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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1912
Page
10
A movement in Basin Wyoming advocates building an interurban rail line about sixty miles long from Basin to Otto Burlington and Germania. The project, costing about one million dollars, would run by electricity or steam and aims to boost local industry and provide a money maker for Basin County communities.
Burlington Railroad joins Cody Commercial club and Cody Transportation in a campaign to promote the Coty Sylvan Pass route to Yellowstone National Park. Framed route pictures will appear at Kansas City land shows and in railroad offices nationwide. The Cody route showcases scenery rivaling famed early railroad corridors and seeks to divert park travel to the Cody highway.
Jan 22. The family of Bud Branch near Baggs received word from Rock Springs that Branch was assaulted by several union men while leaving the train to work as a strike breaker. He regained consciousness in a hospital with a badly disfigured face and a severely lacerated shoulder.
Worland moves to leverage natural advantages with a new Producers Association. More than fifty area farmers attended to conserve the ranch industry for producers’ benefit. Arthur Ty was named president and George Hae secretary treasurer. A committee including Prof BC Buftrum H Harkina and FS Cotter will draft a constitution and by laws. Another meeting is set for the 24th.
Bad feeling rises after Chick Bowen's death as local authorities clash with cattlemen who vow to prosecute Fob Meldrum to the limit. The dispute centers on Meldrum's involvement with cattlemen who imported Bob into the county three years ago, hinting at a trial that could eclipse all prior courtroom battles.
Miss Kunfee Scott, an eighteen year old Wyoming native based in Hillings Montana, announces a coast to coast horseback trip. Backed by the Sheridan chamber of commerce she aims to begin in spring riding Teddy the mount, with no definite return date.
Licenses issued in Laramie involve Owen Evans and Bernice Barney. Marriages include J P White and Lucy Armour. Birth notices list multiple local births. Death notices cover several individuals in Rock Springs Evanston Sheridan Kemmerer and other towns with causes ranging from illness to accidents.
A series of Wyoming mishaps reports a Basin woman breaking her forearm after a fall on the tee and Worland man suffering a leg fracture from a runaway wagon. Riverton man also with a broken leg, and a passenger train collision near Waltham causes a fireman severe injuries. A Kishwaukee telephonist survives a twenty five foot fall with multiple fractures.
Rock Springs reports the county coroner's inquest on Hazel Cooper's death finds a gunshot wound caused by a gun in Edward Clark's hands. The jury, consisting of John Park A B E Young and F Morris, returns the verdict amid conflicting testimony. Clark's preliminary hearing is expected next week as public speculation grows.
Patrick Done coreniar employed by the John Mahoney outfit recuperab.
A freezing ordeal left a man circling to stave off death for four days and nights. He endured forty-eight hours of continuous exposure before a search party located him as weather allowed. He kept his face from freezing by rubbing with snow and did not sleep at all during the ordeal.
Early Sunday a fire ravaged the Itsrum 2 Clark residence at Auburn after a bonfire near the log house on Saturday night. The old and new houses burned completely, with valuables saved only partially. the loss is estimated at 5000 dollars. Mr and Mrs HH Clark and their family were home during the blaze.
The longtime superint endent of the Wind River Indian reservation, Wadsworth, retires or moves to the Salem Indian school of the Chemuuwa Indians. His successor has not yet been named.
Reports from Medicine Bow, Laramie Peak, and the Rattlesnake range describe deep snow depths and high water content. Generous snowfall across dry farms and plains boosts irrigation prospects, expands pasturage, and signals a likely prosperous year for Wyoming’s settlers and irrigation projects statewide.
Justice of the peace George Ash of Sundance Wyoming offers free marriages in 1912 to couples who admit the bride proposed, a leap year gimmick intended to boost weddings and future happiness in the region.
A forthcoming weekly, Weston County Gazette, is planned for Newcastle in Weston County. Publisher CR Yeoman announces the new Democratic paper’s launch as plans solidify for the coming week.
Mrs Thorp widow of a Wyoming pioneer resident who once ran a Cheyenne to Black Hills stage line died in Long Beach California. The obituary notes her husband was among early Wyoming settlers and a founder of local transportation links.
Miss Mary Rueh, famed broncho rider from the Frontier celebration, fractured her left leg in a race when an attendant rider collided with her. She endured weeks in hospital and in a plaster cast, and will be examined by surgeons in Denver or Chicago, with possible surgery to hasten recovery.
Report that Henry Clay escaped convict was seen near Buford last Saturday is likely a rumor. Officers have been vigilant. no traces found beyond rumor.
A vintage health ad urges mothers to keep children's bowels regular to prevent irritability and sleep disturbance. It touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepain as a superior laxative and tonic, offering free sample bottles by mail from Dr W B Caldwell at 400 Washington Ave Monticello DL.
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