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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
2
Thermopolis reports panic as blackleg disease spreads through Yellowstone wildlife. Authorities confirm multiple buffalo and deer deaths within a week, warning of possible broader impact on wintering herds and near-extinct buffalo.
During the year 1911 there were 137 incarcerations in the county jail by Sheriff Frazer and his deputies, roughly the same as the prior year. Fifteen prisoners are now confined, including one serving a sentence from Jackson county Colorado. One life-sentenced inmate awaits election of application for a pow ting, four Albany county prisoners under jail sentence, one other from a different county, and one awaiting trial for murder.
County Clerk Jan Good Year Cody Barnett reports Park County collected over $2 058.45 in fees from deeds mortgages and other recordings during the inaugural year of the county's separate existence.
The records indicate December receipts total 208.1 and December becomes the largest month of the year, surpassing November at 255.26 and October at 195.
Marriage notes from Boaler and Thermopolia report unions including Simeon M Steward with Pearl L Jennys in Boaler. Silver wedding for Ben Colvin and Mrs Colvin of Hulett. Mirthful news from Thermopal e lists RH Morrison parents. Holiday weddings feature Helleher McKivie Moore Kitzmiller and Lucious Conrad Paterson of Rock Springs. Knight Pryor Woods Boy from Laramie.
Prosperity in Cowley notes 226 farmers and families settled on Shoshone lands. Last season they raised 16 080 acres with livestock valued at 145 000 dollars. farming implements 43 600 dollars and other improvements 177 1606 dollars. Output deemed among the best showings and crops satisfactory to the government.
Washington reports the State Department appeals to Fan Yang rebels to renew peace after Imperial troops withdrew when attacked. Officials fear grave consequences from the renewed fighting as revolutionaries press engagement.
Geo. W. Beatty flew over Long Island dropping New Year cards from his aeroplane into the front yards of his friends on Monday. The event occurred in Garden City as part of celebrations in the new year.
A mass meeting of South Dakota progressives will be held in Sioux Falls on January 11 to organize La Follette's campaign in the state.
Washington reports virtually all American residents of China as safely located at treaty ports. The brief dispatch notes no widespread displacement and cites continued, orderly attendance at designated treaty port localities amid tensions.
Woodmen of the World to host a social aid dance at Fraternal Hall on Thursday evening January dth with proceeds aiding charitable efforts. Event promotes community gathering and fundraising within the lodge.
A telegram from Asmus Boysen to a Riverton representative says the interior department has finished red tape and segregation for Carey Act lands east of Riverton, extending through Wahaba district to Shoshoni. By February 1 arrangements to place crews at work will be ready, establishing Wahaba as supplies hub and Riverton as likely colonization headquarters for selling lands and boosting regional wealth.
The article argues tariffs fuel patronage and favoritism, propping up inefficient mills while newer firms bear inflated costs. It dismisses cost of production as a basis for duties, calling protection a veritable incubus that benefits monopolies and burdens consumers, urging tax policy oriented to revenue only.
Notice states Leader Publishing Company stockholders will hold an annual meeting at 2:40 PM on Tuesday January 15 at 1ae Carry Avenue Hayenwi Wyoming. Agenda includes election of directors and other proper business. Signed Leader Publishing Company by J Oss Carpentern President.
The Wyoming Tribune reports on Commissioner John McGill clashing with Colorado authorities over sheep taxation. McGill asserts 40,000 sheep should be taxed in Wyoming, citing transfers via Colorado towns Fort Collins Greeley and Weld County and Albany and Laramie counties.
A dance event at Fraternal Hall occurred on January 6 with Rhomen as the featured act. Local students and members of the community attended for an evening of music and socializing.
Reports describe forces marching with Manchu troops to crush southern revolutionaries while Yuan Shikai and Manchu commanders back the court. The north faces trained troops opposing rebels in the south as Republicans cheer early successes.
Local notice announces a dance hosted by WLK at the Elks Club Friday January 5 with friends invited. The ad emphasizes community event details and indicates a social gathering for residents and attendees.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a public notice about appropriation issues. The unclear text mentions B41, a plan or bill, and potential delays or reversals. Names, places, and concrete actions are not discernible from the readable fragment.
The article presents a leader about Tures Lime ClasSetread and PUR 25 chants, highlighting contested phrases and organizational context. It notes variations in naming and a focus on cultural or ceremonial aspects surrounding the chants.
The fourth annual report of the Wyoming State Board of Child and Animal Protection for 1911 is filed in the state capitol. Secretary Miss Bailey notes 568 child cases 247 boys 226 girls other cases 4,333 for a grand total of 4,901 supervised. Volunteers cared for 96 children and 2,753 animals totaling 2,848 volunteer cases. Receipts reach 15,000 with expenses 4,949.43 leaving a balance of 10,160.67.
At the State Board of Charities and Reform meeting J R Shannon of Sheridan was chosen as superintendent of the Sheridan branch hospital to replace BE B Clancey. The board also audited bills while continuing routine business. The State Board of Medical Examiners opened in the capitol and will run today. officers include Dr Herbert T Harrig as president Rr W A Wyman as secretary treasurer and Dr Anna G Hurd of Sheridan.
Governor Carey signed the commission of Attorney 8 8. Pearlstine granting four years as notary public. He received an invitation from South Dakota to attend a Western states good roads meeting in Deadwood on February 2nd and 3rd to discuss building wood roads. He is asked to name delegates and suggest speakers for the convention.
The state supreme court Judge Potter’s offices have been renovated with a new steel ceiling and a private office added similar to the attorney general's. Visitors include Attorney L. E. Armstrong of Denver, Harry Goodrich of Big Piney, Frank Chandler of Eden Valley, and a trio of tourists passing through on their way south.
City officials press enforcement to shield U P employees. In two days three men were fined for assault in the police court and a series of other convictions followed including May Howard for liquor sale without license and James Logan for shooting at his wife. Judge Welnitt presided over twelve cases in one day and four the next.
In Muscatine Michigan on January 3 Emmett Flood of Chicago national organizer for the American Federation of Labor and Representative Gompers were charged with conspiracy to destroy property by acid bombs as part of a large grand jury probe into the button workers strike. Flood is charged with malicious destruction of property.
Dr. John Wesley Hill president of the International Peace Forum returns from a four month peace mission visiting Japan China and the Hawaiian Islands. He carries peace messages from the Emperor of Japan and other officials to President Taft to be delivered in Washington next week.
Washington January 3 Opposed features of the Sulzer bill to make effective the seal treaties between the United States England Russia and Japan developed today in a hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Representatives Garner of Texas and Foster of Vermont thought the bill too general in granting powers to Taft.
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas introduced a bill to forbid federal internal revenue licenses in any local prohibition territory. He asked it be referred to the committee on temperance, though no such committee exists. the measure was sent to the finance committee.
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