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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
2
A railway accident in the Hermosa area left a U.P. Fireman badly injured after attempting to hoist onto a moving locomotive. He was rushed to Laramie’s Memorial Hospital for treatment. doctors reported serious injuries but expected eventual recovery barring unforeseen complications.
Alfred Beat from Worland, with Mr. Praser of Denver, visits the elert plant to assist Worland council. After testing the 160 gallon per minute pump, the council plans to install a larger pump and motor drive to provide earlier evening electricity to local businesses.
Worland leaders Meare Axtell and Sam Peterson with the Lucerne Oil & Development Company ready to drill on leased ground below Owl Creek. A top rig arrived and will be set south west of Lucerne to reach oil below a promising dome formation as geologists anticipate a strong strike in the Lucerne field.
Old Time Fiddler G. Chilly Wilkes, longtime Sareen resident, returns to Saratoga and meets friends after years away. He plans to join in local dances while in town, accompanied by violinists and other fiddlers. Wilkes recently toured Colorado and Arizona with relatives, and his son Roy works for Clark winning interests.
Deaver Wyoming residents report a new modern depot is planned with a 40 by 50 foot wooden structure. The waiting room will feature a tile floor and the second floor will house the agent and family. The plans reflect pride in the town and a quality facility.
Acting at the mayor’s instruction night officers closed the Rainbow Girls show at Bernhard carnival after the mayor deemed it corrupting. The public crowd still packed the grounds as the troupe plans to end their Casper engagement with tonight’s activities.
CREELEY COLO July 10 In anticipation of an early marriage Thomas Lane widower and Mrs Grace Newby widow both of the Fort Lupton district filed an antenuptial agreement in the county clerk s office yesterday morning The agreement provides that the marriage shall not create rights in each other s property While both keep undisputed possession of their current property If one dies the estate is divided among the legal heirs before the marriage The only exception is children born of the marriage Both Lane and Mrs Newby have adult children living now.
Basin, July 19. Drillers Oil company of Colorado plans to develop Basin fields with 250000 capital. Morrison and Bonwell arranged acreage, funding deposits in state, with Santa Fe officials as principal stockholders. Rig activity mid summer. Basin to be headquarters in Wyoming. Bonwell named Wyoming rep.
Basin Wyoming July 10. Milo Burke sells his 700 acre Tensleep ranch at the mouth of the canyon to Franklin G. Tolman of Otto for 50000 dollars. Burke retains 600 acres in the Wigwam canyon and big springs and will continue to manage the property. Tolman is a leading sheepman and takes over with a large band of sheep heading for the ranch.
B Peterson, a cheerful National Cash Register salesman, has won one of fifteen trips to the Dayton factory and John H Patterson home in Far Hills. He ranked seventh among 624 salesmen nationwide and Canada, based on ninety days of work averaging eight orders per month. Mrs Peterson will accompany him. they depart from Cheyenne on July 15 for the inspection tour.
About 20 000 English school teachers have answered the call to the flag since the war began. The National Union statement says 600 have been killed or died in active service.
Greybull Wyoming July 10 work begins on erection of a building and wiring for an electric light plant. Alfred Bent the franchise holder arrived yesterday to close construction plans and arrange equipment. A 50 kilowatt generator is on site and initial output will be night service before a 24 hour system starts by year end. Bent plans a modern plant to serve a growing town and council granted an extension to accelerate completion with a building contract likely to be let today.
Hack from Washington return to city from Washington D C where he has been at care of boys work as a federal attendant.
Pine Bluffs boosters promote Chau tauqua with neighboring trips. Mrs. Maria C. Hillers moves to a new Market street cottage. Gate City Park association forms with 10000 capital. Round-up brings leave for soldiers and local losses in games against Egbert and Kimball. Nine recruits sign up. car crash injures a local, with recovery hoped. Wedding announcements for Ethel Wynne and William J. B. Harvill. Over 1000 cars flood town for the Fourth, amid regional visits andGarden patch notes from Grandpa and Grandma Mooney.
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