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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
5
Joseph Leste, Forsyth Montana, flew his Curtiss aircraft to Sheridan arriving in two hours. He circled the races for hours and used the plane to herd cattle on his ranch, noting the method’s potential future utility for quickly surveying large herds over wide terrain.
A brief classified note reports gasoline ads moving items, highlighting an 80 gallon quantity and usage of U. J. Carburetors. The item is described in concise terms, with emphasis on demand and effective reach of the classified section.
At 6am the city forecast clear skies with a normal date temperature of 64 degrees. The mean today sits at 70 with a 4 degree drop in the last 24 hours and a high of 74 noted at 4:15 pm. Wind peaks at 20 mph from the west southwest while precip totals since January 1 stand at 4.17 inches versus a normal 7.53 inches.
A rallying committee to enlist fifteen thousand men for the Air Service grows to 12462 members this week, with Young Men's Christian Association and Automobile Clubs coordinating. The group interviews prospects, mails circulars from Washington DC, and plans to swell totals toward four hundred thousand.
Sublet Wyoming learns Levi Kellogg a local lightweight fighter and coal gainer joined the American Expeditionary Forces and was killed at Chateau Thierry in 1918. News arrived via a letter from a company officer to Kellogg’s ally William More. Kellogg formerly lived in Portland Ore and enlisted at age 19.
Mr and Mrs J. Walton and Mr and Mrs W A Porkes of Cheyenne escaped serious injury in Salt Lake City when an elevator plunged from a tall building. The car halted by safety brakes after a jolt that threw occupants to their feet and lodged between floors. Clothing was ruined and escape required squeezing through a narrow gap.
City briefs note meeting mixups at the Gheyenne Railway Employes Building and Loan association with July 25 date correction. Cheyenne figures, Kimball hotel visit, traffic police record shows a list of violators. Special Alliance Herald rep John W Thomas was in the city for business.
At Spata s Mall Hillsdale on Saturday June 28 music from Cheyenne 26 27 25 featured.
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