Irrigation Report Details Mead Plan for Wyoming
Engineer Mead submits to Governor Warren a comprehensive irrigation report on Wyoming. It includes a water map, ditch schedules, storage reservoir sites, and recommendations on land and water management, irrigation acts, and future legislation with references to Green River lakes and North Platte sites. The document also outlines nine water districts and meteorological data from 1888 to 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead
Warren
Medicine Bow Range
Laramie Plains
Brush
Pass
North Platte
Laramie
Board of Trade Trustees Meet at Mr. Jefferys Office
The board of trade held a trustees meeting last evening at Mr. Jefferys office to discuss internal affairs and upcoming agenda items.
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Board of Trade
Board
Mr. Jeffrey
Employer Gives Keefe Couple Silver Dining Set
The employer of Mr. M. P. Keefe surprised him on Thursday evening with a fifty piece solid silver dining set. The presentation occurred at the Keefe residence with speeches and social time. Mrs. Keefe was included, as shown by the top plate inscription: Presented to M. P. Keefe and wife by the employer of the Capitol building, Christmas, 1889.
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M. P. Keefe
Mr. Keefe
Colorado and Wyoming Veterinary Officials on Cedar Fork Hunt
An Albany Texas special reports Dr. Charles S. Lamb state veterinary surgeon and secretary of Colorado's veterinary board Dr. A A Holcomb territorial Wyoming veterinarian and Mr Bergerson of Cheyenne are guests of W R Moore. The party is camping and hunting at Cedar Fork as Lamb and Holcomb assess quarantine line needs for their regions.
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Albany, Tex
Denver News
Charles S. Lamb
State Veterinary and Sanitary Board of
Colorado
A. A. Holcomb
Territorial
Wyoming Territory
Bergerson
Cheyenne
W. R. Moore
Cedar Fork
Northern Cattle Prospects
James Brown reports Powder River cattle fat with uneven but good grass. If spring weather stays mild, cattle should fare well. In the Big Horn basin stock are thinner but likely to survive with minimal loss. Central Wyoming stock has favored conditions though grass is short after last drought. No extreme weather expected to cause major losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brown
Powder River
Brown
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Irvine
Bis Case
Antremerse
L. R. Williams
M. D
Randolph &T
Chicago
Governor Warren to receive two more copies of constitution
Delegate Carey telegraphs Governor Warren requesting two printed copies of the constitution and memorial with the ratification vote and original governor and secretary certificate for Congress. The president will file the manuscript copy in the state department, and Warren will prepare the constitution and accompanying matter for forwarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Warren
Congress
State Department
Pardoned Man From Lander Was Near Death
Frank Smith, convicted at Lander in 1886 for horse stealing and sentenced to Joliet, has been pardoned by the governor after prison authorities and a surgeon certified he was near death from consumption. The surgeon says Smith could not live but seven months remained to serve.
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Frank Smith
Lander
Joliet
Smith
Board to Examine Enlisted Men for Ordnance Sergeant Roles
General Brooke appoints Major Captain Sharpe and First Lieutenant Ogle of Fort Russell to form a board to evaluate qualifications of enlisted men for ordnance sergeant appointments in the United States Army. First Sergeant Timothy Spellane ordered to report to the board president for duty. Wyoming reports few severe storms and minimal snowfall outside the southern border and the big mountaine.
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Brooke
Sharpe
Ogle
Fort Russell
United States Army
Timothy Spellane
Social Whirl highlights gift season in 1889 festival
The article surveys shops and novelties from Zehner Buechner Co and Rhodes Troxell, noting silver wares, vanity items, fruit creams, and travel art. It covers social events such as drive whist partners, parties at Mrs Moar gan and Mrs Towslee, and a pound sociable by Baptists. The Festival of Days tableaux receive praise, with church programs and WYOMING lecture planned for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zehner, Buechner & Co
Milady
Rhodes & Troxell’s
Cynthia
Kalender
Colonge
Aquarius
Queen of the Adriatice
Venice
Myer's
R. S. van Tassell
E.S.N. Morgan
Cheyenne Guards
W. A. Mills
Moargan
Towslee
Pasmore
Ollerenshaw
Mre
Corlett
Morgan
R. F. Glover
The Champion Liar Of The Northwest In Cheyenne Ozone
A gleeful expose debunks a sensational tale about bandit “Kettle Jack” in the Big Horn Basin. It recounts abducted daughters, royal ambitions, mounted rescues, and a cannon siege followed by mass lynchings, then mocks the editor for swallowing the fiction.
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Northwest
Omaha Bee
Big Horn Basin
Kettle Jack
Jack
Big Horn
Union Pacific Denver shops to hire about 1500 workers
A Union Pacific official described Denver’s new railroad shops as a unified plant to install improved machinery and centralize work. He said current Denver repairing staff total 750, with Cheyenne shops employing about double that, implying 1500 workers or more once completion, though no new hires beyond present numbers are planned.
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Union Pacific Road
Denver
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
SUN
Iron Ores of Hartville Wake Interest in Community
The article notes iron as a healthy blood element and calls Hartville iron ores a valuable resource for business and manufacturing. It questions how long the promising ore beds will remain untapped and urges action to explore and utilize the deposit.
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Hartville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Engineer Mead
United States
Valentine Baker
Baker
Omaha
Ogeen
Pueblo
Wendover
Vanity Fair
The
Aet
U. P
Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department
Kellner
S. Kellner’s
S. Kellner
S.kellner
Rush
Hennett Medical Colleges
Ciarist
F. KE. Warren Mercantile CO
T. F. Dolan
East Twentieth St
Cheyenne National Bank
Lange Stock
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