Evening Meeting Planned by Progress Association
The Progress Association will meet Monday at 6 o clock at the Antlers, shifting from Wednesday. Officers and members discussed beet acreage, alfalfa mill needs, freight rates, and stockyard facilities, with committees appointed to pursue a sugar beet contract and railway issues. A scout patrol reported progress, and a death notice for Mrs. A H Early of Shell noted her passing after a lingering illness.
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Progress Association
Pease
Coone
Aub
Dt Ie
R. H. Abrena
A. A. Berry
Worland
B. Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Billings Company
Sugar Company
Messrs
Higby
Darrami Fitzpatrick
Ahrens
Ahbrena
Burlington
Itala
Chas
Kelley
Hyattville
L. E. Watson
Omaha
R. H. Ahrens
Lou Blakesley
J. D. Johnson
Old Timers Meeting Seeks New Members For Fifth Annual
Big Horn Basin Pioneers Association officers issue invitations for the fifth annual meeting to be held here on February 12. Eligibility rules place first class members who resided in the Basin since July 10, 1890, second class since that date up to January 1, 1905, and third class since January 1, 1895 up to January 1, 1900. Banquet and dance restricted to members and their families. visiting members welcomed to partake in festivities.
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Association J
Cody
Meeteetse
Library Receives Eighth Copies of Stevenson's Works
The library was given eight copies of Robert Louis Stevenson books including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Familiar Studies An Island Voyage Childs Garden of Verse Virginibus Puerisque Kidnapped Master of Ballantrae and Treasure Island The donations from Mary Barrett will supplement duplicate volumes for countywide book sending programs.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Balantrae
Treasure Island
Stevenson
Mary Barrett
Buye Shetlands by express for breeding venture
T P Bollman received five registered Shetland ponies by express on Monday. One came from Des Moines and the others from Nevada Iowa. He plans to breed them locally, convinced there is a good market, and hopes to obtain Indian horses from the Crow reservation to cross with the Shetlands for improved stock.
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T. P. Bolkman
Express
Des Moines
Nevada
Iowa
Mr. Bollman
Crow Reservation
Mmenease
Daughter Born to Mrs Clurwan Peckham Lawrence
Word was received this week that a daughter was born to Mrs Clurwan Peckham Lawrence on the ith Captain Lawrence has been ordered to the Philippines in March and will be accompanied by his wife and her mother Mrs Edw Peckham David Young of Otto was a Saturday visitor in town
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Clurwan Peckham Lawrence
Ith
Lawrence
Philippines
White
Edw. Peckham
Warren Wins With 45 Votes In Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming legislature vote totals show Senator Francis E. Warren securing 45 ballots, Kendrick 37 with Kendrick absent for part of the session. Warren leads in both houses, prompting a future joint session to read journals, while campaign rhetoric cites an oligarchy in northern Wyoming and Warren’s strong primary showing. A separate West Virginia extradition dispute involving E H Manson adds to the political drama as a housekeeping committee may investigate charges.
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John B. Kendrick
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Othiagea
United States
Laramie County
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Thie
Sullivan
Albany County
Knedrick
Big Horn County
Laramie
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Sibley
Francis E. Warren
Big Horn
Capital
Uinta County
Northfork
Johnson
EB. T. Sprinkle
Sweetwater County
EB. H. Manson
Lim
Manson
McDowell County
West Virginia
Roberts
Acames
Campbell
Caple
Sheridan
Carey
Glascock
Burlington to complete Wyoming to Omaha rail link this summer
Burlington officials announced a through line from Powder River via North Platte to connect near Kearney will be finished this summer. The route runs along the North Platte and Platte rivers, with a challenging Badger to Gurnsey segment costing over 1 million dollars. Engineers foresee major coal train improvements and extensive new lands opened along the North Platte bottoms. Hal P Pudge will conduct services in Thermopolis before guiding operations in Lander area.
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Wyoming
Big Horn Bagin Country
Burlington
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Kearney
Denver
Burlington Bay
Platte
Ortn Junction
Colorado & Southern
Badger
Wyo
Gurnsey
Rock and Canyon
Bridgeport
Mogeto
Wakely
Alliance
Burlington Moe
Nebraska
Big Horn Basin Residents Making Northwest History
A glimpse into notable people from the Big Horn Basin and their impact on the garden spot of the great northwest, highlighting locally significant actions and milestones by residents in the region.
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Big Horn Basin
Great Northwest
Farm Born Lawyer R B West A Big Horn County Figure
R B West, born on a Nebraska farm January 25, 1875, rose to prominence in Basin Big Horn County. A Nebraska City native, he studied law at the University of Nebraska, practiced in Cody and Meeteetse, then settled in Basin. He served as county and prosecuting attorney, led a cavalry of military service in the Spanish American War era, and was named major by Governor Carey. He is regarded as a top attorney in the region and is mentioned as a likely candidate for a new judicial district judgeship.
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Nebraska
R. B. West
D. C. West
Nebraska City
University of
Cody
Meeteetse
Basin
Big Horn Basin
Big Horn County
West
Carey
Boston
Nora D. Fenwick
North Platte
Neb
R. B
Have A Son Born To Mr and Mrs Bishop
A seven pound boy was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Bishop on Wednesday night. The mother and child are reported well. The father T. K. Bishop is not expected to recover soon after the difficult birth. Congratulations are extended to the family.
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T. K. Bishop
T. K
Tom
Mrs Roy Belton Hosts Young Ladies Evening
Mrs Roy Belton entertained a number of young ladies last Sunday evening. The gathering featured cards and elegant refreshments served to guests.
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Roy Belton
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