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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1919
Page
8
Mr and Mrs W F Sanford and daughter from San Francisco visit Cheyenne for business and to attend Frontier Days. Sanford represents California industries seeking markets in the region, including knit goods pipe and steel oil and pressed brick from forty factories on the coast. STATE LEADERS BRING RESULTS. TADs
Captain Harry B. Henderson Jr. has been visiting at the home of Senator and Mrs. John Kendrick at Sheridan this week. The party returned home yesterday.
Several Cheyenne stores plan to close during Frontier Days to allow employees to attend the big show. Some will close the first two days, some the second and third, and some the last two days. Managers will ensure no store closes all day on any single day.
Fort D. A. Russell will stage an eight o clock boxing program featuring three fast bouts and a six round battle royal. Main event pits Frank McCarroll of Idaho against Carpenter of Company 1, with weigh in near 160 and 144 pounds respectively, drawing strong fan interest.
The city will hold a sewer bond election July 29 with no paid election workers. The industrial club and Rotarians secured volunteer judges and clerks and building owners donated polling places. Listed are numerous precincts with many named judges and clerks volunteering.
The Wyoming notices report multiple corporate filings including Merger Oil & Refining with 25 million shares, Home Oil & Supply with 50 thousand shares, and the Fremont Abserrack and Loan company charter with 150 shares at $100 each. Incorporators and agents are listed as residents of Casper, Brush Colorado, Torrington, and Lander, with headquarters and main offices specified.
Boise, Idaho July 17. Fire crews from Cascade and El Cily join locals to battle wind driven wildfires in a 5 mile front spilling southward across ten miles in places. Fires threaten Yellow Pine areas Pistol Sulphur Indian creeks Yellow Jacket Welser and Idaho national forests. No rain for 47 days. 100 more volunteers sought at 50 cents an hour.
Great Falls dispatches fifty firefighters to Missoula via the local forestry office to be distributed to various fire fighting areas as fires spread in Montana.
Saint Regis Montana is cut off after the Nigger Hill fire leaps the divide surrounding the town. The settlement, previously damaged in 1919 forest fires, is declared in danger of destruction with no aid reaching it.
The Associated Press reports that after approval from Secretary Lane, 100 men were mobilized to combat fires in the Yellow Pine district of central Idaho. Officials estimate more than 50,000 acres of valuable timber land have been consumed as fires continue to spread.
The article notes Bela Kun's government cannot be pacified and supports maintaining the blockade. It reports a July 2 attack on the soviet headquarters in Budapest by three monitors with foreign aid, resulting in 42 Budapest military academy youths and three officers being hanged.
Twenty five entries are listed for the Denver to Cheyenne race with finish expected at 2 pm Tuesday. Mayors and police will guard the route to manage traffic. Frontier Days booster activities spread publicity as plans for rain service draw attendees. Eighty head of steers arrive for the Frontier roping contest in Cheyenne, shipped by T E Driskill for Le Roy Moore of Douglas Wyoming.
Hank Burns sends a risky car run near Cheyenne reaching speeds near 76 mph with a 21 foot jump over the Colorado & Southern track. Police timekeeper Borle and Chief Embery observed as crowds gathered along a dragged road. Hank vows victory or force the rival to tear up the road in Colorado event days ahead.
James M. Mott of Kemmerer formerly Cheyenne and Mrs Helen F. Pariott of Elmira New York were married last night at 9 o'clock at the Plansfold by Rev BF Brace. After the honeymoon the couple will reside in Kemmerer.
An irregular notice outlines special train operations from Cheyenne to Rawlins and Denver, with departures July 24 25 26 and July 5 26, including intermediate stops at Brighton La Salle Greeley Elon Ault and Loveland. Extra equipment provided via Colorado and Southern and a return option for same day travel on July 25 26.
Governor Carey appoints A. G. Fidel and A. R. Barnes both of Casperg and Mrs. Bellic Randolph of Orin as notaries public. The appointments expand official services in these communities.
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