Blessings of the 320 Acre Act in Wyoming history
The Mondell Law of 1909 opened 320 acre homesteads to arid lands, fueling eastern and central Wyoming settlement. A 1916 coalitions act allowed 640 acres totals, enabling settlers to obtain 320 acres plus an additional 320 with mineral reservations. These laws accelerated private ownership of vast arid tracts, aiding farming and grazing development.
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Aluaba Ia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Nolte
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Congress
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Laramie Republican
Denver Economy Schemes Face Hard Hit, Governor’s Aide Says
The note details tensions between state officials and business interests led by E H Thaw of Weill Engineering. Thaw questions the economy drive as mayors and counties resist, while Governor Carey’s secretary B W Bennett defends local self management in Cheyenne.
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Vernor Carey
Denver
E. H. Thawits
Weill Engineering Company
Canon City
Pueblo
B. W. Bennett
Thwaits
Wyoming
Bennett
Red
Cheyenne
Tribune
Carpenter-bird of Kansas Feats Described in hunter tale
An Emporia hunter reports a strange bird, half duck and goose with a buzz saw beak, palm-sized teal look, two toothed bills, and a hammer-shaped head. The Kansas City Star notes it would be the well-known carpenter-bird once common south of Emporia, said to saw boards for its nest and nail them together before flying off.
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Kansas
Emporia
Kaneas
Rough on the Family War Profiteer Speech
A notorious war profiteer addresses a group of youths at a golf club veranda. He boasts of rising from poverty to wealth, urging admiration for his success while a listener questions the family’s view of his harsh example set by his conduct.
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Geo. T. Wilson
Iteg and
Erry
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