Escaped convict from Sheridan ends in hills after gun grab
G C Whited, recently convicted of stealing sheep from Johnson county flocks, escaped custody in transit from Buffalo toward Rawlins after a car breakdown. Sheriff Smith reportedly left his gun in the seat. Whited seized it and fled into the hills. No arrest reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Whited
Sheridan
Johnson County
Buffalo
Smith
Rawlins
Casper
Sheridan Enterprise
Western stock farming urged as path to prosperity
New settlers in the Rocky mountain region are urged to base farming on livestock. Emphasizing herd size matched to feed, the piece argues cows and bulls with calf sales yield profits, while pasture and alfalfa allow wintering. It contrasts western advantages with eastern real estate costs and notes calves bring strong returns at weaning. It also advocates animal kindness, listing moral reasons to protect animals and linking cruelty to broader social harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn
Shell Creek
Shell
Basin
Rocky Mountain
West
Marine barracks wartime baseball pledge echoes peace
A fragment from a Brooklyn barracks piece extols marines and baseball as a tool for peace across China, Guam, the Philippines, and Alaska. It argues that sending more marines and skilled players will foster unity and deter hostility through sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pines
Alaska
Ramuel
Adher-i-ka touted for quick bowel relief
Frank A. Wise reports customers pleased with Adler-ika’s simple buckthorn bark glycerine formula. The ad claims fast action to relieve constipation sour or gassy stomach and even appendicitis though it never gripes. Instant relief is promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Frank A. Wise
Adler-ika
Does Base Bill Follow Flag in Marine Baseball Mission
In New York on October 25 a discussion argues that baseball aids peace as a key factor in captivity prevention. Marine corps representatives say the bat and ball are part of expeditionary gear, carried worldwide during duty. A veteran player lauds the sport as 100 percent efficient for peace in a pragmatic, lighthearted note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Marine Corps
Forest Notes on U S Resources and Rail Ties
Railroads annually buy 135 million cross ties with about 43.85 million ties treated last year. Treated ties could build a double truck about 8,700 miles long. U S naval stores produce 31 million gallons of turpentine and 3.7 million barrels of rosin, with over half exported. Forest service field parties receive medicine chests per Red Cross guidance. State highway costs vary from 1,600 to 15,000 dollars per mile. Last year 2,525,000 linear feet of poles (telephone and telegraph) were produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
American Red Cross Society
Department of Agriculture
Telephone line from Denver to Philadelphia envisioned
A fragmented note states that poles averaging 90 feet to the ore treated with creosote at 100 foot intervals in a straight line could support a telephone line spanning from Denver to Philadelphia. The sentence hints at a grand infrastructure concept, with emphasis on pole treatment and spacing as critical factors. The source fragment lacks dates or organizational context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Philadelphia
County Officials and Basin Bottling Works For Sale Or Trade
List of Big Horn County Wyoming officials followed by an ad offering Basin Bottling Works for sale or trade for cattle or horses. Also notes Pleasant Dairy and furnished rooms with garage space in a modern home in Basin Wyoming. Contact Harry S. Smile in Basin for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn County
Wyoming
B. F. Wickwire
L. C. Gray
T. W. Spratt
M. D. Harrie
Cicero Avent
Zela Murphy
W. 8. Collins
R. H. Ahrens
P. W. Mets
Rud Donadtson
John K. Burnham
Basin
Harry 5
Smile
Wyo
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William Rannells
Dave
Bert
Ern Allen
W. J. Booth
Paint Rock
Hyattville
Richards
Thermopolis
United States
Riverton
J. J. Broderick
Dick Ball
Lander
Weston County
Indiana
John F. Trumbo
Bridger Bank
Carbon County
Montana
Trumbo
Hridger State Bank
King Bros. Sheep Company
San Francisco
Thermopolia
Powell
Fred Pickle
Powell Tribune
Lou Blakesley
Jeremy Bentham
Bar
Brooklyn Marine Barracks
Guiam
China
Guam
Philip
Baeth
J. A. Berry
F. M. Hime
Wm. Gibson
KR. J. Extra
H. Smith
Jas
F. Ewers
O. A. Zaring
J. H. Hanlon
the ‘Basin Republican
Big Horn Basin
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