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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1912
Page
2
Wheatland Wyoming July 5 A bank foundation dig near LW Gray store collapses the Gray building trapping two trays. Mr Gray and wife escape with injuries including a scalp wound and a broken arm as damage totals about 25000 dollars with little insurance. The incident leaves the bank building complete loss.
Heavy rain swept Sheridan County from Massacre Hill to Campbell County over Sunday evening and Monday night renewing hope for spring and winter grains. Reports say yields may rebound when crops are harvested with widespread improvement across the region despite some washouts in ditches and a cloudburst on Wolf Creek. Festival notices about ice cream and cold drinks appear in the text.
Douglas Wyoming July sale directed by Robin Gray for the Commissioner of Public Lands held at the courthouse offered tracts near Hat Creek and adjacent to Douglas. Ta ble Mountain Live Stock Co. bought 400 acres at $10 per acre, including 280 acres east of town on Sand Creek and 120 acres near Little Medicine. Andrew Scott represented Hat Creek interests buying the Niobrara county tract.
Deputy Moriarty led a search after two convicts missing from a work party. An eighteen hour manhunt ended when the pair were found beneath a broom factory floor, having burrowed with a broken silver blade and carrying rations and water. They planned to tunnel under the penitentiary walls when located.
Miss Ninet Olin, daughter of Erich Olin of Box Elder near Douglas, shot and killed a 250 pound black bear. She was fishing with a shepherd dog when the bear fed on a dead sheep. After retrieving a rifle she fired once, the brain-wounding shot killed the animal.
Obituary notes report the death of L. Abrams of Afton from old age last Saturday. A Cokeville cloudburst briefly halted railroad traffic before bringing beneficial rain to crops. Basin hosts eastern hay buyers offering nine dollars per ton for fall delivery. The Kinney Sheep Company sells Sweatwater County's 300000 pound clip to Mark Harris. Sheridan game warden reports a cow elk and seven calves spotted on western ridges. Shorty Schneider from Evanston bound over for aiding a Mexican murderer’s escape near Fossil. Thomas Smith injures foot during switch engine accident. his brother seriously hurt. Pioneer Clark Hamp dies at Opal from age-related debility. Florence Bramwell and Harry Layton wed in Green River. Louie Spitler and R. L. Griffin bound over for forgery in Albany County.
Alfred Johnson of the Burtington bridge gang was struck and instantly killed by westbound freight No. 45 while asleep on the tracks about 7 am Friday near Lodge Grass Montana. His body suffered severe mutilation with both legs severed at the hips and multiple head and body wounds.
Fort Russell soldiers beat the Denver Country Club polo team 5 to 4 amid light showers. Engle scored three goals for the army, Holderness added three, while Denver relied on four stars but lacked the training edge.
In Las Vegas New Mexico July 6 Jim Flynn the so called white hope fought John Arthur Johnson in a brutal nine round bout police intervened at 1 40 of the final round Johnson dominated the action with uppercuts and crosses while Flynn endured heavy punishment including a broken nose and bloody face both fighters were warned for fouling and the bout ended with the police stopping the contest due to crowd activity and the fighters’ ferocious pace
In Los Angeles a tenacious twelve round war between Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers ended when Rivers collapsed after a low blow in the thirteenth. Referee Jack Welch ruled Wolgast the winner by knockout, a decision Rivers and thousands contested amid a 11,000 strong crowd. The riotous aftermath featured protests from Rivers’ camp and spectators, with Wolgast and Rivers left bloodied but staggered out.
A ringside account notes Wolgast landing heavy body shots and Rivera countering with four more smashes to the stomach area. The referee appears not to have ruled a foul, with the crowd or camera angles expected to confirm the non foul strike.
A lurid Fourth of July game features the Indians edging the Denver Cottrells 13 to 12. Hedrick’s pitching falters in the eighth as the Cottrells grab a lead before Turgeon scores the winning run on a center-field error in the ninth. Bailey of the Clothiers shines with three hits and a single.
Ninth Cavalry defeated Sunrise 29 to 4 at Sunrise Wyoming during Independence Day celebrations. Pitcher Whiff allowed seven hits as Johnson McGreever Booth White and Butler starred in the heavy win.
Luncheon and dinner plans at the Inter Ocean Hotel Cafe announced in a kitchen note. Dyeing and bleading at Mingier's located at 471 West 19th Street with phone 417.
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