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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
11
Bootleg Whiskey Scam Ends With Water Farce in Wyoming
In Rock Springs, Wyoming, two affluent residents bought four barrels of allegedly whiskey for $2,300 from three locals. The barrels proved to hold only water, drawn through siphon hoses, exposing a bootleg scheme that left the sellers boasting a high price per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roge Springs
Wyo
John Doe
Richard Roe
Frock Springs
Dame Rumor
Wyoming
R. O. T. G. Summer Camp Moved From Presidio to San Diego
Major Kerwin announces the summer training camp for Cheyenne boys has moved from the Presidio in San Francisco to San Diego. Cadets will depart to attend the camp from June 15 to July 2 after passing physicals. Activities include gallery range, target practice, a tournament, a minstrel show and a cadet ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerwin
Presidio
San Francisco
San Diego
Cadet Corps
Hundred Thousand to Be Stripped at Opal
Opal Wyoming reports contracts for shearing 60 000 sheep at the pens and an additional 40 000 to be shorn this season making a total run of 100 000. Nearly 4 000 000 pounds of fleece expected with an average above eight pounds. Shearing to begin about April 30 with 30 men from Washington on the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
Wyo
Honolulu Housewives League fights high living costs and servant shortage
One hundred to two hundred Honolulu housewives formed the Honolulu Housewives League to counter rising living costs and the domestic servant problem. They propose requiring domestic workers, largely Japanese girls, to provide references before employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Housewives of
Honolulu Housewives League
Aviators Race to North Territory from Wrangell
Wrangell Alaska sets aside a 600 yard square landing field for aviators racing from Seattle to Skagway and back this spring. The site may later serve mail and passenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Territory
Wrangell
Alaska
Jackson man may hold key to murderers identity
William Scott of Jackson Itole may be asked by Lincoln county authorities to identify J. J. Johnson at Rawlins prison. Johnson serves 18 to 20 years for the Winslow brothers murders last summer as Reed, suspected in the Arnett killing in May 1911. Circumstantial evidence links Reed and Johnson. Scotton recalls Arnett and Reed together before the murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wyo
William Scott
Jackson Itole
Lincoln County
Rawlins
J. J. Johnson
Winslow Brothers
Reed
Arnett
Montana
Jackson Hole
Johnson
Scoth
Woman deputy to deliver prisoner by Penn aeroplane
Casper Wyoming March 23 Miss Pearl Cole deputy sheriff will escort a convict to the state penitentiary at Rawlins for the first time a woman officer makes such a delivery The prisoner will be flown to Rawlins in a helicopter piloted by Bert Cole The flight covers about 400 miles and lasts roughly one hour The aviator is not related to the deputy sheriff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Pearl Cole
Wyoming
Rawlins
Miss Cole
Bert Cole
Wild deer numbers rise sharply in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY March 23 Wild deer in Utah have increased about 3 300 over the past year and now total around 412 700 in herds statewide according to forest rangers data released by R O Siddoway Utah game commissioner He cites stringent laws as driving the growth Elk herds are also increasing with about 504 animals now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Forest Rangers
R. O. Siddoway
Siddoway
Fires Consume Vast Acreage of Timber in California
Forest fires across California in 1919 burned more than 74 000 acres of timberland. Damage to standing timber range and improvements was estimated at over 1 000 000 dollars, according to the U S district forester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
United States District Forester
Physician Makes Heroic Trip to Save 2 Year Old
Jackson Wyoming March 23 First giving by telephone directions for first aid then traveling 22 miles by sled and 23 miles on horseback to reach the little sufferer Dr Huff may have saved the life of the 2 year old child of Mr and Mrs KR A Moore which fell into a tab of scalding water left standing unguarded on the floor of the Spicer Lloyd ranch on the upper Gros Ventre 45 miles from this place Telephonic report from the ranch after the physicians arrived stated that the child's condition was very grave but that there was a fighting chance for recovery Time will tell whether the physician s heroic journey over rough mountain trails buried be gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wyo
Huff
KR. A. Moore
Spicer & Lloyd
Gros Ventre
City Clerk and Mrs Showalter Return From California Trip
City Clerk and Mrs J J Showalter arrived in Cheyenne yesterday after several weeks in California. They visited San Francisco and San Diego and reported an excellent trip with a busy afternoon back at the desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Showalter
Cheyenne
California
Bootleggerg Fatten Sweetwater Coffers
GREEN RIVER WY March 23 Eleven hundred dollars was added to the coffers of Sweetwater county by fines for illegal possession of liquor collected during the last week. Four defendants were fined 200 each and a fifth 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green River
Wyo
Sweetwater County
Garnishment Returns as Railroad Wages Come Due
The article notes a revival of wage garnishments among railroad workers as government paymaster era ends. Writs of attachment rise with April paydays when railroad corporations take over payrolls, while other workers continue facing normal garnishment practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Basin exservice men endorse bonus plan at mass meeting
Ex-service men at Basin Wyoming crowd the local commercial club rooms and vote nearly unanimously for a bonus form of soldiers compensation. The program includes a $30 monthly bonus per service month, aid for home purchases, vocational education for ex-service men and women, and government loans for business ventures. State Commander Till of the American Legion was notified by wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin, Wyv
Exservicea
Basin
American Legion
Congress
Prohibition Sparks Candy Rush in Alaska Rail Work
Alaska Engineering Commission records show heavy candy demand as it bids for 1,000 pounds of chocolates and caramels and hundreds of boxes of hot candy and chewing gum. The treats will be sent north for workers on the government railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Alaska Engineering Commission
Olven in Family United in Pine Bluffs Marriage
Oscar H. Green and Mrs. Lorena Edith White of Pine Bluffs were wed by Judge Frank Sousman yesterday afternoon in Cheyenne. The ceremony was witnessed by the couple’s five children, with additional witnesses present. The new family plans to honeymoon together and later move to Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H. Green
Lorena Edith White
Pine Bluffs
Frank Sous
Cheyenne
Teton Rose Arrives at Hotel in Riverton
In Riverton Wyoming on March 23 a baby girl named Teton Rose was born unexpectedly in a hotel bathroom to Mr. and Mrs. J A Lamper of Dubois. The hotel management, after an unplanned arrival, provided clothes and hosted a reception for the infant and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton Rose
Riverton
Wyo
Teton
J. A. Lamper
Dubois
Doc Stork
Lamper
Miss Rose
Many Improvements at Laramie Plant
LARAMIE WY March 23 The Pacific Trust Express company will begin work next week on improvements that will make its icing plant here the equal of any on the Union Pacific main line. The project adds two ice houses 200 by 120 feet, a third 400 by 200 feet, two icing platforms each 41000 feet long and three icing tracks about 1000 feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
Pacific Trust Express Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Sunnlies Arrive for Dry Commissioner In Wyoming
The office of HK Donley appointed to enforce federal prohibition in Wyoming will be in the city county building on the third floor above Mayor Taylor Farms. Several mail sacks and other materials for the office arrived yesterday and were delivered to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK. L. Donley
Wyoming
Taylor Farms
Wyoming Cattle to Be Shown at Lake
Salt Lake City report notes Wyoming Idaho Utah Nevada cattle raisers expected to enter the fourth annual intermountain fat livestock show to be held April 5 6 and 7. The largest display of dairy cattle ever seen in Utah is anticipated with thousands of out of town visitors expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wyoming
Idlaho
Nevada
Ohio Oil well increases Rock Creek field output
ROCK RIVER Wyo March 25 Harrison Gooper well No 8 of the Ohio Oil company in the Rock Creek field near here raises the field daily potential to 4500 barrels. Test runs show the new well on section 8 20 78 is good for 4000 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock River, Wyo
Ohio Oil Company
Rock Creek
Bargain Five-Room Modern Bungalow Near Teast Street
Five-room modern bungalow offers immediate possession with $1800 down and $40 monthly payments. Located near Teast Street, the sale emphasizes affordable terms and quick occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teast 17Th Street
Trevans Street
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Leship
Ale
Joe Doe
Neegie
Tike
Penn Aeroplane
The
Wyoming Trust
Basin Service
Olven
Eatonic
Eatonic Remedy Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Ohio
Big Rock Creek
Park Addition
West 20Th
Shopman
West 12Th Street
U. P
van Lennen Street
Nast 11Th Street
State House
Bent Street
25Th Street
C. W. Riner & Company
Carey Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyo
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