Federal Livestock Commission Proposed in New Measure
Washington D C February 4 The Kendrick Kenyon plan to revive competition in meat packing moves forward as the senate agriculture and forestry committee recommends passage The bill creates a Federal Livestock Commission of three members appointed by the president with senate consent The commission would oversee all stockyards and meat packing firms and has powers akin to the Federal Trade Commission It would absorb the Bureau of Markets duties of the Agriculture Department and enforce antitrust and unrelated industry prohibitions including records and reports from firms and stockyards Penalties include fines up to 1000 or one year imprisonment for refusals and up to 5000 or one year for failure to keep records or obey orders The act provides for court appeals and sets terms for commissioners and a $6000 salary for the secretary
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Washington, D. C
Kendick
Kenyon
Iowa
Palmer
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Cmmission
Aften
Acker
United States Court of Appeals
Commission
Kendrick
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissat
Tractors Bought Amid Unclear Local Report
A fragmented note describes many tractors being bought and mentions Camphed Wiis and a new lead, with garbled names and unclear details about deliveries and the crew. The text appears to be an unfinished local item with uncertain individuals and places.
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Harry Ae
Seed grain to be ready soon for Campbell county
Farmers will receive instructions on seed grain arrangements as merchants finalize plans. They will be ready well before needs arise and a large Campbell county acreage is predicted.
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Campbell County
Harvey Gleason Weds Flossie Harvey at Weston Home
William H. Gleason and Flossie F Harvey were married by Reverend George T. Gibson at his Weston home on February 26 at 6 p m. Gleason, a Campbell County rancher, and the bride, a former Weston postmistress, will reside in Weston. The News offers best wishes to the couple.
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George T. Gibson
William H. Gleason
Flossie F. Harvey
Gibson
Gleason
Campbell County
Weston
Deep Snows Delay Sundance Lawyer's Move to Gillette
B C Nobles, long-time Sundance practitioner, struggles to move his law books stored in Sundance amid heavy snow. He has relocated to Gillette, opened his new office, and is ready to handle cases as they come.
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Sundance
B. C. Nobles
Noble
Gilette
Gillette
Rebekah's Benefit Supper for Veterans Memorial Club
The Rebekah lodge will host a benefit supper in Odd Fellow hall tonight March 5 with proceeds to fund the Vunity Club honoring World War Veterans. A Wyoming town recently raised 660 in a soldier memorial box supper, and locals are urged to turnout and contribute more.
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Rebekah Lodge
Iowa
Wyoming
Gillette Welcomes New Insurance Agent Edward Conley
Edward C. Conley announces he will work in Gillette as a special agent for the Montana Life Insurance Company. Former Sheridan electrical engineer and World War I Second Field Signal Battalion lieutenant, he earned the Croix de Guerre and multiple citations after service. He was involved in major offensives and battles. He has taken land south of Gillette and will begin work at once.
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Edward C. Conley
Gillette
Sheridan
Conley
Soissons
Cantigny
Monttidier
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Montana Life Insurance Company
Helena
Mont
Alex B. Maycock
Deadwood Dick dies in sanitarium after a storied career
Richard Bullock born in Cornwall near eighty, famous western hero known as Deadwood Dick dies in a sanitarium after a long life of frontier gunplay. He earned renown in the Black Hills and on the Cheyenne trail for stopping stage robberies and killing the highwayman Lame Johnny.
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Deadwood Dick
West
Dakota-Wyoming-Montana
Richard Bullock
Cornwall
England
United States
Black Hills
Dadwood Dick
Lame Johnny
Bullock
Cheyenne
Bo Am
No General Extension for Income Tax Returns Announced
The Internal Revenue Commissioner announced no broad extension for filing income tax returns this year. A 30 day extension may be issued by L A Miller in Wyoming for sickness or absence. otherwise requests go to Washington. Interest accrues at 0.5 percent per month from March 15 on due tax. Taxpayers without extensions must file and pay at least one fourth by March 15 to avoid penalties.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
L. A. Miller
Internal Revenue
District of
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Washington, D. C
Eastern Star Backs Community Club Memorial Building
A committee of the Eastern Star endorses the Community Club Memorial Building as a key county project. They urge the enterprise to spur intellectual moral and physical development, diverting interest from vice and improving the county's welfare. Committees include Olive Orton Anderson Mary E. Hunter and Ammaia Mtawning MMe.
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The
Eastern Star
Community Club
Ammaia Mtawning
Olive Orton Anderson
Mary E. Hunter
Anonymous submissions rejected over source missing
The News clarifies it cannot publish unsigned items about local youths from Duck Creek. Editors require named sources and refuse anonymous communications, though appreciating reader cooperation.
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Duck Creek
Rebekahs Pledge $50 to Community Club Memorial
The Rebekah degree of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pledged 50 dollars in cash to start a fundraising drive for a community memorial club building. The project aims to provide a public library rest room reading rooms game room and gymnasium to promote health and morals among Gillette youth. The group urged wider support from women and local organizations.
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Rebekah
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Memorial Community Club
Rebekahs
Gillette
Community Memorial Club
Priday
BartedY Star Meeting at Odd Hall Friday
Vague notice invites attendees to a meeting labeled BartedY Star Meeting. It mentions a Vet Sie and a time around Friday with multiple sessions at an Odd Hall location. Readers are asked to present at the event.
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Bartedy Star
Guiet
Isillette
Butler Visitor From California Attends Southern Exhibit
L. G. Butler visits California and attends the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce exhibit on February 24. The free public event features lectures and moving pictures, described as the largest exhibit of its kind by a commercial organization. Butler plans further sightseeing before returning home.
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California
L. G. Butler
Southern California
Los Angeles
Contracts Set for Two Campbell County Bridges
A. C. Evans of Sheridan won the contract to build two bridges on the Custer Battlefield Highway in Campbell county between Gillette and Arvada. The State Highway Commission also awarded bridge and culvert contracts totaling $300,000 for projects across Hot Springs, Converse, Johnson, Laramie, Carbon, Sweetwater and Uinta counties. Grading bids will be sought soon and most awards are expected late March.
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Cheyenne
A. C. Evans
Sheridan
Custer Battlefield
Hiway
Campbell County
Gillette
Arvada
State Highway Commission
Hot Springs
Converse
Johnson
Laramie
Carbon
Sweetwater
Uinta
Land Owners Cooperate in Road Building
Landowners along the Lovell to Cowley highway in Big Horn county agreed to an eighty foot right of way, with ten feet extra on each side. They cooperated with the state highway department by moving fences at their own expense to ensure proper road location and drainage.
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State Highway Department
McE
Highway Department
Lovell
Cowley
Big Horn County
Growth of Campbell County Schools Evident in 1913 14 Report
Campbell County shows rapid school growth from 1913 14 data to present Gillette and county figures. In 1913 14 there were 400 school age children and 159 enrolled with 16 certificated teachers across the county. By 1916 Gillette alone serves nearly as many students as the whole county six years prior and faces crowded grades and four outside rooms. The community stresses urgent action as population and needs outpace accommodations.
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Campbell County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Gillette High School
Gillette
Gillette District No. 1
Wyoming
Ysete
How to share scarce funds for Campbell County roads
A Wyoming county official writes to a resident about the dilemma of distributing limited road funds across vast, sparsely settled areas. He explains surveying costs, state highway plans, and the need to fairly divide dollars to maximize impact for all communities.
New Citizens State Bank to Open This Friday
H A Cross president of the new Citizens State Bank says the bank will open for business Friday if no delays occur. Fixtures are limited but enough to begin, with a brick vault ready for safety deposit boxes. Cross and cashier A J Beitel will oversee operations at first.
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Citizens State Bank
H. A. Cross
Surprise Royal Neighbor luncheon honors Mrs Bennett
Mrs S C Bennett recalls a pleasant Royal Neighbor gathering on a Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors hosted a dandy lunch as she prepared to leave for Thermopolis Wyoming, thanking them for their kind remembrance and promising to remain a Royal Neighbor for years.
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Thermopolis
Hope
Eastern Star Officers Visit Gillette
Grand Matron Sarah Haskins Wor thy Matron Arthur Underwood and Grand Secretary Inez M Robinson travel from Cheyenne to Gillette for a special East ern Star meeting on Saturday March 6 and to exemplify lodge work. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs S N McCann on Tuesday March 2 near the 4 J road, about 20 miles from town.
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Sarah Haskins
Arthur Underwood
Inez M. Robinson
Gillette
Eastern Star
Cheyenne
S. N. McCann
McCann's
Progress on new Gillette buildings continues
Progress is reported on several structures in Gillette. W. R. Wright's building for Dick Stone nears completion with interior work nearly done and painting by L A Goerke. The Underwood building, soon housing Gillette Commercial departments, has ceiling and plastering finished and woodwork starting. The Bank of Gillette and Citizens State Bank buildings near readiness, while Hux Perry prepare a new garage on Railroad Avenue.
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W. R. Wright
Dick Stone
Gillette Construction Company
L. A. Goerke
Underwood
Gillette Commercial Company
Bank of Gillette
Hux & Perry
Railroad Avenue
Citizens State Bank
Community club houses reflect nationwide social movement
A government bulletin titled Rural Community Buildings in the United States describes night community houses across the nation, their uses, costs, and management. It notes nearly 800 houses since 1912, with many funded by subscriptions, gifts, or public funds.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Government Printing Office
Washington ,D. C
Notice to Dog Owners and Local Meeting Reminder
Dog taxes due March 1 1920 untagged dogs will be picked up and killed after that date. OTIS PLANERCOCK CK Organization meeting at American Lemans City Hall on Monday March 6. Mr and Mrs Bert Harrod welcome a baby daughter born 29th.
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Otis Planercock CK
American Lemans City Hall
Fer
Bert Harrod
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Community Club Fund
Butler
CUB
W. Hall
Hall
Board of County Commissioners
Bishop Hay Creek
D. S. McCalman
Wyo
Douglas
Buffalo
Thut
Condit
Cambell
McCalman
Sheridan County
Campbell
Boand
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