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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
2
A sprawling regional digest blends sports talk, political notes, and science quirks from North America and Europe. It covers football chatter, astrological findings, budget strains in France, and Mars observations, plus building permit highs in Seattle and Philadelphia amid a busy October snapshot.
A compact digest highlights the week’s notable happenings across politics, economy, culture, and sports, summarizing key developments and shifts in leadership, policy moves, market trends, and major public events. The roundup emphasizes outcomes, dates, and involved organizations.
Readable items note the National Western Stock Show in Denver and the Colorado Apple Expo with references to speakers and events. Mentions growth of Denver transit, Amur railroad news, copper company mergers, and public figures in politics and exploration.
Vermont hunters have already paid more than 15000 dollars into the state treasury for licenses to shoot game. Mrs O H Velmont bins rented a building in New York city for a woman Suffrage settlement house. The national defense committee rejected the credit for new battleships by a large majority. Dr Joao Madriz was elected president of Nicaragua by unanimous vote of the Congress. Frederick Remington died at Ridgefield Conn of appendicitis after a brief illness. He was operated on days before for appendicitis.
News from Washington reports Peary stepping back from future polar expeditions under Secretary Knox orders and Red Cross funds aiding Nicaragua conflict casualties. Admiral Dewey marked his 70th birthday in frail health. Gen Azariah Furman, Civil War veteran and Chickamauga chairman, died at 75. Also noted are Dr Cook decoration myths, Judge Lurton’s Supreme Court confirmation, Mills’ governor nomination, and Wyoming Cary act irrigation land approval.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming urges citizens to attend the Denver Stock Show January 13, designating Wyoming Day at the national exhibition. The message notes livestock production as Wyoming's key industry and invites those in agriculture to study breeding, feeding, and modern livestock development.
Wyoming delegates plan to attend the Wyoming Wool Growers Convention in January with key figures including Secretary Ballinger and Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot facing a potential investigation. Senator Warren may stay for the convention as lawmakers brace for state oriented legislation.
December 21 letters from the Wyoming Wool Growers Association to multiple railroads plead for expedited delivery of corn, hay, and alfalfa to Wyoming livestock amid deep snow and stranded flocks. Farmers report ranges filled and hay scarce, with some sending hay shipments to Nebraska and nearby states to feed sheep and other stock. The Rambler Copper and Platinum Company plans a 60 ton daily ore concentrator at the Rambler mine in Holes, with concentrates yielding gold copper platinum palladium and shipment of ore rising to 600 000 pounds weekly.
Hon C D Oviatt in charge of the Boswell ranch near the Colorado Wyoming line warns the Laramie Poudre tunnel and canal will divert Big Laramie river water to Colorado causing severe irrigation shortages and possible drying of the stream. alarm rises in Laramie with talks of seeking a US Court injunction in Cheyenne to halt the diversion.
Cody dispatch reports a sheepherder Ter Ull Met arrested for the murder of Dr Willa Awl. Lamport, about 26, from Plainfield Neb, is charged amid the investigation claiming a feud over a time with Dr Ash. A double barreled gun triggered by a door provided the weapon. Lamport previously patented a coyote killing device.
Reports from Cheyenne detail suffering elk and deer in the south of Yeolloowatone park as summer grazing by stock depleted feed. State Game Warden Nawlin proposes a large Teton country preserve with grazing restrictions to prevent winter starvation and seeks legislative backing to fund feeding if needed.
The report notes a four below zero mean minimum temperature for December 1–21 at the University of Wyoming Laramie station. Judge Dave Johnson sells a large steer shipment at 6 cents per pound, earning about $12 per head. a later offer in East Johnson would have yielded $60 less favorable profit than the Laramie route. A saloon license under a new law raises county fees from $400 to $1,000, effective January 4, and Denver Wyoming Day is set for January 13 at the Live Stock Show with officials attending. The Union Pacific plans a line from Bridgeport Neb. toward the Platte River, linking to Medicine Bow, with surveys through Wheatland and other towns continuing.
A mixed set of quirky vignettes, puns, and odd wordplay includes a lover praising almond eyes and velvet cheeks, a Scottish traveler sinking in a bog after a mistaken bottom, and a rector’s inquiry met with a belated reply from a uniformed officer.
A garbled ad fragment warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury and touts a mercury free cure. It mentions or hints at various products and testimonials while mixing in unrelated quips and miscellaneous lines.
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