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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
4
The article notes farm property in the United States rose drastically from 1900 to 1920, with land buildings and livestock value doubling by 1910 and again by 1920. It compares farm capital to total manufacturing, railways, and mining investments, citing an $85 billion farm value in 1920 and implying manufacturing capitalization near $40 billion.
Blizzard conditions disrupt the Denver line from Salt Lake to Denver with trains delayed and a passenger train stalled at Osian. Silverton lacks service since February 25 as residents brace for emergencies. Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Texas report wrecks and damage with casualties and oil-field losses totaling hundreds of thousands.
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns posted $1,500 each as bond before a United States commissioner in Los Angeles to appear in San Francisco March 20 to plead to an indictment charging conspiracy to evade the draft.
A long list of visitors including Atkinson Ball Beck and Guggenheim attend a Cleveland banquet, with many accompanying spouses. After the banquet the Cleveland boosters depart by 3:25 p.m. train bound for Denver.
Government census data reveal 53,274 telephone companies operating 28,827,188 miles of wire, connecting 11,716,520 telephones and 21,175 public exchanges. Messages totaled 21,845,722,335 with employment at 262,729 and wages of 175 million dollars. Private initiative built the system, dominating global telephone numbers.
The text argues that a nation with hundreds of millions and no surplus must save annually to fund the expansion of industrial capacity. Without accumulation, labor cannot be redirected to labor saving machinery, and people must live hand to mouth. Saving is framed as essential to raise living standards and future resilience.
Billy Endures a ring side learning of tricks with animals in a circus ring. He is dressed as a clown and guided across platforms on pony zebra and elephant as carts with dogs and a goat race. The scene ends with a chaotic spill and the remark that tomorrow he returns to town.
Stockholm March 4 The lower house of the diet approved Swedish membership in the League of Nations by a vote of 152 to 67.
The Supreme Court decision affects a company owning oil properties in Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and Wyoming. It reallocates income taxes to the states where wells are located while headquarters in Denver previously led to Colorado payments. Industry officials estimate hundreds of thousands in gains for the affected states.
The steamship Poughkeepsie with 34 crewmen in irons, guarded by destroyer bluejackets, arrives at Hampton Roads for arraignment after mutiny dated February 5. Justice agents escort the prisoners from Hamilton Bermuda to Norfolk for U S commissioner hearing. The ship was turned to Hamilton in distress January 22.
The potato special car arrives in Cheyenne at 6 20 PM under the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and the state university department of agriculture. It will be open to visitors near the Burlington station. A public meeting with experts is planned at 8 PM at the Congregational church for local farmers attending the exhibit.
In two hours of debate Representative Tinkham's resolution compels an inquiry into whether the attorney general fixed sugar prices at 17 and 48 cents a pound in Louisiana. Democrats call it a covert leadership attack. Republicans argue actions raised prices, with Louisiana's sugar crop described as sufficient for a single day.
Construction progresses on a 70 by 428 foot church structure to seat 2000, with volunteers expanding siding and roofing. Mr Lewis leads the effort as a military style project manager while his wife Ethel Evans Lewis directs a choir rehearsal for an upcoming evangelistic campaign featuring an 800-voice choir starting Sunday.
The article notes an ordinance proposal to curb hog businesses with limits on hog numbers, amid protests at City Hall. It mentions Mayor Ko P. Taylor and the commissioners weighing restrictions rather than a full ban, plus local auto top makers Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbiner and chamber of commerce efforts. A potato car exhibit outlines potato varieties, seed grading, storage, marketing, disease prevention, and recognition.
Privates Rice Masters Steele and Wendt escaped from the guard house at Fort Russell last night. Two guards are under arrest pending investigation. Wendt was later arrested in Cheyenne. Steele was recently returned to the fort from Rawlins. Police and railroad officials aided the manhunt to halt escape by train.
Three of six defendants including Grant Hugh Browne of New York and former officers Superious Nicholson and Lester Waterbury were found guilty by a federal jury in Detroit on conspiracy to defraud the government in the purchase of army salvage. The case stemmed from graft allegations amid military procurement.
Denver report says Great Western Sugar grants a bonus of more than $12 a ton for beets if the seaboard sugar price tops $411 a hundredweight. The plan depends on factory output reaching 5,500,000 bags for 1920 to 1924 and on the average basic price exceeding $11 in November December 1920 and January 1924.
Mrs. Margaret M. Scouten a Canadian missionary to East Africa was detained at Hills Island New York and ordered excluded as likely to become a public charge. Her husband a missionary died of tropical disease last year. An appeal was filed and a missionary society asked admission under bond.
Sioux City street car strike ended at 2 PM as workers at the Sioux City Service Company's power plant returned to work. Workers secured part of their demands and the tieup ended.
Reno Nev March 4 Five competing telephone companies of Nevada have been bought by the Bell Telephone company and application was made to the public service commission today for permission to merge. Five million dollars is given as the value of the property involved.
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