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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
4
Basin Republican, official paper of Big Horn County Basin Wyoming, rates for advertising set at 10 cents. Copy appears as a dated post office registration note from March 36 1905.
The text argues for establishing a northern agricultural and normal school in Basin to serve the Big Horn Basin and reduce reliance on Laramie. It notes old regional bias favoring Union Pacific towns and urges continued support for northern educational institutions amid shifting political power. The piece frames higher northern representation as key to securing needed state facilities.
Wyoming and federal agencies join to study elk declines and plan feeding grounds across the Jackson Hole and Wind River areas. Officials note poor calf survival in Hoback but good winter access in the main valley, and propose multiple feeding zones to avoid overreliance on a single area.
Harding agreed on a scrappage program for 68 capital ships. The plan targets disposal of aging vessels and signals a major defense posture shift under his leadership.
County Agent notes a Denver water users meeting showing Shoshone project costs per acre and reclamation efforts to lower living costs. Senator Nelson urges a five year water payment pause. local meetings discuss potato acreage growth and a Potato Growers Organization. Lovell as a dairy cattle alliance hub backed by banks and War Finance Corporation to restore farmers buying power and town prosperity.
The Colonel writes urging cooperative effort to grow the agriculture based economy in Paint Rock valley and surrounding communities including Shell Greybull Tensleep and the Big Horn valley. He pleads to protect business reputations from gossip and to foster a city of real people with mutual support.
Mr and Mrs Harry H Hime entertained at bridge last Saturday evening with tables in use. Mrs J Wieming won the ladies prize and Dr C W G Dodge the gentlemen's. Delicious refreshments followed and all enjoyed the event.
Weld County News reports the Great Western Sugar Company 1922 beet contract faces mixed reaction. It notes past losses in 1920 21 and cautions growers to weigh long term industry health against current prices.
The sugar beet industry advocates careful reform as conditions shift across industries. The outcome of this season will shape beet sugar’s future and its role in stock feeding, making prudent counsel and fair discussion essential now.
The Rocky Mountain News argues that Western sugar beet growers and manufacturers must unite to protect the beet industry from Eastern Cobdenite pressure to replace beets with Cuban cane and cane sugar. It warns that if growers falter, acreage may shrink and the industry could collapse, urging cooperation and reciprocity to tide over hard times.
Lewis Dawson, bought last week from Lovell, is reported to be getting along finely at Basin hospital after a severe pneumonia attack.
Governor Carey and the State Land Office announce that the Interior Department and the United States Reclamation Service have approved the Sierra Madre Carey Act irrigation project in the Upper Platte valley near Saratoga. The measure ends a decade of delay and pledges Wyoming its share of Pathfinder water to transform dry acres into irrigation potential.
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