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RAWLINS REPUBLICAN
BAKER COLLECTION
January 2, 1919-August 31, 1922
Miscellaneous Notes on page 1 of notebook:
Bob Meldrum, 5/26, 1921, pg. 12, col. 3; NRA 1/19/1922-club organized; Uncle Jim’s column, Ohio Camp Notes, 10/14/1920; H. Saltiel, 6/16, 21, front, col. 7; Encampment Echo announced by James Little11/27/1919;
Rawlins Motor Co. being built, 600 block Buffalo, 4/17/1919; Rawlins Garage, 9/11/1919; Doctor Jeff arrives, 10/23/1919; Frank Engstrom, Front, col. 2, 3, 27, 1919; John Pratley, County Clerk, 1906; Charles Blydenburg, obituary, 4/14/1921; Fort Steele Picnic Ground, 9 miles below Fort Steele, 8/3/1922, pg. 3, col. 1;
1919
1/1/1919-John H. Burroughs of McWilliams and Burroughs bought Floyd Frazier Ranch, acting for J. N. McWilliams and J. A. Rendle, Pres. of J. W. Hugus, Denver, article, front, col. 1;
Shooting at Bank Exchange of E. Lujan by Felix Chavez, long article, front, col. 3, saloon closed by sheriff; Con Ryan, Jr. seriously ill, in hospital in New York, front, col. 3; Senator W. W. Daley native son lionized, front, col. 5, fathered measure which gave WY its state flower and state flag, recently presented by D. A. R., the first official state flag made, front page, col. 5
John L. Miller obituary; dozen more die of Spanish flu, front, col. 6, lists names; New Sheriff A. A. Sanders picks William Mills as undersheriff, John Terrill deputy in snake river; J. W. Hugus and Co. Store and Bank sold to Routt and Moffett Co. men, pg. 6, col. 3?
1/9/1919-missing
1/16/1919-Information on Rawlins Electric troubles, front, col. 2; Lt. Rex G. Aten, new doctor in Rawlins; Chris Larsen and Perce Daley on way home from war in France; Joe Thomas Kennelly killed in Texas, front, col. 6; Day P. Espy, manager of Blake Sheep Co.; Frederic Balensuela and 1/23/1919-Antonio Luna shot by man, article, front, col. 1; governor sends order to sheriff to close bawdy houses on south side; Mr. and Mrs. James King buy interest in Luxus Café; Sam Kelly home from Camp Zachary Taylor; R. D. Meldrum in town; Ira Wiant ships Falvo Flour from Saratoga; Mrs. J. J. Cullen, sells her interest in Cullen Commercial to E. M. Tierney and William Niland;
2/6/1919-Solomon Fuiks, obituary, front, col. 2;
2/13/1919-Railroad to build houses for workers on south side, article, pg. front, col. 1; Cullen Commercial and Ferguson’s Mercantile to make improvements to building; More on Rawlins Electric; More on city drilling for water;
2/20/1919-Ferris Hotel plans for improvements, front, col. 5; C. L. Martin, new warden; Water problems and Pen; Front Street Garage; Palace Café; J. Bevington, new barber; Charles Boyce, Secretary of State Board of Livestock Commissioners; Rawlins Electric; C. L. Martin, Superintendent of Schools; Felix Alsten, warden to resign; “colored” citizens initiated into F & A. M. (black Masons), gives list of names;
3/6/1919-City Well; L. B. Magor; Felix Chavez found guilty of murder for shooting E. Lujan, article, front, col. 6; Mrs. H. D. McSwain obituary, died in Dixon, pg.7, col. 3;
3/13/1919-Joe T. Rankin, obituary, front col. 1, Rans states, “poor account;” Wyoming Supply Co. burglarized; E. J. Harvey, manager of continental Supply Co. warehouse; Rawlins Electric article, front, col. 6;
3/20/1919-Rawlins Western Union status is one of largest repeating stations, front, col. 6, William M. Morris, Jr., manager and chief operator;
3/27/1919-Frank Engstrom missing in action, Co. H, 16th Infantry, Rans states, “museum story” as the museum has a package that was mailed to him, but returned; Mr. and Mrs. Carson new day operators of Western Union; Blackmore Brothers buy new passenger truck for Wamsutter-Baggs Route, front, col. 5; Emil Jammerman has wreck, front, col. 6; Daylight Savings Time, front, col. 6; Orlo McSwain reported ill in Dixon;
4/3/1919-Kr. Kell, Republican candidate for mayor; H. A. Chapman to Oregon to buy horses for ranchers, article, front, col. 1; E. Mosher and new Cadillac; south side house taken over by gang of Mexicans, E. D. Cook, wounded, sheriff raided and arrested 12 Mexicans, front, col. 4; Dr. J. C. Butterworth states Rawlins High School on accredited list; Nick Francis, military history given;
4/10/1919-Trustee H. Perrett elected Mayor and K. H. Hadsell, Trustee; Water Bonds passed, front, col. 1; A. J. Rosier, prosecutor and A. A. Sanders finally close all brothels? on south side, front, col. 1; Kaspar Tailor Shop, front, col. 2; Harry A. Chapman vs. Susie E. Chapman divorced, front, col. 3; Samuel W. Johnson vs. Cronberg Brothers over stolen sheep;
4/17/1919-Army tank in Rawlins to help with Victory Liberty Loan. Nettie Childs, obituary, leaves husband, son and daughter, (Mrs. Owen Stitt), front, col. 4; Saratoga and Encampment Railroad schedule, front, col. 4; Jury finds for Johnson over Cronberg sheep incident, front, col. 5; Kinnaman and Wann partners in new garage, Rawlins Motor Co.; L. C. Graves buys I. R. Baker’s garage;
4/24/1919-Governor and others study problems at pen, including water, front, col. 3; Army tank demonstration, front, col. 6; List of men’s names deemed slackers who failed to respond to selective service, pg. 3, col. 3; H. K. Bennett, leases space for undertaking business, pg. 2, col. 1; Ed Wren obituary, pg. 7, col. 4, pioneer in Snake River area; William E. Landau to publish Carbon County Journal; F. F. Fletcher, driller on new City well; more on Continental Supply Co.;
5/1/1919-Dillon Oil Co. organized, lists of officers, front, col. 2; W. W. Gilbert died, remains found, front, col. 3; Knights of Columbus, front, col. 3; Rawlins Motor Co. building progress; 6 names deleted from slacker list of enlistees; Mrs. Alex Gordon received 2 telegrams, Frank O. Engstrom missing since 9/28, now reported died, other states Engstrom wounded at time reported missing, no hospital report found, still searching, front, col. 5
5/6/1919-Grandstands at old fairground burned, front, col. 3; Article on Frank O. Engstrom and his obituary, front, col. 4; Rosa Phillips and new flower shop, front, col. 5;
5/15/1919-Malachi Dillon of Dillon Oil Co. and Mr. Double, drilling contractor, left to make final location for drilling on Lamont and Laferty ranches; Knights of Columbus prepare for initiations, some names given, pg. front, col. 2; County tractor and graders for road work, front, col. 3; Captain Brine, new warden;
5/22/1919-Dillon Oil places order with Continental Supply Co. for drilling outfit, front, col. 1; Shooting on south side; Harry Sparks and Andrew Holden escaped from pen and were caught; George Fell killed by Austrian Nick Benovitch; Old Bank Exchange raided, men arrested for gambling, front, col. 4; Fair grounds stand was insured, front, col. 5; More on Knights of Columbus; I. R. Baker to CA, pg.12, col. 2;
6/5/1919-Article on Big county truck and work hauling bridge road materials, front, col. 3; city watering hours; Berth Herbert and Georgia White, Grace Corliss and Helen Morrison of South Side Houses (brothels) were arrested by Sheriff Sanders and City Marshal Bangs, article, pg. 11, col. 2; George Edwards and Hope Edwards to Salt Lake to visit;
6/12/1919-Rawlins Motor Co. complete, article front, col. 4;
6/19/1919-Dillon Oil Co. on Ferris Dome; Corporal P. E. Daley mustered out at CA, 18 mos. of service, will work for Western Wood Products Co. at Sacramento, front, col. 4; Northwestern Torpedo Co., to deal with nitroglycerine, etc. names of men given;
6/29/1919-More on Dillon Oil, front, col. 3; W. O. Marker suicide, front, col. 6, article, front, col. 6; Fire hydrants for Park Hill;
7/3/1919-Con Quinlan, obituary, 1863-1919, died in Washington State;
Victory celebration to be held, front, col. 1-2 and 3-4; Mrs. William Smith, obituary, pg. 2, col. 3, ran bakery; Albert Burson, Snake River, Cowboy, went “bad” and robbed Berthoud Bank, article, pg. 4, col. 4, killed himself rather than be captured; Carbon County, 7th in state for autos;
7/10/1919-More on water system and fees; U. S. has gone dry, now has soft drink parlors and near beer, article, front, col. 3-4, list of bars and names of owners given; 4th passes quietly; Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, pg. 5, col. 4;
7/17/1919-Dillon Oil, no oil yet; Postal Telegraph reopens, front, col. 4; Fire at Clause Warehouse, leased by Larson and Swanson lost $$ on soft drinks and ice; front, col. 6; Kels Nickell, home after serving 14 mos. overseas in war headed to Encampment; Mrs. I. R. Baker, back with children, to join husband; Dr. Griff Maghee’s brother, Valentine, visiting, now working for Producers and Refiners;
7/24/1919-George Stephenson, manager of Ferris Hotel, improvements article, front, col. 5; M. T. Christensen to reopen Snake River Sentinel; Contract for West Side School, pg. 2, col. 5; I. R. Baker Co., legally dissolves company; Mrs. Alex Gordon gets official word from war department that her brother Frank O. Engstrom, ostensibly lost life in Aisne-Marne offensive posthumously cited for bravery; American Legion, article, pg. 12, col. 3-4; Zeigler Meat Market mentioned in Ferguson Building; George Deaton and oil leases, pg. 14, col. 2;
7/31/1919-Rawlins Republican pushes for private ownership of water system; Ed Haggerty, old time miner, visits from his Oregon farm, here for several months working as a carpenter for H. Larsen; Dr. Jolley, located in Boulder, visits; McKeen gas powered motor car begins making trips over Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, schedule given, pg. 4, col. 3; J. E. Robbins last week bought Pat Graves Trucks and Garage; Kels Nickell to Rawlins to live; Mrs. C. H. Whittum, (Julia Ferris) here from Eaton Rapids, MI, guest of A. V. Ferris, (Rans asks, who is in mansion?).
8/7/1919-Dan Kinnaman made trip to Denver in 1920 model Buick 6, article, front, col. 3; Felix Leon sentenced for assault, article, front, col. 5; Election to franchise water passed in election; William A. McKay took Perry L. Smith for annual trip to Boston; Illinois Pipeline has storage tanks there? 51 years ago Perry Smith & family arrived in Benton (8/1/1868) “hard looking place,” article, front, col. 6;
8/14/1919-More on city water franchise; photos and article on Army Motor Train, trying to interest young men in corps; James J. Hopkins, manager of Dillon Oil, states no oil and no trouble either; R. W. “Bob” Dyer, looking over oil fields, for his company; Rawlins Electric and rates; C. E. Ayer Ranch, Dixon area, sold to C. M. Tompson, article, front, col.6, his son in law is J. M. Rumsey; Pg. 3, col. 3, more on the Army Motor Transport; Carbon County Sheep and Cattle Co., Murray and McKay and Richard Savage buy 8 steel buildings to store winter feed, pg.4, col. 2; Mr. and Mrs. Mewt Doggett lease Walcott Hotel, pg. 4, col. 2; Will Hayes appointed City Marshal, John Bangs resigns to become pumper for oil company; H. Larsen and large truck scales installed article, pg. 4, col. 4;More on Army convoy and band; Ray E. Lee appointed Superintendent of this district 1920 Census; article on alfalfa and molasses feed vs. cotton seed cake for sheep; Obituary on inmate, last name Tarpio; Malachi Dillon in from Seminoe Mines; Malevidas Moralez, prisoner, died of T.B.;
8/21/1919-Raise for Rawlins Electric, rates give, front, col. 1-2; Martinez Electric Co. installing plants at L. G. Davis ranch, John Mahoney Ranch, Tom Sun Ranch, and Sam Johnson Ranch-all Delco Light Systems; Arrests for liquor (Louise Litchenfel); Harry Lambert, bootlegging in Saratoga; Saratoga Hot Springs to sell to millionaire concern;
8/28/1919-Dillon Oil article, front, col. 1; article on Perry Smith and the freight depot fire of yesteryear, front, col. 2; Charles G. Barley and travel; Article on fire at freight depot, details fire truck and fire fight to extinguish flames, some freight cars burned, etc. front, col. 6; Central Hotel sold to L. V. Valentine by Browne Marti;
9/4/1919-Fire behind City Steam Laundry from sacked coal combusting; Carl Lahrman and Chris Brown buy The New Stand and Soda Fountain from Mrs. Murray; Southside and city lots article, pg. 3, col. 2; A. R. Lichstein, Billiard Parlor and Soda Fountain;
9/11/1919-Section 1 of 4 Information on building of sidewalks, front, col. 2; Water meters ordered, article, front, col. 3; P. J. Johnson to build new Opera House and picture show house, just east of North Star Lodge, would be the Strand, front, col. 4; Johnson vs. Cronberg Brothers, front, col. 5; Long article on the first territorial legislature creating the 5 counties, includes Carbon, with latitude and longitude for each county, pg. 7, col. 1-5; Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Maghee in from Lander to Saratoga to see brother, J. B. Maghee, and to Elk Mountain to see son, Val and family, pg. 8, col. 4.
Section 2 of 4: Photograph by Rogner of Ex-Sheriff Rivera and Carlisle following capture in 1916; Photo of old west end shearing pens, “Rawlins Australian Shearing Camp;”
Section 3 of 4: Photo of Dad Sherrod in wheelchair at 106 years old, front, col. 1-2; Uncle Billy Hildreth, oldest living member of Elks at 96; More on American Legion;
9/18/1919-Will Buchanan obituary, front, col. 2, born Prince Edward Island, worked for Hugus and Co., article; A. L. Bullock sold Cherokee Ranch and Dairy to Alvin Johnson; Grace Adams had throat cut, (south side “house”), article, front, col. 6; Santiago Montoya held up Max Garcia and shot him, article, front, col. 6; J. C. Gallup, pres. of Rawlins Townsite Co.; Charles C. Miller opens offices of Red Ball Transit Co. (12 trucks) in Ferris Hotel;
9/25/1919-Carl Bacstrom sold Omaha Soft Drink Parlor to P. J. Johnson, front, col. 1; W. J. Brown Jewelry Store robbed, front, col. 6; American Legion organized with 24 members, names given, front, col. 7;
10/2/1919-Directors of Dillon Oil suspend operations until get new rig; Rawlins Republican connected to United Press through leased wire for World Series; Mrs. L. E. Espy leases boarding house to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. King; P. J. Johnson is remodeling Tivoli Mercantile building on Front for new picture show house until he gets the new Opera House built; George Pearce and Frank Ryan bought Red Cross Drug from John Yeager; Brown Jewelry and Postal Telegraph will move and the entire store will be Pearce and Ryan’s Drug Store;Mayor Henry Perrett requested to get place for government airplane race by War Dept. Picks fair grounds;
10/9/1919-First airplane arrives in race, Captain Smith and his bluebird D’Havilland, article on race, front, cols.1-5; airplane accidents at Elk Mountain, front, col. 5; George Chandler lost in bad snowstorm, pg. 7, col. 6; Dean Philbrook of St. Thomas organizes Boy Scouts;
10/16/1919-More on planes in Rawlins, front, col. 1; Dillon Oil Co.-new rig; J. N. andres sells his interest in Irving and Andrews Dray and Transfer to John A. Larsen, now Irving and Larsen; Eugene Garcia-attempted murder charges against him and Sister Baca dropped, article, front, col. 6; Harry Lambert-pled guilty to alcohol charges; Minnie Herbert, found guilty to alcohol charges; more on George Chandler missing, reward offered, pg. 4, col. 4; A. J. Bothwell sued by government for fencing 40,000 acres of public domain, Judge Riner dismissed case!
10/23/1919-P. J. Johnson and John Bangs buy Charles Anderson 4th St. Opera House. Lengthy article on Opera House and new theater being built by Johnson, front, col. 1; Photos of Oct. 9th airplane wreck at Elk Mountain, Lt. Wailes killed and Lt. Goldsborough injured; George Chandler body found by rancher, “Doc” Harris, article tells of ordeal lost in blizzard, front, col. 7, Harris refused reward; J. C. Friend oldest Notary, pg. 6, col. 1-2; Column on Rawlins need air field; Dr. Charles W. Jeffrey arrives in Rawlins, 1st Lt. in Army, will assume practice of Dr. T. J. Swisher, pg. 12, col. 6;
10/30/1919-More on flying army plane race; out of 64 entries, only 8 have completed round trip, front, col. 5; More on Dillon Oil Co., Frank Ryan & George Pearce;
11/6/1919-Coal Miners on strike at Hanna, article, front, col. 3; Ferris Hotel Bar and Pool Room converting to ice cream parlor and soda fountain, pg. 6, col. 1; Carl Lahrman reorganizes Rawlins Band; Frank C. Engstrom chosen for name of post of American Legion;
11/13/1919- F. C. E. Wessel killed in accident at Electric Plant, front, col. 1-2; Sid Freeman, with American Forces in Siberia for 18 mos. home now; Coal strike over, pg. 6, col. 1-2; Dr. and Mrs. Swisher to Fla. for winter;
11/20/1919-Bill Carlisle escapes penitentiary and robs #19 train, front, col. 1-5, plus photo; James Polis, new manager of Rawlins Electric; C. H. Anderson to leave for CA with family, hosts party for theater staff; Johnson f. Doggett to manage Fountain room in Ferris, pg. 12, col. 6; more on C. H. Anderson;
11/27/1919-J. W. Slack states new coal chutes at Walcott for Saratoga & Encampment Railroad; Bill Carlisle still on loose, front, col. 3-5 with photo; New road to Browns Canyon laid out, old stage road, convict labor will be used to finish to Ferris Oilfield, front, col. 6;
12/2/1919-John Miner “Buster” Wilkes, Niland-Tierney sheep Co. Camp mover, froze to death during bad storm, lengthy article, front, col. 1, obituary given with list of survivors; Article tells of people with frozen feet, arms, etc. caught out in bad storm: Julien Ivanell, Joe Sanchez, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bryant, front, col. 2; Hanna miners not happy with national settlement and strike again, front, col. 3; Four women arrested on south side, prostitution back: Bertha (Minnie) Herbert, Marion Bubly, Mrs. Cameron and Jennie Doe;
Bill Carlisle caught, front, col. 6, Rans wrote, “good story;” C. C. Yeager sells Star Barber shop on Front to Frank Boyd, Yeager now in oil; C. H. Brown sells interest in Grill Café to partners Juner and Rodgers;
YWCA to organize, Mary A. Brown of Cheyenne, Mrs. Carl Aman, Crystal Thode, Mazie Doty, Mrs. L. A. Armstrong, Mrs. I. J. Rendle, raising money to make WY aware of women’s needs as a result of war; Joe McKee, soldier visiting here, put in pest house for diphtheria, pg. 8, col. 5;
12/11/1919-Lengthy article on coal strike and shortage of coal in Rawlins, and directives from the Federal Government re: business shutting down, front, col. 1-2, Rans states, “obey the railroad interests or freeze;” Dan Lehan found frozen to death; storm described, other deaths listed, front, col. 1; Escapees during storm at penitentiary, Harvey Wallace and James Cade; Rawlins Coal Mine, several attempts made by truck to get coal, 3 miles west of Rawlins, front, col. 3; Article on pen truck getting stuck with prisoners Jack Howard and Stanley Hodson trying to get to coal mine for pen, front, col. 3, both suffered freezing effects; Bill Carlisle recovering from being shot in lung when captured, front, col. 3;
Recount of storms hitting Carbon County and the mixing of the sheep bands, front, col. 5; article on strike arbitration, front, cols. 6-7; James McDermott admitted to taking 4 autos, sent to school in Denver by judge; front, col. 7; Arrangement of courtroom in courthouse, front, col 7; Fuel problems affect churches, pg. 5, col. 2; H. T. Bryant and bride saved in storm by sheepherder, but arrested for stealing car; E. Kreuger sold home at 6th and Buffalo to J. Ziegler; N. M. Lambertson in from ranch stuck in town, due to storm;
12/11/1919-Section 2-nothing
12/18/1919-Fuel restriction raised from Rawlins businesses, J. N. Andrews retained as fuel administrator to check on compliance; Jens Hansen son Harry marries May Tiger of Hayden, front, col. 1; more on frozen people during storm, front, col. 1; Night Marshal Smith kills John Zaharis, front, col. 7; Bill Carlisle returned to pen and placed in infirmary; A. Branch buys Soft Drink Parlor; Note that Charles Irwin not there when Bill Carlisle caught, pg. 3, col. 2; St. Thomas to celebrate 50th, front, col. 5;
12/25/1919-Sheepman Louis Larsen, obituary, 1864-1919, wed to Maren Nelson, son Morris works for ranch and Edith in school at Washington, D.C., others in school here; Rawlins Temporary hospital taken care of 125 cases this year, Rans states, “county yards;” Oldest Elk member Billy Hildreth in accident in Grand Junction; James “Dad” Sherrod obituary, died at Riverside Farm (poor farm), front, col. 6-7, photo; City Marshall Smith bound over to district court, local businesses quickly raise his bail, front, col. 7; Judge Friend’s son James Friend in charge of Texas and Pacific Railroad Shops at El Paso;
1920
1/1/1920-Funeral of James “Dad” Sherrod, buried in Rawlins; front, col. 2; Bill Carlisle improving, Dr. Barber attending;
1/8/1920-Charity Ball given to start fundraising for new hospital, locations mentioned, front, col. 1; Mail delivery resumed, due to deliverers quitting because of lack of raise, front, col. 2; Wyoming Supply contracts;
1/15/1920-Kasoming Oil Co. given franchise to furnish natural gas to city for fuel; Attempted prison escape by Loyd Belden Dave King, and Jack Smith, front, col. 6; Soft drink parlors and licensing; Joe Tichenor and Russell Baldwin, pg. 2, col. 2; Owl Club meets at Frank Frolings for cards, etc. Frank was last member, (bachelor) and the club now ceases, Homer France, H. L. France, I. J. Rendle, E. F. Bennett, and E. A. Durant were members;
1/22/1920-Edward C. Severance gets Crox-de-Querre for bravery in France, front, col. 7; Hugh Rogner moving photo studio to back of Ferris Hotel to Hoffman Block; complaints on home mail service, want boxes back; front, col. 3;
Pages 12-13 contain photos of Rawlins buildings;
1/29/1919-Mayor meets with city businessmen to discuss taxing businessmen as lost revenue from saloons closed by prohibition, front, col. 1-2; Red Cross ladies raise $800 for new hospital; Gambling on the cleanup, F. E. Rump, A. Branch, John McCarthy, Blackie Smith, Slim Roberts, Frank Boyd and Jack Bell charged with bootlegging/gambling; Martin Peterson and Charles Johnson open blacksmith shop; C. H. Simpson starts business; Drs. W. C. Mott and Neva Mott; Thomas Love, Hanna Opera House; Dr. W. C. Mott broke ankle on ice;
2/5/1920-More on business taxation due to prohibition, front, col. 3-4; Rumph, Branch, and McCarty refused soft drink licenses; article on extreme cold December 1919; Dave King, escapee, caught, feet frozen, article, pg. 1, col. 3; Harry Wallace escapee still on loose, believed in NB; Mrs. Frank Benson and kids ill; Fred Nickel employee of Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, says no trouble this winter;
2/12/1920-Federal Aid Projects to benefit Carbon Co., bridges and roads at Medicine Bow; J. H. Gallup obituary, son of J. C. Gallup, front, col. 1; Roscoe Bryant fined for stealing coal from Union Pacific wrecker; Article on bond issue for hospital and site, front, col.2-5; Kasoming Oil Co. and gas pipelines to all towns in area, front, col. 6; Johnson and Bangs raise theater tickets to offset occupation tax;
2/19/1920-Surveyor James W. Wisda updated map of city, front, col. 3, shows streets, blocks and lots, subdivisions, and principal buildings; Robert Freedman, obituary, died 2/9/1920 in Glen Cove, Long Island front, col. 4; R. A. Daley sells lumber yard to Overland Lumber Co., will retire, W. F. Daley will remain as manager of yard for Overland; Tax payers of occupation tax listed, front, col. 5; C. H. Simpson, Electrical Supply Co.; Ad and photo of sheep wagon Johnson and Peterson, pg.7, col. 6-7, showing that “we specialize in sheep wagons, West Front St., Rawlins;
2/26/1920- VFW Post now called Fred Duncan Post No. 22, Rans asks, “what happened to Frank Engstrom;” District Court: Bootleggers and gamblers arrested 1/22/20 raid plead guilty to various charges and are fine, Jack Bell is in jail as could not pay; D. C. Green felony assault-dropped, Walter P. Smith, 2nd murder charge is postponed; List of taxation for average property owner for new hospital, front, col. 6-7; Laramie Company awarded contract for Medicine Bow Bridge and other work; front, col. 7, Lincoln Highway; Electrical Supply located at Ferris Hotel Building now; L. Kramish Clothing, 317 West Front; D. E. Chapman, car painter, 816 Cedar Street; Mayor Perrett tells of water history and improvements, pg. 6, col. 1-2; M. L. and Robers Buchanan accept agency for Overland and Willys-Knight for Rawlisn;
3/4/1920-C. E. Mitchell and C. J. Ehrenfield buys heating and plumbing business of the Wyoming Supply Co., front, col. 3; Ad for Martinez Electric @4th and Cedar; Ideal Hat shop, 117 5th St.; L. H. Startzall Wholesale Grain, advertisement;
3/11/1920-Seven mile section of Rawlins to Bell Springs Road to be constructed, 50% paid by Federal Govt.; Right away agents to investigate ownership along a new location of the Lincoln Highway between Medicine Bow and Old Carbon;
3/18/1920-Fred Duncan, for whom American Legion Post named, story is listed in detail, front, col. 1-2; was killed in France in 1st World War while covering for his friend George Montgomery of Snake River; Harry Ladd, City Bakery owner, front, col. 6; More pro-hospital talk before elections, front col. 4-7; Right of way secured on Lincoln Highway-Medicine Bow to Old Carbon, pg. 2, col. 7; H. E. Moore, Carpenter and contractor, 615 West Front St.; A Freight outfit in front of Capitol Saloon on front, photo-paper states erroneously that in front of Hugus and Co., paper states it is Dad Sherrod’s outfit bound for Fort Washakie; Arlo McSwain in from Bitter Creek; City Council concludes that it can’t bond city for water system, city turning over to Boyer Brothers and Co. of Ontario, OR by contract, article, pg. 8, col. 5;
3/25/1920-Hospital Bond passes! Saratoga, Hanna and Elk Mountain vote strongly against it, but Rawlins carries it; Elks Club reopened after having been closed for improvements, front, col. 2, George Wren, steward; Sewer bond up for city elections as pipes are too narrow resulting in back ups, article on sewers, pg. front, col. 7;
4/1/1920-Article on the state and county to redo Wamsutter-Baggs Road, front, col. 3; Dillon Oil Co. to resume drilling in the Ferris Field, front, col. 7; City grading roads, front, col.7;
4/8/1920-Republicans and Democrats in joint convention nominate N. R. Greenfield for mayor and H. Larsen for trustee of Citizens Party. History of both men is given, front, pg., all columns; Bert Lofton and William Smith broke out of death cell at pen, both loose. Neither was under sentence of death, but due to their meanness were placed there with no shoes or socks, details are given of how they escaped, front, col. 5-6; Louis Marion to open “The Candy Kitchen,” homemade candies and soda fountain, pg. 6, col. 2;
4/22/1920-Cap Brine, acting warden, goes to MO for treatment of stomach problems; locals buy 97 acres in southwest of platted city limits from Gertrude Merrell, streets names Hugus, Davis, Donnel, and Miller all named for old-timers, article, front, col 7, known as Merrell Addition; Jim Baker’s Canoe, “the Mauretania” on display at the state capital; More on Bell Springs Road, pg. 9, col. 1, Section 2;
4/29/1920-I. J. Rendle home robbed of liquor by their maid, Annie Baker and her friend Iman Robinson, lengthy article, pg. 7, col. 5;
5/6/1920-Cap Brine, complete obituary, had been acting warden, front, col. 4; photos on front pg. of changing City Administration, Perrett, Greenfield, and Larsen; A. K. Marshal, appointed acting warden; Convicts raise $40 for flowers for Cap Brine funeral; Photo of Rawlins as seen from railroad coal chutes, pg. 9;
5/13/1920-Knights of Columbus organized, names given, front, col. 6-7;
5/20/1920-Bonds issued for $100,000 hospital, front, col. 5; Lee Roberts and barber shop, pg. 2, col 5-6; 1920 Rawlins High School graduation pg.9, section 2; Dr. and Mrs. Swisher due home from Chicago and FLA;
5/27/1920-General Petroleum Co. established wireless connection between Rawlins and Ferris Oilfield, front, col. 2; County Superintendent of Schools: to build schools at Leo, District #2, District #6-Medicine Bow, Walcott-District 13; Tennant School, north of Hanna, District # 25;
6/3/1920-Lengthy article on Frank A. Hadsell appointed new Warden, gives his history, front, col. 1; State to build Wamsutter-Baggs Road; Fundraiser for hospital-Tag Day; Dr. Valentine Mott pushes a medicine for strong women, advertisement;
6/10/1920-Article on money raised by tags, front, col. 5; A. D. Kelly Realty Co. to sell lots in Merrell Addition;
6/14/1920-William M. Smith, escapee from pen, front, col. 4, article; Every business in town to close and work on fixing up roads and streets in town and north, front, col. 6-7; Medicine Bow Lodge to open by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Plummer, front, col.7; Prizes offered for best photo taken on Good Roads Day; Water Restrictions, pg. 13, col. 2;
6/24/1920-Everybody worked on roads, $20,000 worth, front, col. 1-2; William Smith, convict, captured (never got out of pen yard), front, col. 3; City Steam Laundry put in soft water and fountain for public;
7/1/1920-H. Larsen wins bid to build hospital, front, col. 4-7; Rawlins new Opera House (Strand), built by Johnson and Bangs, statistics given, front, col. 1-3; Hospital Board organized, W. W. Daley, Pres., R. H. Hopkin, V. P., L. E. Armstrong, Sect., George Bible, Treas., front, col. 3; Diary of Perry Smith trip to Denver from Kansas, started 6/5/1859 when 19 and had “gold fever.” Starts on pg. 9, col. 5-7 and pg. 10, col. 1-3;
7/8/1920-Frank E. Hansen, professional parachute jumper, killed, article, front. Col. 4; Photo of America’s oldest Elk member, Uncle Billy Hildreth, 98, sent to Chicago, for National Convention, pg. front, col. 6-7;
7/15/1920-Mrs. I. J. “Jesse” Rendle, obituary, left four children and spouse, front, col. 3; American Legion sponsoring a municipal campground, front, ... [truncated due to length]Collection
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