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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
3
Walter Hagen, U S open golf champion, travels to England to face Britain's top players in the open golf championship. Nearly half a million dollars in wagers hang on the outcome.
Lattices in rest houses at City park will be replaced and freshly painted. Cheyenne youths are urged to stay off Fort Russell landing field Friday for the arrival of a new airplane. Anglers prepare for a speckled trout campaign as creeks drop and roads improve. Potatoes on Cheyenne Market drop to as low as fifteen cents per pound as supply increases. Mushroom hunting awaits growth in mushrooms. Street commissioner Charles W. Hirsig goes to Denver for a likely two to three week operation. Holm’s party plans Yellowstone highway trip. Plains hotel banquet tickets surge for Union Pacific chiefs. Students mow lawns for pocket money. Weeds are being chopped in Cheyenne gutters and residents attend to street work. Memorial Day services held in schools and churches. main observance Monday. Moonlit car rides delight Cheyenne residents. lawn sprinkling by hand continues nightly. Barbershops close Monday for the first time in eighteen years. Stores advertise picnic foods ahead of summer and dry roads. Senior class play At the End of the Rainbow was shown at Princess theater with good attendance.
Cheyenne will host several flying events in coming days led by Curtiss Oriole arrival and Bert Cole’s new plane possibly passing over with a stop. British ace Captain GC Mackenzie, former Royal Flying Corps pilot, will fly the craft to Cheyenne and may stage an exhibition recalling WWI air combat.
Emma Roberts the renowned American contralto counsels students to continue studies in the United States. She notes improving conditions abroad but emphasizes staying local for education and musical development.
Mme Ivy de Verley, a poet and artist, introduces the pastel living mask concept in Europe and now travels to America to paint and model masks of noted film stars. A sample depicts war artist J W Cyril Nevinson.
A trio led by Captain Mackenzie discusses experiences in France and the charms of the West. They praise Cheyenne landing fields Wales field and Gill pasture nearby while aiming to beat Denver Cheyenne speed records in an upcoming flight. The fastest Denver Cheyenne automobile time is cited as one hour fifty minutes and the rail record as two hours.
The Lincoln Standard plans to send a pilot to assist in testing rebuilt Standard training planes with Hispano Suiza motors. Once the Curtiss Oriole arrives, flight opportunities will begin, and local air activity is expected to ramp up soon at the nearby airfield.
Mitzi Hajos, the musical comedy star of Head Over Heels, has married Boyda who played the leading male role in her company. Hajos, previously famous in Sari, recently returned from a country tour.
A Cheyenne stage event showcases sixty girls amid beautiful scenery with striking lighting effects and songs and dances. The program features coordinated numbers and traditional expressions highlighted by colorful costumes and choreographed routines.
Several small bungalows rise off the city while Harry True plans a new home north of town near the boulevard. Auto top making is active at Hobbs Huckfeldt and Fishbinder. Fishing tackle prices rise with higher reels and lines. Arc lights will switch on after 8 a.m. with daylight ample. Fishermen work lakes near Cheyenne for bass using artificial baits. Automobile insurance and other services noted from W. O.
No cases on the United States district court docket today as the court is in session. All city state and county offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day observances. Union Trust invites savers to earn six percent. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co offices listed.
The Cheyenne couple Richard W. Jamison and Nina Inge were issued a marriage license yesterday. In other news, Toads roaming from Cheyenne are reported in good condition with minor rough spots, and a local store will close Monday in honor of Decoration Day for departed heroes.
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