Wyoming Legislature Likely to Repeal or Amend Primary Law
Cheyenne dispatches report Governor Houx urging repeal of the Wyoming primary law. Legislators will consider amending or restoring the old convention system, arguing the primary costs taxpayers and allows moneyed groups to control nominations. Mondell and White vote counts illustrate primary outcomes vs general elections.
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Cheyenne
Houx
Wyoming
Congress
Mondell
White
President Wilson’s peace plan sparks trade barriers dispute
The article argues Wilson travels to Europe to push fourteen principles for peace. It warns that a clause brushing away trade barriers would force wage parity with low paid Japanese labor and threaten U S industry. Labor leader Samuel Gompers opposes postwar wage reductions, and writers criticize free trade as harming American competitiveness.
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Wilson
Europe
Senate
Samuel Gompers
Shippers complain of rail service delays and losses
A freight batch of fifty stock cars faced poor feeding stations and manning after shipment from Grey Bull to market. Train crews and facilities are blamed for losses exceeding six thousand dollars and a general decline since government control. Basin volunteers praise nurses who aided influenza relief, saving many lives.
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BASIN
War Savings Stamps Pledges Urged in Big Horn County
Big Horn county residents lag in buying War Savings stamps. Those who signed pledges must redeem them, and everyone who promised to buy should pay before year’s end. Many able buyers did not sign, so they should aid the government by purchasing thrift stamps.
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Big Horn County
Stamp Investment Ad Urges Early Purchase Before Year End
A tiny historical ad promotes stamp investments as valuable purchases this month with a $4.24 cost redeemable in 1829 at $1. Buy as much as possible before the year ends.
Good Roads as a National Issue for Wyoming
The article argues that highway improvement will dominate national policy in coming years. Wyoming should lead by adopting a comprehensive road-building plan in the next legislative session to create permanent durable highways. It notes expected rapid construction and cites caution about superstitions tied to President Wilson's arrival in France.
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Wyoming
Grazing Fees to Increase on National Forest Lands
Secretary Houston announces March 1 1919 effective grazing fee increases for 1919 on Rocky Mountain district national forests. Cattle rates vary by state with Big Horn forest set higher. sheep and goats priced per head. horses at 25 percent above cattle. Five year permits authorized where feasible to stabilize range use and encourage investment, with annual reductions or limits where necessary.
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Denver
Houston
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain District
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Michigan
Minnesota
Big Horn Forest
Nebraska Forest
Nebraska
Sugar Beets Pay in Shoshone Valley Farm Story
A Lovell farmer Carl Korel of Russian German origin built a beet operation in the Shoshone valley Big Horn Basin. He bought eighty acres in spring 1915 for $2000 down and faced hard work restoring a run down farm. After initial losses he improved soil with manure, achieving better yields and a prosperous year.
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Korel
Lovell Chronicle
Shoshone
Big Horn Basin
Lovell
Carl Korel
Russia
President Wilson Breaks Precedent With Messages
The article notes President Wilson spoke to Congress in person rather than sending messages and absented himself from the country, prompting questions about a potential third term. It mentions Olen Crandall Barker Howe and John Allen of Beaver Creek visiting town last Friday.
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Wilson
Congress
Befng
Olen Crandall
Barker Howe
John Allen
Beaver Creek
Naming No Names: Public Names Burden on Children
A Buffalo Voice column argues against naming children after public figures. It notes many Georges and Abrahams, warns about lifelong burdens and shifting esteem, and urges parents to choose simple, wholesome names rather than hero-inspired ones.
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Offola
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Billings
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Flack
France
Basin Furniture Co
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WWE
PAW
George Washingtons
Abraham Lincolns
Ulysses S., Grants
Robert E. Lees
Grover Clevelands
Theodores
McKinleys
Bryans
Woodrows
Theodore
Teddy
Bryan
Buffalo Voice
Greybull, Saturady
Sale
Matt Delk
Col Cropsey
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