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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1912
Page
16
Timetable details show arrivals and departures for trains to Denver Theaver and Chicago destinations. Notable trains include No 101 and 102 with morning departures, No 159 and 160 accommodations, plus connections at Ogden and Denver. A beauty parlor ad and a Sherman Co entry appear among the mixed items.
In Rawlins Wyoming a special conference with state tax officials and Union Pacific representatives settled the 1911 mineral reserve tax. Carbon County assessed coal land at 0 to 25 cents per acre, with 700000 acres at 1 cent. 1912 valuations rise to 20 per acre for coal land and 25 cents for non coal land. total 1911 payment to Carbon was 4722.01.
The Alta Commercial Club was incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on a Sunday in August. Its object is to promote useful information, provide social welfare and amusements for members, aid Alta's industrial interests, with no capital stock and a fifty year term. Operations in Alta, directors Gano R. Choat Jes Champion Rule Milson, agent for service R Choat at Alta Wyoming.
A columnist notes Marconi can send messages 4,000 miles by wireless and wire links between New York and Tacoma. The piece predicts global communication will be easy but questions the cost.
The state fair opens in about a month in Douglas on September 6 with extensive exhibits from northern areas. Officials promise 100 tons of chopped hay, one car of cows from Sheridan, a car of canned goats from Wyoming, and numerous harness and running horses being prepared. Attendance will be automatically counted at the turnstiles. The Roman chariots and Curtiss airplane acts are set, plus a world champion wrestling plan and a rich prize slate. The Silberman story contest closes September 10 with four prizes totaling 200 dollars. entries must be about Wyoming and range from 500 to 1,100 words. Accommodations and rail rates will be offered, with varied amusements including a main vaudeville and a chariot race.
A large flow of delegates fills Los Angeles as the G A R national encampment begins a week long session. State veterans HQs are richly decorated and planners promise special entertainments and honors for attendees amid coastal encampment history.
The article notes alfalfa thrives only with intelligent cultivation and high-class farming. It praises dry farming success and irrigation systems. In Atlantic states, top returns come from ground preparation, heavy fertilization, and optimal harvesting and feeding practices.
An advertisement touts 25 cent Danderine as a hair cleanser that removes dust oil and dandruff. It claims scalp invigorating effects and rapid hair growth producing soft lustrous abundant hair from roots to ends.
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