Bothwell Canal Irrigation Plan Promises Vast Valley Growth
Engineer led scheme by J. R. Bothwell aims to reclaim 200000 acres in Salt Lake Valley and 300000 on Bear River, with Bear Lake waters forming a grand reservoir. A 100 mile canal will bring water power, farms, towns, and wealth, transforming arid lands and boosting land values.
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J. R. Bothwell
Bear River Canon
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Bear Lake
Bear River
Idaho
Soda Springs
Salt Lake
Bothwell
Wyoming City Council Sees Pipe Royalty Offer and Budget Actions
Acting Mayor presided as council discussed Denver patent holder C P Allen proposing a 20 cent per foot royalty for laying and operating a wood water pipe. Other actions included bond for city sexton, deeds of lots, hose contract with Gutta Percha, Eddy street extension study, and a rule barring payments after 6 pm. Governor Warren returned from a trip abroad and reported good spirits and health.
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Hunt
C. P. Allen
Denver
L. W. Warramount
Fire Department
Merne
Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company
Eddy Street
Miller
Water and Drainage Committee
Alert Hose Company
Hebard
Death of Mr. J. Adar Houck in Baltimore
Report from Baltimore states J. Adar Houck died by his own hand in a stable at his country residence near Baltimore. Friends here express deep regret and sympathy for his relatives during a period of melancholia and nervous prostration caused by overwork.
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J. Adar Houck
Baltimore
Death of a Baltimore youth stirred citywide sympathy
The piece notes the youth was found by his brother who informed the mother and sister of the loss. In Baltimore the family drew deep sympathy for the young man whose illness affected his mind and who had displayed generous impulses and talents in music, literature, and art.
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Baltimore
Houck
Summer stroll and lemonade in shady glade
A playful summer scene unfolds as a couple wander under trees with ice cream and lemonade five cents a glass. A discreet plan to borrow forty cents from Brown then yields relief and a cheerful moment without social stigma.
Greeley Fourth Celebrations Include Firemen Races and Parade
Cheyenne teams joined Greeley for a Fourth of July event featuring foremen races with ten teams from Cheyenne Boulder Loveland and Greeley. Pioneers and Alerts won purses in hook and ladder and wet test races. A Boulder accident left a man seriously injured during a practice run as fireworks capped the day. The Denver Republican notes the Fort D A Russell Seventeenth regiment band and Cheyenne guards marching in Denver. Alaska politics and rail interests draw added attention ahead of a planned Union Pacific trip.
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Cheyenne
Greeley
Boulder
Loveland
Poudre Valley
Pioneers
Phoenix
Alert
Clark
Bolthoff
Durant
Brush
Phoenix Hook and Ladder
Poudre Valley Hook and Ladder
Pioneers Hook and Ladder
Alert Hose
MacKey Hose
J. T. Clark
Alerts
Boulder Hook and Ladder Company
Allen
Drunken Soldiers Fined by Justice Lee
Two or three soldiers were run in for drunkenness yesterday and brought before Justice Lee. Unable to pay their fines they were committed to jail.
Proud Denver Cheyenne Joins The Fourth Procession
Cheyenne contingent including 40 G A R members and the Seventeenth infantry band joined Denver celebrations for the Fourth. The parade featured General Sherman with a two mile line of 5000 troops and a grand review on Grant Avenue. Denver crowds enjoyed fireworks but officials levied abusive admission fees and rough treatment marred the event. The Cheyenne guards then used Cheyenne music to lead part of the procession before returning home after 1 am. A fire at ta'jo yesterday morning damaged the Great Western corrals' rear stables but the main building was saved by firefighters.
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Denver
G.A.R
Sutzer
Adams
Henderson
Seventeenth Infantry
Glee Club
Greeley
William Tecumsah Sherman
Grant Avenue
Sherman
Cooper
Homer Merrill
Rawlins
Stitzer
Colorado Guards
Wyoming
Cheyanelles
Stitner
Colorado National Guards
Cheyenne
Company B
Board of Trade
Ta‘jo
Great Western
William Murphy
Fire Causes Heavy Loss at Farm With Stallion Loss
A fire at a farm caused a total loss estimated at about $2,000, with a fine stallion valued at $400 killed and 20 tons of hay and some grain destroyed. The blaze progressed before discovery and the stallion could not be released. Insurance coverage was partial.
Wyoming statehood optimism and Buffalo frontier life described
A New York Tribune Wyoming letter from Buffalo extols statehood prospects, noting a 70 000 population, stock investment, mineral wealth, and vigorous Governor Warren. It praises Buffalo’s 1 800 residents, frontier life, and modern amenities, then reports a near tragedy at the North Platte river where a fording wagon was swept away and a mail sack lost, narrowly avoiding disaster.
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The
New York Tribune
Wyoming
Buffalo
Big Horn
Warren
Northwest
Rockies
Sam
Mr. Gladstone
Professor Huxley
Boston
Rocky Mountains
North Platte
Hauphoff
Wendover
Douglas
Fairbank
Fourth at Fort Laramie Celebrates Independence Day
The Denver News reports Fort Laramie residents and soldiers marking the Fourth with a sunrise salute and patriotic music. Activities included athletic games, foot races, a Fort Laramie baseball match against Fort Russell, and a Pacific Short Line surveying party club. Wyoming guardsmen in cadet blue impressed spectators as they marched with the Fort Russell band.
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Fort Laramie
Union Pacific Transfers Property in Cheyenne
A special warranty deed was filed at the county recorder’s office transferring part of lot 4, block 391, Cheyenne, from Union Pacific Railway Company to Elizabeth T. Wood for $119. The Wyoming National Guard made a splendid showing wheeled around on Sixteenth Street in the best shape of all the military.
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County Recorders Office
Union Pacific Railway Company
Elizabeth T. Wood
City of
Cheyenne
Wyoming National Guards
Sixteenth Street
Pacific Short Line eyes central Wyoming route through Laramie valley
Two surveying parties operate near Fort Laramie as Pacific Short Line weighs routes from Sioux City westward. One line may swing north via the Platte valley toward Laramie and Douglas, while another aims up the Laramie river. Ogden terminus construction starts with 200 miles. Cheyenne & Northern and B&MP face competitive pressure for access to the northwest. Local subsidy support fuels expectations for a first transcontinental rail bypass.
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Pacific Short Line
Fort Laramie
Sioux City
the Platte
North Platte
Laramie
Platte
Fairbank
Iron Belt
Douglas
Pacific
Wyoming
Ogden
Bannister
McLean
Union Pacific
Pacific Short
Sand Hills
Cheyenne & Northern
Cheyenne
Laramie County
C& N
Great Northwest
Senators Visit Cheyenne on Indian Affairs Tour
A westbound train brought Senators Dawes Stockbridge Manderson and Jones with aides to Cheyenne en route to Alaska. The group toured the city, received flowers from Mrs. Warren, and planned to study Indian schools in Alaska and Washington. They will sail on the Albatross and visit the Puyallup reservation before deciding their return route.
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Our City
Alaska
Dawes
Massachusetts
Stockbridge
Michigan
Manderson
Nebraska
Jones
Arkansas
Senate Committee On
Washington Territory
Port Townsend
Tacoma
Puyallup
Wyoming
Death of Hon. John W. Jones Timberline of Wyoming
J W Jones known as Timberline Jones in Wyoming died at his Des Moines home on June 18 after a brief cholera attack. A prominent Iowa figure since 1830s, Jones served as Hardin county judge, state treasurer from 1858 to 1862, and held posts including postmaster at Cheyenne. Born 1826 near Jacksonville Illinois, he recalled frontier Burlington gatherings with Black Hawk era figures and Indian traders, shaping a long political life across Iowa and the West.
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J. W. Jones
Timberline” Jones
Wyoming
Des Moines
Iowa State Register
John W. Jones
Iowa
Ile
Burlington
Keokuk
Oskaloosa
Hardin County
Jacksonville
Ills
Fort Madison
Montrose
Nauvoo
Jerry Smith
Black Hawk
Iowa River
Wapello
Mr. Jones
Mr. Smith
Jones
Tie
West
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cleveland
Fatal Accident Near Denver Yards Claims George Howard
George Howard, brother of Harry Howard of this city, was run over by cars and killed yesterday in the Denver yards between Golden and Argo smelters. He worked for the railroad. No further details available. A telegram with the news was received by his brother, who rushed to the scene.
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George Howard
Harry Howard
Denver
Golden
Argo
Police Court fines three drunks at matinee session
Judge Lee presided as three inebriates were fined ten dollars each and placed in duration vile following the routine police court matinee.
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Lee
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Frank A. Stitzer
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H. W. Henderson
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