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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
4
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A Wyoming newspaper lists names for president and other offices including Taft Sherman Warren and local candidates such as McClellan Skovgard Gates Sullivan Thorley Harrie Neville Atherly Harris with campaign spending notes. It critiques Democratic papers and references past fundraising from Standard Oil and the steel trust in Roosevelt era politics.
A passage from Popular Mechanics laments the blind and deaf, praising Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman as unique, while musing that many with full senses miss grand wonders. It argues even visible riches of perception fall short compared to unseen truths, and contemplates alien viewpoints on human sensation.
Fragmentary passage reflects on humanity as an heir to geological ages and the living world. It discusses how wind rain and earth shaped the human body and mind through countless generations, and ponders imagining early ancestors and lifelike forms in deep time.
The author muses on tracing life from ancient oceans to unicellular protoplasm and fiery nebulous matter. He questions how to conceptually grasp the visible animal forms that shaped our heritage, noting the difficulty in imagining their existence across deep time.
Gebo miner C A Barnard returns from Washington to supervise extended operations at Owl Creek coal fields. A government lease spanning over thirty years will allow development and mining on a business basis, ending years of court orders and injunctions. Residents of Thermopolis and nearby areas anticipate renewed activity and regional prosperity.
J C Norris ranked sixth high average in the amateur class at a Denver shoot last week. He missed 17 of 500 targets after moving from 16 to 20 yards, costing potential prize money. Also notes a general dispute over purse distribution and a local church service Sunday at 11. A humorous ad line about beer at Capital buffet and alfalfa price ad closes.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office at Buffalo Wyoming gives notice Anthony D Robinson of Hyattville Wyoming who filed homestead entry 4118 on October 16 1907 to make five year proof to claim the land nwnek ohbuwi and Yaw see in Township 7 south range 00 west prime meridian. Hearing before W F Brown Clerk Basin Wyoming October 16 1913. Witnesses Frank Robinson Thomas Spratt Jay Luman William Cassell. W F Brittain Register.
Notice is hereby given that William F. McGee of Fenton Wyoming has filed a plea of intention to make desert proof to establish his claim to section 11 township 61 north range 97 west 6th principal meridian. The hearing will be before Aug 0 Wunderlich and others in Burlington Wyoming. Register William T. Adams. The Basin Republican notes this notice.
Notice shows David J. Geertsen of Otto Wyoming with a home stead entry number 4238 and series 02315 for sections 18 and 20 in township 6 north range 95 west, filing intent for three year proof to establish claim. Hearing before W F Brown Clerk at Barin Wyoming on October 5 1913 lists witnesses William Brown Charles Bryan James Q Blakesley Oliver P Manny. W F Brittain Register.
The board of county commissioners locates a road beginning at the southeast corner of section 18 township 49 range 22, extending 80 rods west to the BW corner of the 8 B quarter and - north to the NW corner of the 9 B quarter, with the adjacent road to be vacated. Objections or claims for damages must be filed with the county clerk in Basin, before noon October 1, 1912. Also notices of real estate and land filings appear, including a gas range sale and a land entry notice for Thomas B. King Jr. with timbered dates and locations.
Agnes M Turner sues Tom Turner for absolute divorce citing separation and neglect as grounds. Petition filed August 8 1912 in Big Horn District Court Basin with court clerk W F Brown issuing notice for answer by September 28 1912. Local address details appear garbled in the record.
Interior office in Buffalo Wyoming issued notice of five year proof to establish a land claim dated August 7 1812. Separately Myrtle White files for divorce from Roy White in Big Horn County Wyoming with a court in Saint Augustine and a final answer by October 19 1912. Myrtle White sues for divorce on grounds of desertion. Roy White last known in Santiago California. attorney C A Zaring.
Wyoming residents are warned to beware of unlicensed insurance solicitors and unauthorized companies. Only licensed solicitors may transact insurance business, and licenses must be shown to insured. The department cautions against dealing with unlicensed firms, as such activity begins with a felony and is fraudulent. R. B. Forsyth, Insurance Commissioner.
Notice is given that September 17, 1912 at 2 PM in Basin Wyoming at the office of District Court Commissioner W J Booth is set for the probate of William A Richards deceased and for issuing Letters Testamentary to Eleanor Alice McCreery. Witnessed by W F Brown Clerk of the District Court on August 28 1912.
The Big Horn Milling Co urges farmers to place fall wheat orders now for prompt supply. They pledge quick procurement of seed but require immediate orders and note they must sell strictly cash by June 1.
A 1910 mortgage recorded in Book 4 page 207 in Big Horn county Wyoming shows default on a 444.00 debt. No legal action has been started to collect, and the sheriff will conduct a public auction to satisfy the debt under the mortgage terms. The sale date appears as October 18, 1914, at a designated location.
A notice states that the administrator of an estate will present the final account on Monday in October 1913 at 10 AM in the court room in Ge am Big Horn Wyoming. Interested parties may appear and file written exceptions to contest the account.
Alfred E Mille of Basin Wyoming filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish a claim on an 1907 homestead entry No 4099 for lots 4 and 6 and surrounding lands. He will appear before local officials in Wyoming on September 28 1912. Witnesses named Herbert Clark Schuyler Barrett Herbert Mills Wyatt J Edgcomb from Basin. Register W F Brittain.
Notice is hereby given that Cleveland Tillard of Basin Wyoming who on June 6 1907 made homestead entry No 4033 serial No 02184 for lot 53 has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish the land above before W F Brown Clerk of Court at Basin Wyoming on the last day of August 1912 the time and place for filing and proving the same are fixed and designated locally for the hearing and determination of said proof
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