Meat in the Cocoanut: Public utilities and stockholders
A stockholder asks if he should sell 26 AT&T shares fearing reduced 8 percent dividends. The reply urges holding, arguing well managed public utilities can sustain dividends, and stresses that ordinary citizens own these utilities, not just rich magnates. State regulation should protect investors, not exploit them for political ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Boston Financial
Felr
United States
Wages and Production in High Cost Industries
The text argues that higher wages and shorter hours reduce output in mining and lumber camps. Increased pay raises per worker but production falls below prior levels, with costs rising as labor shirks responsibility. It notes scarce minors in mining and high turnover in lumber, and warns living costs grow heavier as labor slackens.
Nine Percheron and Belgian Horses For Sale In Wyoming
Nine young Percheron and Belgian work horses, mares and geldings, weigh 1400 to 2000 lbs, all fat and ready for spring work. Contact J. C. Neff in Emblem, Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Neff
Emblem
Wyo
Basin Town Budget Ordinance For 1920 21
No 172 details an annual appropriation ordinance for Basin town for 1920 21 outlining allocations for bonded indebtedness street improvements officer salaries and more totaling 45 900. It also includes a Wyoming notice to contractors inviting sealed bids for Lovell Cowley road projects with bid forms deposits and plans available in Cheyenne Basin and district offices and bid openings with right to reject proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
State Highway Commission
Capitol Building
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lovell-Cowley Road
Big Horn County
Lovell
Cowley
McCalman
Appointment of appraisers for Floyd H Whitmore homestead
In Big Horn County District Court an order sets a April 24 1920 hearing on the appraisers report for Floyd H Whitmore deceased. Ida Whitmore widow filed for appraisers to value the homestead. P P Anderson H H Cockins and T W Spratt appointed to appraise. Notice to be published three weeks in Basin Republican. Judge P W Mets signs the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Big Horn County
Floyd H Whitmore
Ida Whitmore
Floyd H. Whitmore
P. P. Anderson
H. Cockins
T. W. Spratt
Basin Republican
Said State
Basin
State of
Wyoming
Basin Republican Ownership Filing 1920
Publisher and owner P P Anderson along with Robin Bonwell as editor list Basin Wyoming as the publication location. Known security holders include Basin State Bank and Mergenthaler Linotype Co with 1 percent or more holding. Court sworn statement dated March 30 1920 before Justice J R Bonwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn
P. P. Anderson
Basin Republican
P P. Anderson
Basin
Wyo
Robin Bonwell
Basin, Wyo
Basin State Bank
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
New York
J. R. Bonwell
Basin Wyoming Ordinance Fixes 1920 Taxes
Ordinance No 173 fixes general and special taxes for Basin Wyoming for 1920. It levies twelve thousand dollars for general expenses and eighteen thousand dollars for interest and sinking fund on bonded debt. The town clerk must file totals with Big Horn county by May 26 and repeal prior ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Frank A. Wise
Jas. F. Ewers
Notice of Sale of Estray in Wyoming
Estray notice lists a red brockle faced two year old cow of 1000 pounds branded wn left ribs crop left ear taken up by D R Irwin Basin Wyoming under chapter 125 Session Laws 191% sale scheduled April 26 1920 at 8 00 pm at O R Irwins ranch Board of Live Stock Commissioners Chas B Boyce secretary Cheyenne First pub March 19 1920 Last pub April 16 1920 Also certificate notes inspection of two horses at Basin Big Horn county branded black gelding right shoulder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Irwin
State of
Wyoming
O. R. Irwin
Board of Live Stock Commissioners of Wyoming
Chas. B. Boyce
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ownership and shipment details of branded horses in 1920 Basin
Frank J. Reed of Basin Wyoming brands and owns a brick mare and two others under his charge as shipper. The horses were shipped in railway car No 40317 on the New York Central Beeline to Loretta Nebraska. Witnessed on April 6, 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Reed
Basin
Wyo
Loretta
Neb
A. D
Wyoming Cement Plaster Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation for Wyoming Cement Plaster Company a Wyoming corporation to manufacture plaster stucco gypsum blocks cement tile brick glass and other earthen products. Capital stock 200000 divided into 2000 shares. Term 60 years seven directors C A Zaring P W Mets T K Bishop H H Hime R B West F A Wise Peter Enders. Principal office Basin Big Horn county agent H H Hime. First pub April 9 1920 last pub April 23 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Wyoming Cement Plaster Company
C. A. Zaring
P. W. Mets
T. K. Bishop
H. H. Hime
R. B. West
F. A. Wise
Peter Enders
Basin
Big Horn County
Suit Club Offer At The Tog gery Tailor Shop
A promotional note invites readers to join the suit club at The Tog gery Tailor Shop in the Pioneer Building Basin area promising significant savings on a new suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toggery
Pioneer Building
Basin
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Jesse L
Lasky
Cecil B
Cecil B. Illes
UM. Barries
Che
Crichton
Jeanie MacPherson
Maor
Jas F. Ewers
Congress
Big Mora
Paris Daugherty
Rairden, Wyo
Morris Dailey Cattle CO
Paint Rock
Nowood
Mercer Bros. Land & Livestock CO
Hyattville, Wyo
Clarence Gardner
Thigh. Range
Big
Horn Mountains
P. O
Hyattville Wyo
I. Smith
Shell Creek
Shell, Wyo
AED Bank Cattle Co
Lan
Eom OF
Bree
W. BR. Tolman
Tatman Mountains
Mikereck
Otte
Wye
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