640 Acre Grazing Homestead Act Heads Toward Law
Congress has passed the 640 acre grazing homestead act and it will become law soon. The Encampment Lyceum Course announces season tickets on sale with half price for children and a full course at 2.50. Single admissions are 7i for adults and 40c for children. Reserved seating will be via season tickets for each performance starting at 9 am a week before events. The first lecture will be Nels Darling on September 25.
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Congress
Nels Darling
Myers
Montana
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Senate
Thresher Accident Wounds Workman on Ranch
Ed Walsh, a threshing crew hand, was caught in a thresher on the Jones and Wolford ranch near Rawlins on Wednesday and had his arm severed. He was taken to Rawlins hospital where he is resting well per latest report. Further details are unavailable.
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Ed Walsh
Rawlins
Jones and Wolford
Public School Opens With Strong Faculty For New Year
Encampment public school opened Monday morning September 1 with the primary department delayed to midweek. The principal reports fine attendance and an unusually strong faculty including two teachers from last year.
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Encampment
Eastern Star Initiates Two Members and Affiliation Adds One
The Eastern Star held a pleasant session last Tuesday evening adding three members to its roll, two by initiation and one by affiliation. Mark Bdick and Marion Crout were initiated, Mrs Jack Brown affiliated. The Worthy Matron appointed Mrs Jeannette V Burke as Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Tennessee to the Grand Chapter of Wyoming. Refreshments followed the meeting.
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Eastern Star
Mark Bdick
Marion Crout
Jack Brown
Jeannette V. Burke
Grand Chapter
Tennessee
Wyoming
640 acre grazing homestead bill passes senate
The 640 acre grazing homestead bill moves through the Senate before adjournment, expanding entry rights from 320 to 640 acres for qualified homesteaders with non agricultural lands usable for forage crops. Applicants may begin residency and improvements with $1.25 per acre costs, while additional entries and adjacent land division are provided for, and the act preserves surface rights and limits water bodies. Final action expected in the December short session, with President’s signature anticipated by January 1.
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Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Myers
Congress
Conference Committee
Senator Myers
Public Lands Committee
Cheyenne
Prize Winners of the Carbon County Fair
Prize winners at the Carbon County Fair include Canary & Sons sweeping multiple cattle and horse categories, Kennaday and Vyvey recognized for hogs and Chester White stock, and H. P. Flohr noted for Hampshire hogs. Numerous firsts, seconds, and special awards reflect broad rural livestock excellence.
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Carbon County Fair
Sheep and Poultry Winners Highlight Local Show
Sheep J. W. Scarrow wins first with Oxfords. W Scarrow tops Denver Stock Yards special pen of mutton lambs. Wyant Bros. take first and second with Cotswolds. Archie Anderson earns first with White Leghorn chickens.
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J. W. Scarrow
Oxfords
W. Scarrow
Denver Stock Yards
Mutton Lambs
Wyant Bros
Cotswolds
Archie Anderson
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Thresher
House
Sencate
Om. Waite
L.A
Canary & Sons
Saratoga Valley
Turnbull
Chas. Vevey
Chas. Vivey
Jones & Wolford
Hat Creek Raid Company
Andy Dahl
Aerchie
Anderson
Russell and Haymaker
W.E. Tilton
Tyrnbull
McPhail
C. A. Kennaday
Poland
C. A. Kenovaday
China
H. P. Flohr
Chester White Sow
Chas. Vyvey
Chester
Chester White Boar
H. P. Flobr
Hampshire Boar
Hampshire Son
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