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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
12
Burns Wyoming September 3 The Laramie county fair opens with a filled schedule including a Burns brass band under Johnny Ey Cheyenne and daily tractor demonstrations by area dealers. Entry day is Tuesday with no admission.
The 8S outfit horses arrive for the Casper Stampede celebration opening Sunday. They are housed at Natrona county fair grounds and owned by M. M. Henry. Bill and Frank Robbing also bring wild horses from the Laramie Plains. Dick Hornbuckle inspects all animals and finds them satisfactory.
LARAMIE WY Sep 32 Donald Ashton secretary of the Laramie Council of Industry resigns to become industrial agent for the Salt Lake and Utah Railway company with headquarters at Salt Lake. His successor has not been selected.
In Laramie Wyoming on September 3 John Green paid 50 dollars and court costs after losing his temper and hurling a steel hammer at Fred Welch at the Union Pacific shops. Welch threw a small block of wood toward a refuse pile which struck Green who then retaliated by throwing the hammer. The youth involved is unnamed in the report.
A garbled report indicates a case where a defendant dodged a fog struck head incident and faced a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. A plea of guilty was entered and a small fine of fifty dollars was assessed by Joseph Browne.
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for weak kidneys. It claims benefits include relief from back pain ankle swelling dizziness and rheumatic pains and asserts the product has helped thousands. Pills are said to be sold everywhere.
Captain Colin MacKenzie, Cheyenne airplane pilot, arrested at Sheridan on two charges. He was fined $209 and costs on the liquor possession count. He remains jailed in default of payment or bail to answer the more serious charge.
The De Guernsey Education building will open the fall term two weeks late after a lightning strike damaged the structure. The bolt shattered eighty windows ripped plaster from walls and reduced some furniture to splinters. No injuries reported from the incident or related storms.
Burns Wyoming September 3 A driver named Key Palmer dozed off at the wheel of a speeding roadster subset from Hillsdale to Burns. The car left the road struck a cut bank and overturned. Palmer suffered three broken ribs and other injuries while his companion Menzd Hespin escaped with superficial injuries. A later line mentions hydrophones and underwater mail delivery for 40 miles.
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