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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1917
Page
2
Laramie council authorized Scout master C J Eddleblute to purchase 450 pounds of seed potatoes for a 1.5 acre project adjoining the Children's Home. Potatoes will be planted this week with the council covering costs and proceeds to aid the children's home.
All members are requested to meet at 709 East 19th street promptly at 9:30 am Monday June 11 to attend the funeral of Brother John C Foley. GILBERT F BATS Grand Knight.
Charles Burnett is dead after a knife attack by Joe Stover in the Louis Holberg saloon at Shoshoni Tuesday evening. Stover is jailed as investigators seek Burnett’s relatives and determine details of the affray. Burnett, about 40, died at Bishop Randall hospital around midnight.
The state board of education adjourned after approving regulations on rural teacher training certification and vocational education. It will publish rulings on normal training departments in high schools and ties state aid to accreditation. A new five class certificate system replaces old grades, with inactive licenses lapsing while existing certificates remain valid.
Orle Duncan, formerly in the Fourteenth Infantry, surrendered at the Casper recruiting office hoping reinstatement and service in France. He faces possible federal imprisonment at Leavenworth if not granted his request to rejoin his old unit for trench duty.
Cheyenne Lodge number 660 B P O Elks calls all members to gather at the Elks Home Monday at 8 30 am to attend the funeral of their late Brother John C Foley Exalted Ruler James T Speer and Secretary John J M'inean-dey attest the notice
Basin reports liberty bonds totaling 35 000 with more expected as residents fill pledges. B J Sullivan for Grass Creek Petroleum orders 5 000 worth at each of three banks, W J Cheeley directs 10 000 at Basin State bank, with banks coordinating to place 10 000 more.
Twenty eight Natrona County High School seniors will receive diplomas at tonight’s commencement in the school auditorium. Judge C. B. Winter will deliver the address. Miss Fredonia Huff is valedictorian and Yale Wright salutatorian.
Government sanitary officers urged municipal regulation of dairies with compulsory pasteurization and clarified milk. They proposed city inspection, bottling machinery, and tighter controls while praising water supply and recommending fence protection for springs and disinfection if water passes through a fish hatchery. The survey counts 1180 dwelling places in Laramie.
A city official reports 683 dwellings tie into the sanitary sewer, three cesspools remain, five outdoor closets connect and 489 do not, with 461 accessible to the sewer. He recommends enforcing an ordinance requiring connection where possible. Call No 8 for taxis and T passenger touring cars.
In Riverton on June 9 at St Stephens mission at 11 am Rev Father Keel united Marie Bercetche and Pete Gros in marriage. Bridesmaid Cracianne Groz and best man Frank La Mar Jr stood beside the couple as the bride and groom arrived from Arneguy France, not speaking English.
Cheyenne Wyoming city council on June 4 1927 approved a health officer and sanitary policeman post salaries after second reading in cooperation with Laramie county and the U S Public Health Service. The meeting also authorized a water main extension on Adams Street Holdredge addition and adjourned after approving May fines and city claims.
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