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Rawlins Republican Notes 1905-1907
RAWLINS REPUBLICAN
BAKER COLLECTION
1905-1907
Notes on front page not categorized:
Cole Hatfield; Luckfield; City buys race track near fairgrounds,
5/5/1906;
Dr. Maghees’ version of Big Nose George, 1/23/1907;
Silver Mountain Mining, fraud, 7/27/1907;
Skaggs Family leaves Rawlins, 5/11/1907
8/26/1905-Bid open for Pathfinder Dam, pg. 2, col. 2 article
8/30/1905-Wool growers to have sheep roundup, long article, front pg.
9/2/1905-Frank J. Keefe trial and family information, front page; Lander Stage holdup at Meyersville; Malachi Dillon down from Dillon Camp, still confident of bonanza
9/6/1905-St. Joe’s School Rules; Telephone service, front page; Cheatham Ranch sale at Dixon; Minnie Pettee to build new building; Ed Haggerty in Lander, info, pg. 4, col. 3; Phone wires damaged due to rain, pg. 4, col. 4
9/?/1905-H. Blickfeldt, 6 yr. old, missing, awoke and went home when fire alarm sounded; H. Rasmussen building improvements, front pg.; Homer Merrell, front pg.; Car loaded with sheep overturned killing 50 sheep, pg. front; Captain Morgan and Lt. Torrey Maghee went to GAR
9/13/1905-Frank Nevin at GAR, front pg.; Telephone lines to be redone; Harry Phelan of Gem Saloon
9/16/1905-Frank Keefe case; A. W. Casservan and George Wren improved Ferris Hotel management; W. H. Perkins and C. E. Ayers; Charles Perkins, pg. 3, col. 1-2; Dr. Raymond Barber opened office, pg. 4, col. 4
9/20/1905-Rawlins Republican offices move article; Lake Valley Livestock Co., new, pg. 2, col. 5; Homer France trip to Pine Grove; Charles Anderson; W. H. Roberts and Dillon Double Jack, pg. 3, col. 5; More on Frank Keefe trial, pg. 3, col. 5; Thomas Cannon and business; Engineer Barney Neil;
9/23/1905-William J. Bryan and family pass thru Rawlins on way to Orient, stopped to see Dr. Osborne, but he wasn’t in. D. H. McDonald to do sewage work; V. O. Ford buys Dr. Osborne’s car, front pg.
Frank Blake weds Rosa Phillips, 9/23/1905; F. O. Anderson, formerly owner of Walcott Hotel to relocate;
9/27/1905-Two cases against Robert Temple, front pg. ; hospital furnish treatment to employees for monthly fee, front pg.; Dillon mail route change, pg. 2, col. 2; Saratoga Health Springs, pg. 3; Knox and Tanner improve bldg., pg. 3; Dr. Barber gets telephone;
9/30/1905-Ferris Hotel kitchen improvements; Saratoga and Encampment RR plat of route, pg. 2, col. 4; Freighter H. T. Brown starts for Dillon
???? notes out of chronologic order
7/15/1905-Hundreds of thousands of sheep brought in to WY, pg. 2, col. 2, article; J. C. Cheatham return to Dixon to sell property
7/19/1905-Trams carrying wood for fuel for mine; J. E. Nalls of Lander Stage dies, front pg. ; Fire destroys stables at Ft. Washakie, horses killed; Danish Picnic, 100 attend, front pg.; Bradbury and O’Gara give up contract on Pathfinder Dam Alcova and forfeit bond; Marius? Rasmusson open 2nd hand store and bicycle hospital;
7/22/1905-Frank Fernal and Joe Hard shooting, front pg.; Frank Nevin carpenter and builder; epidemic of mumps at prison; Torrey Maghee West Point grad assigned to 24th Infantry; Dr. Finney; Mrs. Adrian Appodaca; Garden at corner of Pine and Cedar??has flowers, thicket, currants, etc.
7/26/1905- Dan Healy sold property to Joe Quinn, pg. 4, col. 2;
7/29/1905-Jesse Arthur McFarlane weds Nellie Booth after much trouble from her brothers, story front pg.; Torrey B. Maghee gets commission as 2nd Lt. assigned to 24inf Regt now in Mont.; Oscar Larson works for e. Mosher
8/2/1905-Union Pacific Fire Dept. new hose co. organized; L. H. Startzell and copper strike, north of town;
8/5/1905-14 boxes of dynamite found by kids on Monument Hill; R. A. Daley to build on Peter Larsen home; Barn built by R. C. Middlewood ; James Wrisinger, Brush Creek rancher brought to jail for incest, victim is daughter, Mrs. Rosetta Geiger, front pg.;
8/9/1905-Transcript of Frank J. Keefe trial for killing John Baxter; W. T. Morgan of Slater; Mrs. Morgan to run boarding house at Ferris-Haggerty Mine; 14 men being held in jail, front pg. col. 4;
8/12/1905-James Weed, formerly sheep herder, Denver Post claims he’s finally got his patent for his automatic gun which protects sheep from coyotes by shooting blanks every ½ hour, St. Louis manufacturer has practically closed deal to produce; Census-Carbon Co. 10,313, Rawlins-3617 Hanna-1209, Encampment-1021
Tennis club to form?, Dr. Pistor and C. E. Verry leading interest
8/16/1905-Special agent Kelliher of Union Pacific bought saddle horses, trained to chase crooks, bought saddle from H. A. Chapman; Tennis club, 15 members; U. P. coal statistics, front page; R. I. Turner adding to Frank Nevin home; Judge Merrell improving his office; Rubie Rivera recovering from operation
8/19/1905-Martin Laven old timer found to be insane by jury, not dangerous; George Brimmer to marry Gladys Jefferson
8/23/1905-Monument to Chief Washakie to be taken to reservation, front page; Deputy Tramell puts Curtis Holt and Thomas Hanratty in pen for theft, front pg.; Ed J. Thomas shot at Moze Dozo, a herder, front pg.
8/26/1905-Another bid opened for Pathfinder; Mayor Clause shows branch with crab apples on it;
8/30/1905-Carbon County Wool Growers Association have a man, sheep gatherer, on range, front pg.; Frank C. Wheeler sold sheep off a rail car that were not his, caught and jailed, front pg.; Miners cottages from Spring Valley being hauled to Hanna, will be reassembled for Hanna miners; Frank Keefe attorney wants Keefe to be taken to Laramie; L. E. Armstrong, attorney, pg. 3, col. 3;
Out of order
6/3/1905-Saratoga Bridge article, front pg.; Con Quinlan has crew working on Willis Track to be used for July 4th races, see dimensions, front pg., col. 4; Barber Shops closing, Charles Merritt and E. Sundin; Hal Blydenburgh not losing sight, front pg., col. 4; Dr. Thomas Maghee leaves for West Point for son’s graduation; C. F. Perkins, Dixon merchant, ill; Charles Anderson and T. H. Frew buy R. C. Middlewood building, pg. 4, col. 4
6/7/1905-Bandit holds up Cosgriff Brothers store at Rock River, article on event, front page; Tierney Sheep Co., Ed. M. Tierney, Pres., John J. Cullen; Nieland Tierney Co. William Niland, Pres., Ed M. Tierney, Sect., pg. 3, col. 2; H. Larsen shipped 2 car loads of sandstone to Fort Russell for new building, pg. 4, col. 3; H. A. France buys J. P. Ryan building occupied by G. S. Adams jewelry, pg. 4, col. 3; Charles Wood of Doublejack Newspaper will cease publication, pg. 4, col. 4;
6/10/1905-H. Rasmusson to build new business block, long article, front pg. col. 4;
Bid made on Dungeon house-rebuilding steam heating plant and remodeling; J. A. Bennett to do work, article, front page, col. 3; E. J. Mayle buys remaining jewelry stock of G. S. Adams, front, col. 6; F. E. Smith, discharged soldier from Ft. Russell got drunk and stabbed another fellow, was arrested by Officer's Friend and Lavin.
June 14, 1905-Bandit, Herbert Ambler, ex-con suspected from the first, held up Cosgriff Brothers Store at Rock River, captured after 5 day hunt, now in Albany County Jail. Was found in Quealy Ranch house where he had stopped for supper, article, pg. front, col. 1; H. J. Dingman died and buried in city, had been serving 5 yrs. for larceny, front pg, col. 2; Moon light picnic held at Robertson's ranch, Presbyterian young people invite you, article, pg. front, col. 3; H. Ambler bound over to Laramie court, article, front, col. 4;
H. Larsen and quarry, long article, front pg., col. 5; Stanley and Koehler Plumbing Shop, front, col. 1;
6/17/1905-J. A. Bennett retires after 22 yrs in hardware business, turns it over to Ed F. and J. A., Jr., article pg. front, col. 1; Torrey B. Maghee attending West Point, pg. front, col. 6; Elks burn mortgage on 4th and Cedar Lodge, pg. 2, col. 3; Daley and Dow building new barn for F. H. Hadsell in North Rawlins, article, pg. 2, col. 3; Article on Brunswick building modifications, pg. 2, col. 3; Pen addition, pg. 2, col. 4; Val Maghee home for summer from military school in Racine, WI, pg. 6, col. 6
6/21/1905-Larsen Quarry article, pg. front, col. 5;
6/24/1905-Harry Rehmeyer and invention for railroad door to be opened by air cylinder, pg. front, col. 5; Fred Jukes to leave Rawlins, but will keep interest in Ferris Studio, E. W. Rinehart to run business, pg. front, col. 6
6/28/1905-Fire at Penitentiary, started in sheet iron building, article, pg. ?; Charles Smith seeks pardon for shooting M. McAnnaly-has served 8 yrs., front pg., col. 2; Jack and William Booth involved in shooting with Arthur McFarland and Will McPhail, of Saratoga, happened at Booth Ranch, front pg., col. 2; Will Reid leases Dillon Doublejack newspaper from Lynn ?, front pg., col. 2; Lucky Strike Mine near town, north of Rawlins, drilling shaft down, 30 ft., front pg., col. 2;
Robert Temple and quarrel with County Commissioners regarding road, front, pg, col. 5; If you hear fire whistle turn off your water so that there is pressure for fighting the fire, pg. 2, col. 1; R. C. Middlewood's new home, pg. 4, col. 4;
7/1/1905-Newport Saloon, pg. 4, col. 1; Thomas Keenlyne opening restaurant, The Palace, pg. 4, col. 2; Light Co. gets carload of polls, pg. 4, col. 2; E. Mosher and electric lights outside store article, pg. 4, col. 3
W. A. Heath to sell out and move with family to Lander, pg. 4, col. 3; Irrigating with water controlled by the city, pg. 4, col. 3
7/5/1905-Rawlins celebrates 4th, pg. front, col. 1; Otto Gramm and penitentiary study re: Steward, front, col. 1; H. Rasmusson contemplating move, pg. 4, col. 3; W. F. Neiman took up homestead in Fisher's Canyon, and is going to open a dairy--Crystal Spring Dairy, pg. 4, col. 4; Baseball, pg. 4, col. 4;
7/12/1905-Dr. T. G. Maghee back from West Point graduation of his son, Torrey who came home with him, pg. 4, col. 3; George Adams Jewelry Auction, pg. 4, col 4-6 advertisement
Rans enters May 1905 at this point in his notebook
5/3/1905-Article on sheep clips and amount of money received, pg. front, col. 1; Union Pacific Motor Car No. 1 completed pass through to Portland, article, front, col. 3; article on Wyoming National Guard, pg. 2, col. 2; curfew at 8:30 pm, pg. 4, col. 1; Photographer Jukes took photos of the Union Pacific Motor Car No. 1 at cut west of Rawlins, pg. 4, col. 2;
5/6/1905-Machinery here to search for iron ore deposits, J. S. Salisbury has backing of Bristol of Waterbury, Conn.-north of Robertson Ranch , front pg., col. 1; Harry McFarland and grocery business, pg. front, col. 1; Griff Maghee here from St. Louis where has attended medical college, front pg., col. 2; Fred Rendle and Rawlins Consolidated Drug, front, col. 2; R. A. Smiley lamb clip information, front, col. 6, courthouse roof repairs under warranty, pg. 4, col. 1
5/10/1905-Fire at large Hugus warehouse west end, front pg., col ?; Cosgriff Bros. Walcott Wool Clip, 500,000 pounds, front pg., col. 4;
5/13/1905-John C. Teller charged with cutting ties illegally on Government land, pg. front, col. 2;
5/13/1905-(Continued), Mrs. E. CF. Hallett? undertaker to establish book lovers' library will solicit membership at $5.00 a year to have library here, article, front, col. 3; Knox and Tanner incorporated, H. S. Brodt and E. A. Kruger, new members: G. A. Tanner, form board of director-Brodt, Pres., Krueger, Sect./Mgr.; H. Larsen send to car loads stone to Fort Russell for new building, front, col. 4; Dr. Finney called to Walcott. Adam Edgar Stabbed, claims Gregorio Lopez did it, others say it was Adolfo Santana (disappeared). Lopez jailed.
5/17/1905-Joe Lawson died during explosion of Edson Tunnel, article; Mr. Carlson drilling for Wyoming Connecticut Mining Co. (iron exploration), pg. 2, col. 2; Day Espy suffering with inflammatory rheumatism is using Adam Robertson Springs and improving, pg. 4, col. 3
5/20/1905-City to celebrate 3-5 July. races, roping, riding, parade, baseball, etc. article; Trouble with lambing due to snows and flooding, A. A. Allen, pg. front, col. 1; Pioneer Sheep Co. sues Union Pacific as cars not there when due to ship wool, pg. front, col. 3; James Gooldy poisoned by polluted water, front, col. 6; James Clause, Mayor, states cease irrigation till well is repaired, front, col. 6; Doublejack newspaper to become a mining paper, states C. E. Wood; H. A. France has accepted agency for Cadillac machines. He bought a Model F, article, pg. 3, col. 5;
J. N. Irving buys Rush property, pg. 4, col. 6
5/24/1905-Pioneer Sheep, awarded nearly $6,000 from U. P. for lack of cars, will appeal, front, col. 1; William Stevenson mail contractor for Hanna to Leo, starting a milk ranch for Hanna, front, col. 4; Ada Evelyn Miller (I. C. Miller's daughter) weds Dee John Wren; more on water situation, front, col. 4; H. Larsen contract for Hog Back to construct dam, front, col. 5, C. R. Bell, teams and men put to work on project; Carbon County Wool sold too soon, front, col. 5; Fears of Saratoga Bridge going due to high water, front, col. 6; Verne and Ralph Ferris home from military School, pg. 2, col. 2; Harry Chapman took family back to Sand Creek Ranch, kids in town for winter for school; S. M. Hoyt buys in with Fred Rendle Rawlins Consolidated Drug; B. T. Ryan, miner, getting patent for invention, pg. 2, col. 3;
Knox and Tanner incorporated; Mrs. Petty improving building and opening bakery; Mrs. Dan Healy leases Osborne Building-will open boarding and lodging house, pg. 4, col. 5;
5/27/1905-Commencement of 1905 graduating class, article, front, col. 1; Obituary of R. G. G. Huntington, oldest rector in west, front, col. 4; more information on the Edson Tunnel slide, pg. 2, col. 3; Mrs. Petty sells lot to H. Rasmusson, 4th and Cedar; Work on dam constructed by Railroad to divert water into natural lake west of town, will be finished tomorrow, pg. 4, col. 4;
5/31/1905-Union Pacific to build from Fort Steele to Encampment this year, Rans said, "no." W. S. Iliff, C. K. Durbin, present proposal to furnish power for water works, front, col. 5; A. R. and W. G. Reader receive 18 cars of Texas Cattle to put on their northern CO range, front, col. 6; Governor Brooks restores Frank Nevins citizenship as he has been out of Pen about 1 yr. and conduct has merited the action, pg. front, col. 6; Hal Blydenburgh brother of C. E. may lose sight due to accident with sheep, pg. 2, col. 3; Water pump fixed, can use normally, pg. 4, col. 2;
Rans writes , “end of May, all found”
OCTOBER (out of order)
10/4/1905-Court cases to be tried include: Frank Ellis, Leon Mumm, Jakop Siren, Jakop Alt, Nels Kappala, Isaac Lampi, James Malody (murdered Thomas Hays), Frank Fernald, Guy Whitney, Isaac Ranta,(10 yrs in pen) William Nash; information on H. Rasmusson's business sale; Stratton Brothers sheep herder incident, pg. 2, col. 4; Knox and Tanner building improvements, pg. 3, col. 5; Movies shown at Opera House 200 block West 5th; D. Polock and new restaurant, pg. 4, col. 3; Dr. Letitia Wiseman, charge of St. John's at Cheyenne, pg. 4, col. 4;
10/7/1905-WY wins 82 gold medals in mining at Portland Fair; Red Cross Pharmacy, formerly Ferris-Maghee Drug Co. to move to Chas Anderson building on 4th Street; Ferris Hotel, pg. 3, col. 6; M. A. Leavey and Casservan and Wren, article;
10/11/1905-James Malody on trial for murder of Thomas Hays of Encampment a yr. ago, front, col. 1-4, long article on the event of the murder; J. C. Mars, baloonist, pg. 3, col. 5; article on business locations of Rasmusson's, Bickeler, Mayle's, Brunswick Annex, pg. 4, col. 2; R. C. Perkins at Ferris, pg. 4, col. 4;
10/14/1905-Seven businesses burglarized: E. Mosher, J. W. Hugus, Hanson Merc., McDaniels Drug, Eastman's Cash, Rawlins Mercantile, and H. T. Smith Meat Market--G. C. Herndon and Jesse Gillis, robbers, caught; Herbert Ambler guilty, front, col. 6, long article, front, column 6; C. M. Hurst, inventor of Hurst Switch, article, pg. 2, col. 4; Bank Exchange Restaurant to F. O. Anderson, pg. 2, col. 4; Lights mounted and wired at railroad stock yard; J. O. Cheathan and family moved to town from ranch at Dixon; E. J. Mayle moving business, pg. 4, col. 4; J. C. Mars to make balloon ascension, pg. 3, col. 4;
10/18/1905-Robert Temple case dismissed, front, column 3; Mrs. Dee Wren Miller catches typhoid, front, col. 4; J. M. Rumsey, Fennimore Chatterton and the Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, front, col. 5; Mrs. Geiger, daughter of James Wrisinger, Brush Creek Rancher, gave birth to a boy-questions about this woman, incest and story, pg. front, col. 6; Hot Springs sold to Pittsburgh crowd, pg. 2, col. 4; F. Naghart, manager of Union Pacific Hotel died, pg. 2, col. 5;
10/21/1905-More on C. M. Hurst invention, pg, front, col. 1; J. H. Albro and Mary England (widow of Richard England), marriage license issued; Attorney Brimmer and Armstrong filed for another trial for James Maludy in the killing of Thomas Hays, pg. 2, col. 2; Mrs. H. K. Bennett, pg. 4, col. 3
10/25/1905-Major W. L. Kuykendall to be presented with an old Confederate flag, long article, front, col. 1-3; motion for new trial for Maludy denied; John Hart and sheep crossing problems, front, col. 4; Pres. of U. P., E. H. Harriman through Rawlins, pg. front, col. 6; Knox and Tanner building being lowered; Minnie (Lavin) Petee moves to Casper, pg. 4, col. 4
10/28/1905-Information on telephone exchanges, front, col. 5; Martin Lavin dies in Evanston Asylum, front, col. 6, obituary given; G. M. Scott to Lander;
11/1/1905-James McGrew arrested for Capital Room theft, Thomas Shanley held as evidence found on him; load of ties delivered to Encampment
11/4/1905-C. A. Jones trades cattle to John Terrill for property of Wilkes Hotel; Kindt and Davis Irrigation Ditch, front, col. 4; Adam Robertson moving to town with kids, pg. 4, col. 2;
11/8/1905-L. G. Davis buys Hereford Bull, front, col. 2; John Mahoney buys A. J. Bothwell cattle, article, front, pg. 3; Thomas Shanley sentenced; W. H. Roberts to Republican; Mrs. J. H. Carr business; Dr. C. E. Daily, osteopath at Cottage House
11/11/1905-H. A. Chapman finds skeleton of man in sitting position 6 miles north of Stone Ranch, front, col. 5; Lt. Torrey Maghee and Regiment ordered to Philippines; Frank Perkins and wife , pg. 4, col. 4;
11/15/1905-Robert Wilson Stable and Livery destroyed by fire; C. B. Boyce to start paper in Baggs?; Union Pacific to construct 75 miles of double track, article, pg. front, col. 4; Dixon-Craig Telephone line completed, front, pg. 5; G. M. Scott, bankruptcy to be closed out by T. Blake Kennedy; C. A. Brown "screwed" by Judge Richie, sued U. P. for permanently damaged arm and award was only $6000; Stone gutters go in in front of Osborne Building; Mayor Clause stone walk in front of house; Clyde Penland, obit, 9 yrs old, shot by friend, George Burch, pg. 4, col. 3;
11/18/1905-U. P. surveys Walcott to Encampment; Mayor J. H. Clause to build stone building; Skeleton found 6 miles N. E. of Stone Ranch believed to be Alex Haugland, front, col. 6;
11/22/1905-H. E. McFarland to wed Jennie Horton; George Perry, front, col. 3; Journal let Republican print their paper on their press to help out; Lots of work on the Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, front, col. 6
11/25/1905-Murphy Ready Mercantile, pg. 2, col. 3; Lt. Torrey Maghee to wed at Orange, N. J. to Amy Van Nostrand, pg. 2, col. 3; Anderson Sheep, Incorporated, Charles Anderson, John Gronlund, and John Trom?
12/2/1905-Harry Jennings, Deputy U. S. Marshal of Rawlins, claims to be inspiration for "when you say that smile," used by Owen Wister, complete article, pg. front, col. 5-6.
A. F. Thode addition to building by R. A. Daley, pg. 6, col. 4;
12/6/1905-Dr. C. E. Dailey, osteopath to practice in Cottage Hotel in Rawlins with his wife, also a doctor, front, col. 2; Dr. Gray orders new Ford auto; Cliff House to be changed to boarding and lodging house, front, col. 3; Horses killed and brands skinned off near Hay Stack Mountains; Frank Micheals and Gideon Sunberg hired as graders for Saratoga-Encampment; J. C. Cheatham selling 3 cottages and barn, front, col. 6.
12/9/1905-Overland Limited Train and Freight Train hit head on near Wilkins, 10, killed or burned to death near Green River; Presentation given to businesses on steam heat, front, col. 6; Senator Mondell's bill includes appropriation for Rawlins Public Building, pg. 2, col. 4; Bing Price sells stock to Bennett Hardware, quitting business;
12/13/1905-Captain M. M. Maghee employed by Gold Field Engineering Construction Co., front, pg. 6
12/16/1905-H. A. Chapman gifted a Knox and Tanner saddle from Rawlins Citizens for helping with July 4th celebrations; Kitchen fire at Mrs. Tracy Brunning house; Cole Hatfield, coyote and wolf trapper living at Kinney Ranch, Snake River; Mrs. Doc Maghee off for w mos. to visit son Val and then to see son Griff and wife, pg. 4, col. 3;
12/20/1905-Railroad to be built to Gold Hill, front, col. 5; John Palmer and wife have set to with pistols, pg. front, col. 6; Verne and Ralph Ferris home for holidays, pg. 4, col. 3; Mrs. Dr. C. E. Dailey and sister Dr. Ella Pickford article, pg. 4, col. 3
12/23/1905-Robbery at Warren Galvin home and shed, pg. front, col. 3; Captain L. G. Davis, Supervisor of Medicine Bow Forest Reserve, pg. 2, col. 3; Information on troops and Fort Washakie, opening of Shoshone Reservation, pg. 3, col. 2;
12/27/1905-W. H. "Big" Perkins, from near Slater, sells Percheron horses, front, col. 4; Dr. C. E. Daily to move to Baily residence and make office there; W. A. Heath, decorated walls of Odd Fellows with paintings showing degree work of order
12/30/1905-Billy Craig to open dairy in Rawlins, front, col. 2; article on H. Rasmusson and organization of undertaking supplies and furniture stock, remodel of building on Front, and new building on 4th and Cedar, front, col. 3; P. J. Murphy and R. E. Fitton to Fort Collins; Steam Heat plans, pg. 4, col. 4;
1906
1/3/1906- J. P. Hahn, Warden, reads letter to inmates from leasor, Otto Gramm, regarding clothing as a reward for good behavior, front, col. 3; Chamber of Commerce to begin in Rawlins, front, col. 4; Fred G. Asher, Dr. Swisher, mentioned, pg. 4, col. 4;
1/6/1906-F. E. Rumph and Dave Nichols buy Ben Watkins Saloon at Medicine Bow, front, col. 6;
1/10/1906-Palace Restaurant sold by Emma Bergman to Mrs. J. Brown, front, col. 2;
Captain L. G. Davis, Superintendent of Forest Service, states that all employees must take Civil Service Test, front, col. 3, also gets new forest grazing map, col. 4; C. W. Morgan to open blacksmith shop at Wamsutter, A. A. Olson in charge;, front, col. 6; Attorney R. H. Young at Encampment, pg. 4, col. 2;
1/13/1905-William Collins and stone work on Rasmusson's;
1/17/1906-nothing listed
1/20/1906-Burlington to build railroad to Shoshone reservation to connect with Frannie-Worland line, front, col. 1; A. W. Casservan, ill health, sells out interest in Ferris to D. J. Wren, pg. front, col. 6; Union Pacific Motor Car No. 5, larger size of passenger coach have trip from Green River to here in less than 5 hrs. U. P. to build more of them.
1/24/1906-James A. Bennett, obituary, born 1836, grew up in Illinois, married twice, 1st wife died yrs. Ago, two children: Mrs. S. Ware and Mrs. ? Marsh, died 5 yrs. ago. (Copy of obituary placed in Bennett file);
1/27/1906-nothing listed
1/31/1906-Union Pacific will relay 350 miles of track between Green river and Council Bluff, higher weight rail; H. A. Chapman given Knox and Tanner silver saddle for his hard work for July celebrations furnishing stock, etc. front, col. 3; Henry Blickfeldt making silver spurs for Chapman; mention of civil engineers looking at Platte Valley grade for railroad, front, col. 6.
Rans writes that all January found
1905-1907 continued:
Joe Stuart buys Warren alvin Saloon
2/3/1906-Man who hit Officer McCarty was found in Wamsutter, front, col. 2; pack of wolves kills 24 cattle on Brush Creek property of Young-McKay and Condict, article of other depredations, front, col. 3; article on Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, front, col. 5, Fennimore Chatterton, involved;
2/7/1906-Julius Mayer and Bob Freedman, brother in law, Charles Christensen and "Quicklime Jones" assaulted by Joe Ammon; C. W. Morgan opened branch of Blacksmith shop in Wamsutter, open till after shearing, front col. 6;
2/10/1906-Rawlins Public Building passes senate, now in house, headline; Saratoga and Encampment Railroad to start at once, front, col. 6; Carbon County Wool Growers Association put up reward for arrest /conviction of those who killed A. H. Garside, his sheep, and wounded his herder near Burnt Fork, Sweetwater Co., pg. front, col. 6; Telephone exchange getting new lighted phone board, pg. 4, col. 3; The Wyoming having pool contests, pg. 3, col. 4;
2/14/1906-Mrs. Emmett Purdue shot husband, Dr. Emmett Purdue in back of head while he slept, (Encampment Dr.) front, col. 1; Sol Fuiks wins medal from Louisiana Purchase Expo for his Itmay Mine ore display, front, col. 2; H. Larsen won for his building stone, and Adam Robertson for his mineral water from his spring; D. J. Wren steward of Ferris Hotel after M. A. Leroy, pg. 4, col. 4?
2/17/1906-J. F. Salisbury, promoter and speculator in Rawlins Iron Mines, front, col. 1; more on Mrs. Perdue, aquitted of shooting, front, col. 5; W. G. Rescola charged with perjury in lying about his wife's age (Bell Nevin) when they got a marriage license, pled guilty, article, pg. front, col. 5; H. Hansen Mercantile closing business, front, col. 6;
2/21/1906-H. P. Peterson, of NB, interested in H. Larsen quarry
2/24/1906-H. Larsen in Fort Steele putting up 2000 tons of ice for U. P. contract, pg. 4, col. 5;
2/28/1906-more on Larsen and the ice cutting, pg. 2, col. 1; W. F. Nieman father of baby girl, owns Crystal Springs Dairy, pg. 3, col. 1;
3/3/1906-Wamsutter, manager W. J. Alcorn, "no snow", blown off into the desert.
3/7/1906-Stockmen meet to protest Sierra Madre Forest Reserve, front, col. 2; Roy Brenton (Wilkes) stage driver gets mail contract increase in salary; front, col. 5; U. P. may run pipeline to Riner to save hauling water, front,col. 6. Rans said no.
3/10/1906-Dr. C. E. Dailey moves office to Hallman home, front, col. 3; J. E. Stuart and Co. open saloon, front, col. 5; Judge Craig appoints P. L. Smith, William Daley and Jens Hansen to appraise land of U. P. at Walcott, needed for grade for Saratoga and Encampment Railroad; U. P. loading dirt on southside of track near old eating house, pg. 2, col. 3;
3/14/1906-"kid Blizzard," Frank Carter, criminal escapee escapades listed, front, col. 1;
3/17/1906-Rawlins Stone, Inc., H. Larsen, pres.; L. E. Armstrong, V. P & Atty; H. P. Peterson, Treas.; Petition by Mrs. Malody to release husband for murder of Hayes. Said not premeditated, front, col. 3; Lander mail route blocked by snow, front, col. 3; Report that Kid Blizzard was killed in NB so Frank Carter caught here is not the same man, front, col. 6; G. M. Scott may have frozen to death, not seen, pg. 2, col. 2;
3/21/1906-Saratoga wants state fish hatchery at site of current state hatchery(south fork of Spring Creek); F. A. Luckfield bought a Reo touring car, pg. 4, col. 1;
3/24/1906-P.E.O. group formed at Francis Smith home (group believes in educating young women); Dr. Raymond Barber and new equipment, pg. 4, col. 2; Verne Ferris home from military school
3/28/1906-Sheriff Horton arrests three men for shooting at a brakeman for attempting to put them off the train: Will Burrel, Alan Johnson and Ruben Tebow. Rawlins Stone Co. contracts, pg. 2, col. 4;
3/31/0906-Melting snow caused flooding of the Platte, destroyed Bridge at Bessemer, communication with Pathfinder out, work delayed on dam;
4/24/1906-Charles Anderson and James K. Hetzler to run for mayor and trustee on Rep. ticket; Ervin Haze, Johnny Nevin, & Jinnie Large charged with stealing 8 sheep pelts of D. Hancock stored at Neil Bell corrals, front, col. 4; Charles Anderson building endeavors listed, pg. 2, col. 2 and other to information
4/7/1906-Article on dirty election involving William Clause, Charles Anderson, Joe Stuart, James Hetzler and others, front, col. 1; Dr. C. E. Dailey moves again to office vacated by Dr. Gray; Adam Johnson pled guilty to shooting brakeman, pg. 2, col. 3
4/11/1906-Democrats out, Republicans Anderson and Hetzler in, front, col. 1-4;F. E. Ross, new taxidermist
4/14/1906-J. A. Kunkle, hauling quarry stone in train wreck at Hanna, front, col. 2; E. A. Roberts and family sold Ferris ranch to Miller and Chapman, moving to farm at North Platte; Ernest Liston, 13,of Encampment, sent to reformatory;
4/18/1906-J. K. Hetzler, questions, front, col. 2; Lou Startzell back from AZ to deforest north of Hanna; R. A. Smiley, Pres. of Wyoming Woolgrowers withdraws reward for Garside killers; San Francisco Earthquake; George McCloud murdered Henry Mason over a debt of .25 cents at Hanna, front, col. 6; John Benson, meat cutter, blinded, pg. 3, col. 6;
4/21/1906-More on George McCloud and Henry Mason; Big Perkins of Dixon selling horses and cattle article, front, col. ; Republican dance at Opera house to celebrate victory; Laramie man rail deadheading home jumped aboard No. 10 train and pushed off by porter, feet wounded, talk of lynching porter, pg. 2, col. 2;
4/25/1906-Tall story of Rawlins built over mountain of iron, and other metals as well as gold, silver and copper, front, col. 3-4; 19th battalion to pass through Rawlins, front, col. 6; H. E. McFarland has delivery wagon for oil needs; questionable story about devil wagon, pg. 3, col. 6; W. H. Smith working grocery dept. of J. W. Hugus
4/28/1906-Sheep ranchers using canvas blankets on sheared she... [truncated due to length]Collection
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