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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1916
Page
2
In May 16 report from Piney Wyoming Charles Lackey and seven others drilled a 160 acre tract and hit gas at 150 feet near the Duckford coal mine. Rival claimants rushed to file in Kemmerer while noting the discovery could extend the Anticline field toward Mc Piney.
Dr O J Blakesley superintendent of Rock Springs school district No 4 resigned effective at end of school year. Patrons regret his departure after raising school standards and aiding student welfare. Mrs Blakesley will move to New York State.
Pinedale May 15. FE Clark Jr. of Cora earned a forest ranger post on the Hayden National Forest. He will be based near Encampment, Wyoming, and begins duty June 1 with a salary of 1200 per year. Clark was among four hopefuls to pass the civil service exam.
May 15. George Herding reports he located about 1200 inhabitants in Greybull Greybull district during a census of school children and adult residents. He notes many workers live nights in lodging and tents, making a full count difficult. He has not yet estimated school child numbers.
The Carbon County Journal from Rawlina markets itself as the state’s leading fearless weekly. It promises clear political coverage without vilification and urges readers to subscribe for two dollars a year, mailed to the Journal or Will Reid.
May 15 Riverton reports a strange natural occurrence as W F Pratt's cat gives birth to a litter with two natural kittens while the others appeared as unusual offspring. Residents seek more details as word spreads.
Word arrives that N. F. Douglas former Monitor editor and Mrs. Elizabeth Brown wed in Sacramento on May 1. Douglas has bought a newspaper near Freano. Sundance friends join the Monitor in wishing the couple happiness health and prosperity.
Lovell May 11. W B Snyder president announces the Bank of Lovell will begin construction of a new bank building within thirty days on the present site. The bank will move across the street for now. The old building will be moved and rented to occupants. The new front will be 108 feet long and 75 feet deep, with the front two stories. The first floor will host store rooms and the second floor offices and living spaces.
National Geographic bulletin cites Enaglich General Townshend’s defense of Kut el Amara after months under Turklaley siege. The town on the Tigris, 160 miles southeast of Basra and near Baghdad, emerged from obscurity as a pivotal wartime location.
In Riverton area rapid oil field activity increases with new firms forming such as Pilot Dome Company capitalized at 1.5 million dollars. Officers include Peter Norbeck and Edwin Hall among others. A town has already been withdrawn and a theater event and university president speech are noted for the week.
The class of 1916 at Rock Springs will graduate as the second largest class. On Friday night May 26, Director Joseph Iredale will present diplomas to twenty students, fourteen girls and six boys.
W Burke chief agent for the State Humane Society filed in Laramie a petition in district court to appoint guardian for Mary Lawrence Robinson a six year old whose mother died and whose father abandoned him three years ago The boy has been in the care of Mr and Mrs Albert Werck Judge Tidall will hear the matter when he returns to the district court.
Reports describe grim conditions in Mesopotamia as floods raise the Tigris near Kut el Amara and Baghdad. The article notes canal abandonment, disease such as the Baghdad date mark, and memories of campaigns for veterans returning to England.
John D. Rockefeller Jr addressed the International Conference of the YMCA in North America launching the Every Christian Man at Work Movement. He urged ministers to mobilize Christian men inactive in churches to serve and unite under the brotherhood of man and the cross.
Reports to the postmaster general show parcel post handling 100 million parcels in four months. The system, once weak under Wilson, is now vast and efficient, especially for books, with minimal damage reported by major New York dealers and the public. An investigation followed complaints of rough handling and orders for a thorough inquiry.
Representatives from Blake reinforms the postal service that his firm ships about 400 packages daily with roughly one damaged per day while Brentanos Funk and Wagnalls Century and Dodd Mead say total damage across 1100 daily parcels is negligible. Some publishers report damages averaging one to two per month, others cite 3.0 damaged parcels per day with minimal complaints, and a few report no damage at all.
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