DIVERSE VIEWS ON WYOMING STATEHOOD TESTED AT MEETINGS
Letters from Sweetwater County residents express opposition to statehood citing expense and taxation fears while urging full public discussion. Readers urge candid forums with speakers from Laramie Cheyenne and nearby towns ahead of the election, noting miners and ranchers hold varied views and warning against ignorance.
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Rock Shrines
Wyo
Qet
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Sweetwater County
Horse Shoe
Cottonwood
Fairbank
Muddy
Whalen Canon
Riachmen
Cheyenne
Wrxpower Wyoming Editor Opinion on Statehood
The letter to the editor from a Wyoming reader voices a strong stance on statehood, urging consideration by the editor and city authorities. It reflects local sentiment and the era's push for territorial status, highlighting civic engagement and regional identity.
City band seeks 24 piece lineup from abroad
Cheyenne plans to expand and reorganize the city band into a 24 member group, aiming for a top Western standard. An ad in Yeon White Leader drew international and nationwide responses, with letters from Germany England New Brunswick and eastern states. Only fifteen musicians will be chosen, with spots for skilled players including potential investors and leaders.
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Yeon White Leader
Germany
England
New Brunswick
Adams Nominated by Republican Central Committee for Wyoming Legislature
The Republican central committee met to select a candidate to fill Frank H. Clark’s vacancy. On the first ballot T. B. Adams was unanimously chosen and accepted. He is praised as educated, public-spirited, and businesslike, with prior legislative service. The piece urges cross-party campaign unity and active meetings to secure the constitution and statehood.
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Republican Central
Frank H. Clark
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Adams
Wyoming
Legislative Assembly
Recommendations for Wyoming Statehood and Public Lands Policy
Governor War ren submits a detailed set of recommendations to the Interior Secretary covering Wyoming statehood, expanded land surveys, opening Forts Sanders and Fetterman for settlement, reclamation funding, university land leasing, lumber mill provisions, more land offices, forest-fire control, water storage, Pacific railroad cooperation, Indian reservation law tweaks, expanded mail service, four supreme court justices, Gulf harbor appropriation, Yellowstone Park protection, post establishment, increased military presence, timber clearance, park enlargement, clearer boundaries, civil penalties for park violations, fish hatchery, and sustained funding for preservation initiatives.
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Congress
Wyoming
Sanders
Petterman
Sanders and
Fetterman
Land Department
Gulf of Mexico
Commission of Erie
Park protection and visitor access measures urged in Wyoming report
A Wyoming inquiry urges immediate arrangements to reimburse the territory over 8000 for park protection before March 18 1885. It calls for reducing distances between geyser formations and hotels, ensuring transport to all hotels, and creating supply locations within the park for campers and visitors.
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Ion
Wyoming
Upper Basin
National Park
Grand jury finds no indictments in Sweetwater lynching case
Rawkins Wyoming dispatch reports the grand jury adjourned with no indictments in the Sweetwater lynching. Principal witness Buchanan fled the country. the other key witness who saw the lynchers at Averill's house also disappeared, making a case unlikely. The note adds commentary on western land booms and their effects.
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Rawkins
Wyo
Sweetwater
Tuk Sus
Buchanan
Lynehers
Averill
Infant Remains Found at City Dump Ground
A badly decomposed infant body, likely there over a month, was found at the city dump. The discovery led Sheriff Martin to inspect wrappings with a Chinese laundry mark. Officials deny railroad buyouts or leases related to the Pane handle system.
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Charles Phillips
Lake Brewery
Tse
Henry Loffman
Expressman
7Rihane
7Rihwar
Patents Filed At Last Office For Preemption Entries
Recelved patents listed for preemption entries assigned to Kirsenes Johnson Chas By Fisher William Powers Louis P Fay Laramie county to Samuel EK Birney Mavit WH Andrews Albany county and Jane P Dillard Carbon county with the last office date noted in the record.
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Kirsenes Johnson
Chas
Fisher
William Powers
Louis P. Fay
Laramie County
Samuel EK. Birney
Mavit WH. Andrews
Albany County
Jane P. Dillard
Carbon County
Arid Lands Urge Irrigation and Storage Across Regions
The article argues for irrigation as essential in arid lands, citing Elwood Mead and J R Dodge on irrigation and climate changes. It notes broader expansion of homesteads, six stages of water use, natural catch basins, and government storage projects, highlighting Wyoming’s arid belt and potential for increased agricultural production. It also reports on Union Pacific reorganization news and local inquiries about alum from Bayonne works.
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Elwood Mead
J. R. Dodge
United States Agricultural Department
Nebraska
Roth Meridian
Desert
Colorado Line
Minois
Homestead
Missouri
Colorado
Phayrar
Cheyenne
Crow Crevick
Cato
Lanalsis
Wees Plain
Wyoming
Azure
A Curious Souvenir from Washington for Friends
Superintendent of Telegraph Earty ot lithe Union Madific returns from Washington with curious souvenirs a string of silver certificates of one dollar denomination. He presented them to friends and notes the Treasury would stream them as money. The collector says he has about fifty certificates. Omaha Antipolicant
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Washington
United States Treasury
Ble
Omaha Atepolicant
Duck Hunting Trip Returns With Mallards
Pete Dergerend and De Holcoimb arrived from a Awreora hunting trip along the Union Pacific line enjoying good sport. They brought back many ducks, mainly mallards, and the Sin family acknowledges receipt. The building is to be renovated, refinished, and reopened by Mr Whirling.
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de Holcoimb
Union Pacifi Wat
Tae Sin
Qeeldental
Mir Whirling
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