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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
2
The county board announces intent to levy a special road tax under state provisions. It allows a poll or road tax between twenty one and fifty dollars with four optional terms. Labor credit of two dollars per eight hour day is offered for work on roads or bridges under supervisor direction.
Lara mie county commissioners notify traction engine owners to lay planks on bridge floors when moving engines on public highways. Violations carry misdemeanor charges with fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars and possible thirty day jail terms.
John F. E. Rinetart of Durham Wyoming filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish homestead claim on lands in Section 4 T14N R40W Cheyenne Land Office. Final hearing set for August 1913 before register and receiver. Witnesses include Childs Ern est Goodman Delbert Madson and Byron Van Zandt. First publication July 2, 1913.
United States Land Office in Cheyenne Wyoming announces Charles F Hyatt of Cheyenne has filed intention to prove final three year proof for land described in his 1910 homestead entry. The July 16 1915 hearing will be before the register and receiver with witnesses Samuel Schuetz B Moorehouse A Biddle and Jesse Garber listed as witnesses.
Notice outlines the corporate purpose to acquire real and personal property and conduct all lawful activities for a catering entity. It states authorized capital stock of 30 090 shares at 1.00 each, 50 year term, eight directors, and lists initial officers and organizers.
The document identifies offices in Converse and Laramie counties Wyoming with principal office at 1419 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne. Sidney KE Tearthett is named as agent in charge for 17 18 19.
The Department of the Interior through the Cheyenne land office lists Gavala Swaney of Cheyenne filing a five year proof for land near KR N& Section 4 Township 17 N Range 67 W. Berial 6a706 and Arthur Russell Carpenter of Cheyenne filing final three year proof for 8% Section 36 Township 19 N Range 68 W 6th P.M. with witnesses named from Cheyenne and Little Bear Wyoming.
U S Land Office Cheyenne announces that Arbury C. Curtle Ruktaschel and Delight B Curtin filed notices of intention for final three year proofs on homestead entries in sections 26 and 10, township 16 north range 6 west, with witnesses named from Divide Wyoming. Also stockholders of Golden Weader Mining Co are summoned to a meeting August 1 1918 at Carey Block Cheyenne to consider a property proposition.
The Railway Employes Building and Loan association announces subscription for Series No 12 shares at $1 25 per share, later $1 per month per share. Subscriptions close July 25 1913. Annual meeting July 25 1913 at 8 p m is for electing seven trustees and other business. Proxies and fines apply for unpledged stock.
The board of school trustees of School District No 27 in Carbon county Wyoming will receive bids for eight 500 dollar bonds dated July 1 1913, bearing 6 percent interest, due 20 years after issuance. Proceeds fund a schoolhouse and furniture. bids due August 1 1915 at 1 PM, sealed to Leonard Harris, clerk. The district may reject bids or sell privately if best.
In the district court of Laramie county the estate of Joseph C. Hadsall is examined. Frances L. Hadsall executrix seeks authority to sell a specific quarter of land in Platte county. A hearing is set for September 8, 1919, in Cheyenne to show cause why the order to sell should not be granted.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a girl unsure what to do near a pickle jar and a Chicagoan claiming every person has ree affinity, plus a stray phrase pear tree grobebly.
On President Dundway’s recommendation the state university board of trustees appointed three faculty members for the upcoming school year. Dr J B Butterworth becomes professor of secondary education after working at the state normal school in Duluth. Howard Mitchell, from New York, is named acting assistant professor of modern languages. J A McWilliams, a Michigan agricultural college graduate, joins the wool investigations team at the experiment station.
The John T Williams Sheep company sold 130 cattle to P N Gibson of West Liberty Indiana at top prices for the area. Prices ranged to 72 dollars for cows and calves 60 for two year old steers 42 59 for yearling steers and 49 for yearling heifers delivered by August 10 offering a new local standard for quality cattle.
Shooters after sage chickens must limit to six birds per day under a new game law. Possessing more than 18 birds with no more than six grouse is evidence of violation, with field possession key. Ambiguity remains whether birds kept in camp or traveling count toward the daily limit.
Sheridanite Walter T. Young, plumbing contractor, receives patents for an air discharging and condensation returning radiator apparatus. The device exhausts radiator air, returns condensation to the boiler, and creates heat retaining vacuum. A model stood in Edelman block, The Patent News honors Young with a sketch request.
Jake Maring suffered a second serious injury after a bucking horse incident on July 4. While tending ranch horses at H J Kings, he was knocked down and kicked in the head. He had a broken arm previously treated at Grand Avenue hospital and is now under care with a lengthy recovery ahead.
A collage of humorous quotes and misquoted lines from newspapers and magazines. Snippets reference school, romance, fashion, boats, dances, jokes, and social scenes with quick exchanges and punchlines. The piece reads as a light, scattered roundup of jokes and light reportage.
A lone miner recounts surviving a gas filled chamber blast in a second south entry room. Blasts, damp matches, and dense darkness trapped him two miles underground as he staggered through valves and crosscuts toward daylight, emerging almost at midnight with no lamp.
In a fragmentary travel note, Mr Dudley Kidd recounts a native accusing another of greed. The dialogue shifts to a satirical line about eating two Kaffirs a day and a Hottentot, with a perplexing ending about daily duties and a Muskin tube.
Report notes Prof Huntington, famed clairvoyant from Cy, attracting 4 000 seekers at his Cheyenne parlor. He claims to reveal fate and offer cures and guidance on business, love, travel, lawsuits, and personal fortunes with readings deemed private and confidential.
The text lists estimate counts of major faiths worldwide: Christians about 400 million, Buddhists 500 million, Muslims 300 million, Hindus around 200 million, Contu clans 160 million, with about one million semicivilized peoples whose beliefs are unclear or hard to classify.
Henry Hoffman mortgageed a Model E Maxwell automobile No 10381 to Cheyenne Rubber Works. Mortgage filed August 19 in Laramie County Wyoming with $171.60 principal and $20.45 interest plus costs. property to be sold at public auction July 34 5 at Cheyenne Rubber Works storeroom No 1711 Eddy Street Cheyenne Wyoming.
Notice of examination for teachers certificates to be held in Cheyenne on July 25 and 26, 1913. The program lists subjects by sessions with detailed topics such as orthography geography psychology literature algebra and physics for various grade levels and education topics. County Superintendent Mamie BK announces the event.
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