Up-to-Date Improvements Replacing Makeshifts in Wyoming
State Commissioner Charles Hill describes Wyoming’s postwar growth from large ranches to diversified farms with orchards and granaries and notes rising crop values from 1910 to 1920. He highlights irrigation projects, railroad and highway development, and increased settlement by ex servicemen and new immigrants. He cites oil field growth, rising oil production, and new highways as drivers of a progressive era, urging continued investment in transportation to attract homeseekers and investors.
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Charles §. Hill
Wyoming
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
United States Reclamation Service
North Platte
United States
A. Baker
Gibbons
Pioneer Outlaws in Wyoming Road Agent Era
Veteran publicist recalls 1878 activity of stage and rail road agents in Wyoming and the Black Hills. Train guards and treasure coaches protected by authorities amid several murders and property thefts. A section boss notices a loosened rail wired to a hidden node, then flags passenger train No. 8.
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Laramie
Carbon
Robert Widdowfield
Tip Vincent
Rattlesnake Canyon
Widdowfield
Vincent
Cheyenne River
Black Hills
Frank James
Dutch Charley
Chas Bates
Big- Nose
George
John Irwin
Frank Toll
Tom Reed
Sandy Campbell
Cully McDonald
Edward Dickinson
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Mr. N. K. Boswell
Joe Manuse
Frank Ruby
A. C. Douglas
Hank Harrington
Frank Howard
Charles Condon
the Kid
Boswell
Rock Springs
Irwin
Cheyenne
McDaniel
Albany County
Dickinson
Manuse
Green River
Rawlins
L. D. Pease
C. W. Bramel
W. E. Chaplin
Medicine Row
Hoe
Women push for disarmament in Washington drive
Washington branch of the Women's Peace society launches a disarmament campaign aimed at Congress. They seek action on Rep. Brooks by inviting nations to an international conference on disarmament. Organizer Benton MacKaye notes past attempts and states they will oppose any peace with arms funding.
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Washington
Women's Peace Society
Congress
B. B. Brooks
Illinois
All Nations
Benton MacKaye
Horah
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Mexico City Custom House to Be Opened
The Mexico City custom house will reopen January 1 after nearly seven years closed to relieve freight congestion. The treasury department says goods may be transferred directly from steamship at Vera Cruz and Tampico to Mexico City to speed shipments.
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Mexico City
Treasury Department
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Pennsylvania and Employes Sign Up
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced no mutual working agreement with engine and train service employees, eliminating strikes from train operation on the system. The note, dated December 31 in Philadelphia, signals a settlement approach though it leaves broader labor differences unresolved.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvants Railroad
Pennsylvania
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Carbon County
Harrington
Atate
Fort McKinley
Smith
Kid
Big Laramie
M. A. Carroll
Western Union Telegraph Office
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Statesman
Maine
Porta
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Newarkity
Havana
Rothenberg & Schloss Cigar CO
Denver, Colo
da Urzara
Stevenson Electric Co
West 17Th Street
Louis Goldstein
Army
Navy
Mexico City Custom House
Hackman Coal Yards
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