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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1920
Page
15
A Los Angeles studio set recreates an Eskimo village with faux snow and camphor made ice. Chinese actors portray Exquimaux while real dogs star in The Trail's End, filmed on a stage with dressing rooms visible nearby.
The Hospital Ladies Aid Society will meet at the Carnegie Library with Campaign Chairman Mullen and the hospital board to plan active participation in the Memorial Hospital fundraising drive. The group agreed to assist in raising building funds following a resolution of appreciation from the hospital board.
The Ald Society has raised over $25,000 since 1904 to equip and maintain the present Cheyenne hospital. They helped construct the maternity wing and brought the first trained nurses to Cheyenne. They held bi annual charity balls funding ambulance service and hospital upkeep despite monthly deficits. After officers are elected June 7 plans will be made for a large charity ball reviving events halted by the 1918 influenza epidemic.
The Memorial Hospital plans to extend services with a new nurses training school housing. The nurses home may be expanded to match capacity, as membership rises from 50 in 1901 to 176 now. After July the new officers begin, aiming to grow Cheyenne dues and support. Mrs. Bristol and Mrs. Glafcke lead efforts with Campaign Chairman Mullen for a strong campaign.
Wyoming weekly industrial review notes Pine Bluff district sees rising corn acreage. Osage gusher flows 72 barrels an hour. Osage tests gravity 389 degrees and oil brings $3.25 per barrel. Casper oil company enlarges refinery and two new still batteries are completed.
Weather improves Osage and Thorton Upton districts as over 4100 shallow wells and 450 drilling results are reported. Preparations for testing deep sands start while work on the Standard Oil plant in Laramie begins. The new Mid-West plant has stills, tankage, lines and auxiliary equipment in place and under construction.
Cheyenne Wyoming May 22 Roads are in fair condition with rough spots Fort Collins road graded to the State Line and in good condition Telephone Ganon remains impassable
The Memorial hospital board announced a $4,000 pledge from the Masonic orders to name an operating room as a perpetual memorial. The gift comes from Masonic bodies including Masonic organizations and the Eastern Star in support of the hospital fund.
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