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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1910

Page

4

A Long Lane's Turning Calls for Accountability in Wyoming Irrigation

A historical editorial denounces Wyoming officials traveling to Chicago to plead with the Wyoming Central Irrigation Company over a contested water grant. It demands contract enforcement or bond forfeiture, condemns public funds wasted on such visits, and argues for accountability to the people and state trust.

Chicago Joy Morton Wyoming Central Irrigation Company Wind River Wyoming State of Wyoming Wyoming Central Company Representa Wyominf

Basile Wins 24 Hour Rae Basile Auto Race

Brighton Beach N Y May 14 Charles Basile in a Simplex car won the 22 hour auto race covering 1 145 miles Ralph Mulford in a Sterns was second with 1 120 miles Relph DePalma in a Fiat 4 107 miles The race cost the life of a man and left another seriously injured and a third minor to three William F Bradley

Brighton Beach N. Y Charles Basile Ralph Mulford Sterns Relph DePalma Ous Nfiry William F. Bradley

Mechanician Jack Jowers Fatally Injured In Accident

A mechanician named Jack Jowers was killed after a incident that left him with a broken leg and internal injuries. Other details are not provided.

Jack Jowers

Cokeville Votes to Incorporate After Dry Law Change

Cokeville Wyoming May 14 electors in the dry state approve incorporation by a special election amid repeal changes. The decision follows a longstanding prohibition on saloons in unincorporated areas and sets Cokeville on a city status path.

Cokeville Wyo

Aftershocks ravage Central America leaving towns wrecked

Fugitives from Cartago describe a city erased by quakes with at least four thousand killed. Ruins blanket homes and institutions from the municipal palace to the Capuchin college. A fallen Carmen church tower blocks rails as survivors mourn and pray amid mass graves and open crypts.

Carmen College of the Capuchin Priesta Cattago Tres Rios Paraleo Taran Padre Orton de Castro Los Angeles

Reservoir fills in Wyoming irrigation project progress

In Da Prele Reservoir near Douglas Wyoming on May 14 one hundred feet of water had collected behind the completed La Prele dam. The North Platte Valley Irrigation company says the dam secures ample irrigation for land under the system. Eventually about 126000 acres could be watered though not more than 20000 will be irrigated this year.

DA Prele Douglas Wyo North Tlatte Valley la Prele

Mary Christip Despondent Mother Ends Life In Arnia

Chicago May 14 Mrs Mary Christip killed herself by carbolic acid after kissing her four children including a five year old and a baby then turning on gas jets to asphyxiate them The children except possibly the infant are expected to recover The act followed domestic troubles The notice closes with a fishing tackle ad for Ellis at 208 West 17th Street.

Chicago Mary Christip Arnia

15 year old telegraph operator foils armed robber at station

Pearl Burns, a 15 year old railroad telegraph operator in Westminster Massachusetts, faced a man with a nickel plated monkey wrench for about 46 minutes. She called the dispatcher in Boston, kept the door barred, and used the wrench to threaten the intruder as a freight crew arrived to subdue him.

Westminster Mas Pearl Burns Earl Burns Gshart Mr. Woods Boston Peart Pearl Gardner Weat- Minster

Atlas Opening Show Promises Variety and Music

The Atlas announces a Monday matinee featuring a strong act line including Myrtle Deloy, a clever dancer, and Prof. Dunn with a Milascope act. The Atlas orchestra will perform musical numbers in an alient drama and traveling program.

Atlas Acta DeLoys Fulton Myrtle Deloy Prof. Dunn Atlas Orchestra

Morton’s crowd told to start work within sixty days

Continued on page one, officials say active construction must begin within 60 days and $50,000 to be placed with the state land board as a forfeit if the first unit is not ready by June 1911. A meeting with Morten and associates is planned in Cheyenne early next week to resolve objections. Fancy strawberries at Kelley’s.

Morten Cheyenne Wyoming Central Company Tirat

Earle Institutes Addresses in Denver and Los Angeles

The notice lists two locations for Earle Institutes at 401-2 Symes Building, Denver CO and 801-2 Broadway Central Building, Los Angeles CA. It provides post office or contact details for the organization across both cities.

Earle Institutes Symes Denver Colo Broadway Central Los Angeles Calif

Locomotors Buy Private Storage Batteries for Headlights

A number of locomotorists are purchasing private storage batteries to power headlights with electricity instead of the prestolite and acetylene lights they currently use.

Town Votes on Incorporation Question May 31

The town will vote May 31 on whether to incorporate under state law. If incorporation passes, the town would form a new municipality with defined territory and powers under existing statutes.

Gener Sernation

James Bros Baseball Suppling Palace ad

Antiseptic Pip Cones promise sleep cure. Advertising copy touts guaranteed effectiveness at the Palace Macy venue.

James Bros Palace Macy

Floor Marshing Sherman Co BPACIAL-MACRINE Lin POKRD

Floor marshalling notes from Sherman Company with mentions of bacon and machine. Difficult OCR yields sparse readable items. No clear events or dates. Summary reflects fragments and local industry terms without definitive actions or outcomes.

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