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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1912
Page
2
Wyoming officials instruct Chief Ridgway and officers to launch an enforcement campaign against rooming houses on Main Street. The measure requires a guest register, open for inspection, and warns violators that mailed notices and penalties will follow noncompliance as the council backs the police drive to clean up these establishments.
At Centennial on January 14 miners, while extending 200 feet of crosscut, hit a new gold ore streak in the Commerical mine. Assay shows about 66 dollars per ton in yellow metal though the vein is only inches wide. It is seen as a possible feeder to a larger body that may widen as exploration continues.
Laramie Wyoming January 16 the Tara mie Halns Peak and Pacific Railway reports a bridge fire at Spring Creek thirty five miles from Laramie. The structure was destroyed before help arrived hindering immediate shipments and forcing suspension of operations while a replacement bridge is constructed.
Elk feeding began this week in Jackson. The elk have descended from the mountains in large numbers and are in excellent condition for winter. Old-timers say they have never seen elk in such good shape this late in the season, and feeding now should reduce spring losses.
Little Statelets form a joint venture in Laramie uniting the Lyric and Princess theatres under one management. Marriages include Earl Newcomb and Mary E Bustice of Arvada Colorado, and R B King and Hazel Ampbler of Rock River. Two deaths reported: S K F Burne and Matilda Ladd of Rocky Point. Floyd Bailey of Hulett and Maude Maresh of Spearfish wed in South Dakota. A G Woodcock of Hulett wed in California.
Judge Potter reviews the year’s club activities detailing each committee’s accomplishments and expenditures. He praises the railroad committee for better city company relations and notes the aim to keep politics out of club actions. The mining committee’s 200 spent on Ferguson property at Silver Crown yielded an unfavorable expert report and will continue probes into district properties.
Laramie report connects Miss Hazlett, assaulted near Denver, to Effa Haslett later known as Mrs. Casey, former public school teacher here. Police details describe a staged employment dispute leading to a brutal assault. victim, not yet recovered, remains unnamed suspect fled. Denver residents shocked by the incident.
The Frontier club debates funding up to $15000 for property development after expert reports. A plan to launch Cheyenne trade excursions along C S and Burlington lines is discussed. An exhibit hall for Wyoming products at Frontier Park is proposed with a committee to study feasibility and a possible government form inquiry to be undertaken by a new president Potter. Social events include a possible additional dinner and a large reception for railroad officials. The secretary notes 277 members with 187 paid. year expenditures total 5286.62 and receipts 5675.19. Frontier show profits last year reached 4127.74 with recommendations for future annual budgets.
An optometrist advertises expert eye care stressing precise diagnosis and correction. It claims deep optical knowledge, customized lens grinding, and a state leading lens plant. Offices offer personal fittings and appointments, asserting superior service.
City council considers funding and location for a new sub fire station north of 21st street with an estimated cost under 2000 dollars and land ownership confirmed. Fire chief Taylor's recommendation spurs debate as 306 residents petition for the station location while committees and officials are named for the coming year. The council also rejects remittance of a ten dollar fine for a disturbance incident and reviews city reports and committee assignments.
Long address highlights buying supplies in bulk, installing city water meters, tracking tax and public works spending, condemning unsafe Whitehead block, securing a tube under C and 8 tracks for waterworks, and pushing a new city hall while urging fiscal restraint to cut taxes 10 to 15 percent.
The city explores a 3.75 mile pipe link from Granite Canon Springs to the water mains between the Farrell and Holt ranches. Estimated flow 600000 gallons per day, rising in spring. Construction cost about $26000. Current costs include coal weed pumping nearly $5000 and labor and repairs about $3000 plus creek cleaning and reservoir work around $8000 annually. The proposal aims to deliver spring water directly to the city, reducing pumping expenses by linking Crow Creek branches via a top to Sloan's Lake system.
A cabinet meeting warned that if Cuba forces independence against U S policy war could resume. The president will summon leaders of all parties and veterans tomorrow for a conference to decide on action.
W L Veach who served eight of a ninety nine year sentence in the Oregon Penitentiary for killing a man who never died hanged himself in Beattle Washington. The supposed victim appeared and Veach found his wife remarried and disappeared without telling her.
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