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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
10
Prohibition has not hurt Kentucky farmers as the 1919 tobacco crop goes to market. Over 2,000,000,000 pounds will be sold this year for more than $100,000,000. Prices rose from ten to twelve cents a pound in 1910 to fifty cents to $1.25 today.
Morris W. Griggs, appointed guardian for Mrs. Smith, has filed notice of appeal from Judge Tidball ruling she accept her late husband Amos W. Smith's will provision. If the widow chooses one half of the estate through guardians, she could gain up to about $100,000. Mrs. Smith has been hopelessly insane for thirty years at the Wyoming state hospital in Evanston.
Lander Wyoming residents north of town endure a swampy 70 lot area that has bred millions of mosquitoes yearly. A drainage system will eliminate the mosquito paradise and end the misery of local families.
Rawlins Wyoming February 2 The Producers and Refiners corporation has completed eight storage tanks on section 25 Ferris field and is conducting a pumping test on the recently brought in well at 1550 feet The test is believed to indicate a yield of at least 10 barrels per day.
Rawlins Wy Feb 2 Kaseming Oil Company resumes drilling in the Mahoney area where gas blew from near the sand but was lit and burned for weeks. After gas flow control the company now lowers the drill toward the oil sands hoping for a highly valuable well in the state.
Rawlins Wyoming February 2 Material for a new rig is rushed to the Wyo-Kans company oil well in the Ferris field after a fire destroyed the derrick several days ago. The depth is 2760 feet and the hole is believed to sit on deep sands as the first deep test in Ferris field draws keen oil men’s interest.
Douglas Gun club schedules a Wyoming Sportsmen's association meeting in Douglas for next summer. A state shoot will offer 1500 dollars in prizes to the most expert marksmen competing.
Harris W. Axford, 78, died at his daughter’s home in Douglas after years as a Cincinnati incubator inventor and factory founder. He lived with his daughter Mrs. William S. Winslow for seven years and was a noted gardener and Wyoming State Fair prize winner. He left a long-lived family with brothers in Wales and Omaha.
In Kemmerer Wyoming on February 2 an arrest at Opal for RN A Collins accused of embezzling funds from the Commercial Bank of Umatilla Georgia leads to a Georgia extradition dispute. Collins agreed to return without extradition while accompanied by his wife and daughter. Hazel Daniels, once living with Collins, vanished near Umatilla. Bank officials refuse to reveal stolen sums, stating several thousand moved to a banker.
Rawlins Wyoming reports a city wide “house cleaning” to purge gamblers bootleggers immoral women and the male gentry linked to them. Arrests occurred but so did an exodus of undesirables, altering expectations for the crackdown. An unrelated ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a health tonic.
Funeral for Consaurion Sauredo 83 daughter of Mr and Mrs Concilias Sauredo of 910 West Lincoln Highway was held yesterday afternoon from the W W Dumm mortuary. Interment was in Olivet cemetery. An ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promises better appearance to readers.
City officials review a petition by Cal Holliday and M. Joe Gahill for a Cheyenne artificial ice and cold storage plant to produce about 35 tons daily. They seek exclusive franchise rights, lake ice cutting privilege, ban on natural ice sales, and city backing to attract outside business. A decision is expected in days with one unit possibly operating by summer.
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Barkwell arrived Sunday morning from California and was buried simply at Lakeview Cemetery beside her husband. Arrangements were handled by Early Bricker Brothers. Accompanying the remains were John Nolan John Connelly R E McCormick George Klett Dr Rafter and Clyde Early. No funeral service was held here.
Fred Hatcher a 6-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Bernard F Hatcher of 4998 Weet Twentieth street died early yesterday. Arrangements are being made for the funeral at W W Dumm undertaking parlor. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Dumm mortuary at 2 30 o clock unless further illness in the family should prevent.
Judge W. G. Mentzer left the atered court last night for Wheatland where he will sit on the bench for the remainder of the week.
City council grants BE L Emery secretary of Wyoming Good Roads association permission to sell novelties to tourists at an information tent to be run at public camping grounds north of the city. A separate petition to extend a water main was tabled for investigation. Police Judge Swainson reports total revenue of 37450 dollars.
Chief of Police C F Emberg reports January licenses totaling 564.35 dollars. Citizens National Bank posted a 15000 dollar bond to secure city deposits. G I Porter offers to perform city scavenger work for 15600 dollars for one year, but the council takes no action.
Street Commissioner Charles W. Virsig hired a colored city chain gang member to clean around a new house at 84 a day. The worker exploited the trust and stole valuable tools from the site.
John Patternack and two others were yesterday sentenced to 30 days in jail for vagrancy after appearing in police court. A traffic offender forfeited a bond of five dollars. The notice appears amid a page of local notices and advertisements.
Hand painted dining room and hardwood finish throughout define this modern brick house. A full basement and large garage sit on a 66 by 132 foot lot with a nice driveway. Built at a cost of 13000 dollars with 9000 dollars down, the home at 1605 Pebli can street is just completed and offered with terms.
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