Newspaper Men Visit Basin Immigrant Leaders
Immig r ation commissioner Roy W Schenck and a party of correspondents visited Basin on Saturday noon arriving by train. They toured Basin displays, dined at Booths, and viewed irrigation projects and melon patches. Local officials and editors praised Basin progress while noting potential newspaper promotion to Washington and future settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Schenck
West Baterday
Booth's
Booth
Much Progress Association
W. J. Booth
M. C. David
Rochester Herald
Tod
Wyoming
Womn
W. & Collins
Joe Breckens
Baltimore American
Denver Republican
Washington
Congress
W .A. Dupuy
East
R. B. Weat
Wialtere
L. W. Wakely
Burlington
Basin
de T. Roy W. Schenck
Ridgely
W. &. Collins
Warrick
Republican
Orland Ranch
Manderson
W. A. Dupuy
Washington News Syndicate
W. M. J. Dawson
Detroit Free Press
W. M. C. David
O. F. Schuette
Chicago Inter Ocean
J. C. O’ Laughlin
Chicago Tribune
Jerry Matthews
New York Gun
Geo. Griswold Hill
New York Tribune
Frank B. Lord
Buffalo Nat'l News Assn
W. L. Fahey
Boston Transcript
J. Fred Essary
Boston Journal-Magazine Syndicate
John Lorance
Boston Advertiser
Louis Strayer
Pittsburg Dispatch
Louis Ludlow
Indianapolis Star
John £. Monk
St. Paul Dispatch
Pioneer Press
J. ©. West
Washington Herald
J. C. Welliver
Washington TimesMunsey
S Magazine
Orving C. Norwood
Washington Star
Geo. R. Brown
Washington Post
Arthur Johnson
Joe Mitchell Chappell
Boston National Magazine
Gulf to coast line completion forecast by high official
A Burlington official, who declines to be named, told The Republican that the gulf to coast line likely won’t be finished until fall 1912 and probably not usable before the Panama Canal is completed. He asserts the project may await the start of the trans continental traffic race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Republican
Gulf
Panama Canal
Inspector visits Miles City to study new water filter
A. C. Moore inspected the newly installed filter system at Miles City Montana in connection with the water plant. He traveled there early in the week to observe operation and gather details to aid installing a similar filter at his local plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Moore
Miles City
Montana
Carter a Return from Chicago Meeting
Dr and Mrs C Dana Carter returned yesterday from Chicago where Dr Carter read a paper at the surgeons meeting of the Burlington system They report a very delightful trip H L Mead the Greybull real estate man was in the Diamond City the first of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Mead
Greybull
Diamond City
Free Melon Day at Fair Promised Thursday
The fair board plans a free melon day on Thursday September 28 at the fairgrounds. Melons will be served free outside the grounds and the event is to become annual. $160 is allocated for Rocky Ford pure seed, with growers aided. an association to market Basin melon products will be formed following a Republican editorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Board
Maresh
Rocky Ford
Republican
Greek Confesses Implicates Others In Kane Murder
Steve Brown confined at Basin hospital admits to killing his companion and names John Pappas Peter Pappas and Mike Janis as accomplices. The four men were arrested at Gheridan and detained as officers review the case. Prosecutor West visited the hospital Tuesday evening to review evidence with Brown and state witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Brown
the Basin Hospital
John Pappas
Peter Pappas
Mike Janis
Gheridan
West
Brown
Burlington delays noon stops to boost Basin service
An agent for Burlington told The Republican last Saturday the railroad will adjust its schedule to stop all trains in Basin at the noon hour. He blamed poor Grey Bull service and said the change aims to improve patron accommodation, benefiting Basin businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Wakely
The
Burlington
Republican
Greybull
Basin
Glen
Basin Pioneers Built Big Horn Basin Rise
H 8 Ridgelys talk on early Basin history recalls 1887 arrival of W 8 Collins from Douglas and his move to Bonanza in 1888. Collins funded oil drilling and irrigation, helped found Basin and Big Horn County bar, and promoted town sites amid outlaw-era dangers. Also notes other early settlers Ed and Lon Taylor Pap Conant Castle George Seaman Diehl and later figures, with brief life events and fates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Douglas
Wyoming
Bonanza
Caesar
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
Ohio
Iowa State College
Springfield
Ilinois
Ainsworth
Nebraska
Brown County
Old Fort Fetterman
Platte River
Casper
Big Horn Basin
Bonansa
Big Horn County
Bonanss
Ng@wood river
McDermott
Colling
Lon Taylor
Dad
The
Basin
Laramie
Bickford
Barker Howe
Shell Creek Country
Booth
Hendricks
Jack Hill
Big Hore Basin
Hyattville
C. B. Shaw
Early Basin settlers and neighbors on Paint Rock
Joe Henry of Big Trails and Frank Werner arrived from Colorado to settle Otter creek with Tude Nelson and Myers from Utah. Paint Rock had four women that winter as mail failed to reach from November to spring. Notables include Booth, Basin mayor and bank president, Spratt who introduced Hereford cattle, Allen family fortunes, and Whaley’s Texas herd arrival, with life on the Basin described as lonely and frugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Henry
Big Trails
Frank Werner
Alaska
Colorado
Otter Creek
Tude” Nelson
Hyattville
Myers
Utah
Paint Rock
Pade
Nelson
Long
D” Ranch
Mamie
Wood
Cuba
Booth
Big Horm County
Big Hers
Basin
Thomas W. Spratt
Ireland
America
Wyoming
Kirby, Creek
Kirby Creek
Nowood
Medicine Lodge Canyon
A. H. Church
Crook County
Lummus & Andrews
Big Hot Basin
Indiana
Spratt
Big Horn County
James D. Allen
Medicine Lodge
Hyattvile
Anne B. Allen
Canada
Mra Willis J. Booth
T. W. Spratt
Baalp
B. A. Lockhart
W. T. Whaley
Henretta
Clay County
Texas
Suit filed to halt county from disposing court house square
W G Collings filed in district court last Tuesday asking the county commissioners be barred from selling any part of the court house square. The lawsuit seeks to determine if the commissioners have the right to dispose of the site for a new federal building. The case, described as friendly, will be argued before Judge Parmelee in Newcastle with County Attorney West for the commissioners. Residents of the county will closely watch the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Collings
Court House Square
Collins
Federal
West
Newcastle
Parmelee
Basin fair preparations promise best in Basin's history
Preparations near completion for Basin Wyoming fair to open on the 20th with a record attendance expected. The fair board selects purple and white for decorations while engineers set fourteen modern street light clusters and city officials coordinate lighting with Billings Electrics. Aviator Mr Baker plans multiple flights, a seven foot propeller plane, and a 60 horsepower engine. Races and bucking contests are highlighted as key attractions with strong private cooperation promised for a splendid, well organized festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn County
Wyoming
A. Higby
H. B
Billings Electrics Light Company
Dame Nature
Walters
Fourth Street
Baker
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Republican Force
Belle
Episcopal Guild
John Bircumshaw
Greek
Kane
H. 8. Ridgely
United States
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