Wood River Valley Praised as Ideal Tour Route
The Meeteetae News reports Wood River valley in Big Horn Basin as a premier travel and farming region praised by W. B. Collins of Basin. He urges Meeteetse to build a road inviting tourists via the Yellow stone highway, highlighting trout waters, fertile lands, raspberries, and rich grasses that benefit farmers and ranchers in the valley.
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Wood River Valley
Big Horn Basin
Tensleep
W. 8. Collins
Basin
Collins
Meeteetss
Wood River
Collina
Arry Cheeseman
Board of Commissioners
Meeteetae News
Sparrow Pest Debate Sparks Government Pamphlet
The English sparrow is labeled a pest in a government pamphlet noting its 60 year spread across America and Canada. It consumes grain and crops, destroys fruit and nests, yet also eats some injurious insects. the pamphlet urges extermination via traps and poison. Deep plowing cited as vital to profitable farming and soil health.
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America
Profesor Roberts
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Canada
United States
San Francisco Chronicle
Plow as Symbol of Industrial Progress in Early America
The passage highlights the plow as central to United States industrial growth, noting the long toll of work to build a foundation for current progress. It describes this era as an age of industrial emancipation, urging reflection on the labor behind modern farm machinery.
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United States
Thieves Hide Stolen Tools On Montana Farm Cache
Sheriff's investigation reveals a large stash of stolen tools and machinery parts on Adam Pries's farm near Germain a after multiple thefts in Grey Bull county. Pries had been in Montana and returned this spring as authorities work to connect suspects and recover more property.
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Grey Bull
John Everett
Greybull
Adam Pries
Germania
No Ladies and Gentlemen Disappearing Trick
A humor sketch describes a conjurer inviting a lady into a cabinet then opening it to reveal her disappearance. The scene shifts to a puny man eyeing a robust woman as he urges her to participate in the illusion amid witty asides and a separate anecdote about a Briton admiring the Bunker Hill monument. Lithiat distilled water advertised at Basin Bottling Works for $1.50 per case.
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Marla
Big Horn County
Basin Bottling Works
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Wood River Grand Country
Richard
Wickwire
Bunker Hill
Burke
Bunker Hill Monument
Gen. Warren
Popular
Chester E. Harris
Court House Square Basin
Hospital Res
Neill
Pioneer Bidg
G. A. Harris
Dre. Harrie
Ft. Harris
Ty & Harris
Physicians and Surgeons
Philip M
Gallaher Range
Shell Creek
P. D
J. E. Frison
Tensieep
Wyo
Benes
W.b.cropley
Neck
Range
Paint Rock
Nowood
Hyattville
J. H. Tully
Little Canyon
Postoffice
Tention
Chester E. Harris, M. D
Geo. A. Harris
Herbert T. Harris
M. D
Adriana Harris
AR. B. West
U. S. Land Department
Pioneer Building
Cc. A. Zaring
Big Horn County Bank
J. P. Arnott
Colling
All Courss
Basin State Bank
Thos
M. Hyde
T. Johnson
Cullough’s Peak
P. O
Buriington
M. A. Alexander
Big Trails
Upper Nowood
Big Horn Forest Reserve
JAS. Ll
RED Bank Cattle CO
Geo. B. McCle
Ian
LUXUS
Cock & Welsh
B. F. Wickwire
the Basin Harness Manufacturer
Bke
Basin, Wyo
Loveland Transfer Company
LD Reliabs
Elmer Gould
Black Basin
Wye
Les Saperainn Ant Tem
State Loan & Trust
Bidg, Basin
N. Main St.Sheridan
William C, Snow
Big Horn Co. Bank Big
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