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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
1
Wyoming sheepmen face midwinter problems due to ox weather as buyers from Southern Utah Nevada Arizona and California begin to show interest for next season's clip. Letters arrive with formal or tentative offers prompting cautious local reactions.
The Covey Canal Co stockholders met in the secretary C Kruger's office with P W Olson presiding. A thorough discussion of year ahead improvements and costs of 15 000 to 20 000 was held and a consult with an engineer and surveyor was decided to compare cement work costs for repairs.
The Toronto Telegram reports Beatrice Nicholls a 10 year old girl from Toronto area died a week after vaccination. The piece notes an Anti Vaccination League ad and calls for repeal of compulsory vaccination law. local interest centers on her Beatrice Nicholls from Fairview Ave who lived in this area most her life.
The shorthorn steer from Cora, three years old, weighed 1970 pounds undressed and sold for the top price of 17.60 per cwt, grossing 346.70 in the eastern market, according to P. W. Olson and P. W. Jenkins.
Frank A. May reports milder desert conditions with less wind and improving feed as deliveries arrive. His son Will oversees flocks, feeding corn regularly. About 700 head expected to ship to his ranch in a few days to consume hay, barring another blizzard.
Hogwerty Bros. reported their shipment of 8100 sheep from Point of Rocks arrived in good condition. Two animals were lost during loading and were not served, leaving most of the flock safe at the feeding grounds near town.
J P Samson recently announced as justice of the peace filed a bond of one dollar and sent it to county commissioners for approval. Bondsmen are Frank H Stoner and Dominic seeleverey. Delays due to bond signers being out of town push action past the January commissioners meeting.
P W Olson returned from Salt Lake City and the winter range near Rock Springs. He says the sheep weathered storms well and are being fed after rounding up. On Wednesday he sold a carload of hogs averaging 455 pounds. The Register reports 52 visits for $2.
A large Opera House crowd enjoyed a school Christmas program featuring songs recitations dialogues and an elaborate decorated tree with gifts. Principal Miss Irene Bachus led the event with help from instructors Frances Whiston Mae Whiston Mary Stephen and Myrtle Huckvale.
The Courier notes sentiment that Johnson, if guilty, was not the instigator and will get a new trial. County Attorney Christmas is praised for “getting the best of a bad mess” amid admitted miscarriage of justice. Both Apache defendants faced hanging, and the outcome is seen as a brutal, resolved compromise.
The body of Mrs. Frank Bates was sent to Salt Lake City for interment at her former home. Accompanied by her husband and her brothers George Edward and Albert Larson the remains were sent last Saturday. Miss Nellie Larson cares for the bereaved children left motherless by the death.
A town resident paid $95 a case for bootleg whiskey only to find the bottles contained clear drinking water. The buyer confronted no contact from the seller who vanished, leaving no way to reclaim the goods or money.
John H. Stoner rode No. 10 Thursday from Rock Springs with eight cars of sheep showing storm damage. The animals were unloaded here, fed, and forwarded to their destination in Murtaugh, Idaho, where Stoner and his brother Frank will feed them for the rest of winter.
A local replevin suit filed by Mrs. Anna Richey against William Davison and others to recover cattle ended in a 13 hour, three day trial before Judge Arnold with a seven to five deadlock. The jury was discharged and the case will proceed at the spring term.
The Ogden stock show will run January 8 9 and 10 with PW Olwen among local exhibitors. He plans to display fat blooded hogs and showcase what can be done in Tolg coln county.
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