Train grows steals booze leads to jail for gang
Officials reported a Louisville area whiskey theft ring. Thirty barrels were stolen from a freight car en route to Sol Chan from Kentucky. Breakmen confessed after investigation by H. J. Roberts and county sheriffs. Several crew were implicated and King was arrested in Montana then Lander. Trial to be held in Fremont county.
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Boweeville
Sol Chan
Coz
W. D
Bonneville
Sad Ebother
Montana
Pao
Povara
Sat Tuepdhy
Lander
Fremont County
Farmers Hear H M Louis On Potatoes In Big Horn Basin
A large crowd at the library heard H M Louis president of Louis Potato Co of Powell outline farmer services. He highlighted land values, suggested rotating crops with beets, and described 10 percent commission to market crops and pooling interests. Louis urged local storage and cooperation with merchants and banks to support tool loans and market higher quality graded potatoes.
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H. M. Louis
Louis Potato Co
Powell
Big Horn Basin
Louis
Cowley
J. Deagon
New York
Mr. Cochran
Wendall Calhoun
Potato Growing Opportunity From Local Company Plan
The firm plans to contract about 2 000 acres for red year potato farming in this vicinity. Interested growers not yet enlisted may obtain details from Wendell Calhoun, the local fieldman for the company.
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Etther Ting
Wendell Calhoun
Cavalry Two Platoons Deployed for Coal Strike Duty
The Basin cavalry platoon departed yesterday on orders to aid towns affected by the coal strike. They will maintain order and protect property with exact destinations to be announced by commanding officers.
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Ders
Bevices
Potato magnate outlines growth in Big Horn County
The article notes deposits totaling 3 699 050 20 with Basin leading at 1 248 116 27 and Lovell Greybull reaching the million class. It cites rising bank deposits and county prosperity driven by new industry, including a projected near doubling of county values and pay rolls. The Chamber of Commerce met at Spurriers with A W Coons named for delegation to a Lowell road meeting.
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Big Horn County
Basin
Lovell
Greybull
Land County
Chancellors Visit by Knights of Pythias Leader
W H Wallace grand chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias visited the local lodge last Monday. A special meeting was held that evening for members to nest and he planned to visit other lodges in the state before returning home.
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W.H. Wallace
Sheridan
Commader
The
Knights of Pythias
Pageant of Wyoming at Rex theatre on Wyoming Day
Wyoming celebration scheduled at the Rex theatre on December 10 and 11 at 8 o'clock. A stage pageant features a Basin Band under Bandmaster Hoover, chorus, and episodes tracing New Orleans history under Spanish and French rule with a cast of named characters and students.
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Wyoming
Rex Theatre
Basin
Hoover
Spirit of West
W. B. Hartigan
Louisiana
New Orleans
Place d'Armes
Cabildo
Court House
Mississippi
England
France
Spain
Gulf of Mexico
Napoleon Bonapart
Salcedo
F. L. McNown
Hd Duniway
Monsieur Lauasat
Lester Breuning
Marceline Jacobs
Ethel Pickering
Cathedral
Naomi Belton
Beula Hartman
Picaninny
Papoose
Dorothy Reed
Bob McKone
Woman's Club of Basin Holds Membership Election and Program
The Basin Woman's Club met in the library on Wednesday afternoon December 3. Inducted for membership were Mes Jaines W.P. Haines, Guy Hebwood, A. B. Moore, F. M. McNown and T. L. Tracy. Mrs. Belton, program chair, led a program including papers on Americanization through education and the public library, a piano solo by Thelma Gould, and readings from The Promised Land by Mary Austin. Refreshments followed hosted by Mesdames Peterson, Clymer and Pearson.
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Woman's Club of
Basin
Més Jaines
Guy Hebwood
Canadians Are Coming to Midland Lyceum Show
The fighting Canadians perform at Rex Theatre next Tuesday evening as part of the Midland Lyceum course. Gunner C. L. Brown star tenor and others return from service to sing. program includes popular songs, a twenty minute talk, and trench songs.
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the Rex
Midland Lyceum
C. L. Brown
F. Fallows
Sergeant Furlong
Corp. RB
G. Wilkinson
Bandit Carlisle Shot, to Return to Rawlins Prison
Douglas Wyoming December 3 William Carlisle the train bandit was shot in the right lung by Sheriff A S Roach of Wheatland and is expected to recover though pneumonia or infection could threaten. He will likely be sent back to the state prison at Rawlins to serve a 60 year term once well. Dr L W Story disputed Carlisle claim of being unarmed and Sheriff Roach said the bandit was armed. A J Crandall of Beaver Creek is visiting today. Mrs W J Jones was reported sick last week.
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Douglas
Wyo
William Carlisle
Roach
Wheatland
Rawlins
Carlisle
L. W. Story
Hearst Seeks Washington Paper Ambition And Texan Deal
William Randolph Hearst has acquired the Washington Times from his longtime assistant Arthur Brisbane. Brisbane’s pro German brewers propaganda during the war drew criticism. Hearst pursues a capital paper venture, possibly aided by an agreement with Representative Blanton regarding the Texan’s character.
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William Randolph Hearst
Washington Times
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
Blanton
The Times Defies Public Announcement Claims
The Brisbane edition faces criticism over a lack of public notice regarding a significant announcement. The Times, labeled by some as Hearst influenced, is urged to improve its moral standards and transparency.
Jail to Empty Soon as Plea Deals Proceed
County jail inmates signal guilty pleas to their charges and will face Judge Mets within days. Patrick Kane, currently jailed in Greybull, is near completion of his sentence, leaving the jail empty for the first time in months.
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Mets
Little
Patrick Kane
Greybull
Big Dance at Hyattville Saturday Night
John Luman plans an old timers dance in Hyattville as he prepares to leave for the winter in the south. He invites all residents to attend for good music and a enjoyable evening.
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John Luman
Hyattville
Volunteers Mining Coal Across States Amid Strikes
Chicago dispatch reports scarce movement in soft coal as miners strike bites. State officials boost enforcement while federal troops reach Oklahoma to guard volunteer miners. Missouri to run Barton county surface mines if work does not resume by tomorrow night. Kansas reports 11 active volunteer mines, while Nebraska’s governor expands enlistment to nearby states.
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Oklahoma
Gardner
Missouri
Barton County
Kansas
Allen
Santa Fe
McKelvie
Nebraska
Bachelor Hall Opens with Rented Lodging and Cast
Ralph R Bell Lester Breinning Nels Hokanson and Ed Crouch have rented and furnished a house in the northwest part of town and are occupying it The cast for the comedy includes Ralph Bell as charge de affairs Lester Breinning as keeper of wardrobe Nels Hokanson as chef and Ed Crouch as hostler.
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Ralph R. Bell
Lester Breinning
Nels Hokanson
Ed Crouch
Ralph Bell
Chef
Crouch
Hostler
No Jury Next Week Calls Off Term
The sheriff's office was notified by Judge Mets that jurors summoned for the upcoming term must not appear as there will be no jury term until February. The adjournment is attributed to the court house coal shortage.
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Mets
Court House
Cavalry Dance Draws Crowd at Fraternity Hall
The Basin cavalry platoon hosted a Wednesday evening dance at Fraternity hall. A well attended event, attendees report a delightful time and good camaraderie.
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Basin Cavalry
Fraternity Hall
Resolution to sever diplomatic ties with Mexico wi th Carranza withdraw recognition
Senator Fall of New Mexico introduced a resolution asking President Wilson to cut diplomatic relations with Mexico and withdraw recognition of Venustiano Carranza. The measure cites bolshevik propaganda by Mexican offices and directs the foreign relations committee to consider it, while Ashurst proposes war powers to defend Americans on the border. Chairman Lodge set a special committee meeting to act on the Fall resolution and related Mexican issues.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Fall
New Mexico
Senate
Carranza
Foreign Relations Committee
New York
San Francisco
Venustiano Carranza
Ashurst, Demrat
Arizona
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Students Stage Macbeth and The Three Wizards at Rex
High school students presented a two part show at the Rex theater with a Macbeth scene featuring Fae Cloud Phoebe English and Clifford Whitmore and a travesty The Three Wizards starring Leater Gibson Clifford Whitmore Irwin Beard Billy Burroughs and Beuleh Hartman. The performance earned strong applause and netted a neat sum for the school.
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Rex
Macbeth
Fae Cloud
Phoebe English
Cliffors Whitmore
League of Nations
Leater Gibson
Clifford Whitmore
Irwin Beard
Billy Burroughs
Beuleh Hartman
Great Britain Withdraws From Russia
The article notes Great Britain's decision to pull away from Russia reflecting cautious, far sighted wisdom. It cites 39 senators who signed a round robin declaring they would stand for nothing that could threaten American independence.
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Great Britain
Russia
Knights of Mythias to establish temple in Thermogolia
About twenty five members of Basin Lodge No. 20 Knights of Mythias will travel to Thermogolia tomorrow for the institution of a Dra matic Order Knights of Khorasan temple. A Denver temple drill team will oversee the work, marking the fraternity temple’s first in Wyoming.
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Basin Lodge No. 20
Knghts of
Mythias
Thermogolia
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorasan
Denver
Wyorming
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Virginia
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Powell District
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Great Western Sugar Co
T. Johnson
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