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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
14
The southern church leader refused to preach on the war citing a belief that pulpit discourse should not dwell on the conflict. The article suggests calm reflection is needed as society endures a period of upheaval and tragedy.
The speaker urges religious leaders to denounce Germany’s wartime crimes and not ignore the moral crisis. He criticizes ministers and papers for two years of neutrality, warns of national costs, and calls for revival of moral fiber through outspoken preaching against atrocity and murder in the war.
An army numbering in the thousands has been recruited and dispatched across the Northwest to battle the fires. Recruiting stations operate around the clock as 99,000 to 200,000 men are enlisted for frontline defense. Forest sections in Montana Idaho North Dakota South Dakota and eastern Washington provide timber lands and ranger posts for rapid response. Smoke patrols and heliographs coordinate suppression efforts with field telephones and commissaries supporting firefighting operations. When fires threaten timber, crews establish firelines from 50 to 100 feet wide and, if needed, fell trees to create defensible zones.
The article notes that all combustible items are removed to the ground and mentions firefighter pay at five dollars daily. C C Wilhite, executive clerk and paymaster for the first district, estimates he has paid out about $1,000 over the last ten years.
The Cheyenne State Leader announces seventeen prizes for Wyoming children including five Shetland ponies with gear, four bicycles and eight wrist watches. A ten vote coupon system is published to aid candidates, with two districts and multiple prize splits. A contest manager handles inquiries by mail or phone.
N D McDonald once conductor on the Union Pacific line Cheyenne to Laramie died Thursday afternoon at age 30 in Schuyler Nebraska at his sister's home from stomach cancer. He had many friends in Cheyenne and is survived by his sister. his wife died two years ago in Seattle. McDonald served as warden when the state penitentiary was in Laramie before moving to Rawlins.
Jarnito Carraons is held in the city jail charged with burglary. He reportedly entered the tin shop at the rear of F. A. Roedel's hardware store and was arrested by Night Sergeant Jack Mc Farland just after emerging. No goods were taken and the main store was not entered.
The Hus ted ranch six miles east of Cheyenne shipped Hereford stock to the state fair in Douglas. Wyoming Hereford association exhibits dominated the show with many firsts. Prizes include Wyoming Fairfax senior and grand champion, Perfect May and Beau Louis placing in multiple classes, and silver cups for best heifer and bull calves born after Sept 1916. All stock bred on the Wyoming farm.
Gov Frank L Houx and Auditor R B Forsyth traveled to Evanston to lead a probe into the fire that destroyed the men's wing of the state insane asylum Tuesday night. Estimated damage ranges from 75000 to 100000. The governor announced a 100 reward for the recapture of James Howell, the sole inmate who escaped during patient removal. Howell had been sent to the asylum after a jury found him insane on a murder charge.
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