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Ex service men oppose $100 homestead locating fee
Six Casper veterans who traveled to Gillette to pursue homesteads refused to pay a $100 location fee charged by the Military Live Stock company. They notified United States land commissioner M. P. Wheeler and anticipation grows of Interior Department scrutiny into the Gillette concern. The firm, formed in Wyoming with $250,000 capital, advertised to attract ex-service members and listed L A Plumb Lewis Taylor Robert B R Vogt Wilson Hodges and N G Ayers as directors.
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Casper Wyo
Military Live Stock Company
Gillette
Wyoming
Camp Grant
Homestead
M. P. Wheeler
United States Land
Interior Department
Pres
Casper
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
L. A. Plumb
Lews Taylor
Robert BR. Vogt
Wilson. Hodges
N. G. Ayers