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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1912
Page
9
A Montana leasing form shows J Ben Kendrick of Wyoming applying to lease grazing land in Madison County for five years at a minimum rental. The document prompts debate over residency and ownership while Montana law on state land leases is cited.
The text outlines that unbid land tracts shall be offered for lease to the highest bidder by quarter sections for agricultural lands and by sections for grazing lands. Leases shall not exceed five years or be shorter than the defined rental, set at not less than five percent annually of the lease value, with exclusions for lands already under lease and conditions on timing and eligibility.
The Tribune accuses Senator Warren of serious charges while defending John B. Kendrick a Wyoming resident and Montana land lease holder. It claims Warren faces possible senate action over alleged false statements and residency issues amid public scrutiny.
The Grand Encampment Herald publishes an urgent open letter asking former Wyoming Governor Fennimore Chatterton to state whether he has personal knowledge of a money offer for votes in a U S senate race. The letter requests a public reply to inform Wyoming voters and aid national confidence.
Mrs Edna Settle wife of a Union Pacific employee told Sheriff Roach’s deputy that a man robbed her of 377 00. Under Sheriff Pat Hayes produced suspect Thomas Ryland from the jail and the woman identified him as the robber, after Ryland had been jailed on a separate Sunday night arrest connected to the Senate saloon burglary.
Frank Mondell spoke to a sizable Capitol Avenue audience last evening though smaller than Kendrick’s crowd the previous Wednesday. W W C Mentzer introduced Mondell and asked listeners to stay for Miss Falke who sang to lift spirits as Mondell dodged key campaign issues.
Balkan armies cross frontier on all sides as Turks fall back to entrenched positions. Bulgarian forces reportedly seize Adrianople outer forts and Kirk Kilisseh. Komiadis pass repulsed. Karvana bombardment damages customs. Sultantape captured. Servians advance toward Kumanovo near Uskup with no Bulgarian captures reported.
The U S Supreme Court declined to dismiss Wyoming's petition to halt Colorado and irrigation interests from diverting 60 000 acre feet from the Laramie river watershed through the Poudre tunnel. Colorado was given 30 days to respond. Wyoming argues water diverted across states is not replenished.
The state immigration office will establish an exhibit hall in the Burlington depot at Sixteenth and Capitol for mineral and agricultural displays. Commissioner Roy Schenck said the Wyoming Industrial Exhibit will open to the public within a few weeks with glass cases for most exhibits and an on site literature handout. An exterior electric sign will advertise the exhibit to travelers. Schenck, who toured northern Wyoming, noted crops were in good condition though late rains and early snows had slightly damaged some unharvested crops.
George Carroll, barely 21, told The Leader he followed a man from the Senate saloon on Sixteenth Street and Carey Avenue. The thief dropped a heavy package, later found to contain stolen cash totaling 1184 dollars, of which 952.55 was recovered. Carroll was captured in Lusk and held in Cheyenne awaiting trial in the Detrich court according to Sheriff Frank Roach.
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