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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1889
Page
15
Letters from Laramie City and Observer urge full free discussion on the constitution. Critics cite expense and mining taxation fears while supporters push educational meetings and public speakers to illuminate provisions before election day.
A reader letter from Wrxpower Wyoming addresses the editor of The BEN urging immediate statehood. The missive critiques prevailing opinions and presses for formal incorporation and self governance.
City leaders plan a 24 piece band to rival western outfits. Advertisements drew international and cross continental interest, with letters from Germany England New Brunswick and eastern states. Fifteen skilled players will be chosen to form Cheyenne’s premier band and secure a thriving local music scene.
The Republican central committee nominated T. B. Adams on the first ballot to fill the vacancy from Frank H. Clark. Adams, a progressive Republican with prior legislative experience, is urged as the suitable candidate and expected to win. The piece calls for joint efforts with Democrats to back the constitution and statehood and to mobilize campaigns across territorial towns.
A set of recommendations from Governor War ren urging Congress to admit Wyoming as a state, boost surveys and public land management, open abandoned forts for settlement, fund school and university land selections, expand timber and land offices, improve forest fire control, secure water storage, advance Pacific railroad cooperation, and strengthen protections in Yellowstone with military posts, expanded park boundaries, civil enforcement, and a fish hatchery.
Wyoming seeks reimbursement of over $8,000 spent to protect the park before March 18. Proposals urge reduced distance between geyser formations and Upper Basin hotel, require transportation to all park hotels, and establishment of supply points for campers and visitors.
The grand jury adjourned at Rawkins Wyoming with no indictments in the Sweetwater lynching. Principal witness Buchanan fled the country, and the other witness who saw the Lynehers at Averill's house also disappeared. Without key testimonies, prosecutors cannot proceed. The piece notes the boom economy and cautions against speculative land values.
A badly decomposed infant body, an estimated four to five months, was found at the city dump ground. Discovered by the dump man, the wrappings bore a Chinese laundry mark. Sheriff Martin opened the case, while officials deny any railroad purchase or lease of the Pane handle system. An earlier report notes the body may have lain for over a month and was moved to the 7rihane and 7rihwar offices for inquiry, with Meek of Denver Texas and Port Worth denying major moves.
The last office for preemption entries lists recipients Kirsenes Johnson Chas Fisher William Powers Louis P Fay all from Laramie County and Samuel E K Birney Mavit W H Andrews Albany County and Jane P Dillard Carbon County with Birney and Andrews noted as trustees.
The piece surveys climate change and irrigation value for arid western lands, highlighting Elwood Mead and J. R. Dodge reports. It notes westward settlement, rising homesteads beyond the Missouri, and six water-use stages from rainfall to artesian wells, stressing storage basins and natural catch basins to curb floods and boost production. It discusses national storage projects, railroad reorganizations, and local inquiries from Bayonne Chemical Works about alum, linking mining near Table Mountain to potential industry.
The superintendent of telegraphs, Earty of the Union Modified, has returned from Washington with curious souvenirs. He presents silver certificates of one dollar denomination to friends. The notes, though blank to the Treasury, resemble money. The collector claims about fifty certificates exist. Omaha Antipolicant.
Pete Dergerend and De Holcoimb arrived yesterday after a hunting trip to Awreora on the Union Pacific line. They reported fine sport and brought back a load of ducks, mainly mallards. The Sin family acknowledges receipt of the birds and notes their value. The building at the Glendale area is to be renovated, refinished, and reopened by Mr Whirling.
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