Dry Farming Congress Meeting in Cheyenne
Wyoming officials and farmers gather at the Industrial Club for a post luncheon briefing on the upcoming Dry Farming Congress in February. Governor Brooks presides while Secretary Burns reports growing national and international interest, membership nearing 1000, and plans for bulletins and a fundraising drive.
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Digner
Industrial Club
Congress
Thin Aity
Basiness
Brooks
Wyoming
West
Fiesretary Burns
Burns
Australia
Turkey
South Afria
Turkestan
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Europe
Root
Washington
Dr. Cooke
Dr.Cooke
Board of Control
Cheyenne
Rly Palace of
Mondell
Pinchot as Roosevelt’s choice for secretary questioned
Stock show chatter at Chicago highlights a political tilt toward Alvin Sanders of the Breerers' Gazette as favored secretary of agriculture by farmers nationwide. Taft may resist Pinchot while Sanders tours Virginia meeting Taft about tariff revisions.
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Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Bac
Department of Agriculture
West
Iowa
Wilson
Taft
Pinchot
Alvin Sanders
Breerers’ Gazette
Chicago
Sanders
Virginia
Farmers’ and Stockmen
Bryan
W. A. Harris
Kansas
Counry
Union Pacific Found Guilty in Conspiracy Case
In Salt Lake City the jury found Union Pacific and related entities guilty of conspiring to restrain interstate commerce. Everett Buckingham was recommended for mercy after four hours deliberation. maximum fine cited is $600 with potential sentence under U S law.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Quilty
United States District Court
Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Coal Company
Oregon Short Line
Everett Buckingham
J. M. Moore
United States
Buckingham
Maxa Bne
Allamed Bigamist Digs Out of Jail
George Latham a Union Pacific brakeman charged with bigamy and horse theft escaped from a Laramie Wyoming jail by digging through a brick wall and is now at large.
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Laramie
Wyo
George Latham
Union Pacific
Mbarty
Burlington officials hail Big Horn irrigation boom and rail link
John A Vallery reports northern Wyoming irrigation and Montana irrigation districts fueling a Burlington policy push. A new cut off between Falls Montana and Laurel gives Denver direct Northwest access, boosting lumber cattle and other traffic. Towns like Cody Basin Worland Frannie Greybull Lovell Kirby grow as irrigation drives expansion.
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Devel
K Horn
John A _ Vallery
Burlington
EB. Ns
Wyoming
Montana
Dirnt
Vallery
Denver 4
At Falls
Mont
Laurel
Northwest
Denver
Big Horn
Billings
Thermopolis
Cody
Basin
Worland
Frannie
Greybull
Lovell
Kirby
Shoshone
Corbett
Guernsey
Nebraska
South Dakota
Bryan Escapes Bear Clutches in Mexican Hunt
In Chihuahua fifty miles from Bryan's base William Jennings Bryan narrowly escaped a fatal bear grip while hunting big game with a party that included Gen. B Reyes governor of Coahuila. Bryan reportedly killed three bears though others were said to have finished the animals.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan
Gen
B. Reyes
Coahuila
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Brain
Seagoing Railroad Progress Advances Toward Key West
Hundreds of workers rush south under Judge Hough’s dismissal of peonage charges as the Florida East Coast Railway push advances toward Key West. Vice President Parrott leads renewed efforts to complete 124 miles of the 166 mile route with trains to reach Knight’s Key.
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New York
Hough
United States Circuit Court
United States
Cours
Henry M. Pilagler
Joseph R. Parrott
Knight’s Key
Perrott
Key West
Miami
Knight'’s Key
Knight's Key
Bahia Honda
Havana
Florida
Key Weat
Flagler
Federal Grand Jury
Edward J. Triay
Jacksonville
Fla
Francisco Sabbia
Bowery
Frank A. Hough
David BR. Harley
Extraordinary Union Pacific probe into Borie wreck
A sweeping inquiry into the November 10 freight collision at Borie continues in Cheyenne with Union Pacific officials led by W. S. Scott and M. L. Park examining survivors and witnesses. Hearings compare findings from the railroad commission and the coroner's jury amid requests from other lines for evidence.
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Wyoming
Union Pacific
Borie
W. 8. Scott
Chicago
Julian Kruttschnitt
Harriman
A. L. Mohler
M.L. Park
Union Pacife
Sat Hapeney
Huntley
The
Union
Cheyenne
J. C. Schley
Laramie
Papke Ketchel Rematch Promised by Manager O'Connor
In San Francisco on December a manager named O'Connor promised Billy Papke a return bout with Ketchel. In Mexico City on December 3 reports suggest Bel Harriman has purchased 50 000 acres of off land.
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San Francisco
Caly
O'Connor
Billy Papke
Ketchell
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Agricus
Junion Pacific
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Florida East Coast
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