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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
4
Washington correspondent reports President Taft likely to sign the homestead bill amid telegrams from Secretary Fisher and supporters. News sparks hope of a Western migration surge as settlers, investors, and migrants move toward public lands, signaling growth and prosperity for the region.
Superintendent Watson urged creation of local demonstration farms in Wyoming dry farming districts, noting neighbors’ cooperative experiments. The U S Department sought 6000 but Senate-House conference cut to 5000. Rowan assessed Cheyenne area crops and soil. 160 acres required. site likely within Laramie County with offers near Cheyenne Silver Crown and Bear Woirna.
The piece questions how long rising unrest and robberies will continue in Cheyenne and urges the public safety department and mayor to act. It references a Leader editorial comparing crime to New York and mentions a reader letter supporting a political candidate and a query about a telegram to The Denver Republican misrepresenting President Taft on the Borah bill.
Idaho Senator Heyburn denounces the administrations conservation policy arguing land withdrawals harm communities and value the land inadequately. He cites 2 000 000 acres withdrawn in Idaho and questions the cost and purpose while urging use of lands for opportunity and revenue.
Dee Pixley writes of Hank Hankins Doe recounting a talk with Attorney Walter and Mark Hanna ally Watts urging him to join the Warren club. He criticizes banks in politics, notes support for Senator Kummins and Taft, and predicts shifts in Wyoming politics with a frontiersman flair.
The writer discusses Australia’s strict potato disease controls and aims to study their approach this summer. He plans to adapt insights to the government experiment farm near Cheyenne Wyoming, including seed selection plowing irrigation and cultivation practices.
A deputy with two years of service announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for County Treasurer in Laramit County, subject to August primaries.
Pater R. Warlaumont announces Democratic bid for Sheriff of Laramie County subject to the August 20 primaries. Voters are urged to note the candidacy and the political process ahead.
A veteran potato grower analyzes the 1911 drought and blight as the cause of a rare regional potato failure. He compares it to 1880, argues irrigation and spraying as mitigations, and urges farmer cooperation to prevent shortages for the middle class.
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