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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
2
Cheyenne hosts Frontier Day as 25 000 visitors descend on the city over three days. Hotels fill fast, trains crowded, and residents welcome guests with festive decor and a strong Western ambience. Cowboys and Indians appear amid modern Cheyenne’s bustling streets.
In Philadelphia on July 24 the parade cost about 528000 dollars. Organizer Bill Elk is cited as having funded a free show for the city, with conservative estimates vouched for by Daniel J. Shern of the execut…
The executive committee in charge of the large display discussed estimates by Mr. Shern who urged adding about 60 percent to the figures. He warned that in this matter it is wiser to err on the side of conservatism.
Vespacian Warner, pension commissioner and Illinois politician, swore in court that his stepmother, Isabella Robinson Warner, is of mixed race. The Will case hinges on an ante nuptial agreement and dower rights in John Warner’s estate valued near two million, amid claims of deception and concealed heritage. The story recounts how a Kansas railroad wreck in the 1870s led to their meeting and the ensuing legal fight.
A Britt merchant spent 200 on an aggressive summer ad push starting June 23. The first day neared 1000 in sales, the following six days averaged about 400 daily, and a 100 ad investment yielded 3400 in business. The ad rate was 3 percent of sales, and the results proved advertising pays.
Mr and Mrs Halve Anderson returned to Mission Hill and announced a lumber venture with G M Finott A A Taylor and WE Weeks involving 2000 acres near Rapid City with 360 acres largest. Timber value rising from eight to ten dollars to ninety two per thousand. operations to start August 1 and sales planned at reasonable rates to clear land.
In Butte Montana a sheriff levy attaches the bank deposits and 450 shares of stock held by F Augustus Heinze as part of a suit by Thomas M Hodgens seeking 66980.48 on a 1900 partnership for purchase of Bingham Consolidated Copper Mining stock.
San Francisco report on the Columbia disaster shows 152 saved, five bodies recovered, and eighty eight lost from 245 lives. Among the missing are thirty nine men forty nine women and five children. Nine crew members survive alongside seventy four crew dead.
The South Dakota Press association led by secretary John T. Cogan seeks to arrange a trip to the Black Hills on the first available train after roads reopen. A round trip via new lines is planned, with uncertain date due to road readiness. A Sioux City Merchants' Association idea of a joint Editors visit is under discussion.
In Washington on July 27 the great land fraud cases against Benson Hyde Diamond and Schneider were postponed again as the witness fee appropriation for the District of Columbia was set at only 12000. The defendants, all wealthy Californians, were indicted on bribery charges and had delays of two to three years. The delay stems from insufficient funds to transport and pay witnesses, with new laws only recently revealing the gap, causing a public sensation.
Congressman Mondell of Newcastle visited Cheyenne after returns from Rawlins and Laramie. He opposed Pinchot's range control plan and argued leasing hinders settlement and development. He predicts Wyoming will see more cultivation and mine activity as land opens up in coming years. He praised Secretary Taft while noting the next Republican candidate remains uncertain.
Miss Maybelle Watson a 15 year old passenger from Berkeley recounts aiding a drowning woman for two hours after the Columbia sank. She never swam before but kept afloat until Officer Howse retrieved them. Emma Griese of Cleveland was the drowning companion.
A first-person reverie from the ridge east of Bonniwell ranch details the Butte County stock country. It notes numerous local ranches, the primacy of cattle, and the need for capital, stock, and winter feed. The piece recalls a JX ranch wedding dance for Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and ends with a lyrical twilight landscape of the Slim Buttes.
The Omaha World-Herald reports a surge of bank creation in Nebraska with First National Bank losing a third director in a year and plans for a $60,000 bank at Rapid City. The Nebraska Bankers Association meet September 18 19 attracting 600 bankers led by George E Roberts former mint director now head of Commercial National Chicago.
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