Senator Borah Urges Republicans to Keep Promises
Senator Borah of Idaho criticizes his Republican colleagues for failing to keep campaign promises to constituents. He says the party has not produced effective legislation during Reconstruction, cites the stalled railroad bill, and urges the GOP to build a legislative record for the next election. He doubts a Republican victory in the next presidential race.
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Borah
Idaho
Senate
Will Hayes
Congress
Responsibility for Treaty Action Rests with Senate
Editorial argues the United States Senate, led by Republicans, must take decisive responsibility to ratify the peace treaty with Germany. It criticizes GOP leaders for delaying the treaty and using committee power to steer outcomes away from the majority’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Senate duty to ratify treaty and end war
The piece argues the Senate must ratify the treaty to restore normal political and economic conditions, noting ongoing public demand and warning that party politics threaten national honor and welfare. It condemns the prior leadership’s criticism of the president and urges action by the majority to secure peace and reestablish relations with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donot
United States
Germany
Senate
Reversing Roosevelt in the Western Reclamation Debate
The piece critiques Republican claims on reclamation and contrasts them with Roosevelt era policies. It notes a House committee cut the Flathead Indian Reservation project budget from 81 million to 100 thousand and questions the party line on government water supply and settler expectations. It highlights tensions between Republican leadership and Roosevelt administration legacy over public lands and irrigation programs.
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Roosevelt
Laramie
Western States
Cleveland
Republican Congress
House of Representatives
Flathead
Ater
House Committee
Indian Affairs
Government irrigation policy and land contracts critique
The excerpt criticizes a government policy of abandoning irrigation projects after expending millions, arguing it harms the arid region and thousands of settlers in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah who paid for land under the promise of future irrigation. It portrays the action as breaking faith with settlers who invested per acre sums under the express undertaking of irrigation.
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Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Twenty Eight Million Women to Vote
The Rock Springs Rocket notes 28,000,000 voting age women in the United States and urges ratification of the constitutional amendment. It argues women’s wartime leadership proves they should not return to passive citizenship as the push for state ratifications continues.
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United States
National Woman's Party
Rock Springs
Wyoming Straw Vote Flags Party Favorites and Protests
A Wyoming legislature straw vote shows Republicans favor Governor Frank C. Lowden of Illinois for the presidency, Democrats back MacAdoo Palmer and Bryan, while Pershing has limited GOP support. Senate to resume treaty talks next Monday amid public opinion pressure. Union Pacific Cheyenne shops to receive over half a million dollars in current-year improvements. payroll about $800,000 monthly and 300,000 people employed statewide. Investigations expected to cost at least a million dollars to taxpayers. The Republican National Committee urged to build a case against the administration. A garbled note about a creamshoe misspeaks, suggesting a distracted glare on leadership.
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Wyoming
Frank C. Lowden
Ilinois
MacAdoo
Palmer
Bryan
General Pershing
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Union Pacific Railroad
Republican National Committee
Estate of S Maude Whiston final account notice
In Lincoln County Wyoming district court the administrator John R Whiston presents his final account and petition for distribution for the estate of S Maude Whiston deceased. Creditors and interested parties may examine the account and file objections within thirty days after the last publication dated February 25 1920. If no objections are filed the administrator will settle the estate March 26 1920 at 10 00 am in Kemmerer Town Hall Court Room.
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District Court
Wyoming
Lincoln
S. Maude Whiston
John R. Whiston
Lincoln County
Kemenerer
Avon
Ivan
Jones
State of
Kurnmorer
Said
Fehouney
Jor P. Whitelal
Tyan
Jonee
Atlorey
County of
Lincoln—an
Os District Court
Alice J. Lahmer
Kemmerer
Bessie Lehmer Sanderson
Ivan S. Jones
Wm. Newbrough
C. &. Beach
Anes
Phebe H. Harp
Granger
Sweetwater
May F. Wisdom
Phebe H. Hamp
Ivan 8. Jones
County of Lincoln
Alich J. Lehmer
Beanie Lehman Banderson
Notice from Land Office and Probate Records of Wyoming
Land Office notices at Evanston and district court probate items in Lincoln and Sweetwater counties from January 1920. Claims include John H. Anderson entry in Section 18 Township 19 North Range 116 West plus creditors notices for Wm Newbrough and Phebe H Harp estates, and final proof by James S Davison with witnesses named.
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Evanston
Wyoming
John H. Anderson
Rock Springs
Sweetwater
Township
Range
Homestead Final Proof Filed for Kemmerer Land Claim
B Matthews of Kemmerer Wyoming filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish claim to Homestead Entry Serial No 05643 for sections 19 and 20 in township 22 north range 115 west. The hearing will be before Ivan S Jones United States Commissioner in Kemmerer on January 29, 1920. Witnesses named: John H Mantle John B Mat Jr Herman Sandhere and Sarah Matthews all of Kemmerer Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Wyoming
James 5. Davison
Opal
Noutheast
Flo LaChapelle
District Court
Kemmerer
Willem Davison
Wyomfrar
Gorge A. Mehmond
Wrimine
J. J. Robinenn
Kermorar
Wyomine
William Barthday
Alex Nishoy
Reglater
United Sates
John B. Matthews
Ivan S. Jones
United States
Witnemus
John H. Mantle
John B. Mat, Jr
Herman Sandhere
Sorah Matthews
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Robert B. Hoke
Butreort
Satan
Kemmerer Savings Bank
Legislaure
Taft
Wyoming National Forest
Afton
C. A. Beam
Flo LA Chapelle
1721
LIC Land
Wyo
General Land Office
David W. Salmon
Pan Ae
Alex Nisbi
Dorns
Geme
F. E. Curtis Kemmerer
WM. E. Pitt
Telephone 89
Kemmerer Market
First National Bank
Kemmerer, Wyoming
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