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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
16
Display lists carrots beets turnips rutabagas and potatoes with price quotes. Ad notes new carrots 6 cents per pound and new potatoes three pounds for 25 cents. Includes bulk beets and white turnips with low unit prices.
Mild weather drew many anglers to streams in the Cheyenne district. Most traveled by automobile with others by railroad. Returning parties found highways rough and fishing not very good. Ice has left the creeks but snow remains in brush along banks making fishing more a task than a pastime.
A newly formed Lusk Development Company seeks to profit from rapid Lusk growth near the oil field. It has purchased 120 acres adjacent to Lusk and King and plots in town, planning a hotel and moving picture theater. Rail service and a pipeline terminal boost the town’s expansion prospects.
Rock Springs plans an eight hour day celebration with band concerts and a parade next Tuesday. The event will include a public meeting in the afternoon and another after the parade in the morning. All united crafts join, along with the city council, fire department, soldiers, and automobiles.
An unofficial report claims J. D. Woodruff, former superintendent of the Cheyenne Wyoming division, will resume that post soon and A. W. McDuffy will again supervise the western division. Woodruff has returned from overseas service and is expected in the city shortly. J. W. Highleyman gave up the Wyoming division master mechanic post to join the army expeditionary forces.
George E B Storey and son George E K Storey drove from Burns to the city and back. They report the Lincoln Highway between Burns and the city in good condition except at two points.
Warren Richardson, chairman of the county commissioners, departed Cheyenne yesterday for Texas to visit several oil fields. He will be away for a week or ten days.
Mia Gonzales and Mrs. Tomas Delgardo traveled to Denver to ask Governor Shoup to restore a Ford touring car seized by Colorado authorities amid alleged liquor transport for the Wyoming Trust and Savings bank bandits. Gonzales owns the car, records show, and the trio await transfer to the Rawlins state prison after prison terms of ten to fourteen years.
Omaha Nebraska March 28 market report lists corn prices for several grades with No 2 white at 1.55 to 1.56 and No 3 yellow at 1.54 to 1.55 per bushel. Oats bid includes No 9 white at 64 to 64 4 cents, hog receipts 14,000 with prices from 18.60 to 19.30, cattle receipts 1,600 with native steers 12.00 to 18.50, range cows 5.25 to 6.75, sheep receipts 5,500 with wethers 15.00 to 16.00 and lambs 19.00 to 19.86 via market steady quotes.
ROCK SPRINGS Wyo March 28 Richard Lewis aged over eighty years was knocked down by a running bull near his home. He suffered two broken ribs and injuries to the hip and is in the hospital. The bull was shot to end the attack.
Adam Schilling, a veteran Union Pacific conductor, resumed his run yesterday after a week lay-off caused by a severe cold.
Fragmentary note discusses staying youthful through unknown methods and includes stray phrases about digestion and bowels. The text is incomplete and lacks clear actors or events to anchor a full report.
Corporal Donkin of Salt Lake City, discharged from Company G, 2362nd infantry, bears a new dimple on his left cheek. A German sniper's bullet pierced his cheek and mouth during battle in France, but he survived, earning the celebrated war cry that marks his scar. Donkin met Cheyenne soldiers in France and plans to return home to Utah.
A delegation of about thirty high school students departed yesterday afternoon for Laramie to witness the state basketball tournament. An extra car was added to train No. 3 for the delegation and another for the Bird of Paradise troupe and overflow from the high school car.
Drilling on the Mohawk well west of Casper resumed Wednesday after installing a new engine boiler tools and drilling cable. The drillers aim to sink the well to any depth needed and the hole stands at 2 450 feet.
Water flow stopped in the well on the Weltch ranch twelve miles east of Casper Wyoming after casing was set to shut off a small flow at 2 400 feet, and drilling resumed.
Mrs. Inez M. Robinson secretary of the Wyoming Childrens Home Society and Miss Allie Jewell superintendent depart for Wheatland where the society's headquarters are located. Judge J. A. Riner, president, remains detained in Denver on court business.
Jessa Walling of Burns visited the city yesterday to see his son at Fort Russell awaiting discharge from the United States army. The younger Walling is recovering after a lengthy hospital stay for Spanish influenza.
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