Wyoming Topics: Railway, Cemeteries and Wildlife Notes
The Union Pacific begins thirty miles of track from Kemmerer toward new coal fields near the city. Bodies of fifty soldiers buried at Fort Washakie cemetery will be moved to Fort Leavenworth as the post is abandoned. Sheridan population tops 8,235, becoming Wyoming’s second largest city. Deputy Joe Boulter reports 5,000 to 6,000 antelope near Sublett meadow and elk moving into desert areas. mountain sheep tracks appear near ranches. Strouse notes a band of fifteen mountain sheep west of Pinedale.
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Union Pacific
Kemmerer
United States
Fort Washakie
National Cemetery
Fort Ledgenworth
Sheridan
Polk
Rock Springs
Larainsieé
Joe Boulter
Pinedale
Sublett Meadow
Boulter
Joe Strouse
Shoshoni to Receive Northwestern Railroad Yards
Shoshoni, Wyoming will gain the Northwestern railroad yards relocated from Casper within weeks. About 150 workers are employed there, and the transfer is expected to boost this growing town's population.
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Shioshoni, Wyo
Northwestern Railroad
Casper
Coal Vein Found Near Thermopolis Wyoming
A coal vein 140 feet thick with only two shale layers has been opened on Grass creek, thirty miles from Thermopolis. Analysis shows the coal containing 53 percent fixed carbon.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Grass Creek
Hudson Coal Trust Formed in Central Wyoming Mines
A trust has been formed of all coal mines in central Wyoming with Hudson Coal Company gaining control of every producing mine along the Chicago Great Western line. The reserves include mines on the unceded Cheyenne and Arapaho lands leased to Hudson, which plans immediate exploitation of the territory.
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Wyoming Coal Trust
Lander, Wyo
Wyoming
Hudson Coal Company
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Hudson Company
Bigamist Boshow Arrested After Decoy Letter
Hiram Edison Boshow, charged with five bigamous marriages across as many cities and swindling women, was captured in Cheyenne after Mrs. Mary Johnson of Buffalo and a detective traced him through multiple towns and lured him with a decoy letter.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Hiram Edison Boshow
Mary Johnson
Buffalo
Boshow
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Denver
WILL MOVE THE TOWN TO LANDER FOR BOYSEN DISTRICT
Residents of Boysen plan to relocate the town off William Brenaman’s land after failing to cancel the homestead filing. About 100 settlers are on the ground and a spring rush is expected as Boysen becomes the mining district supply point. Officials must settle townsite rights to allow improvements and growth.
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Wye
William Brenaman
Boysen
Brenaman
Thne
Freight Boom Ties Basin Camps to Shoshoni Trade
Residents of Boysen Willow Creek and other mining camps along the West Big Horn river use the thick ice to haul in large supplies. Shoshoni serves as the main supply point with local merchants seeing a surge in business during the freeze.
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Shoshoni
Wyo
Boysen
Willow Creek
Big Horn River
Naval Bill Passes Big Budget for Battleship
Washington report notes Burton of Ohio opposed another Dreadnought while Crumpacker of Indiana urged big ships for protecting the Philippines. Debate cited arming trends, peace aims, and calls for armament limits amid rising naval spending.
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Washington, D. C
Burton
Ohio
United States
Japan
United States Navy
Tenant Evicted by Fire Rancher Sets Blaze to Oust Tenant
James Keeshan of Atlantic City Wyoming admitted setting fire to his own rental house near Lander to evict tenant Michael Brandon who had not paid rent. The blaze destroyed the structure as Brandon escaped before the roof collapsed.
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Wyoming
Lander
Wyo
James Keeshan
Atlantic City
Here
Michael Brandon
Keeshan
Brandon
Fremont County election contest highlights clerk’s challenge
County Clerk Ralph Kimball answers Benjamin Sheldon’s petition seeking to nullify North Fork precinct voting due to alleged missing ballot initials. Kimball calls for full precinct by precinct review, argues Democrats controlled boards prevented fraud, and hails last election as fair. Sheldon once fired a female clerk for wearing short sleeves, a matter Kimball plans to leave to clerks’ good taste.
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Vander
Wyo
Ralph Kimball
Benjamin Sheldon
Sheldon
North Fork
Kimball
Fremont
U P Pipe Lines Railroad Feasibility Across Alkali Belt
Union Pacific engineers plan pipe line routes across the Red desert between Rawlins and Green River to haul water and reduce costly water transport in the alkali belt. The project covers a vast stretch across railing crossings from Canada to Mexico, with substantial prior cost exposure.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Red Desert
Rawlins
Green River
Water freeness in desert boils sparks union pacific concern
The text notes dollars spent attempting to render desert water free for engine use. It cites the Union Pacific for years using desert waters in locomotive boilers, which led to boilers becoming unfitted for service in less than eight months.
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Union Pacific
Wyoming trader seeks old Sioux traders from 1850s
D B Brown of Sparks Oklahoma recalls 1864 55 trading posts in Dakota Wyoming region. He asks legislators to help locate old Indian traders from that era. Brown helped bury Salt Lake stage massacre victims on the Platte river in 1854 and served at Fort Laramie, first white settlement in the Rocky mountains.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
D. B. Brown
Sparks
Okla
Territory
Dakota
Wyoming
Platte River
Salt Lake
United States
Brown
Fort Laramie
Rocky Mountain Region
Miners Laid Off as Bisbee Faces Fuel Shortage
Seven hundred miners were laid off in Bisbee Arizona today amid fuel and lumber shortages. The shutdown aims to allow necessary repairs and closures of several shafts, with local belief attributing the move to union organizing efforts by the Western Federation of Miners.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Western Federation of Miners
Bishee
Adams Trial Begins in Wallace Idaho Court
Jury selected to try Steve Adams for killing timber settler Fred Tyler in Wallace Idaho. The trial opens tomorrow with Knight for the prosecution. Public interest splits town, merchants oppose the Western Federation of Miners defending Adams, while workers back the defense. Judge Woods allowed adding witness W B Hopkins over defense objection. Jack Simpkins excluded as WFofM member funding the defense.
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Court
Wallace
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
George Wilson
Miner
Mullan
A. R. Leard, Jr
Mace
Jacob Frank
Burke
George H. Curtis
Henry L. Wilson
Blackbear
Pink Rogers
Warren
John Furst
Peter Doyle
H. Ellars
J. E. Conners
J. Vanderwerker
Kellogg
Frank I. Redding
Wallace Adams
Knight
Western Federation of Miners
Adams
Japanese noble abolish peerage proposal shocks Tokyo
Count Taisuke Itagaki taps nobility with a circular urging the end of the peerage. He argues a distinct class between imperial house and people harms progress and suggests peers surrender titles after one generation, mirroring 1871 feudalism reforms. The plan draws strong astonishment.
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Chicago
Daily News
Tokio
Taisuke Itagaki
Imperial House
Daimich
Tagaki
Anti-Treating Bill Debated Again in Senate Today
Pierre February 16 The anti treating bill returns to the senate for adoption of the majority report which urged rejection A minority report is set to be substituted Dowdell prepares for another contest on his textbook bill defeated yesterday but revived by a motion to reconsider Dillon and Dudley oppose the measure.
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Senate
Pierre
Dowdell
Dillon
Dudley
Women Roadmakers Smooth Washington Boulevard In Venice
In Los Angeles Venice district on February 16 women including wives and daughters of millionaires joined road crews to fill potholes on Washington boulevard. Pick and shovel work began in the morning, with dirt moving finish work and a roadside lunch served under trees. Cars passing by cheered the volunteers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Venice
Washington Boulevard
War Dogs Must Be Ready Says Metcalf
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf spoke at the U S naval academy during a diploma ceremony for the second section of the class of 1907. He urged readiness while predicting disputes of nations will be settled by international courts of arbitration before resorting to arms.
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Metcalf
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
Judge Calls Federal Oversight of Marriage and Divorce
Ohio federal judge argues current laws allow a man to be legally married in one state and not in another. He cites a man with three wives, divorced in different states, who remained legally tied to all three wives as long as he moved among states. He urges constitutional amendment and federal standards for marriage and divorce.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Hai
Robert Taylor
Federal Court
Men's League of Eels Memorial Church
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Congress
Senate Deliberates Japanese Immigration Provision
In Washington on February 14 the Senate continued debate on the immigration bill’s California Japanese provision. Senators Bacon and Tillman reiterated opposition to further Japanese immigration, with a vote not expected to settle the issue until next week.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Bacon
Tillman
California
Mediation Efforts Quiet War Threats Between Nicaragua and Honduras
The state department reports all agents in Central America acknowledge instructions to apply moral pressure on Nicaragua and Honduras. Officials express optimism for peaceful settlement as direct cables from both presidents urge desist from hostile actions.
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Ordor
Washington, D. C
State Department
Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
New York Farm Labor Plan Draws European Applicants
The New York State Department of Agriculture reports a demand for 650 000 farm workers this spring and has launched an international recruitment drive. Last year the bureau placed 417 000 laborers and hopes to reach 600 000 this season, while critics note many local unemployed are within blocks of Broadway and question the need for overseas sourcing.
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New York
Bureau of Information and Statistics
New York State Department of Agriculture
Europe
Holland
Bureau of Farm Employment
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Kansas
Pressmen strike halts Butte papers in February
Butte newspapers halted publication as pressmen walked out demanding higher pay. The strike, involving the Butte Miner Butte Inter Mountain and Anaconda Standard, began after the pressmen refused an unspecified daily raise.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Inters-Montain
Butte Evening News
Tl Anaconda Standard
Snow Plow Kills Twelve Antelopes on Great Northern
Judge Park Davis reports his son Henry a dining car conductor on the Great Northern says heavy snow blocks sections from Seattle to St Paul. He recalls seeing three herds of antelopes near Milk River as a snow plow ahead of the train struck and killed twelve of the animals.
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Great Northern
Herd
Sioux Falls
Judge Park Davis
Henry P
St. Paul
Seattle
Davis
St Paul
Milk River
Champion Lariat Thrower Kills Six in Mexican Battle
Guthrie Oklahoma February 14 The Lert Seeley known as Lon Seeley longtime champion arm thrower on the 101 ranch is said to have killed six Mexicans in a battle with revolutionaries Seeley traveled to Mexico with Joe Willer another 101 ranch worker who aims to buy land once thought to be Alexander Yowle of Zion fame planned to name the new paradise Gonzales site and invest profits to build a large estate and employ many men The report cites plans to claim about 1000000 acres for their use and to hire men for every hundred acres
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Oklahoma
Mexico
Joe Willer
Maller
Alexander Yowle
Zion Fame
Gonzales
Evry
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C.L. Clark
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Mil
E. S. Richey
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