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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
4
The Basin Republican announces its filing as a second class matter at Basin Wyoming post office on June 30 1905 under the March 4 1879 act making the paper an official publication entry.
Public notice notes the Basin town newspaper charges two dollars per year in advance and is printed as the official paper of Big Horn County and Basin town.
Local dealers cut price from 23c to 21c per gallon then sell at 26c as refiners and distributors take most profit. The piece urges prison for profiteers and notes a 100 member congression al committee demanding action in Washington. It criticizes Republicans for failing to deliver pre election promises.
Irrigation flood has left Basin Gardens roads flooded and several cars stalled over days. County commissioners and county attorney plan to prosecute those responsible for damage. Frontier Days notes at Fort Russell mention Jack Johnson barred from fighting. Dempsey invited. Public remarks criticize glasses used by officers and mock political issues about beer as medicine.
Washington debates continued calls for reduced federal spending. Critics fault Congress and the president for not cutting enough while affirming defense needs and ongoing obligations. The article notes debts, the Shipping Board assets, rail subsidies, and required interest payments as constraints on further savings.
The piece defends tight wartime saving and argues critics should name exact points to cut rather than generalize. It notes officials review every dollar in appropriation bills, seeks to remove superfluous costs, and cautions against comparing current spending to 1914. It urges Republicans to propose concrete savings.
Dr Edward Percy Robinson urged Chicago doctors to eliminate salt from diets to prevent or cure cancer. He argued salt excess causes tissue damage and promoted an alkaline rabbit-based diet, leafy vegetables raw salads and minimal meat, with symptoms like constipation and insomnia signaling imbalance.
Basinlibrary hosts Bible school at 10 and the service of worship at 11 a m. Pastor Leos A Lowey will speak on A Safe and Sane Fourth. Everyone welcome.
Sunday school at 10 a m led by W B Talbott. Church services at 11 a m with Epworth league at 7 p m. Children’s day program planned with Edwin Bowling as Minister.
Congressman Mondell coordinates with livestock interests bankers and treasury officials to advance immediate relief for western stockmen through a bankers pool and possible legislation. He backs the Colorado River distribution bill and Senate passage is anticipated. Cheyenne Frontier Days publicity and tradings of livestock prices noted. Twenty-two purebred pigs offered by Big Horn Trading Co. for quick delivery in Basin.
Notice states Basin Land Company has been dissolved by stockholders resolution. The document mentions 8 percent Basin Land Company and includes a brief, unclear note about visitors Mrs. Jennie Blakesidy and her son Or via of Otto in town yesterday.
President T B Roberts of the Black and Yellow trail issues notice for the annual meeting in Tracy Minnesota July 20 21 to elect officers set policies and plan the coming year Rumo rs say Tracy preparations boost entertainment and road boosters plan auto trips with over 500 delegates expected all towns urged to send delegations Fuller details to follow
A visiting delegation heard Ex-President Wilson say he will keep his ideals before the public without spending taxpayers money. The piece notes his ideals fade from memory as eight years of political opposition end and the nation seeks a calmer course.
Under the League of Nations chaperonage the Free City of Danzig is making gun barrels for use in Mexico. Already 10,000 have been turned out. The league, unable to move toward peace in Upper Silesia and Turkey, seems to stage a counter demonstration in the Western Hemisphere.
The July Chautauqua program lists daily events with concerts lectures and plays. Notable figures include Alice Phillips William Phillips Dr Frank Elwood Gordon Judge Fred G. Bale Ex Governor Edward Hoch and Dr Henry B. Burns with varied admission prices for adults and children. A final note urges support for next year and stresses family value.
Ride will be revived up to 12 noon July 13, 1921, at the office of Clyde W Atherly, engineer for the construction of about 1,700 square feet concrete sidewalk and 164 square feet of board sidewalks at the Gym pasture building Basin public school Basin Wyoming. Plans may be inspected at the office.
A fragment notes a clerk of an arid district and Clyde W Atherly an engineer appearing in the records of Board of Trustees School District No. 17 with a date given as July 1.
Notice of sale by foreclosure in the District Court of Big Horn County Wyoming. Solon L. Wiley as executor of Kate M. Wiley's estate levies on the SW quadrant of Section 10 Township 52 North Range 95 West for auction at Basin courthouse at 11 a m August 6 1921 to satisfy a judgment of 6537 08 plus costs.
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