Highway bids to be set very low this year
The Wyoming state highway commission will soon receive bids for road and bridge projects valued at 1.75 million dollars. Contracts cover Medicine Bow River and Platte River bridges, plus others in Crook, Converse, Hot Springs and Carbon counties, with about four million dollars in work underway statewide. Road projects total 43 routes, including Rawlins Bell Springs, Medicine Bow Marshal, Lincoln Highway segments, Eden Valley and Yellowstone corridors, with each reconnaissance cost estimated for the planned improvements.
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State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Medicine Bow River
Medicine Bow
Carbon County
Platte River
Orin Junction
Converse County
Black Fork
Fort Bridger
Fort Bridger-Urie
Minta County
Wind River
Thermopolis
Hot Springs
Big Horn
Moorcroft
Belle Fourche River
Crook County
Albany County
Medicine Bow-Marshal Road
Lincoln
Old Carbon
Lincoln Highway
Walcott
Sweetwater
Thayer Junction
Red Desert
Eden Valley
Sweetwater County
Zenidra's Well
Rock Springs
Eden
Uinta County
Evanston
Utah
Yellowstone
Douglas
Q@ point
McKinley
Reae
Grant
Fisher
Cody-East
Park County
City of Cody
Gillette-Arvada
Campbell County
Gillette
Arvada
Behind Bill Hoisted by Five Big Financial Interests
Washington observers note floor debate on anti-sedition legislation as Rep Huddlestone of Alabama accuses five big New York City financial interests of origin. Rep Blanton of Texas says organized labor has blocked the measures in Rules Committee and cites union meetings where revolution is discussed. TRY STATE LEADER WANTS ADS, THEY BRING RESULTS.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Huddlestone
Alabama
New York City
Representative Blanton
Texas
Land of Stalking Death Report From Armenia Mission
Melville Chater describes Armenian famine and misery in Igdir in National Geographic. He details starving children eating bone marrow, graves opened by survivors, and the Near East Relief effort sheltering refugees as they work to rebuild an Armenian nation of tomorrow.
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Melville Chater
National Geographic Magazine
Armenia
Mr. Chater
Igdir
Near East Relief
Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Thither
Ararat
America
Erivan
Thalf
Cleveland H. Dodge
Madison Avenue
New York City
American Committee
Why Alton Seats and What Is Taking Place at Big Lake
Washington reports a National Geographic bulletin explains the Colorado River delta formation and its shifting channels as the Gulf of California retreated. The river’s vast sediment load built a delta across the gulf, creating an inland low mood below sea level and occasional overflow into the Salton Sea.
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Alton
Big Lake
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Gulf of California
Society
Arthur P. Davis
Colorado River
Yuma
Wind River
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Gulf
Cocopah Mountains
Salton Sea
Anon
Grand Canyon
Guf
California
Salton
Southern Pacific Railway
Charity group seeks clothing for children in city
Miss Mae Douglas, secretary of Associated Charities, asks for outgrown garments or adult clothing that can be remodeled for children. Collecting at the Industrial club rooms. Also at a regular meeting, thanks were given to J. T. Bell of the Washington Market for meat and other foods donated for distribution during Christmas week.
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Mae Douglas
Associated Charities
Industrial Club
J. T. Bell
Washington Market
Prohibition Agents Close Seven Stills in Five States
Major A V Dalrymple head of the prohibition officials for the Middle West announced seven stills in five states under his jurisdiction had been closed by federal agents on the first day of constitutional prohibition.
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Chicago
A. V. Dalrymple
Prohibition
Middle West
Handshakes for Pershing Aids and Ailments
A humorous reflection on General Pershing’s public handshakes in Cheyenne. The piece counts the crowds, calls handshake labor, and suggests two official remedies a salute alternative or drill sergeant timed hand coordination to spare the hero’s grip.
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Julius Caesar
Caesar
Congress
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Rawlins
Bell Springs
Gardon County
City of
Rewlins
Near East
New
Armenian Republic
Iydin
Afl
Wear Lease
Baume
Analgesique Bengue
Thos, Leeming & Co., N
Doctor of Philosophy
Hero's
General Pershing
Cheyenn
Cheyenne
Napoleon
Warrout
W. W. Dumm
Carey Avenue
Eatonic
Hawaii
Consolidated ‘Ticket Office
Travel Bureau
United States Railroad Administration
Transportation
Liberty St
Healey
Atlanta
Consolidated Ticket Office
United StaTes
Railroad-Administration
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