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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
4
Inperruption rates listed for the Basin Republican office in Gasin Wyoming. Rates include 12 9e per inch for insertions and 0.156 per line for locals with first line at 0.5e and subsequent lines at 0.5e. Annual subscription 90 1906 post office matter details and rates.
The parcel post offers a new year advantage for local merchants to deliver goods within their territory at lower costs and faster service than mail order houses. Rural residents gain cheaper quicker access while merchants are urged to inform customers to patronize their stores and utilize the system.
An strong wind destroyed the Cody Masonic temple, value $28,000, with construction unfinished. Bruce Stanton and family plan immediate debris removal and rebuilding. Also reported: a federal foreclosure case in Cheyenne involving the Pennsylvania Wyoming Copper Company, a $2,500,000 trust deed, and a 10 million dollar Carbon county property. proceedings conclude litigation and may end in sale.
The Copper mountain district in Fremont county near Bonneville and Shoshon is poised for development with power from Boysen dam and miles of Burlington railroad access. Geo W Sinks, Bonneville mayor, has long championed the project, and Bonneville town hopes to become the Copper mountain capital with a new depot, 40 stall round house plans, and a division point as progress spreads across the mountains.
A new alfalfa mill in Powell began a trial run last Thursday before about fifty in attendance. A. A. Keyser delivered the first alfalfa load and N. Farlow received the first alfalfa meal. The mill will close briefly for supplies then resume full operation offering 80 cents per load weighed and delivered to farmers.
A fragment speaks of daily superstitions and self help aphorisms about luck weather and hunger. It notes the persistence of an insurance agent and compares him to an evangelist in his mission. The tone hints at a column or humorous aside from a bygone era.
In this verse fragment Walt Mason mocks a champion who boasts of superiority and then loses a fight. The challenger taunts and lands blows, while the champ absorbs punishment and makes excuses later in a bathhouse scene. The piece preserves a comic, self aware tone about sports boasting and defeat.
A collection of pointed statements on gender, marriage, and conscience. It argues fatness does not broaden the mind and jokes about marriage as a tough, solitary path. It notes some women will not forgive a man who does not ask, reflecting social expectations.
A run of 15 000 cattle today eased last week’s market gains with bee grades steady to 10 lower. Stockers and feeders steady to 10 higher. best steers $1.50 below prior highs due to prior sales. Colorado bred beef steers top last week at 9.10. bulk 6.75 to 8.25. Hog market 5 to 10 higher. top 7.45, bulk 7.15 to 7.40. Sheep and lambs strong. 5 000 head, top lambs 8.50. yearlings up to 7.50, wethers 5.35, ewes 4.75.
Market report lists oats, soft wheat, hard wheat, barley, alfalfa hay, and other commodities with prices. Also includes cattle, hogs, lambs, butter, potatoes, and live poultry rates. Stomach troubles ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets via John R. Barker of Battle Creek, Mich.
The Shell Creek Cattlemen's Association offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone harming stock or altering brands on members' cattle or driving them off range. Also includes notices of annual meetings for Tillard Canal and Beck & Allen Canal companies with dates in Basin City and Otto Wyoming.
Notice is hereby given that an execution issued from the District Court of Big Horn County Wyoming on November 21 1912 in the case Big Horn County Bank versus B G Rogers. Judgment for 3000 dollars and costs. Property Lot 4 Section 19 Township 50 North Range 92 West Big Horn County Wyoming. Public auction at front door of Basin District Court building January 18 1913 for cash to satisfy judgment. Dated December 6 1912 Sheriff B F Wickwire and Attorney C A Zaring. d6-110
Elea nor Alice McCreery of Pueblo Colorado named executrix of William A Richards deceased. Creditors must file verified claims at Lacy and Lacy Cheyenne Wyoming within six months from November 22 1912. Claims not filed within a year lose estate benefits. Dated December 10 1912 Eleanor Alice McCreery executrix by attorney R B West. First pub Dec 13 1912 last pub Jan 3 1913.
Notice announces J C Frigon as administrator of Henry Edgan Miller estate with six month claim filing window and one year preclusion clause. Also alerts H C Bradford of Wyoming case with attachment, hearing Jan 18, 1913, at Basin justice of the peace, plus a note on Basin Bottling Works water and farm exchange offers.
In the District Court of Big Horn County Wyoming an order to show cause on the estate of Henry Edson Millar directs sale of certain property including the southwest quarter of section 28 and surrounding parcels in township 48 north range 88 west to pay debts. The hearing before commissioner W J Booth is set for January 11 1913 at Basin Bank.
Notice is given that an execution issued from the District Court of Big Horn County Wyoming in 1912 levied on the Southeast Quarter of Rec. 35 T50N R92W and a two‑thirds undivided interest in the Fisher enlargement of the Avant canal. Public auction will be at the Basin District Court building on January 4 1913 at 10 a.m. to satisfy a judgment of $2061.55 plus interest and costs. Sheriff Brop Wolku and Attorney C A Zaring oversee. Also listed: watch clock and jewelry repair services by F H Whitmore.
Fraternal groups publish schedule of gatherings at different halls and dates. Temple Lodge No. 20 A F A M meets second and fourth Saturdays. Lowlaia Chapter No. 16 O B B M meets first and third Wednesdays. Basin Lodge No. 85 IOOF meets every Tuesday. Basin Encampment No. 15 IOOF meets second and fourth Fridays. Eliza Rebekah Lodge No. 26 IOOF meets print and third Fridays. Basin Camp No. 6686 MW A meets second and fourth Thursdays. Mountain Home Camp No. 3186 RNA meets second and fourth Mondays. Triangle Lodge No. 31 KOP listed.
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