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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
10
Article outlines animal-based feeds to boost poultry production in Wyoming. Highlights fresh meat scraps from butchers, bone cutters, and cheese made from skim milk. Includes guidance on temperatures and processes for cottage cheese and curd feeding practices. Also notes a USDA potato grower mailing initiative and weekly agent schedules for farm meetings.
Lovell setup a celebration for October 25 to honor the Great Western Sugar company and the Big Horn basin sugar factory. The gala day features music speeches dancing and a large barbecue for residents from Lovell and surrounding areas.
The Norwegian steamer Gustav Wigeland, 1836 tons, capsized near Berwick after being driven onto rocks. The crew were rescued. The vessel had last arrived in London from Archangel.
Frank Reynolds of Reynolds and Mypher reports a new well to be drilled on the Welch ranch area about a mile and a half southwest of town. The first well reached oil sand but likely near a fault, prompting the decision to shoot the old well and strike oil. New work will start after Reynolds returns from Butte. About 400 tank cars of oil have entered the Greybull refinery this month from Gmes Creek and Elk Basin, with current daily refinery output around 7000 barrels. The Greybull field produces a dark green paraffine base oil, testing up to 62 gravity and claimed to be among the highest grades in the United States.
W L Vaughn of Lander bought a number of cows and calves from M B Meredith at a good price. His aim is to use the extra cattle to help pick up the hay on hand.
Jack Jones pleaded not guilty to the murder of C. W. Whitaker last week at the Club Cafe in Riverton. A preliminary hearing was set for October 19. Whitaker, 56, formerly of Louisville, Kentucky, died after being shot twice in the abdomen.
Oct. 223. Dr. C. K. Stewart narrowly escaped death after a saddle horse reared and threw him. While prostrate he was attacked by a bull in the corral, driven off by his wife and daughter. He sustained two broken ribs and a broken collar bone but is recovering from the shock.
Lander Oct 23 Fort Yellow stone to be abandoned. Two hundred soldiers to be replaced by thirty to forty civilian scouts. Patrols in the park and protection of games require a large force, and soldiers doubt scouts can take their place. No joy in Yellowstone as the move looms.
RAWLINS Oct 23 A night rabbit hunt ended badly when a Union Pacific railroad employee’s boy raised a gun to his shoulder and a deflected bullet struck near the eyeball. Doctors fear brain injury as the boy remains unconscious, though the eye is believed uninjured.
Sheridan Oct 23 subscription tops 500 shares for the sixth series of the Building and Loan association. The monthly meeting notes that 18 percent of the county’s loans have funded 30 new residences in Sheridan, Dayton, and Ranchester and many mortgages refinanced on favorable terms. The fund remains resident in Sheridan with minimal salaries for officers.
Lord Bryce questions the U S stance amid escalating war tensions. He urges restraint and argues Americans should not be drawn into administration choices during a delicate crisis. He emphasizes avoiding unnecessary slaughter and seeks a measured approach by the government.
In Greybull on October 25 local officers thwarted Charles Warn from Laurel Montana who sought a woman companion for immoral purposes. The man and woman were taken to Basin to await federal marshal transport to Cheyenne for trial at the next federal term. This is the first such case in Big Horn county.
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