Red Gap Ditch Aims to Reclaim Desert Lands North of LaBarge
Oliver Twichel and J L Pickell advance a new ditch plan near LaBarge, with a five mile channel from the upper county bridge to water 480 acres of desert lands north of Red Gap. They have worked three months and expect completion this month, enabling spring reclamation and potential extension to Charley Bird ranch.
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Ander
Lalarge Gletriet
Red Gap
Labarge
Intre Anda
Spor Annex
Oliver Twichel
JL. Pickell
Tne Camena
Oliver
Mr. Pickell
Lattarge
Upper County Bridge
Charley
Bonded Debt Reduced and State Bond Holdings Report
Ex-Treasurer J. J. Baird reports bonded debt reduced to 111000 while the state holds school and other bonds totaling 779875 at an average 6.27 percent. Game receipts have risen to 63706.12 in two years, with department costs of 21002.44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Baird
Christmas Day Recalled At Hotel Utah In 1914
An old Salt Lake paper notes Christmas family names at Kemmerer and Salt Lake City, with hotel register showing c A Christmas and Mrs J B Christmas. It mentions Charley Christmas as a bachelor who enjoyed a visit with his mother and sisters.
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Hotel Utah
Utah
the Utah
Register
Ames
C. A. Christmas
Kemmerer
Wye
J. B. Christmas
Wyo
Margaret Christmas
Marjorie Christmas
Chas. A
Charley
Salt Lake
Engraved Canes and Calling Cards Offered
Local printer Ragone Seigh in Wilmington announces services for engraved canes and plates plus calling cards in the latest type. Tux Cammna will take orders for custom work and printing.
Montgomery Goes to Leavenworth
The U S Court of Appeals sustains the district court ruling in the case of Hoy Montgomery. He is sentenced to two and a half years in Leavenworth for white slavery. With good behavior, 180 days can be shaved, shortening the term to about two years. Parole may be possible in about eight months.
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Cheyenne
Montgomery
State Lands Leased High Value Five Year Oil Contract
State land commissioner 8 G Hop Kiva announced a five year lease on Salt Creek school land with nine existing wells held by Midwest Oil Company. Royalties jump from 2000 to 6000 dollars monthly, totaling 190000 then 350000 with 13 new wells planned, at 1.25 dollars per barrel.
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8. G. Hop- Kiva
Salt Creek
Midwest Oil Company
Ridgely Opens Law Offices in Cheyenne Wyoming
Ridgely announces his law offices in suites 338 340 342 Plains Hotel Building Cheyenne. He was a former U S District attorney in Big Horn country serving a little over two years with a record of seventy seven cases won. Now practicing law again his wide acquaintance brings business from across the state.
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Hilliard
Ridgely
Wyoming
Plains Hotel
Big Horn Country
Cheyenne
United States
New County Superintendent in Power County Idaho
Friends of Miss Madge Whisler in the Green River valley celebrate her appointment as the first county superintendent of schools in Power County Idaho two years after its creation. The message wishes her a smooth two year term.
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Madge Whisler
Green River Valley
Power County
Idaho
Ture
Madge A Mooth
Resignation shifts leadership at Cottonwood Land & Livestock
Mr W E Carlin resigned as secretary treasurer and manager of the Cottonwood Land & Livestock Co. John Hunting remains president. Bunting’s son John A will assume management around April. The ranch spans over six miles of beach and Cottonwood valley with extensive cattle and future plans to reclaim hay and grain land.
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W. E. Carlin
Big Piney
Los Angeles
Carlin
Cottonwood Land & Livestock Co
John A. Hunting
Bunting
John A
Cottonwood
Holding Sheep Near Ranch
Mr and Mrs Tt H Salmon and children returned from Salt Lake City where they spent holidays with Mrs Salmon's mother Mrs E Stele. J C Salmon and wife returned and went to Labarge ranch while Tom stays in town with his family. Sheep feeding on the desert east of the ranch have good feed with snow and three bands are wintering, ready for a storm.
Reverend Henry Whitney Bellows A Unitarian Leader Remembered
The article recalls Henry Whitney Bellows born in Boston a century ago and his rise from Harvard and Cambridge to a New York City pastorate. It notes his Civil War era work as president of the United States Sanitary Commission and his long pulpit tenure and public life until his 1882 death. It also notes British peerages’ instability with counts of surviving lines across Tudor Plantagenet and Stuart eras.
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Henry Whitney Bellows
United States Sanitary Commission
Boston
Marvard College
Cambridge Divinity School
Bellows
New York City
New York
To Destroy Flies with Kerosene Water Sprinkling
To destroy flies mix kerosene and water in a sprinkling pot and spray outhouses dust pans and places where fires breed during summer. The eggs will be destroyed and the household spared a nuisance and danger. For cut flowers plants and funeral or phone a Southwestern Wyoming florist.
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d + json
Southwestern
Wyoming
Tata Oe
Ula B. Werthelder
Florist
Evanston
Wyo
Bank Statement Fragment with Liabilities and Deposits
A partial bank report lists loans and discounts 168 659 01, overdrafts 1 001 78, warrants 29 008 7T, and deposits subject to check. The document includes capital stock, surplus fund, undivided profit and certificates of deposit with liabilities totaling 28 000 00 5 000 00, signed by cashier B L Smith and notary A Christman.
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Trust Panda
Ceceeene Otm
Appointed County Physician Dr J R Marquis Highlighted
The piece notes Dr J R Marquis was appointed county physician by the new board of commissioners. Born in Stromsburg Nebraska he studied pharmacy and science in Fremont and medicine at Nebraska College of Medicine Lincoln. He practiced in Kemmerer and Kingston Canada before settling in Kemmerer, building a wide local practice and many friends.
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J. R. Marquis
Board of Commissioners
Legion
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Fremont
Fremont College
Nebraska College of Medicine
Lincoln
Kemmerer
A G. Deuel
Deuel
Rock Springs
Marquis
Kingston
Canada
Queen's University
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W. B. Fenner
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Oscar H, Will & CO
Bismarck, N. Dak
Union Mercantile & Supply Co
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Beckstead Bell & Co
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