, 1924-05-01
NEWS OF
THIRTY -FOUR YEARS AGO-l890
Taken from The Republican of that date
CompGro TIE PGsr1aS storied IN these old
items aoh oar city and county of today

bit OIL information was given ont in
January. Four Of those eighteen
months have passed and little or
nothing has been done n the Short
Line. over a year ago they said
they would have the road completed
before this time, and every month
claimed that in about thirty days thew
would have a force of men and teams
at work on the west end. The west
n remains untouched yet. The Re-
publican man happened to be in n
place all last year where he a~nxiously
watched all news and re-
gardlng the Short Line. He waited
in vain for not one of their plans ma
terialized. The Short Line
and the Boutwell, Town Site com
pany are something alike in this re-
spect-they do a great deal Of talk
ing o what they are going to do,
but when 1t m to making a move
that costs ten cents they have got to
hunt around for someone to put I'D
the ten cents.
The Republican would like to see
the Short Line built and the sooner
the better, for it will pass through
a very rich mineral country and be
the means Of assisting greatly in
the development of Wyoming. But
1t looks as though the building of 900
and 1000 miles Of road is too much
of an elephant for that
Wyoming has little use for bankrupt
concerns.
The sale of the Laramie Boomer
ang to a Democratic syndicate, which
has been pending for some time, is
now declared off, n the Boomerang
will remain the property of Mckee
& Chaplin and be an ardent advocate
of republicanism.
S. Governor and w. T. Anderson
arrived from the east Wednesday,
having shipped two car loads of ma
chinery from Rawlins before leaving
that point.
Since their arrival in town they
have been purchasing supplies, and
as soon as the machinery arrives will
Immediately begin operations on the
Groyenor company's property in the
S~hoshone oil basin-Wind River
Mountaineer.
w. G. Chamberlain left last night
for Nashville, Tenn, where he. goes
to attend the association of general
secretaries of the railroad depart
ment OF the Y. NJ. c. A. He will be
absent about two weeks. The rooms
Will be kept open as usual, a num-
Der of the members having volunteer
ed their services to assist in the
work.
The Republican recently procured
a full set of the International Cyclic
pedia, consisting of fifteen volumns,
from the resident agent, Rev. w. NJ.
Bewley. All useful information to
a person in any avocation of life
is found in the International. 1t is
complete, treating, as 1t does, on all
matters down to the pres
ent year. We u~nhesitantly recon-
mend the international to all parties
who contemplate purchasing any
thing in that line.
ADD "a YEARS AGO
Commissioner Bennett reports the
stock in fine shape in the vicinity of
Leo. The new grass is coming out
quite rapidly and the cattle are be-
ginning to freshen up somewhat.
II. H.. Wilson came in Sunday
afternoon for the purpose of making
proof on 160 acres of Sweetwater
valley land. John II. McCabe and
John +. Zillig were his witnesses.
They report the Sweetw ter country
booming.
Those who attended on last Mon
day evening at the Meth dist church
heard a very interesting account of
the experience and impressions of
Rev. ii. NJ. Burr. Congregational
minister. during his sojourn the