Potato Disease Identified as Fungus Rhizoctonia Affects Potatoes
Sheridan correspondent reports Dr Earl Whedon of the State University details that the potato failure across central and western states stemmed from rhizoctonia fungus. He notes formaldehyde seed treatment and fresh ground may help, but climatic conditions last year fueled the outbreak.
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Sheridan
Earl Whedon
Agricultural Department of the State University
Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming Farm Bulletin
Parsons
Agronomat
Saloon Robbery in Casper Blamed on Night Thief
The Central Bar in Casper was robbed of ninety dollars in cash and two gold watches. The thief broke into J. T. McGrath’s blacksmith shop to obtain a drill, bit, screwdriver and chisel. He bored a hole in the back door to reach the bolt, pried open the top drawer, and carried away the money and watches.
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Casper
Jan’ S
Grand Central
J. T. McGrath
Old Timers Meet Douglas Jan 5
Third annual gathering of Douglas old timers held at George Doyle's residence on New Year's Eve. About thirty men attended a fine supper and enjoyed instrumental solos and old songs. At midnight all sang Auld Lang Syne as regrets were voiced by many members who could not attend.
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Douglas
Jeo. Doyle
Lougins
Forger Parkes Requests Watch and Photo Recovery
Sheridan inmate A C Parks asks Sheridan county authorities to locate a pawned watch and recover a younger sister’s photograph published in the Crystal. The watch was found, the oval photo easily separated from the glass, and custody of six prisoners will transfer to Rawlins for sentence.
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Sheridan
Wyoming
C. Parks
State Penitentiary
Sheridan County
Parke
Rawlins
Great Pumping Plant to Irrigate Glenrock Land
A large pumping plant near Glenrock will lift water from the Platte River to forty feet for gravity irrigation over 50 000 acres. Five pumps move 40 000 gallons per minute, powered by electricity from a LaPrelle dam line sixteen miles away. The project, led by Dr J M Wilson of Douglas, aims to boost Glenrock into a top Wyoming agricultural area.
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Glenrock
Jan
North Platte Valley Irrigation Company
J. M. Wilson
Douglas
Wyoming
Platte River
United States
LaPrelle Dam
Reception for Buffalo Bill Honors Col Cody at Pearl City
Colonel W. F. Cody received a large civic reception from Pearl City residents praising his contributions to Cody and Park County. He urged completing the high line canal and extending irrigation, backed reclamation service patience, and called for revising game laws to protect Shoshone forest big game. Cody departs for New York Friday with May Cody Decker accompanying.
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Cody
W. F. Cody
Pearl City
Park County
Buffalo Bill
High Line
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Shoshone Forest Reserve
New York
Bia Aliater
Mia
May Cody Decker
Sheep Losses From Wolves Reported This Winter
Metealt states heavy sheep losses from wolves this winter with hundreds killed. A flock of 125 sheep was entirely destroyed about a week ago. He adds that predator losses so far this year exceed last year’s tax period in amount.
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Nouglas
Jan
Rich in Mind Comper Insanity Case At Local Depot
Blake declared owner of all rails to be insane after four to five months at the depot awaiting a train. He faces trial before Court Commissioner Wheeler. Other notes mention Piedmont birth, UP foreman changes at Byanton, and Laramaie advancement plans for a summer pleasure park project.
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Blake
Wheeler
Plucky woman foils two men seeking cocaine
In Rock Spring on January 5 a sheriff’s deputy recounts a drug store incident at Devel drug store Pilot Butte avenue. A woman refused two armed men cocaine and used a revolver to drive them away. The men were jailed and sentenced to forty-five days.
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Rock Spring
Miles Devel
Devel
Pilot Butte Avenue
Foul Ball Injury Sparks $10,000 Suit in Chicago
A ball struck Miss Ruby Florsheim in the head at a September 11, 1911 game between the Cubs and Cincinnati Reds injuring her. She sues the National League club seeking $10,000 in damages for the incident.
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Chicago
West Side
Cbs
Ciincinnati Reds
Ruby Florsheim
Casper Area News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Crimes
LATEST ITEMS include Hor ton seeking habeas corpus release after killing a fellow watchman in Laramie, Charles Jones jailed for horse stealing on $500 bond, Albany county stockmen sending cattle to Denver, new editors and staff changes at Centennial Post and Lander State Journal, twelve Sheridan county men sent to the penitentiary in 1911, a Burns birth, two Casper weddings and a Natrona deputy sheriff marriage, a Shoshoni pressed brick factory, births for Dutcher and Bremer families, Schloga's appendicitis surgery, and deaths of Lena Morganson and Susan Kalbfus.
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Liberty
C. E. Horton
U. P
Laramie
Lander State Journal
Carl Graves
Casper
Tribune
Sheridan County
Burn
Glen Towne
Burns
Jesse Carroll
Stazel Irwin
Ving
Wayne Hall
Hall
Eva L. Miller
Williamh Trippeny
Natrona County
Edith Holmes
Dennison
Ohio
Shoshoni
Mra
Bef. Dutcher
Carl Bremer
Wii Schloga
Douglas
Lena Morganson
Evanston
Susan Kalbfus
Interment Follows for Local Resident at Lake View
Funeral attendees accompanied the body from the home to Lake View cemetery for interment as family and friends gathered to bid farewell and honor the deceased’s memory.
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Lake View Cemetery
Epworth League Elects Officers
The Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church held a Friday meeting to elect officers for the coming year. Elected were M. M. Kelley president Agnes Johnson first vice president Ww. Hoskins second vice president Myrtle Foust fourth vice president Frances Fitzgerald secretary Hazel Stlevick treasurer Armour. Installation planned at the M E church next Sunday during evening services.
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Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church
M. M. Kelley
Agnes Johnson
Hoskins
Myrtle Foust
Frances Fitzgerald
Miga Hazel Stlevick
Charles Hi. Armour
M. EB
Atlas Opens A Top Show With The Giant Four At Pop ular
Amusements note a strong opening at the Atlas with Elea Weiss the rolinist and Divine Dodson the female impersonator. The Giant Four, held over by popular demand, deliver lively acts including singing gongs and authentic banjo imitations.
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Atlas
Playhouse
Elea Weiss
Divine Dodson
Eastern Party Seeks Party Named Boyd
The leader receives a letter from a Passaic New Jersey party asking about Geo Boyd who is said to be planning a large manufacturing plant. The writer signs as E L Boyd and claims a business matter of great importance to Cheyenne and Geo Boyd is at stake.
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Passaic
N. J
Geo. Boyd
E. L. Boyd
Cheyenne
Hughes Funeral Draws Large Crowd in Elk Home
The funeral services for the late L. Hughes were held yesterday afternoon at the Elk home and attended by a large circle of sorrowing friends and relatives. The Bikes' lodge conducted the service, with county officers in attendance and the body laid in state before burial. Floral offerings reflected high esteem for the late sheriff.
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L. Hughes
Elk Home
Bikes’ Lodge
Atate
Special Meetings at Second Baptist Church Begin January
The Second Baptist church will start a series of special meetings Sunday evening January 7. Rev. P Cratchfield, the pastor, will lead with assistance from Rev. Matt Johns of Colorado Springs. Johns serves as member and secretary of the Great Western Baptist Association.
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Second Baptist Church
P. ©. Cratchfield
Matt & Johns
St. Johns
Navy recruiting in Cheyenne accepts new applicants
W. F. Ryan oversees the United States Marine recruiting service in Cheyenne. Since December, four applicants were examined and only one accepted. Rejections stem from defective eyesight, deformities of the feet, and lack of education.
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W. F. Ryan
United States Marine
Cheyenne
Will Extend Gering Branch Westward to Medicine Row
Reports from Torrington indicate the Geh ring branch of the Union Pacific will push westward from Gehring toward the Medicine Row junction with the main line. A contract for grading twenty five miles west of Gehring is said to be let, extending toward the Nebraska Wyoming line along a Goshen county survey.
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Torrington
Gehring
Union Pacific
Medicine Row
Goshen County
Closer Friendship Between Fort Russell Officers and Cheyenne Club
The Industrial Club and three Fort Russell officers clubs arrange reciprocal courtesy exchanges. Fort Russell officers are welcomed at Industrial Club rooms and Industrial Club members gain Fort Club privileges to foster better relations with Cheyenne residents.
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Ft. Russell
Cheyenne
Industrial Club
Preparing for Battle on Morrow
Dispatch notes Cantonese forces advancing with 20,000 new rifles and sizable field guns. Republican troops exceed 20,000 men, backed by ammunition. Imperial troops under General Chang lag in numbers, with mixed trained and untrained units. Chang reportedly commands the northern railway front while revolutionaries control the south and hold Yang-Tee valley sympathy.
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Canton
Chang
Tien Tsin-Pekin
Yang-Tee Valley
Leaders Called to Aid Sun Yat Sen’s Republic
In San Francisco on January 5 a response to Sun Yat Sen’s call sees several leaders of the Chinese revolutionary junta invited to China January 10 to offer services to the new republic.
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San Yet Sen
San Francisco
Calif
Sun Yat Sen
China
Eloquence and Wit Around Banquet Board
The club dinner featured menus crafted by Griffin Cochran A D Kelley and H B Henderson with verses on each card praising members. A letter from C T Johnston was read showing his interest in the organization and merriment filled the room during speeches and toasts. The event, limited to club members, drew nearly full attendance and plans call for annual repeats.
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Griffin Cochran
A. D. Kelley
H. B. Henderson
Tr. Strader
C. T. Johnston
Eld
Johnston
Windom
State Secretary of State office finances for 1911
The 1911 report shows revenues over one thousand dollars with total income of 16,728.67 and expenses of 7,419.34. Net profit to the state from office fees stands at 9,309.33, with the surplus turned into the state treasury as required by law.
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Btate
Stock train traffic for Denver stock show week
Railroads report moving many cattle and horses from Wyoming and the eastern states to Denver for the big stock show next week. The Union Pacific has delivered nearly twenty cars and the Chicago and the Santa Fe has sent about six cars to Denver.
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Wyoming
Denver
U. P
Colorado
Theatre troupes to pass through town by special trains
The I. P. will hand lead more theatre trains in the next two weeks. The Robert Mantell company arrives today from North Platte in four cars and proceeds to Denver tomorrow. The Alma, Where Do You Live company comes January 14 and an English Opera company passes through on a special next week en route to Salt Lake.
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I. P
Robert Mantell Company
North Platte
Denver
Alma
Salt Lake
Railway staff adopt new lantern style for trainmen
Assistant Superintendent Otis Thayer Engineer C R Markle and Claim Agent I Snyder have returned from Laramie on company business. They report the Wyoming wreck debris removal completed and a new lantern design adopted by the U P Railway. The improved lantern is easier to handle and is now being issued to men.
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Otis Thayer
C. RR. Markle
Snyder
Laramie
Wyoming
U. P. Ha
Clifton and Miller Stop in Laramie on Business
W Db Clifton traveling freight agent and President F A Miller paused through Laramie en route to the east. Miller will be the guest of honor at a banquet by the Laramie chamber of commerce. Miller resides in Laramie and heads the L H P & P road.
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W. Db. Clifton
The
P. Company
F. A. Miller
Laramie
Cheyenne Freight and Ticket Office Sees Strong Business
The Cheyenne freight and ticket office reports a good record and solid business activity, reflecting steady throughput and customer demand across freight and passenger services.
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Cheyenn
Comparative Business Volume Among Western Pacific Offices in 1911
The record shows fifth place for the Ist office on the U P system in total business transacted. Omaha, Ogden, Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas rank above it with greater business activity.
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U. P
Omaha
Ogden
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas
Stock Movement Dwindles on Burlington and A F P Roads
Movement of range stock through here has nearly halted as all range cattle are marketed. Only exhibition stock moves for stock shows and no special stock train has run on either railroad for over two weeks.
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Burlington
A. F P
Conductor W. A Allen Receives Five Day Leave
Conductor W. A Allen secured a five day leave of absence and spends the time visiting Ner ver. Brakeman Harris also secured a vacation and departed for his old home in Omaha for a two week visit.
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W. 8
Allen
Nerver
Brakeman
Harris
Omaha
Boreas Grips the Midwest with Bitter Cold
The weather report lists temperatures across the region with readings from Chicago to Winnipeg. Cities such as Milwaukee and Dubuque show double digit below zero, while Minneapolis and Green Bay report single digits below zero.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Superior
Wis
Dubuque
Iowa
la Crosse
Minneapolis
Minn
Bismark
N. D
Devil's Lake
Duluth
Madison
Dixon and Roche Fight Ten Round Draw
Tommy Dixon of Kansas City and Johnny Roche of San Francisco fought a fast ten round draw in Kansas City. Both featherweights traded rapid exchanges and kept the bout close throughout.
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Dixon
Roche
Kansas City
Tommy Dixon
Johnny Roche
San Francisco
Classified Ad Offer: Leader Three Times for 25 Cents
An 18 class ad appears in the Leader offered here as a three insert run for a total 25 cents payment.
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