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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
3
Pleasant functions marked the commencement week at the state school with numerous gatherings and events for students and faculty alike. The celebrations reflected a successful academic year and community involvement.
Trustees re elected Friday with all members keeping posts as Otto Gramm presides. faculty gains raises and new hires in mathematics history chemistry and the School of Commerce. New appointments in the music program are approved and building plans for the normal school are submitted. The commencement week featured diplomas for preparatory and commerce students and a senior farewell with songs poems and drama. The president's reception drew over three hundred guests.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland testified in the Criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court that she believes her late husband President Cleveland did not author an August article on political topics. Broughton Brandesburg, who sold the piece for $500 as his work, faces trial for grand larceny.
The Alumni Association held its annual meeting with plans for the universitys twenty fifth anniversary and twentieth commencement in 1911. Exercises will be led by alumni, including the baccalaureate and commencement addresses, a large banquet, and a historical drama. An alumni scholarship raised from 75 to 100, and continuation of the quarterly Alumnus were approved. Officers named: 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 secretary of the scholarship Miss Alice Holliday.
Captain William OConnell a well known prospector faced probable starvation at the Neilson ranch forty miles northwest of Shoshon when a party of geological survey service engineers arrived providentially to assist him.
In Evanston Wyoming on June 21 J C Ayrest drove his team into Bear River where water had been knee deep. A flood created a deep hole making fifteen feet of water. Ayrest was swept 800 yards downstream and one horse drowned before help arrived.
F W Feucht of Cincinnati sues in district court to set aside the Penn Wyoming Copper property transfer to United Smelters Railway and Copper company alleging misrepresentation and mismanagement aimed at steering him and others into purchase.
The report notes that Penn State and Wyoming officials had refused to purchase bonds, highlighting ongoing hesitance in securing financing for the project.
Riverton June 21 William Shakespeare chairs a committee organizing a four day July 4th celebration at Fort Washakie Spring. The Arapahoe and Shoshone Indians promise sports and amusements from the 1st to the 4th with peak festivities each night. New Castle sees first oxen imported by Adam Freel for freighting to sheep camps. Buffalo notes Johnson County delinquent tax list shrinks to thirteen, smallest in the state.
In Rock Springs on June 21, word spreads that Haji Kimuki, a Japanese leader in Superior, vanished with 400 dollars entrusted by colony members. The community fears loss and seeks answers regarding his disappearance and the missing funds.
In Sheridan H M Davenport is critically injured when a sewer trench wall caves in. he escapes only to be crushed by a second collapse while co workers Belcher and Skanders suffer serious injuries. Also in Sheridan a knife threat ends with a man tied and in county jail. In Greybull Alfred Broa Lamb reports a fourth 10 million cubic feet daily gas flow as wells are capped and field developed. In Rawlins the Union Pacific widens approaches to Edson tunnel after landslides threaten the cut. In Lander a pipe line to connect Wind River wells with the Northwestern railroad is planned with storage at both ends.
Tim Kinney of Cokeville Wyoming advertises carload lots of Cotswold Lincoln and Ramboville sheep including lambs yearlings and two year olds and invites prospective buyers to contact him.
Knights of Columbus announce a regular meeting this Tuesday evening with a social dance following the session. W BR, JENK, R 8.
The United States Geological Survey released a report on 1907 fire losses totaling about 210 million dollars, with 1 449 deaths and 6 654 injuries. Large panels tested by exposing building materials to intense heat aim to identify best fireproof options for future public buildings.
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