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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
5
The council announces a safety event running September 17 to October 1. Attendance plans are underway and discussion will cover industrial safety importance. Officials note a focus on protective measures and public awareness during the period.
Secretary of the Interior John Barton Payne seeks 12 million dollars to reclaim 160 600 acres, half in Park County Wyoming, as a first step toward developing agricultural potential. He lauds the Shoshone project’s progress, cites the high dam near Cody, and notes irrigation of about 226 000 acres. Paynes comments reflect hopes for congressional funding and land demand from ex service members.
In Goshen County Wyoming the dry land wheat yield is estimated at about 20 bushels per acre based on threshing figures to date. The season also shows its best corn crop ever, with dry land yields comparably favorable despite frequent rain.
At a Dry Creek ranch near Douglas Wyoming on August 23 John Lory sustained a pitchfork handle driven into his chest breaking two ribs. A second steel prong driven into the horse’s foot by a kicking animal caused the bizarre injury and the men bore injuries beneath the ribcage during the incident.
Lander Wyoming August 3 A hunter named F H Higgens was shot in the arm when a 10 gauge gun fired while he ducked from a hay wagon pursuing sage chickens on the Vaughn ranch at Kallas. Higgens said the gun trailed him and he is fortunate not to have been hit in a vital spot.
Torrington Wyoming August 23 A cavalry troop will be organized here within weeks as an addition to state military forces. Adjutant General T J McCoy promised the designation based on assurances from prospective recruits.
In Cody Wyoming on August 23 Henry Thurston was attacked by a cow that had just been milked. The sudden change in the cow's disposition caused the animal to trample him, resulting in a broken leg and other serious injuries.
In a preliminary county division contest Riverton and eastern Fremont backed division opponents while Lander's John Dillon defeated Riverton’s Willy Maden for the Republican state senate nomination. Brower Carson Jenkins Scott led the statewide legislative race while John Hays holds a two year commissioner edge and Pomeroy leads Thickston for assessor as official canvass begins Tuesday.
In Converse county Wyoming, Republicans held a spirited primary with multiple contests for offices including Sheriff C W Moessenger County Clerk H C Miller Treasurer M H Rowley Assessor Thos Cook Clerk of Courts TE R Bouse County Attorney W M Stansbury Surveyor FR Knittle Commissioners J J Putnam 4 years and H C Gillespie Representative Geo Howe and Justices H M Arnold James E Ryan. Democrats offered no contests.
Advertises a blood purifier claiming to cleanse impurities and restore energy. Warns of appetite loss and fatigue as early symptoms and promises general system strengthening. Encourages writing to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia for literature and bottles.
A transcription lists county officials and candidates including A W Peyton county clerk, Francoe Sehlecty treasurer, Otto Uingelting auditor, Jack Parker clerk of the courts, Myra M Gilibert county attorney, Pagal Y Showalter commissioner, Geo H Peake commissioner, Charter Tmitshew representative, TH A Wyne justice of the peace, TE Te Movwin referencing the 4 year and 2 year terms.
United Press reports Tokyo opens Diet session with a bill allowing foreigners to own land in Japan, but only with reciprocal rights for Japanese abroad. The measure, though drafted a decade ago, would apply nationwide except in strategic districts, and highlights a policy shift amid California land legislation debates.
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