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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
8
The notice touts a canned fruit sale with Richelieu Tea Garden and Griffin brands, claiming prices higher elsewhere but held for the sale due to earlier purchases. It promises a large stock of imported and domestic cheeses and apples, urging orders before closing Wednesday January 24.
Prof E A Cuchel of Kansas Agricultural College urged grass production and forage storage to lift beef yields and cut costs. He said cattlemen must adopt modern business methods to estimate costs and remain competitive, citing tables from the Kansas experiment station on beef costs by age.
An ad promotes life insurance with rates claiming ten cents daily buys $2000 at age 21 but only $1000 at 45. Ed J. Klove, agent, lists 2521 Evans St as contact for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee Wisconsin. Les Varnishing The Sherman Co. t
A Wyoming joint senate and house committee tentatively backs a three or five member state highway commission to oversee road funds and appoint a highway engineer with no salary cap for the engineer. The plan, backed by the Wyoming Good Roads Association, aims to speed up legislation and unify features from various bills. K H Hadsell of Rawlins chaired the committee with state senators and conferees present.
Leo Laythe, a 1915 graduate of Oregon Agricultural College, has been named agricultural agent for Park County. He visited Cheyenne yesterday and was en route to Cody to begin duties. The appointment brings Wyoming to ten counties with county agents, nearly half the state.
Sam Finch, longtime Cheyenne resident in the transfer business, was taken to Pri Vale hospital yesterday for an operation. He has safely passed the critical point and is doing as well as expected, with reports noting he is not seriously ill.
The brakeman Otto B. Jones killed in a Kimball Nebraska battle with a tramp will be honored at a 1 30 p m Sunday funeral from St Marys Cathedral. The Eagles will march in tribute as Jones was an active member. His family will receive one year’s pay from the Union Pacific and Equitable Insurance plan with similar benefits likely for Cicero Allen whose death followed.
The fifty first land contest filed this month in the local land office was heard yesterday. Theodore Stanford sues W. J. Bell over a Homestead Act claim near Chugwater Wyoming. Stanford’s attorney C A Paige presented evidence of nonresidence. Bell, field manager of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, argued the claim is his established home and that his Yeomen duties keep him traveling. No decision was reached.
A Mexican laborer Pedro Paderez or Pedro Pica dez was struck by a passing U P switch engine in the local yards and one leg was severed at the knee. He was taken to St John’s hospital. It follows another similar accident last month that left J J Stanton with an amputated arm.
Will Reid register of the local land office describes the 640 acre law granting 640 acres of non timbered land chiefly valuable for grain. Original entrymen may add to reach 640, with restrictions on ownership, filing requirements, and district location rules. Filing fees vary: 34 dollars outside railroad limits, 68 inside, plus 1.50 to 3 dollars per 40 acres and a 10 dollar filing fee.
Railroad men join the twentieth annual convention of the American National Livestock Association in the city as a private Burlington car arrives bearing F. Montmorency.
Freight and passenger agents from the Burlington Union Pacific and Northwestern converge at the convention. OC. J. Lane and W. Bassinger join from Union Pacific with traveling agent W. K. Cundiff and John J. Cravon. Northwestern is represented by W. H. Jones.
Jim Jackson, described as a negro, was turned over to county jail by city authorities after robbing a man named Smith of his watch and a small amount of money in the Bletz saloon yesterday.
An epidemic of measles cripples Douglas schools with many pupils out. Families hit include Mrs. Wade H M Fowler and four children, Mayor Anthens’ family with four, and Maurice Gilbert’s home with five cases. Adults are rarely affected.
E H Sothern, born in New Orleans and son of the late EB H Sothern of Lord Dundreary fame, appears in the Vitagraph feature The Man of Mystery at the Lyric today. Once a Shakespearean favorite, he played opposite Julia Marlowe under Frohman, later with the Shubert and directed by Frederick Thomson.
A resident was convicted and sentenced yesterday by Judge Edwards to 45 days in jail following a recent court appearance.
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