Wyoming Legislature Sees Surge in County Division Proposals
The Wyoming legislature faces a flurry of proposed county divisions with seven bills affecting six counties. Movements include Lovell seeking to secede from Basin in Big Horn, and Rock River plus Medicine Bow plotting new county governance. Rawlins opposes both. The pattern expands beyond initial lists of Fremont, Converse, Park, Lincoln, and Big Horn.
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Waldo Emerson
Wyoming
Big Flora
Fremont
Converse
Park
Lincoln
Big Horn
Carbon
Albany
William G. Mudgett
Powell
Cody
Parle
Carbon County
Medicine Bow
Rawlins
Lovell
Basin
Riverton
Pinedale
Wanderer to Face Second Trial in Murder Case
Carl O. Wanderer, a former army lieutenant already serving 25 years for his wife’s murder, was ordered to stand trial again for the killing of the “ragged stranger” whom Wanderer and his wife claimed to have shot during a fake hold up at their home. The defendant previously exulted when a jury spared his life in the earlier trial.
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Wanderer
Hicago
Carl O. Wanderer
Hundred Thousand Bounty Proposed for Prairie Ravagers
Wyoming lawmakers consider reviving the old bounty law to pay up to 100000 in bounties for eradication of predatory wild animals. The bill, led by Rep A S Mercer and supported by Gov Carey, aims to fund the coming biennium as first day of session ends.
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Wyoming
A. S. Mercer
Carey
Alfred H. Beach
Weston County
Weather forecast for Wyoming near weekend
Fair Friday and likely Saturday then cooler in eastern and southern portions Friday. Expected mild temperatures with a drop in the east and south as the weekend approaches.
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Wyoming
Wyoming State Bar Holds Seventh Annual Convention
About fifty Wyoming lawyers gathered in the state supreme court room for the seventh annual convention. President N. E. H. Corthell of Laramie delivered a keynote on peace and the League to Enforce Peace as discussions covered law, legislation, and law enforcement.
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Wyoming State Bar Association
Wyoming State Bar
Topnotch
State Supreme Court
Capitol
N. E H. Corthell
Laramie
Accused Banker Ends His Life in Court Room
In Lee county courthouse the former Union State Bank cashier and bankruptcy petitioner Countryman killed himself with a gun as the court awaited his plea to thirteen indictments charging forgery embezzlement and larceny.
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D'sc
J. Countryman
Union State Bank
Lee County Court House
Cowan Urges Railroad Rate Reduction Movement
Sam H. Cowan of Fort Worth told the livestock association that owners of railroad securities should back a drive to lower freight rates. He asserted the last rate hike was excessive and said prices, wages, and the cost of living must fall as Europe’s demand shrinks. W. C. Barnes of Washington warned grazing fees won’t rise before 1928 and offered no path to cutting them.
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America
Sam H. Cowan
Fort Worth
Tex
Cowan
Japan seeks to ease tension with regret over Langdon shooting
Washington January 18 Japan expressed formal regret over the shooting of Lieut H W Langdon of the US cruiser Albany by a Vladivostok sentry and ordered that Japanese gantries not challenge Americans. Admiral Gleaves said he reported the incident and canceled his Vladivostok trip. Ambassador Bhidehara conveyed Tokyo’s deep regret to Acting Secretary Davis.
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Japan
Lieut
H. W. Langdon
United States
Albany
Vladivostok
Amerisang
Mavn Department
Gleaves
Asiatic Fleet
Aim
Bhidehara
Davis
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Langdonh
Wade Still Care Free When Court Pronounces Doom
Hampered by a failed appeal Wade B Wade faces a May 20 hanging for the murder of George L Nott. He remained composed in court and thanked the judge after receiving sentence. Wade was taken to Weatherfield prison and did not see his wife, hospitalized with a nervous breakdown.
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Superior Court
Hawood B. Wade
George L. Nott
Wade
Hinman
Weatherafield
Eldorado Adopts Oil Boom Fame in Name and Fact
Eldorado Arkansas awakens to an oil rush as Dr. Sam T. Busey’s well erupts with oil mud and water shooting 25 feet high. Brokers and investors flood in, trains run to handle traffic, turning a quiet farming town into a prospecting frontier overnight.
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Eldorado
Sam T. Busey
Water on board dilemma for American ship owners
American passenger steamship officials urged the House Judiciary Committee to modify the Volstead act so ships under foreign registry may handle liquor beyond the three mile limit. They warned they cannot compete in world trade without this change, while Rep Dyer predicted they have little chance. The Anti Saloon League argued that a dry world would end liquor aboard ships.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Dyer
Missouri
Anti-Saloon League
Mexican emissaries target Mrs Brown home break in
Mrs C S 200k found her Bent Street residence broken into and ransacked after two Mexican men questioned her before she left for Laramie. Police arrested Germino Derea and issued a general alarm for a second suspect linked to the early probing. The event followed an earlier visit to Mrs Cook by the same men.
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Laramie
Poland
Germino Derea
Derea
Mrs.Cook
Prisoner Taken to Sheridan in Wyoming Killings
Frank Wilkinson, 35, a Gillette rancher, was rushed to Sheridan by Campbell County deputies after a warrant charging him with the June 8 1919 murder of rancher James F. Carlton. Carlton was shot from brush while en route to his Cow Creek ranch, killing a wagon team driver and injuring his daughter. Carlton’s widow and five children survived.
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Heridan
Wyo
Frank Wilkinson
Gillette
Wyoming
Sheridan
Campbell County
Wilkinson
James F. Carlton
Carlton
Cow Creek
Here
Ralph
Ralph Wilkinson
C. A. Kutcher
Elwood Anderson
Quarlton
Firemen Respond to Small Pacific Yard Blaze
A short circuit in a Pacific fruit express car at the west end of the Union Pacific yards sparked a fire last night. Fire crews rushed through cold winds and rain, doused the flames, and prevented major damage with an estimated loss of less than twenty dollars.
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Pacific Fruit Express
Union Pacific
HOGGISH PROFITEERS REBUKED BY CONGRESSMAN OF DAKOTA
Representative Young of North Dakota rebuked American business interests during tariff revision discussions. He warned against duties as high as 100 to 400 percent above Payne Aldrich rates to block ongoing imports. Senator McCumber proposed raising wheat duties from 30 to 60 cents a bushel to curb Canadian imports.
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Dakota
Washington
Representative Young
North Dakota
House
Ways and Means Committee
McCumber
Find
Canada
Young
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