Wanted boy with bicycle near Carey street
Police seek an 18 year old male seen on 1702 Carey. He is described as slender with a bicycle. Authorities request information leading to his location or action.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
15
Police seek an 18 year old male seen on 1702 Carey. He is described as slender with a bicycle. Authorities request information leading to his location or action.
A disastrous forest fire sweeps the region near Warren Pennsylvania reaching the edge of Hamilton a lumber town. A special train evacuated women and children to Warren while several houses burn and oil and gas wells threaten the town. The fire has destroyed timber land and the damage is unestimated. Authorities say careless fishermen started the blaze.
Fragmentary text from a 1900s school page describes a German boy submitting a strange poem about sheep and a misheard phrase. The piece parodies classroom writing and mentions a Sherman Company and floor finishing in garbled lines.
The text argues that good roads require proper drainage and that every vehicle owner has an interest in quality highways. It notes that the highway and roadside reflect the people nearby and suggests road quality mirrors local communities.
An instruction on constructing durable gravel roads from centerline to edges. It details creating a bed eight feet wide twelve to fifteen inches deep with coarse gravel mixed with clay and oil, topping with fluorspar gravel, and layering earth to form a coated, water resistant roadbed. It warns against using sandstone near the roadbed and emphasizes an underneath off bed to preserve fines and improve hardness.
The Office of Public Roads estimates about 10 percent of US roads are improved. If 20 percent of public highways were upgraded, efficiency in highway transportation would rise, saving billions annually in crop transport and reducing wear on vehicles. Since 2012, 215 roads totaling 600 miles were built and 650 model country road systems aided reforms.
Oil on country roads near Springfield to be tested by the state highway commission. The mix layers top soil with six inches of asphalt seeking durable routes and drainage with oil as a possible improvement. Officials expect to watch the experiment closely for its potential impact on prairie and eastern state road construction.
Local scene reports a quirky exchange as the saying Tima is woney confounds bankers who cannot verify the slang citation. The piece notes stubborn confusion and a humorous standoff over recognition of the phrase.
Denver market report lists wheat prices for choice winter and spring at 60 Ibs per bushel with 1.92 and 1.23 respectively. Oats and barley show mixed Midwest and Western values, with hay prices for South Park and Colorado upland ranging from 8.00 to 14.00 per unit and alfalfa around 8.00 to 8.50.
At Denver yards May 15 cattle demand fair, prices generally weak to lower vs last week. Beef cattle mixed with good steers around 7.0 to 7.50, cows 6.50 to 7.05, bulls steady. Hogs 24 loads, demand strong, tops 8.50, most hogs 5.40 to 8.45, local demand high. Sheep light activity, demand very good, lambs and ewes around 6.75 to 6.95.
Mixed livestock quotes from Chicago show cattle and steer categories with varied prices. Texas steers at about 7.75 to 9.00, Western steers around 37.00, stockers and feeders near 5.59, and other entries noting bulk and heavy trades with several figures.
Kansas City and South Omaha market notes show cattle receipts and price ranges for native and Western steers cows and heifers calves and bulls. Hogs and sheep receipts and prices trend steady to strong with range figures across several categories.
Cattle market steady with 800 head noted and calves at 10. Prices show cows around 725 to 740 with heavies near 600. Hogs steady around 8.45 to 8.50 per unit and sheep and lambs mixed with lambs at 7.20 to 8.40.
May 15 Kansas City reports No 2 hard wheat at 85 14 to 38 and No 2 red at 85. No 8 85. Cori No 2 white 80 to 84. No 3 14. Receipts show 21 cars of wheat. Miscellaneous clipped literary blurbs and quotes follow the market entries.
24 hour period ending 6 PM Mountain Time shows highest and lowest readings with Extremes this date. The data lists extreme values from past years and compares to last year.
The Weather report for Wyoming on Friday calls for cloudy skies with showers in the north and west portions. Saturday is expected to be probably fair with improved conditions.
In the District Court of the First Judicial District Laramie County Wyoming Citizens National Bank of Cheyenne sues Edward Thompson also Norman Edward Thompson for 146.33 dollars plus interest on a promissory note requiring an answer or pleading by June 14, 1914. Clerk J Fisher signs. April 25 1916. The Sherman Co. Subscribe for the State Leader.
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