Peek at the Past

100 Years Ago

January 8, 1925

Due to the serious outbreak of a fowl pest, which is sweeping over several states, killing many fowls, a quarantine has been ordered against the importation of fowls by the State of Wyoming. The quarantine, which bars any shipment of hens, roosters, capons, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and pigeons, became effective Tuesday afternoon when it was signed by Acting Governor Frank E. Lucas.

Arrangements for inauguration of Nellie Tayloe Ross in the governorship of Wyoming have been completed. The oath of office to be administered at 12 noon Monday, January 5, by Chief Justice Charles N. Potter, in the Senate chamber of the capitol building. The simple inaugural ceremony will be public, the only limitation upon the number witnessing it being capacity of the Senate chamber. A large crowd of Cheyenneites and of Wyomingites from other sections of the state probably will gather at the capitol to witness the historic ceremony, the first instance of the introduction of a woman in the governorship of an American state.

75 Years Ago

January 5, 1950

Contractors on the new school building formally turned over the building to the Crook County School District No. 1 and Crook County High School I Friday at a joint meeting of the school boards. The presentation was made by Carl Stoneberger, Lead, S D., general contractor of the construction of the building. The Boards also issued warrants covering the final payments to the contractors. The school cost the boards a total of $79,682.84, including $1621.34 in extras. Leon C. Goodrich, architect for the building from Casper, attended the meeting and approved the extras, which included oriental stucco, the present stage, extra lighting and fixtures, water and gas lines, sewer lines, the sidewalk in front of the building, striping of the gym floor and blackboards. The building was used for classrooms Tuesday with satisfaction expressed by both teachers and students. One teacher expressed delight in her new room in the new building and was overjoyed that she now had a blackboard and a place to put supplies.

There are a lot of deer in the Bear Lodge but no cattle. This was reported by Everett A. Shipek, district forest ranger at Sundance following an aerial survey of the area. Ranger Shipeck and Harry L. Vore, president of the Bear Lodge Livestock association, made the flight, Dec. 28, to determine if any cattle were still on the open range. No cattle were located in the search although there was much evidence of deer.

50 Years Ago

January 9, 1975

Alva's Joe Svoboda, starting his second term Monday, was named chairman of the Board of County Commissioners as Crook county's government reorganized for the new term. County officials were sworn in Monday by County Attorney Richard Macy. Other members of the Board of County Commissioners are Tom Davis and Don Gose. The board made various appointments Monday including deputy officers recommended by the various county officers. Deputy officers are Helen Oudin and Ruth Davidson, deputy clerks; Maxine Lanning, deputy clerk of court; Verna Clark, deputy county treasurer; and Pat Duca, deputy assessor.

Democrat Ed Herschler was sworn in as the 28th governor of Wyoming at Cheyene Monday morning. In a brief 15-minute ceremony on the south steps of the Capitol Building. Chief Justice Leonard McEwan of the Wyoming State Supreme Court administered the oaths of office first to the other four elected officials - Secretary of State Thyra Thomson, Auditor James B. Griffith, Treasurer Edwin J. Witzenburger, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Robert G. Schrader - before swearing-in the Kemmerer attorney as the state's chief executive.