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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
2
Article outlines animal-based feeds for hens to boost egg production. Recommends fresh meat scraps, bone meal from bones, skim milk turned into cottage cheese, and clabbered milk for added nutrition. Provides method to make cottage cheese and notes regional extension outreach on potato grower listings and weekly agent visits across Wyoming locales.
The Lovell Commercial Club launches a celebration on October 25 to honor the Great Western Sugar company for bringing a large sugar factory to the Big Horn basin. The gala day includes music speeches dancing and a huge barbecue for attendees.
The Norwegian vessel Gustav Wigeland of 1836 tons capsized off the Berwick coast and was driven onto the rocks. The crew were saved. The ship had recently arrived in London from Archangel.
Frank Reynolds of Reynolds & Mypher reports a new well will be drilled on the Welch ranch about a mile and a half southwest of town. The first well struck oil sand but likely near a fault, prompting a plan to shoot the old well. Production at the Greybull refinery runs about 7000 barrels daily from local fields, with 400 tank cars refined this month from nearby districts.
W L Vaughn of Lander purchased several cows and calves from M B Meredith at a good price. Vaughn plans to use the herd to help harvest his hay stored on hand.
Jack Jones, charged with murdering C. W. Whitaker in Riverton, was arraigned before Judge Nickerson and pleaded not guilty. A preliminary hearing was set for October 19. Whitaker, 56, a Riverton resident and member of the Masons and Odd Fellows, died after being shot at the Club Cafe.
MOORCROFT Oct 223 Dr C K Stewart nearly lost his life after a saddle horse threw him causing unconsciousness then a bull in the corral charged. His wife and daughter drove off the animal after a struggle. He suffered two broken ribs and a broken collar bone and is recovering from the shock.
Lander Oct 23 Fort Yellowstone is to be abandoned as a military post. Two hundred soldiers will be replaced by thirty to forty civilian scouts to patrol the park and protect the games. Soldiers doubt forty scouts can fully take their place. No joy in Yellowstone as the post moves to the Mexican border.
Rawlins October 23 a rabbit hunt ended badly when a Union Pacific night watch boy raised his gun to shoot and a misdirected bullet struck him near the eyeball. Doctors fear brain injury though sight may be spared as the injured boy remains unconscious.
Sheridan Oct 23. Over 500 shares subscribed for the sixth series of the Sheridan Building and Loan association at a regular meeting. Since starting four and a half years ago the organization has loaned 18 800 to Sheridan County, financed over thirty new residences, a Dayton building and a Ranchester project, with funds staying in Sheridan.
Lord Bryce argues the world expects restraint over slaughter and urges alternatives to open conflict. He warns against rushing to war or projecting administration aims during a crucial period as the United States weighs its stance.
The attempt of Charles Warn to locate a woman companion in Lovell for immoral purposes was thwarted by local officers. The man and woman have been taken to Basin and placed in jail awaiting the arrival of federal officers to take them to Cheyenne for trial at the next federal court term. This is the first case of the kind in Big Horn County.
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