Lands Open for Settlement in Western National Forest Areas
President Taft restores thousands of acres to public domain and announces fall openings for settlement and entry. In Colorado and nearby states, large tracts across White River, Battlement, Gunnison, Uncompahgre, Cochetopa, San Isabel, Lincoln, and Delta forests become subject to settlement October 1st or 22nd with entry dates in November, including Utah Idaho and Wyoming districts and various acreages.
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Washington
Taft
Great Falls
Mont
Colorado
White River National Forest
Rio Blanco
Garfield
Battlement National Forest
Mesa
Delta
Gunnison National Forest
Gunnison
Montrose
Lincoln National Forest
Torrance
Lincoln
Delta National Forest
Socorro
Utah
Minidoka National Forest
Box Elder
Idaho
Minidoka
Caribou
Pocatello
Wyoming
Targhee
Uinta County
Fiery accident injures children in Philadelphia
Two children were fatally injured and eight other children and four men seriously burned on Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia when a fire department wagon carrying four fifteen gallon carboys of vitriolic acid tipped over after leaving a street car track. The carboys broke spilling acid over ten youths and bystanders.
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Philadelphia
Fire Department
Canadian rail strike ends with wage increase
Ottawa reports the conductors trainmen and yardmen strike on the Grand Trunk and Central Vermont systems that began July 18 was officially called off on Tuesday. The settlement is said to include a 30 percent wage raise.
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A. R
Ottawa
Ont
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
Insurgents Win Six Kansas Congressmen in Next Session
The Kansas primary returns show insurgents winning six seats in the next Congress, a sharp increase from two in the current session. Speaker Joseph Cannon's Kansas visit failed to slow the insurgent wave, according to Tuesday's results.
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Kansas
Topeka
Joseph Cannon
House
Blind United States District Atty Appointed
Raymond G. Brown, blind since age eight and a Harvard Law School graduate, was Tuesday named an assistant United States district attorney in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atty
New York
Raymond G. Brown
Harvard Law Schools
Oklahoma Prayer Service Seeks Rain Over Drought Plague
Citizens in Mount Scott Oklahoma gather for a united prayer service pleading for rain to save crops as dry conditions threaten local harvests. The effort reflects community reliance on faith amid ongoing drought.
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Oklahoma
Mount Scott
Okla
Sacramento Population Surges Over Sixty Percent
Sacramento Calif population climbs to 44 600 an increase of 15 414 or 53 6 percent from 29 283 in 1900 reflecting rapid growth and expansion in the city.
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Sacramento
Decorations for the Brave at Marlborough House
London ceremony honors 48 recipients with King Edward medals for conspicuous gallantry. Decorations presented by representatives of the late king, commemorating acts of valor at a colliery.
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London
George
Marlborough House
Edward
Erniam
Week of pivotal events spans fires, trials, forests changes
Fire woes in Montana worsen especially Flathead valley while a San Francisco capture exposes eight year old Alma Kellner case in Louisville. Western Federation of Miners reelects Moyer as president with Mahoney and Milla also reelected. Forest name changes take effect shifting Medicine Bow and Cheyenne names. South Dakota stockmen plan aggressive marketing amid drought. Miners and coal operators end negotiations in Kansas City with a 30 000 strong strike looming.
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Montana
Flathead Valley
Joseph A. Wendling
Alma Kellner
Louisville
San Francisco
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Denver
Charles E. Mahoney
Ernest Milla
Medicine Bow National Forest
Colorado
Colorado National Forest
Medicine Bow
Cheyenne National Forest
Wyoming
South Dakota
Kansas City
George Manuel
Missouri
Political nominations vie for New York and state tickets
Congressman William Sulzer announces candidacy for Democratic governor of New York. Gifford Pinchot draws Republican interest with Theodore Roosevelt urged to back him. Ohio Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for governor and a slate for other state offices. Minnesota Democrats name a full state ticket headed by John Lind with multiple statewide candidates.
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William Sulzerhog
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Francia W. Treadway
Cleveland
Granville W. Mooney
Avatinburg
A. Grant Denman
Charles F. Lander
St. Cloud
James C. Tracy
Rochester
T. J. Meaghan
Albert Lea
Supreme Court
T. J. O'Brien
St. Paul
A. W. Snow
Winona
Philip
T. Brown
Luvine
Calvin L. Brown
Morrla
Diplomatic Strains Rise Over Spain Vatican Relations
U S diplomats in Madrid monitor non-Catholic nominations as tensions between the Vatican and Spanish government grow. Aerial records include Tuck Monday at Brussels reaching 6570 feet and Olle lagers at 4091 feet. The recall of Marquis de Ojeda shocks Rome as Capalejas policy sparks fight, while French crops suffer from cold and wet weather with losses around 400 million dollars and wheat outputs forecast.
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Spain
United States
Madrid
Brussels
Ollelagers
Vatican
Marquis de Ojeda
Rome
Capalejas
Peat Cripnes
Ethel Clare We
Taft to limit public engagements amid pending matters
President Taft said he would keep speeches few and far between after canceling his Western and Southern engagements. He informed a Providence committee that important public business would occupy him until Congress convenes, while new wildlife and rail policies were announced and the warship Maines appropriation cleared obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickersham
Railroads
United States
Bureau of Railway Economics
Logan G. McPherson
Johns Hopkins University
Alaska
Department of Agriculture
Taft
Providence
R. L
Atlantic Deep Waterways Association
Congress
Notable Sports Roundup From Western League and International Events
Western League results include Laat and Denver finishing strong while Lincoln and Wichita also posted points. Track headlines note Wins by C E Holway over Jack Donaldson in Pontypridd for 100 yards and 1000 stake. Daniels wins National AAU quarter mile. Country Jay, a 14 year old trotter from Denver, set record pace in Kalamazoo with 2:04% and 2:05% heats, marking a historic feat for a aged horse.
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Laat
Denver
Il el
Lincoln
Wichita
Onatian Ig
Joseph
Veoeds
Des Moines
Topeka
Washburn College
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
C. E. Holway
Jack Donaldson
South Africa
Pontypridd
Wales
Holway
Charles M. Daniels
National Amateur Athletic Union
Travers Island
New York
Country Jay
George H. Estabrook
Kalamazoo
Mich
Gus Macy
Miscellaneous 1920s U.S. news briefs and events
Reports include infantile paralysis cases in Mason City Iowa and Springfield Missouri as well as a Lincoln statue planned for Frankfort Kentucky. Census puts Oklahoma population at 1 051 961 with three districts missing. Knights of Pythias convention opens in Milwaukee. Virginia appoints Claude Swanson to Senate. Locomotive engineers discuss wage hikes across 56 railways. National Currency Association forms in New York to stabilize currency. Good Roads Congress endorses federal aid for road building at Niagara Falls. St Louis railroad official and Congressman Sulzer support federal loans for roads. A murder case leads to lynching of two black men after confessing. Paper mill workers in New England gain an average wage raise starting Aug 1 under an International agreement ending a strike.
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Mason City
Iowa
Springfield
Lincoln
Capitol
Frankfort
Oklahoma
Census Bureau
Knights of Pythias
Convention of the
Supreme Lodges
Milwaukee
Mann
Virgina
Claude A. Swanson
Chatham
John W. Daniel
United States Senate
Chicago
New York
National Currency Association
National Good Roads Congress
Niagara Falls
N. Y
F. Tohkum
St. Louis
Bessie Morrison
Mary Mo
Wyoming town notes and early 20th century events
Van Tassell seeks a blacksmith Jireh builds a new school Penrose PTA celebration Pioneer Day at Penrose Sundance fair planned Cambria school and Ralston store and post office Pine Bluffs to vote on water bond August 9 Chugwater dedicates new Methodist church Hillsdale youths form Christian Endeavor Society Rains favor dry farming areas Sheridan Presbyterian church work under way Lingle North Platte bridge cost about 15000 Big Horn store burglary Nets 100 News on law firm dissolution at Cheyenne Pine Bluffs prepares agricultural displays Wheatland bids on wells Laramie hosts town improvement talk Pascoe irrigates with wells and windmills Cody gears up for big game season Meyer basin fire damage over 10000 Big Horn reserve head Walter M Jackson to retire Edward Kavanaugh to take post Liquor dealers form Wyoming state group Cheyenne HQ to oppose temperance Shoshone Dam debate rattlesnake visit at Gillette man guards against intruders
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Penrose
Sundance
Cambria
Ralston
Pine Bluffs
Methodists
Chugwater
Hillsdale
Christian Endeavor Society
New Presbyterian
Sheridan
North Platte
Lingle
R. D. Meldrum
Snaka River
Douglas
Irwin
Newcastle
Clark, Riner & Clark
Cheyenne
Wheatland
Laramie
Paul Pascoe
Howell
Cody
Meyer Basin
Willow Creek
Forest Ofiers
Dart
State University At
Rambler Company
J. P. McMahon
Glenrock
W. E. Jackson
Big Horn Timber Reservation
Edward N. Kavanaugh
Grazing Forest Service of
Colorado
Wyoming
Miners to Be Transferred as No. 1 Mine Closes
Rock Springs Union Pacific Coal Company will reassign several hundred idle workers from No. 1 mine to other company mines. Cheyenne Electric Street Railway plans a branch into East Cheyenne to improve service to the distant section still lacking streetcar access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Union Pacific Coal Company
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
East
Sheriff nomination draw in Wyoming race with several contenders
Cheyenne E W Banks of Chugwater withdraws from the Republican sheriff race. Ed Brown of Guernsey enters the field challenging Deputy U S Marshal L E Snow of Cheyenne Nels Perry of Salem and George Hiatt of Wheatland who are actively campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
E. W. Banks
Chugwater
Ed. Brown
Guernsey
Castor
Dismembered Skeleton Found Near Rapid Creek
Sheridan reports Nathan A. Lindsay found near Shell post office sixty miles south in the mountains. A snowstorm May 14 left Lindsay with two dead horses and a dog gnawing his carcass. Lindsay had tried to fight a fire after his horses died. a saddled third horse remained. The dog stayed at the scene until forcibly dragged away.
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Sheridan
J. C. Weltner
Nathan A. Lindsay
Rapid Creek
Shell Post Office
Here
Lindsay
Brewsome
Laramie Leaders Deny Railroad Sale to Union Pacific
Laramie Isaac Van Horne and fifteen associates return from Wyoming and Colorado denying reports they will sell the Laramie Hahn's Peak and Pacific railroad. He states the group plans a supplemental traffic agreement with Union Pacific and will continue building toward Steamboat Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Isaac van Horne
Boston
Fox Park
Holmes
Wyo
Walden
Hebron
Colo
Laramie, Hahn's Peak & Pacific
Union Pacific
Hahn's Peak & Pacific
Steamboat Springs
UP plans western terminals and new Colorado line
Denver reports Union Pacific has nearly completed terminals at West Hayden near Steamboat Springs and eyes purchasing the Saratoga and Encampment railroad. A new Colorado & Northern line would run 78 miles from Hayden to Encampment via Routt County coal lands, with through service to connect Hayden and Encampment.
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Denver
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Weat Hayden
Steamboat Springs
Routt County
Union Pacifica
Saratoga & Encampment Railroad
Walcott
Grand Encampment
Wyo
Colorado
Hayden
Colorado & Northern
Encampment
Pathfinder Dam First to Be Inspected in Wyoming Project
The Pathfinder dam on the North Platte irrigation project in Wyoming will be the first reclamation work to be personally observed by the Board of Army Engineers appointed to report to the President on feasibility of completing or extending projects. General William L. Marshall, engineer, left Washington Thursday for the inspection.
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Washington
D. C
North Platte
Wyoming
Board of Army Egincore
William L. Marshall
Not His Fault in a Politician Harangue
A proud politician defends his speech calling oratory a gift not an accomplishment. The chairman replies matter of fact that they did the best they could, after an hour of haranguing.
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Casper
Withheld Land
Oregon
Idaho, Wyoming
New Mexico
San Isabel
Wester
SPORT
Newcahire
New Yorktate
Emmpeh
van Tassell
Jireh
Charles Skinner
Big Horn
Camp Stool
George W. Patterson
N. A. Lindsay
van Horne
U. P
P. Deal
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. Mone
North
Minneola
Lydia E. Pink
Lydia
Pierce
Mary
Lippincott
Stent Ging
Squilbob
Val
Squillbob
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