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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1916
Page
10
A Wyoming statewide alliance forms among commercial clubs and farm groups to back the good roads amendment on next month’s ballot. P C Spencer of Lander chairs the publicity drive to explain the measure, deter blank votes, and push state funded highway improvements with county taxes easing.
A large fire burned the Elk Mountain light plant early Sunday, destroying the facility before investigators determined a cause. Firefighters reported flames had gained headway before discovery and full containment was achieved later.
Oct 6 reports from Rawlins describe hunters Eppy Martin Ellison and I M Jennings finding an antique percussion cap muzzle loader near Crooks Mountain. The seventy five year old gun shows rusted barrels and a walnut stock repaired with sheet iron, bearing the marks Fine Twist and Carrituck.
County commissioners in Rawlins approved a $10,000 allocation for the Encampment Snake River road, $5,000 next year and $5,000 the year after, with requests to the forest service for a matching amount. The move aims to open new trade territory, connect Encampment with the Snake River valleys, and boost summer travel and shipping. Local officials pressed the plan with petitions and noted timber interests would cover half the cost.
Four men from Nunn Colorado Will Wolf James Edwards W C Parker and Paul Clements were in a late Saturday crash returning from Cheyenne. Parker sustained a broken collarbone Edwards bruises and a back sprain while Wolf and Clements had minor injuries. The car overturned trapping Edwards. all were hospitalized then released except Edwards who remained in Cheyenne hospital. The abandoned car was found stripped of nearly all removable parts. Also noted is a Casper wedding of Mr Clark B Hawks and Miss Aline A Bailey.
A campaign talk in Wheatland featured Gov. Kendrick and John D. Clark addressing issues from highway funding and federal acts to Mexican policy and western water rights. Kendrick urged support for Democratic policies while stressing caution on land investments and the need to back Woodrow Wilson and progressive reforms.
Albany County Stockgrowers' association adopted resolutions praising the rural credits act and the 640 acre homestead bill, endorsing good roads funding and quarantine measures. Officers were re elected and a copy of the homestead resolution was sent to congressional delegates for action.
Elizabeth Towne of Holyoke Massachusetts writes to the Democratic National Committee explaining her choice to back President Wilson in the upcoming election. She praises his leadership and frames Wilson as the forward guiding force, urging readers to support the Democratic ticket.
Residents favor a legislative committee to stay in touch with livestock legislation in Albany County. They praise the forest service grazing operation as beneficial to stockmen and pledge cooperation with its administration.
At the Wyoming Daughters of the American Revolution biennial convention in Sheridan the group urged the state to require public schools to fly the U S flag and to impose penalties for noncompliance.
A campaign seeks state legislature funding to mark historic trails statewide. Plans outline methods to assign historic names to streams mountains and to grant counties and towns names of historic significance.
In Meagher county near Nihill on the Great Northern line, seven suspected African American assailants shot three white men, killing two. Five Black suspects and two whites are jailed at Cushman as details await from Mossmain where sheriffs met a freight train.
Rawlins National Bank announces it has surpassed the million dollar mark in total deposits as of today, reflecting growth driven by new customers and expanding services in the region. The bank declined further comment pending official statements.
Bank statement dated September 27 shows Rawline National Bank surpassing one million in totals, the first city bank to reach that milestone. The report notes deposits of about $800 000 at Rawlings National Bank and invites readers to appreciate their home city.
Harvey Martin narrowly escaped serious injury when he was struck as he jumped in front of E. L. Rumsey's car Sunday morning in Wheatland. The front wheel passed over his legs, he was knocked unconscious and later treated at the hospital with no broken bones. Fen F Swisher optometrist and optician at 215 West 17th St. was noted in the text.
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