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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
5
A Basin Wyoming paper itemizes local items from editor Gebhart and associate Anderson, notes postal law, party allegiance, and editorials on speeding, coal import riots, and a federal building appropriation. It reports Alaska coal protests, a Colorado senate vacancy, and Cheyenne crime including two murders and a $20,000 embezzlement, ending with a quip about Goldie pipes.
Fred Moore nearly drowned at Thermopolis while swimming with a young man named Fred Hoffman. Exhaustion left both men in danger before aid arrived.
Jack Moore rescued his brothers from drowning after an attempted swim ended with both sinking. Judge Parmelee ruled for National Gypsum Co. in a dispute over a transferred claim and expect a local stucco plant soon. Mrs. E. B. Rossiter suffered severe burns from a gas stove leak at a schoolhouse, treated by Dr. G A Harris.
The Basin Wyoming town council met at 7:30 pm May 10 1911 to canvass and declare the result of the May 9 1911 municipal election. Present were Mayor W. Collins and councilmen M O Barnes L A Zane F D Matteson. Absent: councilman John Birkenshaw. Be it known that the following
The Montpelier municipal election returns show W. J. Booth elected mayor with 229 votes, and A. Higby and W. A. Robb elected councilmen for two years. The Board of County Commissioners set a road from the NW corner of Sec 28 to Burlington right of way known as the Red Gulch Road, with objections due by June 6, 1911.
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