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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
2
Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington spoke to a Casper crowd denouncing Wilson foreign policy and the Mexican affair. He touted a Republican program and criticized President Wilson while praising Jones as a forceful orator and national figure.
A standard rig for the American Oil Company of Great Falls Montana arrived this week at Greybull to be unloaded for development on their properties. The company, with holdings in Greybull and Elk Basin, plans extensive work west of the tanks near the Greybull refinery and will drill its first well. The rig, shipped from Canada, can reach depths to 3000 or 3500 feet as two companies are mentioned in plans.
Sheridan on Oct 18 reports a county board special meeting approved applying for twenty convict laborers and a cook for next year. Plans call for using the convicts on Dayton Mountain road and to shift to Dome Lake road to improve grade across Powder River and Arvada bridge project.
City stores in Laramie reach a new accord mandating cloning at 6 o clock on Saturdays, aligning Saturday behavior with weekdays across the city.
Wilts tract west of town will host drilling by two leasing companies within 60 days. One holds 20 acres on the southwest part, the other on the northwest. operations to be within three quarters of a mile of Greybull. Grey Bull Oil & Development and Lamb Drilling arrange new contracts. three more wells planned south of Greybull River. George T. Gilbert of Midwest Refining surveyed Greybull refinery plans and returns to Denver soon.
Casper October 18 The Northwestern has laid a spur to two wells on the Elkhorn lease owned jointly by the Midwest and the original Elkhorn company. Monday evening two cars of oil were shipped to the refinery here for treatment. The company expects to keep marketing the product in this way until more wells warrant a pipeline. The oil is said to be of high gravity.
Casper reports Ben Wood on the stump for Wilson Kendrick and Clark in northern Wyoming. He returns as Ex Governor Carey comes east and notes large meetings and rosy prospects for Democrats. Wood will campaign in southern Wyoming east of the Union Pacific before the election.
Prof. G. I. Miller of Los Angeles visits his brother E. M. Miller in Casper after a decade apart. The visitor, here for the California institution, renews old ties and notes Casper's business stability during the stay.
An old recipe to darken hair is sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The product is advertised as restoring natural color and shine for faded or gray hair, available in drugstores for about 60 cents. Users apply with a sponge or brush for even, thicker looking hair.
In Dubuque Iowa Rev W Heineke former German press leader says Republicans prize German-American votes and warns that if they prevail the US could drift toward England and war with Germany. Heineke apologizes to Wilson for past criticisms and calls for understanding of wartime policy.
Sheridan starts its second sugar campaign as the factory gates open at 7 am. Lime kilns burn, boilers steam, and 6000 tons of beets sit in sheds ready to process about 700 tons daily. About 150 men work the day shift and 100 on the night shift under manager O H Thatcher.
A caller identifying as Granite or Merble Monae reports contact with BR McCafferty and gives phone number 618J in an apparent communication note.
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