Official Paper of Big Horn County Basin
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
4
Subscription price listed as $2 per year in advance. Describes official publication for Big Horn County and Basin town.
Citizens of Basin Otto and Burlington plus nearby communities have funded a road from Basin to the Park county line. The piece argues good roads boost loads and profits, justify road spending, increase travel and settlement, and attract new buyers and prosperity for the county. It urges prioritizing road investment while economizing elsewhere.
A New York divorce case grants the banker’s wife fifteen thousand dollars yearly alimony after she claimed seventy eight thousand was needed for herself and two children. The column ridicules the demand, suggesting she work on a Wyoming ranch to see how far that money goes and implying she could live on far less.
A short tale depicts an auto dealer who uses newspaper men to publicize his stock, taking them for a ride to showcase a car’s merits and speed. He builds a vast business, dies rich, and is said to have gone to Heaven, while a Cody Enterprise supplement describes a park and mentions Dr. Friedman and Sr. Cook in a closing note.
A local investment group presents four houses with a buy now plan to cover payments. The advert lists Heever Investment Ge and Phang Hoard's Daiyman with a 16 percent rate and mentions a monthly payment approach.
Heard on the Street notes from New Rochelle and New York clubs. Miss Barrymore at the Colony offers stage caution tips while a maid delivers humor about appurtenances and a humorous bedtime tale. A farm question about wind clocks and a Hyattville trout escapade add local color and lighthearted mischief.
An analysis argues farmers resist easy gains, needing practical science. It contrasts traditional knowhow with chemistry based farming, and heralds the county agent as the bridge to applying college and industry knowledge locally. The piece notes farmers must test seeds and tailor fertilizers, while agents coordinate agricultural progress across counties.
The piece describes a farmer leader who secures lecturers and demonstrators for women, field demonstrations for meat, seed testers and shipping experts. He attends grange and farmers clubs meetings and Institutes, even employing a lawyer to safeguard farmers from monopolistic pressures. Continued on page five.
Basin town council met at Basin Wyoming on June 16 1913 with Mayor A Higby and councilmen L A Zane L E B Watson and J W Spratt present Absent M O Barnes Minutes of June 2 1913 read and approved Sprinkling of streets ordered discontinued after July 1 1913 Basin Laundry rate reduced from 750 to 500 per month Applications for town engineer filed by G J Schenk and Nowell Athery company laid over for next meeting Adjourned A Higby Mayor Town Clerk Jas F Ewers
Department of the Interior notices Tobias J. Borner of Shell, Wyoming, filed intent to make final five year proof to establish a homestead claim for sections 7 and 8, township 52 north, range 90 west, Basin district. The hearing to be before R H Ahrens at Basin on June 28, 1913. Witnesses include Percy Saban, John A. Larson, Wrnsley McCracken, Edwin C. Hoover. Faj Brittain, Register.
Notice of foreclosure by Big Horn County Irrigating Company against Zailda C Judkins for a water right and land in Hig Horn County Canal. Default on four installment payments. amount due $1797.00 plus $100.00 attorney fee. Sheriff B F Wickwire will sell the described property at public auction July 7 1918 between 1 and 6 pm at the District Court building Fra ternity Hall Basin. Last publication July 4 1918.
The Board of School Trustees of School District No. 15 Manderson Wyoming invites sealed bids for ten $500 negotiable coupons bonds at 6 percent interest, due 25 years after issue. Proceeds fund two new schoolhouses with furniture. Bids due July 14 1913 at 1 PM, bid marked Sealed Proposals to Clerk Margaret F Burley.
Phillip Minor of Okotoks Alberta is required to answer Isabelle Minor's petition filed May 22 1913 in Big Horn County District Court Wyoming seeking a divorce on grounds of neglect to provide necessaries for over a year. Respond by July 19 1913. Clerk R H Aowena. Attorney Wm C Snow represents plaintiff. May 23 to July 4 notice period.
A notice invites Sunday Christian Science services at the Chapel on Coaireel opposite Carnegie Library. The lesson sermon titled Is the World Evolved by Atomic Force discusses man and cosmos. Also advertised is 40 acres of crop land for sale at 11 per acre with contacts Gale Hyattville and W S Colling Resin.
Notice announces an examination for teacher certificates to be held at Basin and Lovell on July 25 and 26 starting at 8 a.m. Friday covers third and second grade certificate subjects including Reading grammar U. S. History Orthography civics literature agriculture arithmetic theory and practice penmanship Wyoming civics physiology and hygiene geography. Dated Lovell Wyoming June 12 1913 by A. F. Fillerup County Superintendent of Schools. Also notes renewals for reading circle work for March examinees and recommends texts for theory and practice reading literature and teaching. July examination will be based on the Victorian Age from a specified book.
Notice is given that Lee Morris of Hyattville Wyoming has filed intent to make final year proof to establish claim to land in section 14 township 60 range 90 west sixth principal meridian before R H Ahrens clerk Basin Wyoming on June 30. Witnesses include Sam Barnhart Kerr Barnhart Tim Robinson and Ralph Bringman all of Hyattville Wyoming.
Basin Stock Farm in Basia Wyoming offers ice cream delivery by regular peckera with a price of $1.85 per gallon for six gallons or more at $1.00 per gallon. Call 7703 to arrange delivery to any place in Basis.
Methodial Services announce Sunday events with morning worship at 11 o clock, evening service at 8, Sunday school at 10, and a Thursday prayer meeting at 6. G. W. Albone of Peaster invites all to attend with a cheerful welcome. Also advertised: sale of outfit and various items.
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