Wyoming Public Service Commission report details 60 cases in 20 months
The Wyoming Public Service Commission reports about sixty cases handled in its first twenty months. One hundred twenty six utilities voted with the commission, with thirty seven formal cases and twenty three informal ones resolved without orders.
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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 alleged to have cashed a worthless $16 check. Names given are K. P. Mann and H. G. Carrly. A $10 voucher signed by Mann and endorsed by Carrie was cashed at Cheyenne Creamery. Neither man had bank accounts locally. Both are thought to be strangers who arrived and left.
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Cheyenne Retail Credit Men's Association
K.P. Mann
H. G. Carrly
Stockcrowers Bank
Mann
Carrie
Cheyenne
Prisoner Dies in Antonito Jail Fire
Ep erfanio Valdes a prisoner in Antonito jail died after the jail was destroyed by fire. Valdez from Conejos had been arrested at Ortix on drunkenness charges and placed in the lockup. His charred body was recovered from the ruins.
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Antonito
Colo
Eperfanio Valdes
Valdez
Conejos
Ortix
Valdee
Aged Couple Dead by Live Wire at Fence Incident
Tucson route to New Year services ends in tragedy as Raymon Torres and his wife, both over 50, are electrocuted by a broken power line that fell onto a barbed wire fence. Coroner's jury rules the outage caused the fatal accident at the Ancient San Navier missions site.
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Tucson
Ariz
Raymon Torres
San Navier Missions
Old Time Cold Cure Tea Warns of Hamburg Brust Thee
An old remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea as a plant based cure for colds and grip. The directions advise a spoonful of tea steeped in boiling water, strained and drunk as a teacup, claiming it opens pores relieves congestion and loosens bowels for quick relief.
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Hamburg
New Year Revelry Planned at Plains Hotel
Reservations in the Plains dining room are sold out for New Year’s Eve. Man ager Pruitt said the hotel expects its largest New Year’s Day crowd, with remaining seats in the hall first come, first served. Banquet will be served, chairs set for 10:30 p.m., dancing in the lobby with Ferris trio and a Denver singer, continuing past 5 or 6 a.m. with 200 guests expected from Denver and similar plans at other city venues.
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the Plains
Pruitt
Rill
Ferris Trio
Denver
Arsa
Cheyenne
Christmas Night Turns Surprising In Traveling Salesman
Bob Blake, a traveling salesman, oversleeps and lands in Grand Crossing a dull town on Christmas morning. Things accelerate as a porter’s mistake leads to a cascade of comic misadventures. The scene unfolds in The Traveling Salesman at the Lyric theatre headline new year program.
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Bob Blake
Blake
Grand Crossing
Famous Players
Frank Molntages
Paramount
Tupper to Turn Office Over in Perfect Shape
Mrs Ida Graham will assume the county clerk post next week and find the office in order with books and accounts up to date. Harry W Tupper closed affairs yesterday after weeks of heavy workload and a staff shortage forced extra hours.
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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 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 Opens New Year Fundraiser
The Fifth Annual Ball at the Eagles Club hosts a grand mask event on Monday evening January 1, 1817. Prizes include $10 for best costume, $10 prize for first, plus $5 and $5 for additional categories. Proceeds benefit club activities.
Brakeman Bravely Leads Snowbound Train Crew
Brakeman L L Wallace of the Union Pacific, back in Cheyenne, helped dig out coach number 4 from a snowbank west of Rock River last Tuesday and walked five miles through a storm to aid the train. Passengers faced freezing conditions with limited heat as a single coach and one heated car remained for a time. After the storm, seven men walked to Wolcott for help while surviving passengers, including women and children, were moved to town 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 Shocked Them In Break-In
In Chisago on December 30 a night watchman nicknamed Dad Folger was shot and killed by bandits who surprised him cracking a safe at the offices of Bishop and Hamlin coal operators. The robbers escaped.
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Chisago
Bishop & Hamlin
Dad” Folger
China Creamery Nears Sixteen Years of Growth in Cheyenne
China Creamery marks its sixteenth anniversary on New Year’s Day after starting January 1, 1901. The Cheyenne plant at Eighteenth and Thomas now processes 560000 pounds of butter annually, with a Burns Wyoming pasteurizing plant sourcing dairy products worth about 50000 dollars from nearby farmers and stock growers.
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Cheyenne Creamery
Eighteenth and
Thomas Streets
Burns
Wyo
Cheyenne Plant Built At Cost Of Sixty Thousand
A three story fireproof brick Cheyenne plant, founded by F. H. Vaughan, employs thirty people. The facility represents a banner year in the company’s history with an investment of $60,000.
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F. H. Vaughan
Cheyenne
Prairie Oil Co Plans Big Scale Wyoming Development
H M Olds president and C F Palmer general manager announced plans to begin development of the Wyoming Prairie Oil and Gas holdings in the Big Muddy fields this week. The company controlled by Laramie county men has secured 960 acres of land in the Big Muddy area.
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Wyoming Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Big Muddy Fields
H. M. Olds
Exploration Move on Promising Oil Field Locale
Officials expect to drill on contested property as Olds and Palmer begin supervision. Once weather permits, sinking a well will start at the favored site.
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Olds and Palmers
Youth Arrested for Theft of Auto Lamps
William Williams, 18, is in county jail charged with stealing four automobile lamps from the Auto Livery garage several weeks ago. He was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Gus Clancy in a pool hall 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 held as evidence. Varnishing The 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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