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PEEK AT
PAST
YEARS AGO
August 21, 19(#
council took a trail
Ogden Canyon in-
as a potential site
reservoir. Mayor Buster
also issued a request
to cut back on ir-
~Ho said water usage
was at its highest
and that it might pos-
necessary to turn water
.mains from the hard
well.
auto fatalities in three
the number of 1969
Kideaf~hs in Crook county
lied were Leslie Kelly,
Mich., James W.
Gillette, and his son,
of the Sundance Rec-
Booster Club discussed
center, the proposed
and a lighted
during a meeting.
football coach Den-
was cautiously op-
about the 1969 Bulldog
He lost four all-district
from the 1968 team which
and lost one.
AGO
27, 1964
City Council ac-
Horn Construction
to pave nine blocks of
in northeast Sun-
Horn's bid for curb
and an asphalt mat
in Sundance schools
to reach 610 for
school year.
by 26% ft. addition
State Bank was
It was
Homes Co.
cxamty 4-H member,
to represertt Crook
in .the state tractor driv-
scheduled in Doug-
the county con-
of 300 exsons
sty~ their
at the 4-H Roman
revue.
was spending five
attending Ms-
AGO
27, 1959
1;300 people
Sundance "Commer-
at the club's
barbecue. On
barbecued beef
beans, potato chips
teraporary classrooms
up until the present
could oe re-
acco~odate an enroll-
expected to reach
Sisson announced plans
threshing exhi-
Cap Rauth Ranch.
was to be made
Case steam engine.
YEARS AGO
24, 1939
baseball team won
baseball tour-
during the county.
They defeated
.the championship
S. :
~aea connected with the
of the carnival which
the fair were jail-
had Started a dis-
a business house.
also resisted arrest
when the officer attempted to
take them to jail.
A blaze started by an explod-
ing gasolin~ stove destroyed the
Jack Eccles store and filling
station and garage nearby in
Alzada, Mont.
Work on the new Forest Ser-
vice Lookout Station on Warren
peak was completed. The story
indicated the station affords
probably one of the finest views
in the whom state.
The Alva nows reported that
a million dollar rain fell in that
vicinity.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Thursday, August 28, 1924
Scott Ramey finished his con-
tract of placing cement side-
walks about the high school and
the result was an artistic beau-
ty as well as a decided practical
improvement.
Sheriff Otis Zimmerschied left
recently for Moscow, Idaho
where officers had taken, into
custody three men wanted for
the theft of a car from Dillon
Ruland at Alva.
WhiM going from Spearfish to
Deadwood, Eric Jomason had
the misfortune to have his car
run into and badly broken up.
The location of fair exhibits
were to be in different places
than in 1923. The Community,
Grain, Forage Crops, Fruits and
Vegetables and Culinary exhibits
were in the Rounds building
which adjoined the Frank Mer-
cantile store.
Light frosts were reported in
the higher locations but no dam-
age was done.
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Thursday, August 25, 1899
J. L. Propst attended the
horse races at Newcastle and
reported that the occasion was
one of pleasure and interest.
The famous old racer, "Sleepy
Ned," was ,the victor and a great
dea,l of money changed hands
on the result of the race.
C. H. Culver was quite enthu-
siastic over hisfind of some very
rich appearing gold bearing rock
in th~ vicinity of Houston creek.
Charley Laney and Oscar
Scdvner made a. trip the fore
=part of the week from Spearfish
to their,~ west of this city.
It was ~r inRial effort on a
silent steed and you couldn't get
them to ride anything else here-
after but a big fat horse.
John Draper returned from a
trip of several weeks, during
which time he visited Idaho,
Colorado and other states, with
a view to changing his location.
The report said he found noplace
offering better inducements than
are held out in Crook county,
and that he will remain here
indefinitely.
L
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
The following proposed amen&
ments to the Constitutioni)t,,~,~ of the
State of Wyoming will be submit-
ted to the electors at the General
Election on November 5, 1974.
Please read and study the pro-
posed amendm~ts carefully and
th~ be prepared to vote 'yes'
or ' no" when you go to the polls.
Rernembor--ff yon do not vote
on an amendme=at, the result is
¢¢ ,¢
the same as ff yon voted no.
In order for an amendment to
v~a majority of all those
in the General Election
must vote "yes" on the amend-
merit.
AMENDMENT NO. 1
~ ~ of the ~'oms~l
amendment will provide; taxpay.
gi red Hereford
JL l warf Free
GOOD
REASONABLY PRICED
GREENWOOD RANCHES
Newlend & Son
COLONY, WYOMING
ees with protection against double
taxatim, by providing a tax
credit against any liability aris-
ing from a tax on income, in the
event of the passage of a state
income tax.
New Section 18, Article 15
No tax shaft be imposed upon
income without allowing full
credit against such tax liability
for all sales, use, and ad valorem
taxes paid in the taxable year
by the same taxpayer to any tax-
ing authority in Wyoming.
AMENDMENT NO. 2
The ad~tioa of the prol~ed
amendmeat will provide a miner.
el excise tax on the privilege ,of
severing m.'extr~tlng coal, petm-
lemn, natural gas, off shale, and
such other minerals as may be
deeignated by the Legislature, of
one and one-half perceat (1%%)
of the value of the gross product
extracted, which tax will be in
addition to any other excise,
severance or ad valorem tax on
such minerals; will create the
Permanent Wyoming Mineral
Trust Fund which fund shall re-
main inviolate; will provide that
monies in the fund may be loan-
ed to political subdivisions of the
state or otherwise invested, as
the legislature may provide;
and shall require that all income
from fund investments shall be
~. ited annually in the general
New Section 19, Article 15
The Legislatm~ shall provide
by law far an excise tax on the
p~.'novilege of serving or extracting
rais,,4 or~ and one-half per-
cent (1Y=) on the, value of the
gross product extracted. The
minerals subject to such excise
tax shall be coal, petroleum,
naW..ral gas, oil shale, and such
other minerals as may be desig-
nated by the Legislature. Such
tax shall be in addition to any
other excise, severance or
ad
valorem tax. The proceeds from
such tax shah be de4x~ted in
the Perma~.ent Wyoming Mineral
Trust Fund, which fund shall re-
main inviolate. The monies in
the band shall be invested as pre-
scribed by ,the Legislature andall
income from fund investments
stroll be deposited by the State
Treasm-er in flu~ general fund on
an a~uai basts. The Legislature
may also specify by law, condi-
tiens and terms under which
monies in the fund may be loan-
ed to political subdivisions of
the state.
AMENDMENT NO. 3
This amendment will eliminate
tim 12 mill tax collected by the
coaties for support of the public
sclmols, aed will replace it with
a tH,' not to exceed 12 mills, to
be levied, cellected aad dlairibu-
ted ea a statewide bmis.
Amendment to
Section 17, Article 15
There shall be levied each year
a state tax not to exceed twelve
mills on the dollar of the assess-
ed valuation of the property in
the state. This tax shall be de-
posited in the state foundation
program fund to be disbursed tar
school purposes among the school
districts within the state as the
Legislature shall provide.
Dated at Chey&ne, Wyoming,
this 1st day o[ August, 1974.
Thyra Thomson
Secretary o/State
Pub. Aug. 8 through Oct, 4, 1974
THE SUNDANCE TIMES
Sondance, Wyo. Aug. 22, 1974
Ulrieh's Receive Sales Plaque
From Amway Distributor
Bob and Marylou Ulrich, Sun-
dance, recently received a per-
sonal sales award" plaque from
Gideon and Shirley Dixon, Rapid
City, direct distributor of Amway
products. The plaque can be
earned annually by any of the
150,000 Amway distributors in
the United States and Canada
by achieving a high personal
sales goal.
It looks as though the taxpayer
will be the first of America's
natural resources to be com-
pletely exhattsted.
My Sincere Thanks
To those who supported me
in the primary election
Nels Smith
Geraldine Stephens, general clerk
in Green River, Wyoming.
We can handle it.
the Unim Pacific raikoad people ~
,Cooler Weather is on, Its Way ....
.... and when it gets here you will be able to plant a few more trees and
shrubs that you might need.
Here at the nursery we have been working like mad this hot summer
to keep our plants growing. We have been successful and now have a
BECK'S NURSERY
Locatedabout a mile north of Spearfish on Evans Lane
Spearfish, S.D.