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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
6
Local items recount visits and gatherings in North Bench and Burlington. Neighbors host guests, move houses, pursue farming and oil prospects, with community remarks on improvements, weddings rumored, and business prices rising as residents prepare for a bustling season.
Last Friday night at Materson hall a school entertainment and box supper drew a wet but lively crowd. About 36 dollars was raised from box sales, with the Mander son orchestra providing music for both performances.
This spring report notes warm showery weather and local travel. W G Leavitt assists with a siphon. Griff St Jermain plans a move to Mortanna. pastures look greener there. Locals visit Basin and Shell, with several family and friend gatherings and a surprise school farewell at Beard lower.
AMalfa in the Gardens shows rapid growth this season. Billy May built a neat tent house on the ranch. Prof. James Ewers visited and praised the fine bred swine and poultry. A. A. Reed hauled material for Shell oil drillers. Reed notes grease wood burns due to roots reaching air. A reception celebrated new neighbors with beer ice cream and cake. The Davidson home welcomed a daughter. Population in Basin Gardens rises with arrivals of young Big Type pigs. Holiday plans loom for a monster fourth of July celebration. Large hotel range for sale and advertising notices appear.
The Wyoming lawmakers voice a memorial opposing federal land withdrawals and resource-impeding policies. They emphasize Wyoming’s right to develop its resources and remain a state, not a Washington dependency. The letter notes eligibility issues in the memorial’s figures but focuses on broader federal policy impacts and local interests.
A Mountain Home Idaho letter mocks postal inspectors who arrested two newspaper men over a Royal Neighbors bazaar ad. The writer ridicules fears, praises government protection, and recalls paying for raffle tickets with disappointment, praising officials for guarding five cent crimes.
Big Horn county commissioners consider separate action on bounties. Certificates to the state auditor authorize payment for 108 coyotes and fourteen bobcats. The state has paid no bounties for years, despite stockmen groups offering rewards for predatory animals. Sheriff report mentions Percy McCloud and Earl Dragoo in a horse theft case with an escape from the county jail.
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