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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1912
Page
4
Train times show Omaha routes via Cheyenne and Ogden with No 101 102 103 104 and 109 110 schedules. Arrivals depart in Denver Theaver and Chicago area connections listed with daily and weekend variations and a separate No 159 160 accommodation. An unrelated beauty parlor ad and Sherman Co listing appear in the column.
In Rawlins Wyoming the 1911 mineral reserve tax dispute with Union Pacific concluded after a special conference. Holcomb and local officials finalized payments and assessed land values at coal bearing and non coal rates. Projections for 1912 1913 widen valuation ranges and reflect agreed minimums and increases across Sweetwater Albany Loramie and Carbon counties.
The Alta Commercial Club was incorporated in Cheyenne Wyoming on a Sunday in August A. D. A. The purpose is to promote useful information and social welfare and to aid Alta's industrial interests. Capital stock is none and the term is fifty years. Operations will be in Alta with directors Gano R. Choat Jes Champion and Rule Milson. Agent for service is R. Choat, office in Alta Wyoming.
A columnist reflects on Marconi’s transatlantic capabilities and wired links between New York and Tacoma, suggesting worldwide communication will become easier yet questions the affordability of such talk.
The state fair opens in about a month with exhibits from across the state. The Basins will ship over one hundred tons of chotcowt hay and Sheridan will send a car of cows and a car of canned goats from Wyoming. Curtiss aeroplane and aviator arrive by Sept 22 as Metorn and Sheridan exhibitors join the grounds. A four-prize Silberman story contest ends Sept 10 with $200 total and many other prizes from individuals and firms. The fair will feature Roman chariot races and two fifteen minute bouts daily, plus a world welterweight wrestling bid with a possible challenger from Chicago or Cleveland.
A. R. dispatch from Los Angeles notes trains bringing delegates to the G A R national encampment in session September 7 to 14. State veteran headquarters are decorated and extensive entertainment plans prepared. Authorities warn this may be the last Pacific Coast encampment due to distance and aging membership.
Alfalfa culture succeeds with careful intelligent cultivation. In dry farming regions it grows well, while irrigation ensures a sure abundant crop. Across Atlantic counties the highest returns come from ground preparation, heavy fertilizing and optimal harvesting and feeding methods.
An advertisement touts Knowlton’s Dandeline or Danderine as a 25 cent hair treatment. It claims cleansing action removes oil and dirt, reduces dandruff, stops itching, and promotes abundant, soft, lustrous hair with roots strengthened.
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