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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
8
Cheyenne girds for the Frontier show with national colors brightening storefronts and towers. A carnival mood grows as lights and decorations go up amid crowd interest, cannibal exhibits, a shooting gallery, and plans for hot dog stands near Capitol Avenue theater.
Tuesday night the first open air dance on the north half of the Inter Ocean hotel floor drew a large crowd with Kopard regiment orchestra. Soldiers and locals danced under bright nitrogen lamps as spectators packed the pavilion rail and rooftops. The soldiers note lack of partners as girls refuse to attend, so dances occur in pairs while tango specialists entertain.
A large crew prepares Pioneer baseball park for a July 27 fireworks show to entertain soldiers at Fort A Russell. Costs exceed four thousand dollars and an admission fee will be charged. The Industrial Club aims to stage a Verdun bombardment recreation with grand scenery, fountains, and emerald splashes, promising a patriotic, stadiumlike event.
Police monitor a surge of crooks arriving in Reyenne for a frontier celebration. A Lambertson was arrested in the Annex with two troopers. quarts of booze found. Officers believe a planned party triggered the raid. Lambertson claimed as electrician. police view him as a clever crook and may charge bootlegging or connection to a recent watch and kodak theft.
C. E. Baggs, a paroled Canon City convict, is jailed in Denver on a charge of stealing a new Reo car purchased by H. F. West of the oil business. Rages, a driver, allegedly helped arrange use of the car. Baggs drove it to Denver and was arrested after being seen with West in the vehicle.
In Evanston Wyoming and surrounding area many life events mark a busy period. The article notes a June wedding of Calloway Gillespie to Misa Alice Robinson and other local unions including William Parkinson and Cora Banner prior to training. It also mentions dentist Dr Calvert returning to practice before possible service, a current heat wave, and local projects like the Union Pacific slope work with Lynch-Canon engineers.
Local officers polish their new badges proudly. The heavily nickled badges bear the state of Wyoming seal and number beneath, with polished edges and satin finish. They arrived recently and were issued yesterday.
Fort Collins Lamb Feeders travel to Cheyenne to face the Indians next Sunday with Chandler umpiring and Brown of Cheyenne at third. Ed Schoel will officiate as arbiter ensuring fair calls as Fort Collins fans rally for a hard fought win by the strong Colorado squad.
Forecasts through Thursday for Cheyenne and Vicinus and Wyoming show mostly fair conditions with minimal temperature changes. Local showers are possible in southeastern counties. heat is strongest in central and northeastern areas. State streams near normal, past snows affect higher mountains. Dry range and unirrigated crops, alfalfa nearing harvest, rye and other small grains progressing, corn tasseling advancing, potatoes blooming, sugar beets expanding. insects reported in Lincoln and Uinta counties. tT. WH. Dangerfield meteorologist.
Officials from the labor department and the railroad war board discuss plans to bring 40,000 unemployed Porto Ricans to the United States for railroad work. Railroads are asked to report how many workers they could use under set wage, hour, and living conditions, with free transportation and a pledge not to use them as strike breakers.
London July 18 British official report records fourteen ships over 1600 tons sunk last week by submarines or mines. Four British vessels under 1600 tons were lost and eight fishing vessels.
Four Twenty-fifth Cavalry soldiers were fined 40 each in police court after a disturbance wrecked a three room dwelling at 120 West Eighteenth Street. Officers arrived as the smash was underway and arrested the men after a brief resistance.
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