What Shall We Do With the Arid Lands Authored by Carter
U S Land Commissioner Thomas H. Carter argues in a New York Daily Recorder piece that settlement of arid lands hinges on establishing year round water storage and irrigation. He warns against transferring vast tracts to corporations and proposes transferring land and water control to states for direct settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Daily Recorder
Thomas H. Carter
United States Land Commissioner
Oklahoma Territory
Oklahoma
Congress
Treasur
Consienes Nacateaty
Ngress
Pendous
Boies Defends Prohibition Laws and State Tariffs
Governor Boies addresses a Democratic mass meeting in Cueroxee Aug 22 arguing the prohibition law has failed. He cites 4 095 federally licensed liquor sellers and widespread bootlegging noting harsh penalties harm innocent people. He urges local option by vote to keep or repeal saloons while opposing protective tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cueroxee
Boies
Lowa
Democratic Party
A Lady for Judge in Nebraska Ticket
Lincoln Neb Aug 22 The Prohibition state central committees placed on the ticket for supreme judge the name of Mrs Ida Bittenbender a female lawyer of Lincoln R W Richardson the convention nominee being found ineligible Alfred Bernhardt and Ellen O Neil were married last evening.
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Lincoln
Neb
Prohibition
Sureme
Mra
Ida
Bittenbender
R. W. Richardson
Eligi
Disastrous Park Place Explosion News Lede
New York eyewitnesses report a vapor burst and blast at 70 74 Park Place near Greenwich Street causing walls to collapse. Fire consumed a restaurant on the ground floor with about twenty five workers missing or harmed and dozens killed or burned.
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New York
Park Place
Greenwich Street
College Place
Lindsay’s
Type Foundry
Dominick Burke
No. 76
Joseph Beck
H.C. Stahl
Louis Bernard
Fane Heagney
Patrick Slattery
Annie Pevener
John Gibbs
William
William Smith
John Wallroff
May Heamney
Frank Morrow
Greenwich
Building Department
Reilly
Fire Department
Patna
Alger Denies Blaine Nomination Statement
The World reports that Comrade Thomas of San Francisco claimed Gen. Alger told him Blaine would be nominated and that Alger may have privately supported him. A dated letter from July 6, 1891, to Thomas is printed in facsimile, showing Alger’s cautious tone about Blaine’s prospects.
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New York
Russell A. Alger
Blaine
Thomas
Kearney Street
San Francisco
Gen. Alger
Detroit
Gen. Ates
Alger
Mr. Thomas
Lake Minnehaha Park Plans by Frank Bond
Frank Bond proposes enhancements for Lake Minnehaha park featuring a five acre island with a 100 foot waterway, foot bridges, a bathing and skating pavilion with a sand beach, decorative groves, and rock promontories. Citizens back the project with donations. grading planned by subscription this fall, city involvement next spring.
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Frank Bond
Lake Minnehaha Park
Bond
Miner Fights Severe Epileptic Fits Near Copperhill
L. L. Shaw, longtime Silver Crown miner and Bernard tunnel worker, suffered four violent epileptic seizures. He foamed at the mouth and struggled fiercely. by 8 o'clock Dr. Hunt arrived and found him very weak but improving, with a prognosis of return home in about a week. The ailment is described as constitutional in nature. Five men struggled to restrain him during the convulsions.
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L. L. Shaw
Silver Crown
Bernard
Copperhill
Shaw
Dr. Hunt
Thompson's Amalgamator Model Shown by Wyoming Hardware
The Wyoming Hardware company builds for Gen. John Charles Thompson a large oblong cylindrical working model of the placer mining machine. The dirt is churned and gold retained with mercury, a plan deemed practical.
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Wyoming Hardware Company
John Charles Thompson
Mercmy
Ed Stemler Becomes Naturalized Citizen in District Court
Ed F. Stemler, a La Grange ranchman, was naturalized in district court yesterday. He had been voting for about twenty years, believing himself a U S citizen though born as a German subject, and recalled that at age two he told his parents America was for good people.
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Ed Stemler
Ed F. Stemler
la Grange
United States
Bill Nye
America
Second Stage Line Rises From Corbin To Gold Hill
Gobelman and Hardin start a stage line from Corbin to Gold Hill with good native horses and new coaches. The Black Diamond claims the best and shortest route, signaling competition and efficiency in the regional transport market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobelman & Hardin
Corbin
Gold Hill
Black Diamond
Predicted cold wave and races in Garfield stakes
Foster of St Joe predicted a severe winter for the region as a cold wave made Cheyenne’s August weather noted as the chilliest. Marion C ridden by Fitzpatrick won the Garfield stakes yesterday a mile and an eighth in 1 55 and hay crops may shield cattlemen from blizzards.
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Foster
Cheyenne
St. Joe
Marion C
Fitzpatrick
Wind Mine Gas Indications Spur Carbon County Interest
In Spring Creek near Saratoga, positive natural gas indications prompt borings. The wind mine south of town, discovered by G. B. Bariana and Postmaster Mass, revived interest. John A. Weeks, defeated by Charlie Pierson, has filed a criminal complaint though no warrant issued. Weeks is described as bandaged.
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Spring Creek
Saratoga
Carbon County
G. B. Bariana
Mass
John A. Weeks
Charlie Pierson
Weeks
Cheyenne Firemen Sweep Cheyenne Rock Springs Meet Highlights
Cheyenne hose team returns with three firsts and three seconds in Rock Springs events. In wet conditions Cheyenne won the 87 15 seconds straightaway, Evanston took coupling, Geo. E. Thompson won the 300 yard dash, John Granger captured hop and step jump, I. Deitrick placed second in 100 yard dash.
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Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Rawlins
Evanston
Geo. E. Thompson
John Granger
I. Deitrick
Indianapolis Speculators Invest in Cheyenne Investment
J. B. McMurray and Bent McMurray of Indianapolis visit D. C. Bridges as land speculators of means. They enjoy Cheyenne and have decided to make some investments there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McMurray
Bent McMurray
Indianapolis
D.C. Bridges
Cheyenne
Menges Plans Chicago Move to Open Cheyenne Realty Office
In a few weeks Theo Menges will depart for Chicago and remain until spring. He will team with a prominent western metropolis realty dealer to open an office and handle Cheyenne lots and lands.
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Theo Menges
Chicago
Great Western Metropolis
Mr. Menges
Cheyenne
Powell to thresh 2500 bushels oats at La Perrele
Converse County reports Geo Powell of the La Perrele will thresh 2,500 bushels of oats. Manville fair dates shifted to October 6 7 and 8 with purses totaling $800. Catfish ranging four to eight pounds are caught in the Platte River.
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Converse County
Geo. Powell
la Perrele
Manville Fair
Edison Plant Ordered for Rawlins Electric Light
Rawlins Electric Light Company has ordered an Edison plant to be placed on receipt. The system is expected to be in operation within ninety days.
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Rawlins Electric Light Company
Hammond and Organ Buy E R Hurd Cattle Herd
Hammond and Organ purchased E R Hurd cattle on the Cheyenne river Crook county the herd numbers 500 head of natives. The price will not be made public.
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Hammond & Organ
E. R. Hurd
Cheyenne River
Crook County
Timber Thieves Threaten Pine Ridge Timber Forest
Capt. N. J. O'Brien, United States timber agent, returns from Fort Laramie region after stopping depredations by Nebraska rangers who have been removing timber from the Pine Ridge forest in violation of law and will be prosecuted.
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N. J. O'Brien
United States
Fort Laramie
Nebraska
Forest of Pine Ridge
Kilpatrick Brothers Add Two Firms to Partnership
Two Kilpatrick Brothers and Collins partnership adds Wyoming Farming and Live Stock Company and Kilpatrick & Collins Contracting Company. Each firm capitalized at 100000 dollars. Kilpatricks reside in Beatrice Nebraska and Collins is described as an eastern man.
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Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins Partnership
Wyoming Farming and Live Stock Company
Kilpatrick & Collins Contracting Company
Kilpatricks
Beatrice Neb
Collins
Will Falls as Faulty Form Denies Probate
Judge Scott ruled the Cowhick will invalid for probate due to faulty form and lack of witnessed signature. Heirship remains with the heirs at law and the case proceeds to the supreme court on legal questions involved.
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Scott
Supreme Court
St Louis Delegates to LO O F Grand Encampment
Capt L Kabis and Judge W L Kuykendall named as Wyoming delegates to the LO O F grand encampment to be held in St. Louis early next month. They depart for the convention on the first. Kabis plans business in Chicago and New York. The treasury secretary issued a circular on the 44 percent loan authorizing the New York assistant treasurer to pay coupons on and after September. A movement to add lots shows promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
L. Kabis
W. L. Kuykendall
LO. O. F
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
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U.S. Land Commissioner
Alfred Bernhardt
Ellen O'Neil
MR. Frank Bond
Thompson‘s Amalgamator
Indiana Capitalista
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