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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1917
Page
16
Peter Tatus, a small Mexican scrler, told police through an interpreter he was robbed of 64 dollars at a Fifteenth street saloon after leaving a receipt. Investigators found he bought wine, received 49 dollars change, and witnesses testified he left with the money, later discrediting his claim. Police note he had been drunk for three days.
Telegrams report Fort Morgan and Alliance residents will miss Frontier week to attend Cheyenne’s festival. A $100 extra prize will go to the Fort Morgan bucking champion who defends his title there. Denver Post leaders plan a large Denver crowd traveling by special train to Cheyenne with official reception and reserved grandstand seats.
Regularly licensed Cheyenne taxi cabs serving Frontier park must display small leather tabs showing their Frontier license number. Tabs issued with licenses by the chief of police. out of town cars and sight seeing buses may use alternative identification. A few tabs already issued. taxis without the tag will not be allowed to carry park passengers.
Several offenders were arraigned before Pollen Magistrate Clarence A. Swainson yesterday. Most faced drunkenness charges with small fines or bonds. Brockway and G. Stanley were convicted of vagrancy. Brockway got 34 days, Stanley 10. G. Long fined $25 for disturbing the peace after a saloon fight. A nearby news stand project in progress at the depot area signals finishing touches and new facilities.
Plans for the July 4 automobile parade are complete with decorated cars and judging on Capitol avenue. Prizes total 90 40 20 and 10 for top entries while the parade forms at Twenty fourth Street before proceeding to the business district. Organizers R B Davidson and J J Showalter expect a large, impressive event for Frontier week.
The black bass deliveries to Cheyenne were delayed and will arrive Monday July 23 from a Wisconsin hatchery. An error reduced the count from 4000 to 0, with small fry to be planted in Lakes Mahpahluta Minnehaha and Absarraca north of Cheyenne. Fish will be moved from trains to tanks and then released.
Police warn motorists to slow down on Randall Boulevard between the boulevard and Cheyenne and between the fort and Cheyenne. Plain clothes speed officers will monitor unknown points with stopwatches, arresting fast drivers starting today. Judge A Swainson says fines will be issued. City officials keep exact patrol points secret to enforce all streets and boulevards.
A new sanitary drinking fountain has been installed in front of Kelley’s grocery store. It is a bubbling model and proving popular with shoppers already.
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