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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
3
An unsigned streets column humorously argues Cheyenne should install street signs. The piece notes visitors rely on signs to navigate and contrasts newcomers with longtime residents and pilots who know the city’s routes. It suggests street signage as a campaign issue for upcoming elections.
In Thermopolis Wyoming on September 16 M Moore a sheep herder at Padlock ranch died by strangulation after leaning against a sheep wagon. His body lay upright for days before discovery. Investigators say the cause involved a fall from a galter and he had recently moved from Dodsonville Texas.
The state of Wyoming chartered several companies Monday with total capital exceeding 7.295 million dollars. Major listings include Natomnat Mines and Products Company at 5 million, Dominion Oil Company at 2 million, and other entities across Cheyenne Douglas and Lyman with various stock structures and first-year boards.
City notes list visitors in Cheyenne from Pine Bluffs Worland Casper Glenrock Rawlins Burns Brons Burns and other towns. Local merchants advertise coal auto service baby carriages and pharmacy items. A few names include Cahill Holiday Lubeck Healey Proctor Sibley and others. The item ends with a fire dispatch line about a firing list.
Drilling progresses in Pass Creek basin and Lance Creek field expands eastward with a 1000 barrel well. Latee Creek sees a 50 million cubic foot gas well. Laramin opens a new automatic door factory. Stockmen move to clean up cattle and sheep on Gillette ranches. The dairy department at the Wyoming State Fair highlights dairy foods. A major oil lease in Premogit county targets 12 million barrels annual output. The Associated Oil Company positions as a leading refining group in California.
The Midwest company surrendered its Section 16 Salt Greek field lease to the state three months early to avoid a January 1 start for a new five year operating lease. The current 12 percent royalty will end this month. the new lease to begin October 1 raises the royalty to one third of all oil, quadrupling the rate. The company promises to double production of Section 46 after the new lease takes effect, with current output around 50 000 barrels monthly.
Operations underway to drift a well on Montgomery Flats about a half mile south of the city site. Five rigs are expected to be working the site within the next few weeks as Kawlis Sand Hi OM Go. aims to bring production online.
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