company’s history.
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F. H. Vaughan
Cheyenne
Prairie Oil Co Plans Large Scale Development in Wyoming
H. M. Olds president and C. F. Palmer general manager announced the first step toward developing the Wyoming Prairie Oil and Gas holdings in the Big Muddy fields. They stated plans would begin this week after securing 960 acres of land in the Big Muddy area and before departing for Casper.
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Wyoming Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Big Muddy Fields
H. M. Olds
Prospective Drill Site Planned Despite Muddy Fields
Officers expect favorable location for holdings as Olds and Palmer prepare to supervise a drill on the property. Once weather allows, sinking a well will commence, marking the start of active exploration operations.
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Olds and Palmers
Youth Arrested for Theft of Auto Lamps
William Williams 18 is in county jail accused of stealing four automobile lamps from Auto Livery garage several weeks ago. He was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Gus Clancy in a pool room and denies the thefts. The lamps two side lights and two presto lights were recovered from a second grand dealer at Nineteenth and Bent streets and are held as evidence. Sherman Co.
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William Williams
Gus Clancy
Nineteenth
Bent Streets
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Sio
WAL Floyd Bays
Colora
The
Wyoming Trust & Savings Bank
Plains
LYRIC
J. I. Wallace
A. P. Brakeman
First National Bank
Cheyenne, Wyoming
China Creamery
Prairie Oil Co
Sherman Co
W. E. Dinneen
Lincoln Highway
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