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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
9
Cheyenne pages note a Boston and Jackson couple wedding Wednesday with plans for a Colorado motor trip. Local teas, dinners, and club meetings feature many residents, including Mrs. Walton, Miss Horton, and the Get Together club as members host autumn events.
H. J. Plumbhot named general superintendent for Union Pacific Railroad southern district with headquarters in Kansas City. Announcement came from the general manager’s office in Omaha on October 6.
Governor Allen met with wheat growers and International Wheat Show representatives to discuss appealing to the president for an investigation of wheat trading conditions. He said farmers feel wheat prices are again manipulated.
Mia E. H. Corse, matron of the Cathedral Home for Children, reports 32 children housed from Converse, Lincoln, Carbon, Albany, Natrona, Sweetwater and Fremont counties. The 1910 to 1920 period records show movement from Albany, Carbon, Converse, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Sweetwater, Laramie and others, totaling many children from multiple counties.
CHICAGO Oct 6 theft of 10000 government liquor prescription blanks from this office was disproved today by TH W. Stone prohibition editor.
Cheyenne reports include plans for ongoing voter registration and a Republican candidate Frank W. Mondell address at the high school gym tonight. County commissioners finish auditing September claims while Chief Emberg prepares to return from Idaho. The women’s jail unit houses five inmates, four minors. trade excursion departs at 8 am. Crow Creek bridge needs repairs. natural scene notes from frost colors. cave near Granite Brook draws visitors. trout spawning affects edibility. Governor Carey distant but guiding Wyoming affairs. low Crow Creek conditions. highway official L R A Conciet visits. Independent Coal & Coke file a report yesterday.
News from Cheyenne includes a call for certification of an increase in funds from 1 350 000 to 2 500 000, Irvine visiting from Ross, and dry windy weather eroding highways. Trib bulletins from the world series draw thousands on Federal street while funerals in Laramie mark civic events.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Laramie County Republican club was held in the Plainis hotel ball room. President W. Ee Mulleon presided and William James kept minutes. An executive committee was formed to oversee club activities and a first floor room will host future meetings with literature access. Tonight at the high school gym stadium Congressman Frank W Mondell will address Cheyenne residents with local committee Margen urging broad attendance.
Stanley Edwards of Cheyenne has been named secretary of the Laramie Council of Industry the main civic body in Cheyenne area. He resigns from the state highways department after eleven months. He and Mia expect to move during the present month, and his replacement will require strong organizational and publicity skills.
A report highlights an electric furnace reaching a scorching 3730 degrees, described as the hottest thing on earth for industrial heat testing and material processing.
Washington announces the appointment of eighty nine new army chaplains under the reorganized system. One chaplain for each 1200 officers and men is planned, with Baker allocating religious representation across Catholic and Protestant faiths based on census findings.
A worker named D. McCheasney was killed and three others injured at the Farmers' Cooperative Packing Company plant in Huron when an elevator cable broke and sent workers into the basement. The report notes a small dirigible in Los Angeles and a Japanese forage plant called kuden being imported to feed American stock.
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