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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
5
The old fashioned bridal wreath spirea and the purple Hlec shrub are praised as ideal hardy flowering plants for this region. They tolerate most soils, bloom early, and can be used as hedges or grown to larger sizes with proper care and fertilizer. No home should be without these two sturdy ornamentals.
In Kemmerer and surrounding areas, miners unions the American Legion and local businessmen raised 2000 to send 12 year old Johnny Spears an orphan to Mayo brothers hospital Rochester Minnesota for hip tuberculosis treatment. The funds will be held in trust for him until adulthood.
A survey by engineers assessing the $500000 storm and sanitary sewer system shows progress over 18 months. Of the total, $448526.28 has been spent with $76660 yet to be spent, following complaints of delay and waste.
Greybull issues order banning anyone under 18 from pool halls, dance halls, skating rinks, or picture shows after 9 p m on school days and 10 p m on Friday and Saturday nights. Police report more parent conflicts than teen infractions during enforcement.
Wheatland shipments of honey lead with a carload of comb honey sold in Akron Ohio for 12000 dollars. The car was loaded by the Honey Producers association and sent east by F S Harter. A second Wheatland honey carload recently brought 6000 dollars.
J W Austin a Wheatland car agent and his wife and daughter were trapped in a blizzard on the range between Wheatland and Laramie. Believing they were lost he pinned a death note on the car and walked 17 miles in 12 hours without food to reach a ranch. A Wheatland garageman later brought them and the car back to Wheatland.
The bureau of printing announces a new post age stamp issue printed by the government featuring a rainbow of colors to prevent losses on small bundles. The postal department adopts the varied colors to distinguish stamps by shade and improve handling.
The first of the new denomination stamps has appeared to honor Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. The five cent stamp is blue and part of a color range from cigarette blue to sepia, with each denomination in a distinct shade.
Fred Miller, an old friend of Miss McTaggert of the local teaching force, was a visitor in Basin during the holidays.
An old rug’s value rises with age, especially from the Sixteenth or Seventeenth century, while post 1850 dates add little. Inscriptions help if they reveal weaver origin, but design history often matters most, as shown by a Berlin Kaiser Friedrich Museum piece linked to Asia, China, Mongolia, Caucasus, and Italian art across centuries.
The Twelve Tables of ancient Rome decree harsh debt penalties after 80 days of grace. Creditors may bind debtors, limit weights, and force bread allowances, with options of bonds for 60 days, praetor review, and possible death or sale beyond the Tiber. After three market days, creditors may apportion body parts among themselves.
European sand grouse observed by Meade Waldo show males wetting breast feathers to create a water source for their young. The birds soak feathers, drinkable by the chicks when fed by the male, while the young transfer water between bills as the supply runs out. This feeding method may apply to red grouse and other species rearing far from water.
A farmer near Vale Oregon uses a sluicing machine described in Popular Mechanics to dig drainage ditches at a fraction of the usual cost. Plowed furrows form the ditch line and the machine, pulled by horses on a cross pole, scoops and clears the bottom.
Bliss Bayne, chief assistant game and fish commissioner, toured the Story hatchery and outlined a plan to heat hatchery water to boost fish growth. He aims to build new ponds this winter for about 1.5 million eggs and transfer fish in February, then add more eggs. He also advocates diversifying species and using traps to harvest spawn from lakes lacking spawning grounds to replenish hatchery stocks. Sheridan Post reports.
Tea roses do exceptionally well in Wyoming with warm days and cool nights. Plant in rich soil after frost danger ends and fertilize with cow manure. Own root roses are preferable. protect climbers with mulch and earth during winter. Begin in fall with manure, plant by mid May, mulch and water well throughout the season.
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