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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
3
An unclear note reports a maritime workplace accident at a port involving a worker named Chris. Details are obscured but indicate injuries from a shot or projectile and a medical response. Authorities are not named. the event appears recent but specifics are unreadable.
Dame Rumor reports a bootleg whiskey deal in Rock Springs where two rich residents paid $2,300 for four barrels. Buyers tested four hoses and found only water, clipping the bargain. the sellers had boasted a price record of 2800 dollars per quart.
Major Kerwin announces the R O T C summer training camp for Cheyenne boys is moved from the Presidio in San Francisco to San Diego. Cadets depart for the camp on June 15, running through July 2, with physicals already completed. The program features drill, gallery range target practice, a tournament, minstrel show, and a cadet ball.
Opal, Wyo March 23 Contracts for shearing 60 000 sheep at the pens have closed and an additional 40 000 will be shorn this season bringing total to 100 000. Nearly 4 000 000 pounds of fleece will be removed as the average yield is expected to exceed eight pounds per sheep. Shearing starts about April 30 with a 30 man crew from Washington on the machines.
Two hundred Honolulu housewives formed the Honolulu Housewives League to fight high living costs and the domestic servant problem. The plan includes requiring domestic workers, many of whom are Japanese, to provide references before employment.
Wrangell Alaska sets aside a 600 yard square landing field for aviators racing from Seattle to Skagway and back this spring. The field may later serve regular mail and passenger service.
William Scott of Jackson Itole may be asked by Lincoln county authorities to travel to the state penitentiary at Rawlins to identify J. J. Johnson, serving 18 to 20 years for the Winslow brothers murder. Scott believes Reed, alleged Montana killer, is Johnson, based on sight and prior meetings with Arnett.
Casper, Wyoming March 23 Miss Pearl Cole deputy sheriff will escort a convict to the state penitentiary at Rawlins in a first ever delivery by a woman officer. The journey will cover about 400 miles by airplane piloted by Bert Cole not related to the deputy.
Salt Lake City reports Utah wild deer rose by about 3 300 in the last year, with total herd numbers near 412 700 across the state. Forest rangers compiled the figures and Utah game commissioner R O Siddoway says strict laws drive the growth. Elk herds also rise to roughly 504 animals.
Forest fires in 1919 burned over 74 000 acres of California timberland. Damage to standing timber range and improvements was estimated at more than 1 000 000 dollars.
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 child of Mr and Mrs KR A Moore who fell into scalding water left unguarded on the Spicer and Lloyd ranch upper Gros Ventre 45 miles away Doctors reported the child's condition grave but with a fighting chance for recovery time will tell if the journey over rough mountain trails buried previous danger in the effort
Cheyenne reports City Clerk Showalter and Mrs Showalter arrived from California after several weeks' vacation. The pair toured from San Francisco to San Diego and described an excellent trip.
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.
Wage attachments against railroad workers are reappearing as government paymaster era ends. A few writs of attachment are filed daily and several employees expect reduced pay next payday. As March 49 was the last government payroll, April brings corporate paymasters and renewed collection efforts.
At Basin Wyoming mass meeting ex servicemen from Basin and nearby towns approve a bonus form of soldiers' compensation. The plan calls for a $30 monthly bonus per service month, housing aid, vocational education, and government loans for business ventures with local banking approval. State Commander Till is informed and resolutions will be sent to Congress through TMing’s representatives.
Prohibition drives Alaska workers to consume more sweets. The Alaska Engineering Commission advertised for 1,000 pounds of chocolates and caramels and hundreds of boxes of hot candy and gum to stock the men building the government railroad in the north.
Oscar H Green and Mrs Lorna Edith White of Pine Bluffs were married by Judge Frank Sou man in this city yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was witnessed by the bride and groom’s seven children, who also joined them on part of their honeymoon. The couple will move to Missouri after a few days.
In Riverton Wyoming a baby girl named Teton Rose was born in a hotel bathroom to Mr. and Mrs. J A Lamper of Dubois. The hotel staff provided clothing and hosted an impromptu reception after the unexpected arrival and reception was organized.
LARAMIE WY March 23 The Pacific Trust Express company will start work next week to upgrade its icing plant in Laramie to equal the best on the Union Pacific main line. Plans include 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.
The office of HK. L. Donley assigned to enforce federal prohibition in Wyoming will be in the city county building on the third floor above Mayor Taylor Farms. Supplies and printed matter for the office arrived yesterday with several mail sacks delivered to the building.
Salt Lake City reports the fourth annual intermountain fat livestock show will run April 5 6 7 with the largest dairy cattle display yet seen in Utah. Cattle raisers from Wyoming Idaho Utah and Nevada are expected to enter, drawing thousands of visitors.
Rock River Wyoming March 25. Harrison Gooper well No 8 of the Ohio Oil company in Rock Creek field near here increases daily potential to 4500 barrels tests show new well on section 8-20-78 capable of 4000 barrels daily.
Modern five-room bungalow offering immediate possession. Price includes $1800 down with monthly balance of $40. Located near Teast Street, presenting a strong value option for buyers seeking quick occupancy.
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