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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
9
The High School Parent Teachers Association schedules an 8 o'clock meeting with officers to discuss matters and announce a large turnout. Clyde M Watts urges good attendance as teachers prepare a varied program including an inspection, classes, and a first alumnae event.
Cottonwood trees planted by Tim Dyer on Capitol and Twentieth streets 30 years ago became a living record of his perseverance. Builders for Wyoming Construction No. 1 begin removing interior trees to clear the cathedral site, with possible further removals along the curb to preserve the new structure’s view.
TORRINGTON Wyo Oct 18 Goshen County school boards offer 100 per month for inexperienced teachers while 15 rural vacancies remain. Boards seek teachers from other states to fill positions in the county schools.
Cheyenne city water tested by chemists from the oil and seafood department and City Engineer J A Whiting shows no contamination. Bacteriological results report raw water 40 total bacteria per cc with no colon bacilli and suitable for domestic use. filtered water 44 total bacteria per cc with no colon bacilli and suitable for domestic use.
A five dollar prize is offered to the Wyoming boy or girl who writes the best slogan to promote approval of a proposed constitutional amendment allowing school districts to issue additional bonds for new school buildings. State officials Katherine Morton and Anna Dobbin urge all youths to craft a short snappy line advocating schooling and avoiding crowding.
Official figures from the U S Department of the Interior show the Rocky Mountain district, covering Colorado Wyoming and Montana, produced 12 808 896 barrels in 1918 up from 9 199 910 in 1917 Colorado contributed 148 286 Wyoming 12 595 287 and Montana 69 323 barrels The report traces production from 1887 and notes Salt Creek rising as a factor in 1912 and that 1918 saw the district's highest average price at 1 442 per barrel while 1914 marked the low at 0 497 per barrel Montana first appears in production in 1916. Colorado
The report records fluctuating output in Colorado’s Boulder field with 1 296 barrels in December 1918 up from 229 the prior month and totals dropping from 86 709 barrels in 1909 to 4 464 in 1918. Colorado had 85 productive wells in 1917 rising to 100 by end of 1918, with 63 wells completed in the period including 23 producers and 30 dry. Wyoming meanwhile had 457 productive wells in 1917 and 931 in 1918, with 750 wells completed of which 635 were producers and 165 dry, and 111 abandoned.
A boy consumes grapes six apples and a pear then returns home claiming extreme hunger. He tells his mother he is hungry as a bear awaiting a meal. The simple verse notes a large fruit intake and a family scene.
An American woman, Mrs. Abigail Wilton, sang "Lead Kindly Light" to a public audience of about 60,000. The night featured a white light cutting through darkness and a signature red element taking first place.
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