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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1917
Page
13
Cheyenne residents and visitors gathered for New Year events and hospitalities. Denver, Wheatland, Sheridan, and Casper figures were noted among daily arrivals, with plans for exhibits and local business meetings at the Plains and nearby venues.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and lodges for assistance sympathy and floral tokens during bereavement. Names listed include Mr John H Gordon Mr and Mrs Thos Gordon Mr and Mrs Robt Lawson and others.
Schools will reopen this morning despite a coal shortage, with Mr. Fee stating there is plenty of coal. Quarantine rules will be enforced strictly, but children may attend after school and go to pictures. no further school closure is planned. Some parents request an extra week, but the request was denied.
W. F. Hawks of Bennington Wisconsin sent a ten dollar bill to Secretary J. M. Lamont of the Industrial club to start a fund for a monument honoring the late Jim Kidd Willoughby who died recently in Los Angeles and was buried in Wyoming. Hawks, an early Wyoming pioneer, sends photos of himself and Kidd and recalls range days. He plans to attend Cheyenne’s semi centennial and old timers reunion next summer.
Officers Rodin and Clancy arrested a man who gave the name Sam Kizer after a taxi ride. He was found intoxicated with a revolver on his person and charged with carrying concealed weapons. The car driver could not wake him, and he was delivered to police headquarters.
The Industrial Lab opens a bureau to help lawmakers find rooms during the session and stockmen's convention. Residents may list rooms with the club at no charge, specifying location, capacity, and whether men or both sexes are welcome. Copies of offers will be given to the legislature upon arrival.
A L. L. Moore, commercial agent for the C and B railway, was appointed a member of the committee organizing the American National Live Stock convention by President Archie Allison of the Industrial club. He replaces Samuel Toucey who has left Cheyenne. Other committee members include Fred Hoffman as chairman, C. J. Carey, J. C. Underwood, and R. N. Mateoa.
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