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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
8
Local notices from a Wyoming town record Wise Prescription Druggist promotions and a bustling list of visitors. Names include M. R. Douglas, HM A Wegner, Elmer Gould, Mrs. W oP, and J. E. Freeman among others. Items mention Rexall Cold Tablets, City Meat Market, horses for sale, box apples, and a town that sees many residents and travelers in a week.
The Standard Grain Co offers for sale timothy blue and bald barley plus other farm and lek seeds. They also accept orders for Wyoming grown fruit and shade trees. 221-23
Scouts of Greybull accepted a baseball challenge and opened negotiations for games before term end. The Eagle Patrol met to form a permanent organization and the group expects strong community support. A. W. Webb and family moved to Basin, planning to settle there, with a six room brick house for rent at ten dollars monthly.
Local notes report preparations for departures to California and prospecting plans in the mountains. Jake Johnson, the Agate King, may gain monarch status if another find matches past success. Lillie of Nowood notes ice gorge raising water. Oscar Hoback will work for Mercer Bros. this summer. Myrtle Taylor assists Mrs Mercer Jr. in household duties. Hyattville residents move toward spring farming at the Mercer ranch. Allen P Bros. move cattle from Nowood to the home ranch. Conrad Noll works for Ban Gapen. Mrs Gapen visits East. Glen Berry arrives from Suwmdll. F S Warren travels to Basin, Montana.
Local notes recount a student dinner with sandwiches pies and coffee enjoyed by teachers and pupils. Mrs. Lora LaManoce lectured on education and temperance, Superintendent Brewer spoke on James Whitcomb Riley, and a piano fund drive exceeded expectations with over 42 dollars earned and 107.10 still needed. Powell visitor Mr Beckatrum attended.
A fragmentary tale describes Eytinge leveraging teleom craft into a budding business with annual profits around five dollars. The piece notes his share backing a state program in Arizona, paying costs for captured prisoners and showing pictures of prisoners at labor in Popular Magazine.
Southbound service ran late yesterday as crews cleared a wreck on the main line causing travel delays along the corridor. Local stations reported scattered cancellations and reduced schedules during the incident window.
A witty critique notes that short answers breed long evasions and that friends approve appearances while the world judges harshly. It argues popular status costs effort and that many missteps come from trying to be the “good fellow.” It ends with the Water Wagon metaphor as people seek excuses to decline discipline.
Wyoming farmers are urged to test spring seed due to early snows leaving immature grain unfit for seed. Stations report germination tests showing many samples fail completely. Farmers can submit a seed sample for free germination testing and avoid costly poor yields.
Worland Alfalfa club arranges a Farmers Institute on Tuesday April 1913 with morning afternoon and evening sessions. Expected speakers include Prof H G Knight director of the Wyoming experiment station and state leader for county agents Prof Faville animal husbandry head Dr D W Work of the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Farm Management Prof J B Lamson Burlington railroad officials and other out of town visitors. Attendance is invited for a day of agricultural talks.
Able To Be Out, Honest Allen shows strength after recent surgery and illness. He was released early in the week and greeted by many friends at his first public appearance, drawing warm support from the community.
A fragmented note laments critics who mock temperance efforts by saloonkeepers. The writer argues few men truly love their work enough to reject better prospects and cautions against harsh judgments toward reformers who push temperance.
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