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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
8
Denver Record Stockman notes farmers in Laramie County Wyoming topped hog prices at 8.15 per cwt last week. Golden Prairie area shippers led multiple hog shipments. many hogs go to Cheyenne packing house with some sent to Omaha.
The Saratoga Sun and Casper Press debate the Pathfinder dam dispute over Wyoming’s water rights on the North Platte. They criticize Republican officials for ceding river supplies to Nebraska, labeling it a worthless deal that benefited outsiders and stalled Wyoming’s development.
The Leader argues Schedule K’s repeal shows wool prices move with the London market. J E Cosgriff of Continental National Bank says American woolgrowers were not hurt and warns intermountain producers to adopt better clipping and preparation methods to secure higher prices next year.
A major Wyoming news item reports the Colorado & Southern railroad will rebuild the burned bridge at Guern ay, restoring rail service and connections for Cheyenne and state commerce. The plan signals recovery efforts after the fire and benefits the regional transportation network.
The Denver Post lauds Wyoming’s rapid development in railroads oil reclamation and urban growth. It highlights vast oil basins, rising prosperity in cities, and ambitious reclamation projects, portraying the state as a premier investment hub in the Rocky Mountain region.
The Pueblo Star Journal editorializes that sixty men in Kellys army in Grafton West Virginia chose work or exit on Monday. It criticizes their avoidance of labor and urges they be rounded up and shipped to harvest states to fill jobs. It calls them worse than bums and demands public action.
A political cry proclaims The West for the West against imperialistic encroachments on public lands. The piece notes forecasts of a record winter wheat yield and ridicules Republicans for claiming poor crops under Democratic leadership.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court establishes a rule recognizing certificate parents for both real and foster children. The decision clarifies who qualifies as a legal guardian under state family law.
Washington reports Mrs. Alvert G. Burleson has described how the Rio Grande’s wandering channels created years of US Mexico diplomacy. The 1848 boundary was meant to follow the river’s middle, but avulsions moved land between nations, prompting land swaps and a final convention guided by Brig. Gen. Anson Mills to fix the boundary and protect inhabitants’ citizenship as borders stabilized.
Public Land Sale notice from the U S Land Office Cheyenne dated May 29 1914 announces sale of Lot 4 BBY aW% BWKSE Section 18 T16N R67W Sixth Principal Meridian to Pauline Ghelven Little Bear Wyoming Serial 010892 at minimum 2.60 per acre on July 16 1914 at 16:00 local. Adverse claimants must file by July 16. Registrar. Palat brushes The Gherman Os.
Grand Rapids June 19 The International Association of Police Chiefs at its annual convention adjourned with William J Burns dropped from the honorary roll and bids shown against uniting with the national sheriffs and railway detectives groups Burns criticized delegates for using chiefs insignia on private firms stationery and several cited his attacks on police department methods as the reason for his dismissal
The Sherman Co announces that manned settlers have filed for final three year proof before the Cheyenne land office on June 25 1914. Names include John D Brnnay Fred N and Glenwood Marpel with multiple witnesses listed from Durham Cheyenne and nearby towns.
A sorrowful coroner's office gathering in Oakland reconciled Mr and Mrs Frank H Mason after months of estrangement and looming divorce following the mysterious death of their daughter Helen Mason the blind singer. Police concluded she died from an overdose of headache powders ending the investigation.
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