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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
11
A series of pleasant functions marked the state school's commencement week with gatherings and ceremonies. Professors, students, and guests attended a variety of activities celebrating the graduation period.
The Board of Trustees re elected officers and approved faculty raises and new hires as part of a year end reorganization. New appointments include Stromquiest in mathematics and Brelach in history with more instructors in chemistry and commerce to follow. Music staff updates list Bode as director and several instrumental teachers.
Mrs Grover Cleveland testified for over half an hour in a New York court claiming her husband did not author an August newspaper article published two months after his death. Prosecutor Broughton Brandesburg is on trial for grand larceny for selling the piece for 500 dollars.
The alumni association held its annual meeting with all members present. Plans were laid for the university’s twenty fifth anniversary celebration and twentieth commencement in 1911. Activities include alumni speeches, a large banquet, a historical drama, an alumni scholarship increase to 100 dollars, and continuation of the quarterly Alumnus. Officers were elected for the year: President Mrs H D Moburn, first vice president Miss Julia Jones, second vice president Mrs George Hunt, secretary Mrs R B Moody, treasurer Mrs H N Roach, and scholarship secretary Miss Alice Holliday.
Captain William O Connell, a well known prospector, narrowly escaped starvation at the Neilson ranch forty miles northwest of Shoshone, Wyoming, after a party of geological survey service engineers providentially arrived to aid him.
Evanston Wyoming June 21 Driving his team into Bear river where knee deep water stood he fell into a sudden deep hole fifteen feet deep. J C Ayrest was swept 800 yards downstream to a clump of willows where help arrived. One horse drowned and another escaped.
F. W. Feucht of Cincinnati sues in district court to set aside the Penn Wyoming Copper property transfer to United Smelters Railway and Copper Co alleging misrepresentation and mismanagement aimed at pushing him and others into purchases. The filing cites questionable dealings surrounding the deal.
Local officials reported that the Penn Wyoming bonds had been refused for purchase causing a setback in securing funding. The decision halted a planned transaction and prompted reevaluation of financing options by the council.
Riverton June 21 William Shakespeare chairs a committee arranging a four day Fourth of July event at Fort Washakie Spring. The Arapahoe and Shoshone Indians plan sports and amusements from July 1 to 4 with enthusiastic attendance expected. New Castle June 21 first oxen imported by Adam Freel for freighting to sheep camps attract attention. Buffalo June 21 Johnson county lists only thirteen delinquent taxpayers, the county’s smallest count in state history.
In Superior on June 21, Haji Kimuki, a Japanese community member, vanished with 400 dollars entrusted by colony members. The Japanese population seeks his whereabouts as authorities investigate the missing funds.
In Sheridan Wyoming on June 21 H M Davenport in critical condition from internal injuries after a trench wall collapsed trapping him and coworkers Herbert Belcher and John Skanders were seriously hurt but rescued. Other incidents include a man attacked at Verona and a gas field report from Greybull noting a 10 million cubic feet per day flow.
Prospective buyers are invited to contact Tim Kinney of Cokeville Wyoming to purchase Cotswold Lincoln and Ramboville tramp or ram line livestock including lambs yearlings and two year olds in carload lots from Tim Kinney Cokeville Wyoming 221f.
Knights of Columbus holds its regular meeting this Tuesday evening followed by a social dance. Attendees include W. BR, JENK, and R. 8.
Washington reports United States Geological Survey findings on 1907 fire losses totaling over 210 million dollars. The study tested various building materials in a gag oven to simulate extreme heat, aiming to guide safer future government constructions and reduce fire damages.
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