County News Names BEAVER CREEK
Election on the creek passed quietly as neighbors note candidates will be beaten at times. Local visits include W Moberly in Otto, D Kinbro in Basin, Crandall duo in Grey Bull, and Davidson Kimbro ladies in Shell. New daughter for F Roe in Iowa. crowd at Omma Davidson dance. K Kimbro home dinner guests. Booster drive urged for Basin with prospects of rich crops and markets. Henderson Belfry visitorsSeek location for homeseekers. plan ground prep for next year’s fair prizes.
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Beaver Creek
W. Moberly
Otto
D. Kinbro
Olon Crandall
Mesdames
C. P. Davidson
K. K. Kimbro
Chas. Lawrence
Greybull
F. Roe
Iowa
Omma Davidson
Lew Hethershaw
James McKinney
K. K
Mac
Coun
Basin Country
Indiana
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Montana
L. A. Henderson
Belfry
Mont
J. M. Love
North Bench notes on visits and farm water advice
A local North Bench column lists visits by Miss Orpha Kelly and others, farm activities, and a major advisory on livestock water supply. It highlights alfalfa yields, threshing work, and new stock-watering facilities drawn from a USDA bulletin on using wells, reservoirs, and improvised channels to improve water distribution for cattle and sheep.
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North Bench
Hallowe’en
Orpha Kelly
Flossy Owens
Laurel Jones
Rush Hope
Burlington
Anna Riedl
Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Cattie
Texas Panhandle
Nowell
Water improvements and forest range developments noted
The article lists 676 water improvement projects on range lands with 278 springs or weeps and 286 reservoirs or tanks among them, plus 829 user-initiated efforts and 175 forest service led or cooperative efforts. It also mentions the Walton dog Vesper, a noted fisher dog, and a humorous note about muzzle use.
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National Foresta
Forestervice
Isaak Walton
Commissioner of Health
Laurelian
Charon
Mires
R. L. Barringer
Vesper
Colonel Walton
New York Tribune
U S Could Be Independent on Sugar Beet Production
A U S department bulletin argues 2,000,000 acres of sugar beets could end reliance on foreign sugar. It names 19 adaptable states and notes such farming would barely affect other crops, proposing beet parity with flax or rye for independence.
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U. S
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
California
Colorado
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ohio
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Illinois
Minnnesota
Drawing For Farms In Billings Huntley Project Second Unit
On November 26 at 10 o'clock a drawing will be held at Billings Montana for 25 irrigable farms in the second unit of the Huntley project. Under public notice provisions any qualified person may apply as a wake homestead entry applicant under the reclamation act. Each applicant should describe by section ownership and make the unit for the record.
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Billings
Mont
Huntley
Public notice for Indian land reclamation farm bids
Applications for entry require a 5 percent deposit of 60 cents per acre for irrigable land and one dollar per acre for the entire acreage. Bidding at Billings land office on November 23 and 24 with drawing November 25 at 10 a.m. Location details cover government farms in townships 3 a., ranges 50 and 31 e., offering tracts from 26 to 62 acres. Successful entrants must file by December 1 or forfeit rights.
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Reclamation Service
Billings
Mont
Oelock
Huntley
Opportunities For Farmers Amid Global War Demands
A column urges farmers to seize the next five years as a time of rising demand and high prices. It predicts European war disruption will cut livestock, boosting American livestock and crop export needs. It urges investment in good grade livestock, teaches agriculture in schools, and promotes diversified farming with stock raising for broader prosperity.
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Belgium
England
France
Germany
Russia
North America
United States
Europe
Globe Lights and Witty Quips on Daily Life
The item presents a quirky column by P. L. Vandergrift noting money as a major concern, the morale boost from smiling, and practical tips like washing windows. It adds a light jab at equal suffrage and a playful line about “suffragelies” and women, reflecting period humor.
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Globe
P. L. Vandergrift
Krupp Foundry Forebearer of Modern Warfare
Frederick Krupp rose from a thrifty Basen blacksmith to build a steel works that launched a global armaments empire. His son and later Bertha Krupp held control as the factory reshaped war with the famed siege gun and vast Krupp proving grounds testing thousands of rounds yearly. The plant, its workers and the Reichstag secrecy around arms funded Europe’s era of fortresses and firepower.
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Blacksméth
Basen
Prussia
Frederick Krupp
Drewestanes Theron
Krupp
Frederick Alfred Krupp
Bertha Krupp
Krupp's
Europe
Liege
Namur
Bosphorus
Germany
Reichstag
Krupp’s
Krupp Proving Grounds
Berlin
Budget Commission
Notice To Teachers Exam Dates And Reading Circle Books
Notice is hereby given that the next regular examination for applicants for teachers certificates will be held in Basin and Lovell on November 27 and 28 starting at eight o'clock Friday morning The Reading Circle books for 1914 include Teaching the Common Branches by Charters Houghton Mifflin Co Chicago price 1 19 The Spirit of American Literature by John Albert Macy Doubleday Macy Co New York City price 1 50 Vocational Guidance by Puffer Rand McNally Co Chicago price 1 25 New Democracy in Education by Munroe Doubleday Page Co price 1 25 Vocational Education by Gillette American Book Co Chicago price 1 00 Education for Social Efficiency by King D Appleton Co New York City price 1 00 os0n 37
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Basin
Lovell
Reading Circle
Charters
Houghton Miffin Co
Chicago
John Albert Macy
Doubleday Macy & Co
New York City
Puffer
Rand McNally Co
Munroe
Doubleday Page & Co
Gillette
American Book Co
King, D. Appleton & Co
Question for the Lancaster literary society on women duties
A fragment asks if a woman can care for a fern without neglecting her children while noting last year's hat and women painting as decoration, and the idea that doing good may start a new effort. It contrasts job loss, cold weather, and cheerful work, ending with a query about self-sacrifice and propriety.
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Lancaster Literary Society
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Basin Gardens
T. J. Jones
Manderson
Myrna May
Irwin Ranch
Cal. May & Sons
John Frazier
John
Central City
Neb
Col. May
Chauncey Small
Wyoming Industria
Cheyenne
Biorn
Wm. Tillard
O. P. Hartranfis
Wm. Tillards Mays
Story OF
the Krupp
Fifth Judicial District
State OF
Big Horn
Bench Canal Drainage District
Beach Canal Drainage District
Goéld
Charles E. Winter
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