Big Horn Basin farming boom noted in 1911 data
Roy Schenck reports Big Horn and Park counties yielded farm products valued at 4.48 million in 1911, about one fourth of the counties’ total assessed value. Alfalfa tops $2 million, honey and apples shipped, with the Basin supplying roughly a third of Wyoming’s 15 million state farm value. One third more acres expected in crops in 1912.
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Roy Schenck
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Big Horn
Park
Remarkable Sale In Worland By W B Sleeper Associates
W B Sleeper and associates report rapid success selling Worland lots. Sleeper recently in Billings arranged a sale and disposed of 107 lots in a few hours, with another sale planned next Monday. C H Salisbury in Basin for a sale here, with expectations to move the full 600-lot block within two months. The plan offers investors a $10 down and $10 monthly option, touted as accessible and potentially profitable.
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W. B. Sleeper
Worland
Sleeper
Billings
C. H. Salisbury
Basin
Farm Journal on Livestock Care and Feeding Practices
Practical guidance from Farm Journal on handling horses and dairy cattle. Do not whip shying horses. adjust grain not hay to fit hard work. Avoid soapy housewater in pig feed and keep sows healthy with ground oats bran oil meal and alfalfa. Limit dairy cow milk feed to dry and rest before calving. first milk colostrum aids calf bowels.
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Farm Journal
Mrs Wise Entertains Hosted Whist Party
Mrs Wise hosted a small circle for whist with Mrs Patten and Mrs Freeman winning honors. Attendees included Mesdames Anderson Black Barnes Colling Carter Fisher Freeman Fulsey Lawrence Patten Simpson and Zane. After games, the hostess served appetising viands. The item also notes a Kansas trip and illness update for a brother, a cattle market ad, a Christian Science service notice, and a men’s underwear ad from Bircumshaw’s.
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Wise
F. A. Wise
Rexall Orderlies promise relief or money back
An advert promises immediate relief for constipation with Rexall Orderlies and offers a full refund if not satisfied. It promotes three sizes, notes gentleness and suitability for all ages, and directs readers to The Rexall Store at Metropolitan Drug Co. Also includes local ads for real estate, goods, a time table, and Basin Meat Market offerings.
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Rexall
Rexall Orderlies
Basin
Metropolitan Drug Co
F. A. Wise
Basin markets and services advertise broad products
The notice listing various local businesses promotes plumbing work and sanitary services by Big Horn Oil & Gas Co. Basin Clothing House, Basin Bottling Works selling an invalids wheelchair, Cham for croup remedies, Frisby planning assistance, and Basin Meat Market offering fresh fish and meats.
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Big Horn Oil & Gas Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coca Cola
Welche
Our Tomato Boullion
Wise’s Rexall, Drug, Curio and Jewelry Store
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Chamberlain
Hugh
Presbyterian Church
Fraternity Hall
Joan Luman
Henk T. W. Spratt
Jordan
W. T. Wuarey
D. Wr
A, Hiesy
H. H. Hime
Be the
Joan Seaman
W. Spratt
Ie Ellis
Contry Ricoh
Kansas
J. W. Graves
Bonanza
Emporia
Gale
Western Land Commission Co
James F. Lampman
Bircumshaw
S. F. Feddersen & Co
Hoover Investment Co
B. F. Wickwire
Basin Meat Market
Abu
Basin Clothing House
Basin Bottling Works
Frisby
Mecklem Addition
Basin Land Co
Holdredge Heights
E. E. Lonabaugh
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