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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1883
Page
13
The document lists subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, advertising rates with line pricing, and official notice charges. It names J B Morrow as publisher and proprietor of Cheyenne Wyoming and outlines contract rates for various ad insertions.
Notice to subscribers stating that overdue accounts will be discontinued after this issue. The paper emphasizes printing the largest weekly in the Rocky Mountain region and requires cash in advance to continue subscriptions.
From the Daily Leader: Buffalo to have a Knights of Pythias lodge. Also note stock market activity with 80,000 cattle and 998 calves received in Chicago over two weeks. Plus local legal moves in the Cook murder case and various Wyoming business and civic items.
Henry Walker buys a graded cattle herd from Iowa as Iowa based American Cattle Company expands with 80 graded cows from Holmes near Fountain Colorado. Shipments reach 12 000 to 14 000 head weekly while disputes flare between Dorsey and Palo Blanco and fence cutting roils Texas ranchers seeking a free range.
The article notes tension between Prairie and Dubuque cattle companies and foreign rivals in Wyoming and Colorado. It cites rising capital in stock and ranch ventures, with investors from Denver New York and London, and warns against fraud in mining and cattle matters as the year ends.
Litigation unfolds over the Dorsey cattle ranch as founder C. E. Dorsey claims gross mismanagement and asserts $200,000 received in two years while his $105,000 stake earned nothing. He seized the property to force a settlement, deposing superintendent Charles D. Woolworth. Stockholder John W. Bosler is connected to Woolworth. Dorsey cites $61,000 in expenses in fifteen months versus $12,000 in the prior year.
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