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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
10
Thermopolis report notes blackleg spreading in Yellowstone Park among buffalo and deer. Officials fear swift, deadly impact as multiple deaths occur in a week, threatening near extinct buffalo and endangered deer herds during winter concentrations.
During the year 1911 there were 137 incarcerations in the county jail by Sheriff Frazer and deputies, about the same as the year before. Fifteen prisoners are now in the jail including one serving a sentence from Jackson county Colorado. One prisoner awaits election of application for a pow ting. Four Albany county prisoners under jail sentence. One from another county awaiting trial. One charged with murder.
Good Year Cody announces that County Clerk PLC Barnett will report fees exceeding $2,058.45 collected from the county recording of deeds mortgages and related instruments during Park County's first year of separate existence. The total reflects early revenue from official filings and recordings.
Receipts for December reach 208.1 with December the biggest month of the year. November shows 255.26 and October 195.
A string of local marriage notices from Boaler Hulett Thermopolia Rock Springs and Laramie. The items include Mr Simeon Steward and Miss Pearl Jennys at Boaler a silver wedding for Mr and Mrs Ben Colvin of Hulett and celebrations for Mr and Mrs Morrison of Thermopolia. Other Thermopole reports name Frederick Helleher and Emelia McKivie Oscar Moore and Ellen Kitzmiller Lucious Conrad and Elele Paterson Herman Knight and Kate Pryor Walter Woods and Maude Boy all listed as wedding couples from Laramie Rock Springs and nearby towns.
Prospering Cowley January 3 report states 226 farmers with families are settled on Shoshone lands. Last season they raised crops on 16 080 acres with livestock valued at 145 000 dollars, farming implements 43 600 dollars, and other improvements 177 1606 dollars. Overall crops meet government expectations on the project.
State department advises revolutionaries responsible for renewed fighting at Fan Yang. Imperial troops reportedly withdraw peacefully but are attacked by rebels. officials fear gravest consequences.
Geo. W. Beatty flew his aeroplane over Long Island on Monday January 3 dropping New Year cards into the front yards of his friends in Garden City.
A mass meeting of the progressives of South Dakota will be held in Sioux Falls on January 11 to organize La Follette's campaign in the state. The gathering, noted in Watertown and Por la Follette listings, signals renewed activity for the 1924 bid.
Washington dispatch states virtually all American residents of China were located safely at treaty ports. The report comes as agencies monitor conditions and advise on travel and safety for U.S. citizens abroad. A brief note at year’s start confirms orderly status amid uncertain conditions.
The Woodmen of the World announce a social aid dance at Fraternal Hall on Thursday evening January dth. The event aims to raise funds for community aid and social outreach activities.
A Riverton report says Asmus Boysen confirms internal clearance for Carey Act lands east of Riverton extending to the Wahaba and Shoshoni areas. By February the company plans crews at work, making Wahaba a supplies hub and Riverton a colonization center for half a million acres, with rapid land sales expected.
The piece argues that tariff protection harmed less efficient mills while shielding the strong, inflating costs via overvalued securities. It condemns protection as a parasitic system fostering monopolies and urges a shift to revenue taxation and government restraint.
The stockholders of Leader Publishing Company will hold an annual meeting at 2 40 PM on Tuesday January, at 1ae Carry Avenue Hayenwi Wyoming. They will elect directors and discuss other proper business. Leader Publishing Company by J. Oss Carpentern, President.
The Wyoming Tax Commissioner John McGill contests sheep taxation figures, noting about 40,000 sheep from a 65 000 to 60 000 range were not taxed in any state except Colorado where 14 500 were assessed. Warren wires in and McGill confirms arrivals in Colorado, then finally assigns 50 988 sheep to Albany and Laramie counties in Wyoming after negotiations reported by the Wyoming Tribune.
A dance event took place at Fraternal Hall on January 6, 1092. Organizers promoted the gathering for members and guests with plans for music and social activities. Local attendees reported a lively evening and community participation.
The report shows troops marching with Manchu forces against revolutionaries in the south. Premier Yuan Shi Kai and Manchu commanders back the court against trained northern Chinese troops and southern Republicans celebrating early successes.
The WLK event titled Dance Friday will host AML Elks and friends as invited guests for an informal evening of music and socializing.
A fragmented OCR note hints at a local confrontation over an appropriation bill labeled B41. Residents argue over budget allocations and public benefit, while officials defend the measure as necessary funding for community projects.
A fragmented OCR item outlines a leader titled Pur 25 Chants with unclear details. The readable parts reference a publication leader and a numbered chant list, suggesting a literary or editorial note within a newspaper page. Further specifics are unreadable but the piece centers on the lead and its chant sequence.
The fourth annual report of the Wyoming State Board of Child and Animal Protection for 1911 lists 4 901 total cases under supervision, including 568 child cases with 247 boys and 226 girls, plus 4 333 other cases. Volunteers cared for 2 848 cases, with 2 753 animals. Receipts totaled 15 000 dollars, expenses 4 949 43, leaving 10 160 67 on hand.
At the State Board of Charities and Reform meeting, J. R. Shannon of Sheridan was chosen as superintendent of the branch hospital at Sheridan, replacing B. E. Clancey. The board also transacted routine business and bills. The State Board of Medical Examiners opened a Capitol session, with Dr. Herbert T Harrig of Basin as president, Rr. W. A. Wyman of Cheyenne as secretary and treasurer, and Dr. Anna G. Hurd of Sheridan among the members.
Governor Carey signed the commission of Attorney 8. 8. Pearlstine granting authority to practice as a notary public for four years. He received an invitation to attend a Western states good roads meeting in Deadwood on February 2 and 3 and to name delegates and suggest speakers for the convention.
The offices of Judge Potter in the state supreme court have been repaired and improved with a steel ceiling and a new private office akin to the attorney general's. Visitors at the state capitol include Attorney L E Armstrong of Denver Harry Goodrich of Big Piney Frank Chandler of Eden Valley and a party of three tourists traveling south.
City officials press to calm unrest as three men face assault charges against U P employees. Albert Schulttere received a jury verdict and $20 fine, Frank Sheehan $50, P. Laween $25, amid further cases including Mrs Meory charged with carrying concealed weapons. Additional convictions and town exodus notes conclude the two busy court days under Judge Welnitt.
The arrest of Emmett Flood of Chicago, national organizer for the American Federation of Labor, and Representative Gompers on charges of conspiracy to destroy property and use of bombs marked a key development in the large grand jury probe tied to a button workers strike.
Dr. John Wesley Hill, president of the International Peace Forum, returned from a four month peace mission visiting Japan China and the Hawaiian Islands. He carries peace messages for President Taft from the Japanese emperor and other officials to be delivered in Washington next week.
Opposition to features of the Sulzer bill to enforce seal treaties with the United States England Russia and Japan developed at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Representatives Garner of Texas and Foster of Vermont argued the bill is too general in granting powers to Taft.
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas introduced a bill to forbid issuing federal internal revenue licenses in any local prohibition territory. He urged referral to the temperance committee, but no such panel exists, and the measure went to the finance committee amid smiles.
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