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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
3
A nostalgic column mixes Civil War lore with local color and society notes. Veterans recall Bull Run reveries, judges quip on patriotism, and a Nebraska heat tale, followed by scattered social notices of outings, bridge work parties, and travel plans near Nowood and Thermopolis.
WOMEN BOOST GOOD ROADS. A call for farm women to actively engage in community improvement highlights that women must lead discussions on roads and rail projects. The piece urges tactful, informed readers to inspire club members and prompt strong local action, with men often ignoring but not halting progress. Wyoming coal mines active. Wyoming's 1912 coal production reached 7,868,124 short tons worth $11,648,088, a record peak except for 1910. The state employed 8,036 miners, with high labor efficiency and a rising average price per ton, while coal reserves total about 424 billion short tons across many beds and large fields like Powder River.
Nature completes the canal by closing sluice gates at the Gialum epillway in July. Engineers call it the final step in creating an artificial deep through waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific. Over the next four months the Chagres river and Pam wat district streams will push waters toward the broad valley, with no outlet shut by the Giatum dee to the north and Pedro Miguel upper lock gates to the south, filling Gatum lake.
Scientific American describes river work as crucial to completing the Isthmian Canal. Dredges with monthly capacity of 1,000,000 yards will help control sliding material, flood the Culebra cut, and lower costs versus steam shovels, enabling uninterrupted traffic flow while the lake forms and the artificial water surface reaches 170 square miles. Rural Kansas notes show country churches fading. consolidation and efficient service are urged. Notices announce Letters of Administration for Robert Spence with a six month claim period.
Hoover Investment Co offers four houses to buyers with monthly payments funded by rent money. Public notice promises rough dry laundry services including unironed cloth at 2 cents per pound and ironed rough dry at 8 cents, with Basin Laundry soliciting rough dry work.
Basin draughtsman touts Adler-dka a simple buckthorn bark remedy that relieves sour stomach gas and constipation after just one dose. The ad urges care for persistent stomach issues and cites F A Wise, a Republican druggist, as advocate.
For sale good ranch 16 miles from Basin on Shill road. All in alfalfa, must be settled promptly to assign to J. C. Norra main assignee of J. F. Leighty. A. L. Putnam and H. W. Bhillick state examiners arrived to inspect county books. 40 acres of scrip land at 11 per acre. Wm. Rannells Hyattville and W. 8. Collins Basin jaldt.
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