Wyoming Fair Plans For Four Day Autumn Show
Reports from the county fair board outline preparations for a big event September 17 to 20 at the fairgrounds. A new 100 foot palace will host exhibits with white and cream interior decor and decorations designed for reuse. Merchants are urged to contribute designs. farmers urged to bring soil projects and be ready for improved displays. The show promises stronger exhibits, better features, and county pride.
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Ge Fair Grounds
State Fair Board
Wyoming
Soldier Boys Return From Polo Mountain Encampment
Members of Company DL under Captain C. W. G. Dodge returned home from the Polo Mountain encampment last Tuesday. The trip home was via the Burlington northern route. The boys report a fine time and praise the instruction from regular army officers.
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C. W. G. Dodge
Polo Mountain
Burlington
Camping Trip to Bald Mountain Countryside
Will Spratt and Loren Gray with wives and Misa Eastman left Tuesday to camp for a couple of weeks in Bald mountain country. They plan to base operations near Tongue River amid abundant speckled beauties.
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Will Spratt
Loren Gray
Misa Eastman
Bald Mountain
Tongue River
Mondell Speech Highlights Campaign Climate in Congress
A recent congress speech by Representative F. W. Mondell is summarized with extracts. The piece notes both major parties have nominated candidates for the highest office, both men described as men of high character and honest purpose who would act in what they believe to be the best interests of all citizens.
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Taft
Mr. Wilson
Congress
F. W.mondell
Bithee
Wyoming Guards Impress In Maneuvers Defeat Nebraska in Fair War
The Wyoming national guard earned high praise from regular army officers after maneuvers showing superior tactics and speed. Wyoming troops complete camp tasks faster and fought a clean victory over Nebraska at a pitched battle. Colonel Hart and Lieutenant Sliney receive special credit for leadership as camp winds down and preparations begin for return to Fort Russell and Cheyenne.
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Wyoming National Guard
Wyoming Guard
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Wilthy
Hart
Sliney
Lalay
Lone Tree
Russell
Cheyenne
Nebraska Regimento
Laramie
Fort Russell
Polo Mountain
Cheyenne Tribune
Sheep Men Arrive by Train to Sheridan District
Prominent sheep men Tom Stout and Race Burns of Sheridan arrived on Tuesday's train and traveled by KR H Ahrens’ automobile toward Hyattville and Tea Sleep country for the regional campaign or ranching activities.
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Tom Stout
Race Burns
Sheridan
Hyattville and Teasleep
KR. H. Ahrens
Tis Automobile
Bagin Homes A Beautiful Town This Season
A writer tours Bagin and highlights its beauty with well kept lawns and gardens. Basla boasts more attractive homes than towns many times its size in the state, with tree lined streets and flowering gardens. Anderson, T. W. lace Frank Wise, and W. J. Booth are noted for fine gardens as summer progresses.
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A. Higby
Basla
Anderson
T. W
Frank Wise
W. J. Booth
Mse
A Fine Crop And A Wedding In Shell
A reporter visits Higby and Collins lands north of town noting a fine oat and alfalfa crop with oats promising bumper yields. A marriage license was issued Wednesday to Frank Leslie Smith and Lissie Herren of Shell, married at the Null home by Rev. S. W. Albone. Dr S J Neil and wife with two sisters travel from Emporia to Paint Rock basin for a week of camping and fishing, hoping for a fine trout catch.
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Higby and Collins
Frank Leslie Smith
Lissie
Herren
Bhell
D. A. Null
5. W. Albone
Shell
J. Neil
Carrie
Nellie P Nell
Emporia
Kansas
Paint Rock Basin
Doc
Camping Trip To Tensleep Lakes With Family Party
C J Robertson and niece Edna Robertson, Frank Judkins and wife, Ray Morton and wife and Eva and Esther Bowman left last Saturday for the Tensleep lakes to spend two weeks camping and fishing.
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Tensleep
C. J. Robertson
Edna Robertson
Frank Judkins
Ray Morton
Missen
Eva
Esther Bowman
Tensleep Lakes
Masonic Lodge Installed in Greybull District
A new Masonic lodge was installed in Greybull last Friday evening with James I. Patten as organizer aided by M. O. Barnes Dr. M. H. Smith Cc A Mann and B H Smith. A banquet followed and toasts praised Masonry in Wyoming Everyday Masonry Temple Lodge and Greybul Lodge Masonry far from town and the future. Attendees from Basin State reported royal treatment and promising growth.
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M. O. Barnes
James J. Patten
J. Smith
M. H. Smith
W. Albone
Chas. A. Mann
George Mead
Joseph H. NeVille
Clarence Vandevender
Herb Wise
Greybull
James I. Patten
Cc. A. Mann
H. Smith
the Future
J. C. Knode
Basin
Gryebull
Wyoming Leads in Coal Supply Across United States
Wyoming, possibly second only to North Dakota, holds the nation's largest coal endowment with vast coal beds and thick seams. Powder River and Kemmerer districts drive output. Wyoming ranked second to Colorado in regional coal production growth, with 1910 production and remaining reserves highlighted. North Dakota holds the largest original stock of coal, though WY surpasses in recoverable reserves. A Greybull Labor Day event will feature Congressman Metcalf, ensuring big crowds. Bertha Horton joins a Park tour party leaving Cody for Wyoming’s park week.
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United States Geological Surge
Wyoming
Union
North Dakota
Powder River
Black Hills
Big Horn
North Platte Riyer
Montana Line
Great Fort Union
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Kemmerer
Uinta County
Wack Springs
Sweetwater
Geological Survey
Indian lands auction at Wind River Wyoming
Beginning August 28 at 10 am the Indian Office offers about 6000 irrigable acres on the Shoshone reservation near Lander for sale to the highest bidder with 10 percent bid by mail. Lands watered by government ditch range 40 to 160 acres per tract. Also 22981 acres available for ten year leases on low terms. Information from Wind River agency or the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington. Senate passes Warren bill to establish a mine experi-ment.
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Washington
Indian Office
Wind River
Wyo
Lander
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Senate
Warren
Wyoming and the battleship name legend gains speed
The article traces the popularity of the word Wyoming in public chatter and praises the battleship Wyoming for its superior speed, outsailing the Arkansas. It credits Senator Warren for pushing the choice, noting earlier plans might have delayed naming a first class vessel after the state.
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Wyoming
Para
Telegraph
Wyompeg
Arkansas
Warren
Plana
Senate
Reception To Company D Promotes Local Welcome
Higby leads a movement to host a reception for Company D and Captain Dodge. Fraternity hall and Smith Brothers orchestra offer half rates for tonight’s event, inviting all citizens to aid in showcasing Basin as home to the state’s model company. Russell Thorpe notes a larger state fair with strong out of state attendance and urges Basin exhibits in the first money class. Thorpe praises Basin crops and fruit, dedicating time annually to publicize the fair.
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A. Higby
Russell Thorpe
Lusk
State Fair Board
Republican
Thorpe
Basin
Acme Amusement Co Announces Fine Picture Show Program
Manager Smith of Acoo Assune Ment company presents a strong theatre lineup for row night. The famous animal picture Captain Katie will be shown again along with Battleship Maneuvers showing fleet action. A first class comedy Brave not Pold promises laughs and all other features meet the standard.
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Smith
Ac Oo Assunement Company
Katie
Serious Operation At Basin Hospital
Dr Chester E Harris performed a serious operation Wednesday at Basin hospital on Mrs Bollman of the south part of town. She suffered from intestinal obstruction and 67 inches of the intestines were removed. The patient is very sick but improving and hopes are held for a complete recovery.
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Chester E. Harris
The
Basin Hospital
Mre. Bollman
Jake Wine Again Heads Billings Gun Club Team
Last Monday evening J C Norman attended a practice shoot at the Billings gun club in Wallsway where he outshot rivals including Rush Rasee. The group is said to have several good additions in Billings and Jake leads the bunch in status and esteem.
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Jake
J. C. Norman
Billings
Wallsway
Rush Rasee
Basin Country Able Article Sparks Basin Growth
The Chicago Record-Herald highlights Basin Wyoming as a growing city on the Burlington Route with cement sidewalks electric streets pure water and improved schools. The article notes rapid population rise from a few hundred to near two thousand and praises the fruit region irrigated in the Big Horn Basin with abundant plums cherries melons berries and other crops. Willis Booth, Basin bank president and pioneer horticulturist, is quoted as calling Basin the wealthy apple empire as fruit trees proliferate and nurseries expand, signaling strong agricultural development.
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Burlington
Big Horn Basin
Willis Booth
Basin Bank
Paintrock
Town Council Considers Water Charges and Mountain View Hotel Plan
The town council met last Monday with May or Booth and all councilmen present. The marshal was ordered to bill water users and to bring red light district denizens before the police justice, whose office was declared vacant and filled by James J. Patten. Patten proposed maintaining Mountain View hotel as a sanitarium, but the mayor and council rejected the plan. Treasurer’s report and quarter bills were approved before adjournment.
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Booth
Wee
Red Light District
Police Justice
James J. Patten
James I. Patten
Mountain View
Sanitarium
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Soldier Boys
Congressman Mondell
Bagin Homes
Masonic Lodge
F. W. Metdhell
Bertha Horton
Cody
Capitol
Chicago Record-Herald
Puget Sound
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