Dry Farmer Cleans Up Sixty Thousand in Nine Years
A Wyoming homesteading couple Brice McElvaine and wife moved to Slater Flats nine years ago with little capital. They built a 700 acre holding by thrifty buying and hard work, sold land for 50 per acre, and netted over 50,000 from stock and grain sales. They then bought another farm and plan further ventures, signaling dry farming success in the state. Also notes Mr and Mrs F R Gilbert resuming in Laramie and Geo Peryam at a valley dairy farm attending lodge.
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Wyoming
Brice McElvaine
Slater Plats
Wheatland
Wright
McElvaine
Slater Flats
Mckivaine
Gus Johnson Died at Big Creek Tie Camp
Gus Johnson died Monday of last week at the Big Creek tie camp where he worked. He was buried in Englehart cemetery Friday after a brief service. heart failure was the cause. Johnson, a native of southern Sweden with no US relatives, was viewed as a hardworking, conservative man and was found to have about $3,000 in checks plus a bank deposit. Joe Robinson retrieved the body from the camp and brought it to town.
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Gus. Johnson
Big Creek
Rev. Marston
Englehart
Joe Robinson
Johnson
United States
Sweden
Laramie
Killers at Work Cripple antelopes in Rawlins hills
Reports from Rawlins say several antelopes have been found crippled or killed in the hills south of town. Shots fired from automobiles by so called sportsmen have left animals to suffer and die. State game wardens may be notified if illegal hunting continues. True sportsmen condemn the practice and vow to punish the guilty. The Rawlins Republic n notes the school higher grades were dismissed due to illness of Miss Helene Morris.
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Rawlins
Nearly One Hundred Acres of Beets Pledged
The article notes strong local support for pledging acreage to beet farming. J T McShane plans to visit sugar company officials in Seattle and then Denver to push the project. A list shows about a hundred acres pledged so far by area ranchers, with additional signups urged at Encampment State Bank or the forest office before McShane’s return next week.
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J. T. McShane
Denver
Seattle
Washington
Calli
Encampment State Bank
Forest Office
McShane
Kels P. Nickell
Stoutweien
Harry Pantle
Tees S
Snowfall in Wyoming Mountains and Water Supply Outlook
Snow depth at February end 1921 averaged 30 inches in Wyoming mountains, 4.6 inches below normal. Water prospects are good for Green River, North Platte and Snake River watersheds, fair to poor for Big Horn and Lake Yellowstone. Depths by watershed: Big Horn 19, Green River 45, North Platte 358, Lake Yellowstone 18, Snake River 83 inches. state average 30 with a 4 inch deficit. Comparative water equivalents listed for 1921 and prior years. The report notes solid packing may raise actual water content. A separate line notes a local train delay of about seven hours due to locomotive breakdown.
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Wyomin
Green River
North Platte
Snake River
Big Horo
Lake Yelowstone
Big Horn
Lake Yellowstone
Yhallows
Encampment Council Debates Sewer Project and Finances
The Encampment Wyoming council holds a March meeting with Mayor Healey and four councilmen. They approve minutes, order payment of bills, and authorize sewer construction totaling about 2,600 feet of terra cotta pipes funded by an occupation tax. A second note covers homestead law changes allowing repeated entries up to 640 acres within 20 miles of a prior claim. An adjacent notice reports a Masonic lodge meeting and Eastern Star ladies’ repast after conferring third degree.
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Healey
Ferry
Carver and
Rollman
Rankin and
Freenan
Hmerson Street
Lomax
Heavy
Vurke
Span Clark
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Clay Tallman
Wyoming Tribune
Masonic Lodge
Astern Star
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J.H. Schmidt
F. R. Gilbert
Gilbert
Jaca
University
Saratoga Sun
Geo. Peryam
Masonry Lodge
Big Creek Tie Camp
Helene Morris
Mala
Howe
Encampment
Dot
State Bank
CHAS
BH. Sanger
H. A. Hunter
F.H. Healey
Harold Lockwood
Council Proceedings
Wyo
Merry, Carver
Rollmat
J. G. Dettinger
Stree
W. C. Burke
Neho
Harrow
Seu
Kierol
R. Z, McCoy
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Rock River, Wyoming
Joe Smith
Nou
Encampment Stores Co
Cheyenne Creamery Company
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