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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
10
Oil discovery near Laramie prompts a flood of prosser claims in the county clerk’s office. Thirty five claims were filed on 20 acre tracts in the drilling area. About 274 residents, mostly stockholders in the Laramie Oil Development company, signed.
National forests report losses of cattle and sheep on open ranges due to disease predation poisonous plants and other causes. Inspections protect stock entering forests vaccines curb diseases, carcasses must be buried or burned, and warnings mark poisonous areas. Over eight years forest officers killed 26000 predatory animals reducing losses, while fencing and education cut poison plant deaths.
Cody, Wyoming, hopes federal support for a new water dam reform. Congressman Mondell and George T. Beck pressed for at least a $100,000 appropriation after Beck met officials in Washington. The Reclamation Service backed the need but said no funds were available in that department.
The Bureau of Industry has studied poisonous plants and antidotes including larkspur. It notes treatment is effective under normal conditions but cattle on open range are often unseen until too late. A limited number of ranchers will be equipped with hypodermic syringes and chemicals to administer quick antidote treatment, potentially saving a 40 steer.
A. C. Bailey of the Pittsburg Wyoming Oil company reports a well at about 1400 feet on the Boilergreen tonch in Laramie Wyoming awaits an nitroglycerine expert to shot the well. Past finds at various depths suggest a sizable oil pocket may be opened. drilling will continue if the present showing proves insufficient.
In Cheyenne, Union Pacific officials and railroad workers debated likely car shortages to move the bumper wheat crop in six weeks. They cited a Supreme Court decision placing railroads under the Interstate Commerce Commission as the dawn of a new era with centralized oversight.
In New Raymar Colorado on June 17, a faithful dog sacrificed its life protecting its master W A Centre who tried to kill a rattlesnake. The dog rushed the snake and was bitten on the head, dying within thirty minutes.
London reports the death of Bennett Burleigh at about seventy years old a famed war correspondent who covered the American Civil War and the London Daily Telegraph career from 1862 until his death. He served with Confederates and was twice captured and sentenced to death by Union troops.
Kansas City readers recount relief after treatment that allowed pregnancy. Mrs H T Wine of Reness City and others praise the medicine's effects citing health improvements and newfound hope, urging others to read more testimonials from grateful patients.
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