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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
5
Basin hosts the state clubwomen at its annual convention. Town citizens extend cordial greetings to delegates, praising Basin as a city of homes with comforts and conveniences born from local enterprise and favorable nature. The message hopes the visitors enjoy Basin and return often.
Industrials on the Harriman system go on strike not over pay or hours but to force recognition of the unified craft union. Leaders express regret at the timing as business slows with winter near, and many union leaders doubt the outcome of this action.
The Greybull Standard notes The Basin Republican’s fair day daily was clever but unnecessary. It praises the effort yet argues county seat conditions suffice, as Greybull merchants still commit 86 inches weekly ads to the paper, suggesting editor Sarvis’s claim of warranted enterprise is overstated.
The Basin exhibit at the state fair was small because the county fair overlapped dates and drew exhibitors away. Col las & Higby won first prize for yellow dent corn, touted as among the best advertising for the country as stock raisers seek feed finishing here. Alfalfa, corn, and emmer demonstrations showed fattening potential, while international tensions like Italy's war with Turkey are mentioned in passing.
Unities have begun and Europe’s powers aim to protest Italy. Greece uses the turmoil to mass an army foreshadowing a possible attack on the Turks in Macedonia. The United States watches as Europe edges toward a wider conflict with France and Germany cautious in the row.
At a literary club meeting J. G. Schenk presents a lengthy paper advocating municipal ownership of utilities. He argues past methods harmed public welfare, cites untrained councils and influence from private interests, and calls for reform while acknowledging possible benefits under better governance.
Milton A Alzeander v State of Wyoming hearing set in Cheyenne today. Writ of coram nobis sought from Salt Lake City attorney Samuel King after district court denial. Representation by Samuel L King ex Attorney General W B Mullen for plaintiff, with Big Horn County and Sheridan counsel for county. Novel legal procedural writ attracts statewide attention.
J Booth showcased over 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables from his hillside Hyattville ranch at the fair. The products were prominently displayed in windows of the Shedd Sizer and Johnson Pease concerns. Mayor Booth is proud of the prizes earned. Mrs Wm Booth and Mrs W J Booth organized the exhibit. Also listed is a for sale notice for a hay stacker and two buck rakes from Sweney Bros Shell Wyoming.
Notice is hereby given that the State of Wyoming has filed in the United States Land Office in Buffalo Wyoming a list of land. Part of Approved List No 28 Township 45 Range 93 Lot 1 and 2 Section 6 containing 78 acres.
The lands described totaling 79 acres in Township 46 Range 92 Lot 6 and NEBW Sec 6 are part of an approved 157 acre tract and have applied for patent under several acts through June 22 1910. Protest or contest against the claim may be filed within sixty days on grounds of noncompliance, desert character, prior adverse rights, or mineral value, with notices to the General Land Office in Washington. W F Brittain, Register James D Gallup, Receiver.
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