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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
5
Partial OCR text references a ton trade, mail routing to a Tar Com group, an inside cargo package, and a cleansing ton. It mentions a sluggish bill and national lay better, with unclear dates or places.
An obituary recalling Chief Washakie of the Shoshone people who died at the Wind River Agency on February 20 1900. The account covers his lineage his rise from warrior to leader of the Wind River Shoshones his wars with neighboring tribes his alliance with the United States government his peaceful later years on the Wind River Reservation and his religious devotion including baptism by Rev John Roberts.
San Saba Texas February 20 A pecan growers exchange is proposed to organize Texas pecan growers into a state body to counter pecan speculation. The chamber of commerce says Texas growers cost about 3,000,000 dollars in 1919 due to price fixing by pecan speculators.
Junk dealers should feel perfectly at home at the new City and County building. On February 28 the furniture used in the offices of Laramia county prior to the completion of the new building is to be sold at auction. Some of this furniture has seen 30 years of use.
The 835000 estate of Harry Hastings, a member of the Elk club, will revert to the state as no relatives could be located by the public administrator. Hastings came to San Francisco from the east 25 years ago.
About 1700 volumes funded by Wyoming residents through the American Library Association are being returned to the state from New York to Miss Agnes R. Wright Cheyenne state librarian. Wright will circulate them statewide to aid postwar library service and support ex service men with traveling collections. The ALA seeks a two million dollar fund to expand public libraries nationwide and regional directors enroute to stronger library service for veterans and the Merchant Marine.
A Cheyenne city brief lists numerous visitors and locals staying at the Normandie Plains and related hotels. Names include Griffin Nichols Nulph Braddy Likbank Koehler Henderson Palmer Palmer Adams Marks Olds Holt Luce Maughan Lucas Larson Goxen Hall Laurence Kirkbride Holdeman Cobb Emmons and others from Glendo Rawlins Torrington Cody Douglas Riverton Pine Bluffs Indianhill and Laramie.
The war library program trained thousands to use books wisely and in the past six months libraries in every state report being overwhelmed by demand for technical and vocational titles.
A J Slack of the U S Russia information bureau denounces Admiral Kolchak’s execution in Irkutsk as a Bolshevik crime. He lauds Kolchak as a brave soldier, scientist, and democrat who fought to crush Bolshevism and uphold a future democratic Russia.
Delegates of the Victoria Trades and Labor council say the British Columbia prohibition act benefits laboring classes. They favor continuing the act with an amendment to legalize sale of 4 percent beer, currently banned under the 2 percent limit.
Carl Langstaff quits Pasadena police at $120 monthly to work as a brick mason in Texas at $11 daily. Commissioner M T H Salisbury notes Texas brickmason pay exceeds Pasadena salary, explaining Langstaff sought better wages and a chance to assist the former patrolman.
Charles Peterson an elevator operator who died by suicide in San Francisco left an estate valued at $40,000 to relatives in San Francisco and Sweden. The sum represents a lifetime of thrift.
Humboldt County California creamery reports Swiss cheese being shipped to Switzerland for ready sale.
Los Angeles residents who visited Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California report no white cannibals there. They describe an overrun turtle population and sullen distrustful Indians, with scattered tales of a strange white tribe using poisoned darts and an old blunderbuss. Some locals claim sighting natives with modern firearms.
The 1949 European demand for tobacco beyond cigars and rising cigarette use pushed the average price of all tobacco types to 40.8 cents as of December 4, well above the 24.9 cents for cigar tobacco. The Agriculture Department notes cigars have been overtaken by cigarettes in price and demand.
Reports from Europe say Count Laszlo Szecheny plans divorce proceedings that would prevent his American wife, formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, from becoming queen of Hungary. The count denies plans to seek a divorce or to become king, while his wife stays in the United States with four children as property actions proceed.
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