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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1921
Page
6
Cheyenne notes report state boards meeting at the capitol this week, social hygiene conferences at the Carnegie library March 23, and various local happenings. Funeral services for Dr. George C. Rafter are set, roads and bridges show wear, and state officials churn through duties as spring nears.
The 1917 civil service order for presidential post offices showed appointments by merit. A survey of 2,103 postmasters reveals 1,012 Democrats and 907 Republicans, with Republicans prevailing in several states including Wyoming. Independent and unaffiliated appointees exist, and results vary by state.
Acting Internal Revenue Collector Alfred H. Ricker auctioned Maggie Stowers’s colored aquomobile for 1400 dollars to satisfy a tax claim of 2400 dollars for bootleg whiskey. The sale leaves about 1000 dollars still due to the revenue department.
Superintendent A R Dunphy of the Omaha Salt Lake division announced that night flying by air mail pilots will begin May 1 between Cheyenne and unspecified city, expanding overnight airmail service.
In Chicago the decision to make night flying a regular feature of the air mail during summer follows Pilot Jack Knight of North Platte Nebraska completing a night storm flight to Chicago. Citizens National Bank elects Charles W. Hirsig as vice president succeeding H W Stone. Harry Farthing joins the bank's board of directors.
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