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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
16
Cheyenne prepares for the Frontier show with national colors edging all decorations. Buildings and storefronts are festooned, lights glow on towers, and crowds watch setup as cannibal exhibits and a shooting gallery appear at the fair grounds. A Capitol Avenue theater opens soon with hot dog stands. licenses are issued, despite police tightening locations.
Tuesday night marked the first open air dance on the north half of the old Inter Ocean hotel grounds with Kopard's orchestra providing music. A large crowd gathered as soldiers and locals danced on the illuminated pavilion, while some spectators climbed nearby roofs to watch. Soldiers note difficulty finding partners as local girls refuse to attend, leading to pair dancing.
A large workforce completes necessary alterations for the Military Fireworks Spectacle Wake-up America staged by the Industrial Club for soldiers at Fort A. Russell Friday night July 27. Over four thousand dollars will be spent with an admission charged to the public to cover expenses. The event aims to rival New York and Chicago productions and is expected to draw at least ten thousand attendees.
Police arrested A Lambertson in Reyenne Annex block after officers Christianson and Staten found him with two troopers and a room full of men. Several quarts of beer were seized. Lambertson, claiming to be an electrician, is suspected of crook activity. Other arrestees, including a first sergeant, are held at the city jail. Investigations into bootlegging and a watch and Kodak theft from the Annex continue.
C E Baggs a paroled Colorado penitentiary inmate from Canon City is jailed in Denver charged with stealing a new Reo car from Cheyenne. He was seen driving the auto for oilman H F E West who bought it. A driver named Rages aided in the scheme and was to accompany West briefly before the theft. The car was driven to Denver where authorities arrested Baggs yesterday.
Evanston Wyoming reports a busy season with marriages including Calloway Gillespie to Misa Alice Robinson, and Wm. Parkinson to Cora Banner. Local figures like dentist Dr Calvert plan service enlistment, heat reaches 98 degrees, drought harms ranches, and Union Pacific slope work progresses under Lynch-Canon engineers.
Local police celebrate new badges issued to officers. The heavily nickeled insignia bear the Wyoming state seal with numbers beneath, polished edges, and satin finish in recessed areas. The badges arrived yesterday after several days on hand.
Fort Collins Lamb Feeders travel to Cheyenne to face the Indians with Chandler in the pitchers box and Brown at third base for the Lamb Feeders. Ed Schoel will umpire, promising fair calls as Fort Collins fans head to Cheyenne for the game.
Weather outlook for Cheyenne and Vicinus shows little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Wyoming generally fair with small chances of local showers in the southeast on Wednesday and Saturday. Heat concentrates in central to northeast districts. Streams near normal, drought persists. Alfalfa harvest near finish with good quality. rye and small grains headed. corn approaching tassel. potatoes blooming with good prospects. sugar beets up acreage, hay crops mixed with pests. tT. WH. DANGERFIELD, Meteorologist
Washington July 18 plans outline bringing 40 000 jobless Porto Ricans to the United States for railroad work. The labor department and railroad war board asked roads to report how many workers they can use under set conditions. Specifications cover wages hours living conditions free transport and a pledge not to employ workers as strike breakers.
London July 18 Fourteen British ships over 1600 tons were sunk by submarines or mines last week. Four British vessels under 1600 tons were lost and eight fishing vessels were damaged or sunk in the same period.
Four soldiers from the Twenty-fifth cavalry were fined 40 each in police court for wrecking a three room house at 120 West Eighteenth Street. Officers arrived during the destruction and the men resisted arrest while claiming they were intoxicated by locals. Further penalties for liquor possession were expected and fort authorities may act.
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