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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1914
Page
8
Editorial notes winter wheat yield insured and thriving livestock. Cattle and sheep fattened, hay heavy, and corn spring grain promising. Locals gathered at Carpenter last Sunday look prosperous in good clothes with autos and up-to-date rigs. A thousand dollars for a new church was raised swiftly, more easily than in many city parishes.
A fragment poem recalls a distant Scottish homeland across the sea. The speaker longs for misty muirland, purple heather, and absent friends while memories comfort and sustain the path ahead.
Henry Clews notes the July crop report from the department of agriculture shows wheat at 930 million bushels, corn 2.868 billion, and oats 1.2 billion. Farm values exceed 700 million for wheat and over 2 billion for corn, with total agricultural output near 10 billion. The surge in wealth will stimulate business and boost Western rail traffic as idle cars drop, though 200 thousand cars remain idle but likely to decrease soon.
A fifty mile flight over the Golden Prairie south of the Union Pacific shows crops improving with winter wheat about 80 percent of average yield, good quality, and potential harvest up to 25 percent above last year. Rye and corn look strong, spring grains late sowing favored, and farmers expect normal July August rainfall to boost late crops.
The Buffalo Voice mourns the Republican party setback in Wyoming as John B. Kendrick announces his Democratic gubernatorial bid. Editor Chaplin and W. C. Deming face sorrow at the shift, while Ridgely’s candidacy fades from the political field.
The Leader calls Cheyenne to a grand closing demonstration for the Britt Chautauqua season. The piece argues Cheyenne is a town that loves art, music, drama, science and oratory and urges a final night turnout to encourage next year's program. Manager Bruce is bid adieu with a fluttering storm of handkerchiefs.
The tariff press offers excuses for the Underwood law failing to ruin wool growers. They marshal fiats and suppositions to cover confusion while the public remains skeptical. Trust interests face public judgment as their duplicity is weighed and found wanting.
The piece argues that under a Republican administration banks nationwide suspended payments in November 1907 causing demoralization and liquidation. It credits a new Democratic banking law with correcting the crisis and notes the river of doubt near Bagamore Hill and Oyster Bay as context. It ends with a call that Big Business may resume work after presidential intervention.
W. H. Hughes of St. Joseph Mo writes a poem sent to the Federal Land company contrasting Texas Rio Grande land with Wyoming Golden Prairie. He mocks Texas harshness and extols Wyoming soil, water, and cheap land as a northern paradise aiding settlers.
A letter from A D Garrison of Downing Wyoming dated July 8 1914 denies signing or organizing an Independent Democratic League and rejects being identified with plans for a statewide revolt. The missive references a July 6 Wyoming Tribune item and Moorcroft enlistment details.
W K Somers of Moorcroft Democrat endorses true Democracy and good citizenship. He objects to a proposed hybrid party organization and urges party members to act individually to uphold Democratic principles. He emphasizes 22 years as a Democrat and asks for no local dissention.
A compact reflection contrasts striving for the top with seeking company. It notes a bare hook sufficing when a person fishes for compliments and hints that costs adapt to circumstances.
A collection of aphorisms on women and marriage notes how quick judgments, repeated moves, and prudent practice shape relationships. The pieces contrast courtship silence with postmarital habits and warn against overconfidence in partners or social standing.
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