24 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
The Gillette News
Location
Gillette, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
1
Helen E. Widner announces a plan to establish a free public reading room in Gillette at Mrs. LaNowe’s home with rental cover by 25 subscribers paying 50 cents monthly for a year. The room would operate daily until 10 p.m. with funds held at the Bank of Gillette and volunteers to collect missing sums.
A civic exhortation urges immediate town plans to boost output and expand business for the coming year. It calls for broad citizen cooperation, a big meeting to map future actions, and a push to attract dollars rather than settle for pennies. Also notes a garage for rent through Mrs. LaNoue at the Dr. McArthur house.
Before estray stock may be advertised a thorough examination with two competent witnesses is required. A signed description including age weight sex color brands and marks must be sent to the Secretary of the State Board of Livestock Commissioners in Cheyenne. The board will advertise only if brands and locations are accurately given and a ten cent per day per head charge applies for keeper.
Wyoming crop estimates compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates show corn 625000 bushels at 67 cents, wheat 3320000 at 7.5 cents, oats 9530000 at 43 cents, barley 612000 at 55 cents, rye 180000 at 90 cents, potatoes 2400000 at 60 cents, and hay 1210000 tons at 7.80 dollars. Compared with last year, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes, and hay all rise or fall with diverse shifts, while the average price of most grains drops several cents per bushel except rye which rises.
The Maurer Sisters Orchestra appears as the second Lyceum Course act at the Gem Theatre on Wednesday evening December 29. Season tickets for the last three numbers are $2.00 for adults and 50 cents for school children, with free reserved seating for holders. Reserved seats and tickets go on sale Tuesday afternoon December 28 at the Gem Theatre. single admission is 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for school children. Reserve seats Tuesday afternoon.
A Mescal operation offers wintering for one band of sheep or 300 cattle. It has 200 tons of hay and 2,000 acres of pasture. Address Ed Thorn, deal 7-2t Downing, Wyo.
A Wyoming community decries Roy Montgomery publisher of Campbell County paper as jailed for political reasons during Christmas. The letter-writer calls his Cheyenne trial a farce and urges readers to mail cards to Box 7 Leavenworth Kansas while noting a U S land office order about township filings and restoration to entry in Sundance Wyoming.
Deputy Sheriff Sicily reported a Sunday morning blaze of incendiary origin destroying haystacks and barn at the Chester Dolin ranch on Thompson Creek near Ridge. About a week earlier a steel range and about $60 of rooting were stolen from the same place. The Fairplay notes the suspect may be a cowardly foe targeting the Johnstone family.
Wyoming Farmer reports Dr. W. T. Cooke warns against assuming 1916 yields based on 1915 results. He cites a Laramie county farmer who lost five dollars per acre despite deep tilling and notes fertilized land in an unusually wet year may not outperform rough tilling. He cautions that a drier 1916 could favor deep plowing and careful cultivation.
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