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ThisJune Week’s 17 - 24, 2011 “If it doesn’t have to do with Campbell County, we don’t care!”Highlights

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Summer School Begins Ethan Abraham shows off his pet racoon, Sundance at the Little League baseball ﬁelds.

Buffalo Wild Wings Flies into Gillette, Wyoming Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) is opening its newest location in Gillette on August 4, 2014, bringing its mouth-watering wings, wide selection of premium, craft and domestic beers and ultimate sports viewing atmosphere to local residents. Buffalo Wild Wings is the destination for wing fanatics and sports fans alike. “We are very excited to be bringing the Buffalo Wild Wings experience to Gillette and we look forward to becoming a part of this dynamic community,” said Doug Davis the President of Development and Co-owner for Screamin’ Hot Concepts LLC a franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings that has locations in Casper Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada. The Gillette Buffalo Wild Wings features wall-to-wall high-definition, flatscreen TVs for ultimate event and sports viewing. The company’s new restaurant design captures the energy of a sports stadium and creates a social and interactive local gathering place for sports fans. Its boldly flavored menu includes boneless wings, specialty burgers and sandwiches, finger foods, wraps, salads and Naked Tenders®, but the main attraction continues to be its namesake Buffalo N.Y.-style chicken wings as well as its 21 signature sauces and seasonings. A variety of

limited-time special offerings keeps the menu new and fresh. Buffalo Wild Wings also has two signature events each week: Wing Tuesdays® and Boneless Thursdays®, where guests can order their favorite traditional or boneless wings at a special price. Guests can also take advantage of free Wi-Fi. The Gillette Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 2550 S Douglas HWY. Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), founded in 1982 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a growing owner, operator and franchisor of Buffalo Wild Wings® restaurants featuring a variety of boldly ﬂavored, made-to-order menu items including its namesake Buffalo, N.Y.-style chicken wings. The Buffalo Wild Wings menu specializes in 21 mouth-watering signature sauces and seasonings with ﬂavor sensations ranging from Sweet BBQ™ to Blazin’®. Guests enjoy a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere that includes an extensive multi-media system for watching their favorite sporting events. Buffalo Wild Wings is the recipient of hundreds of “Best Wings” and “Best Sports Bar” awards from across the country. Currently, there are more than 1,025 Buffalo Wild Wings locations across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

ver 1100 elementary students reported to summer school on July 7th attending programs at Prairie Wind Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, and Buffalo Ridge Elementary. Prairie Wind had 239 students and Hillcrest had 240 students on the first day of class. Students will have classes starting at 8:15 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. at Hillcrest Elementary. Classes at Prairie Wind Elementary start at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 1:45 p.m. The students at Hillcrest and Prairie Wind Elementary will study math, reading, and writing. Students in grades 3 through 6 will have science class. The students will receive free busing to school and free breakfast and lunch will be provided. Students have classes Monday through Thursday; there is no school on Friday. All 5th grade students will attend Prairie Wind and all 6th grade students will attend Hillcrest. Parent Night for each elementary will be July 28th and students will receive information at a later date. The final day of summer school is July 31st. Enrichment courses are offered at Buffalo Ridge Elementary. Over 725 students were enrolled on the first day of enrichment summer school. The first session of summer school is July 7th through the 18th. The second session of summer school is July 21st through August 1st. Courses will include classes on dinosaurs, math, anatomy, animal care, oceans, several science courses, writing, the fair, native American tribes, iPad’s, the outdoors, space adventure, elementary sport training and games, and mother nature’s fury. All courses are full. Administration encourages parents to register early for next spring’s summer enrichment classes. The kids have a blast! Campbell County School District reminds the community to watch for students going to and from summer school.

Register Now for Wyoming Trauma Conference The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is reminding emergency medical volunteers and professionals across the state to register for the 44th Annual Wyoming Trauma Conference planned for August14-17 in Cheyenne. “Each year our annual conference plays a key role in training and motivating those involved in Wyoming’s emergency response and trauma systems,” said Andy Gienapp, WDH Ofﬁce of Emergency Medical Services manager. “This event usually draws hundreds of responders.” The event begins on August 14 with

a variety of full-day pre-conference workshops on topics such as treating burn patients, caring for children in emergencies, responding to radiological incidents, safety, vehicle operations and trauma system issues. Gienapp said the main conference features expert speakers on the latest techniques for treating various injuries and effective emergency medical techniques. Sessions range from licensure and performance measure issues to active shooter response and treating rodeo injuries. “This event is the focus of our ongoing efforts to help Wyoming’s re-

sponders be as ready as they can to help residents of their communities who face traumatic medical situations,” Gienapp said. Conference sessions will be held at Cheyenne’s Little America Hotel and Resort. For more information or to register, please contact Beth Hollingworth in the WDH Ofﬁce of Emergency Medical Services at 307-7777955 or 1-888-228-8996. Registration is also available online athttps://www. emsscanning.com/registration/registration.php?E_ID=74. Registration fees are $150 before August 1 and $200 after August 1.

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Host an Exchange Student ring the world together by hosting a foreign exchange student! World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a public beneﬁt organization, is seeking local host families for high school students from over 30 countries: Spain, Germany, Thailand, Denmark, Portugal, South Korea, Italy, France, The former Soviet Union Countries, Norway and more! Couples, single parents, and families with & without children in the home are all encouraged to host! You can choose to host a student for a semester or for the school year.

Each World Heritage student is fully insured, brings his/her own personal spending money and expects to contribute to his/her share of household responsibilities, as well as being included in normal family activities and lifestyles. Imagine the world of peace and greater understanding. Imagine yourself as part of the solution! Today’s teens are tomorrow’s parents, international business people and possibly even future political leaders! Share your corner of America by helping a foreign exchange student experience life in your area!

For more information call Courtney at (866) 939-4111, go online at www.WhHosts.com or emailCourtney@World-Heritage. org World Heritage International Student Exchange programs, formerly known as Spanish Heritage, is a non-profit, public benefit organization affiliated with and operated under the sponsorship of ASSE International. World Heritage programs are conducted in accordance with the high standards established by the U.S. Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET).

Nicholas Schlau Graduates from Fort Lewis College

Nicholas Schlau, of Gillette graduated from Fort Lewis College on Saturday, May 3, 2014. Schlau received a BA with a major in Art - Art Option . Over 500 students participated in the May commencement ceremony. Fort Lewis College is the Southwest’s crossroads of education and adventure. Our blend of small classes, dynamic academic programs, and a liberal arts perspective leads to

transformative learning experiences that foster entrepreneurship, leadership, creative problem solving, and life-long learning. And our unique & beautiful mountain campus, on a mesa above historic Durango, Colorado, inspires an active and friendly community with a spirit of engagement, exploration, and intellectual curiosity. Fort Lewis College is the Southwest’s crossroads of education and adventure. Our

blend of small classes, dynamic academic programs, and a liberal arts perspective leads to transformative learning experiences that foster entrepreneurship, leadership, creative problem solving, and life-long learning. And our unique & beautiful mountain campus, on a mesa above historic Durango, Colorado, inspires an active and friendly community with a spirit of engagement, exploration, and intellectual curiosity.

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Construction Updates Gillette Avenue

Construction activities on Gillette Avenue will move to the 300 block of Gillette Avenue beginning Wednesday, July 9th and running through September 12th. This means that Gillette Avenue from 2nd Street to 4th Street will not be accessible to through trafﬁc, and 4th Street will remain open for through trafﬁc. 2nd Street at Gillette Avenue is open! Access to downtown businesses will be accessible via a boardwalk to the storefront and alley access where available. Downtown merchants are open and parking is available behind Pat’s Hallmark and behind Gillette Brewing Company. Please support your downtown merchants!

Bob Rohan is a cartoonist in Houston, Texas and has been drawing “Buffalo Gals” since 1995. He was awarded “Best Cowboy Cartoonist” in 2009 by The Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Awards out of Gene Autry, Oklahoma.

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Gurley Avenue

Gurley Avenue from Lincoln Street to Laramie Street will be closed until Wednesday, July 16th. This closure is for work related to ﬁxing a water main break on Gurley Avenue. Drivers are asked to use Frontage Road to the east as an alternative route or use Longmont Street to Bundy Drive to Laramie Street. The Gurley Overpass is open and not affected by this closure. Please plan accordingly.

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Alley closure

The alley between Ross Avenue and Warren Avenue will be closed from 5th Street to 7th Street (including the 6th Street intersection) from Monday, July 7th through Monday, July 21st for work related to the 2013 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement.

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Alice Rohde

Memorial services for Alice Rohde will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Burial to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Alice Rohde died Friday, July 4, 2014 at her home.

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Down the Dirt Lane to the Garden By Sandra Aberle hen you spend part of every summer growing up on a small family farm, values are placed in you, ideas are reserved in your heart and knowledge is given to you in ways you don’t even realize. Later when you start to formulate your dreams and goals those memories are part of your plans. The jobs you are happy at, the houses you buy, the people you surround yourself with, everything you do is based on the positive impressions you had as a child. Fresh air, the feel of the soil in my hands, the miracle of watching a seed becoming a plant, eating the produce that I grow and perserving the rest for the winter; these things make me happy. I am fulfilled and I find purpose in being self-sufficient. I learned to love these things while walking down the dirt lane to the garden on my Grandmother’s farm. Most gardens I had seen were in yards, close to back doors but my Grandmother’s garden was past the barn and out buildings, the chicken coops, and the well house. Along the dirt lane where it curved up to a level quarter acre of land where the sun rested gently on it most of the day.

The rich, well-drained soil gave back in abundance, her potatoes where planted in the same spot year after year without problems. The strawberries where so abundant that never was a word said when my basket was half empty and my hands and face were red and sticky from all the berries I had eaten. I learned about saving vegetable seeds from the best produce for the next year. My Grandmother would write down not only the varieties but how they produced, what the weather had been like that summer, along with the good and bad traits of that vegetable variety. She planted by the moon and she took the Farmers’ Almanac as gospel. If the Almanac predicted a wet spring, she would start with the varieties that had done well in those conditions and to her success, her garden always produced. She gave me knowledge of how to give back to the soil, to make it better than it was the year before. Soil is not made in a day from bags of top soil and compost from a box store. Your joy will be short lived in that situation. Soil is made year after year with care and knowledge and

summer. Each year I like to test, experiment with different vegetables, and different ways of growing those vegetables, propagation, using greenhouses and cold frames to extend the seasons and more. I hope to share all of this with you. See you next week and good gardening! P.S. The Garden Walk is July 6, 2014 9:00-4:00 and my house is on the walk this year, hope to see you!

patience. Garden soil is not fast food, it is deliberate ﬁne dining. I know, I have seen my dirt change from a substance that would not sustain weeds or worms into a workable soil after years of adding homemade compost, leaves and more. Am I there yet? No. My soil still haves a PH of 7.8-8.2 but it is changing. Really I shouldn’t be able to grow most vegetables but I do. It is a process, and I will have future articles just on soil to hopefully take you through the steps of improving your soil. Through these weekly garden articles I hope to in part the gifts that my Grandmother gave me as we walked down that dirt lane to her garden, along with the knowledge I have learned through thirty-ﬁve years of gardening, wisdom I have gathered as a Master Gardener and as a Vegetable Garden instructor. Growing in Gillette, Wyoming can be a challenge but it is more than possible. It is an opportunity for you to learn not only about gardening but to learn about yourself. I hope to share gardening ideas, techniques, my trials and tribulations on what worked and didn’t work during the

Come Holy Spirit

First Presbyterian Church 682-7264 511 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Sun. 10am Wed 6pm Adult Bible Study & P-K – 7th, 8th – 12th 6:30pm

First Church Of The Nazarene 682-2562 3010 W 4J Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:30am Worship: Sun. 10:45am Wed. Bible Study 6:30

Prairie Wind Unitarian Universalists 686-4812 10am 2nd & 4th Sun at Lakeway Learning Center

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 682-4296 804 Emerson Gillette, WY 10am Sunday

Roadway Alliance Church 687-7738 811 Hemlock Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Service: 10:15 am Living Rock Church “Life of the Rock” 670-1518 1001 S. Douglas Hwy Bld B Sun. Service 9am & 10:45am

Family Life Church 687-1083 480 State Highway 50 Gillette, WY Sun. 9am

Open Door Church 685-3337 111 E 2nd St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 10am Wed. Worship 6:30pm www.gillette-church.com

First United Methodist Church 686-7339 2000 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY Sun. Contemplative Service 8am Sun. Blended Service 9:15-10:15 Sunday School 10:30

Grace Bible Church 686-1516 4000 Collins E Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:00 Worship 10:00am Evening Service 6:00 PM

Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am Sunday School 9:30 Sun. Worship 10:45 Hispanic Service 6pm

Hope for the Heart Biker Church Meets at Calvary Community Church 631 Commercial Drive Gillette, WY Seventh-day Adventist Church 682-8465 901 Apricot St Gillette, WY Sabbath School: 09:30A Worship Service: 11:00A Vineyard Christian Fellowship 686-2485 585 Westside Dr Gillette, WY 9 am - Men’s Study/Fellowship, 10 am - Vineyard Cafe Opens (Coffees/ Pastries), 10:30 am - Worship and the Word, 6 pm - Various Activities First Baptist Church 682-4816 501 S Gillette Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 10:45am Sunday School for All Ages at 9:30am Mike Morrison Ministries 685-2272 2 W McKenzie Rd, 82716 Gillette, WY Tuesday night Bible Study 7:00 - 9:00 Saturday Night 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Gillette Christian Center 686-6680 6201 Swanson Rd Gillette, WY Sun. 7am Men’s Bible Study 9:30 Coffee Café Sun. Worship 10am 11:15am Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran 686-4080 1010 W Beaver Dr Gillette, WY Service 9am Antelope Valley Baptist Church 682-1602 2801 Antler Rd Gillette, WY First Assembly Of God-family 682-3308 601 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 8am, 10:30am 6pm

Central Baptist Church 682-2543 1170 Country Club Rd Gillette, WY Sun 7:00 AM Men’s Bible Study 9:30 Worship Service 10:00am 11:15am

St Matthew’s Catholic Church 682-3319 1000 Butler Spaeth Rd Gillette, WY Sat 5:00pm Sun 9:00am & 11:00am Sun 5:00pm Spanish Mass

New Life Wesleyan Church 682-5642 1000 Comanche Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 9:15 & 10:45

Emanuel Southern Baptist Church 686-4132 1851 Chara Ave Gillette, WY

Church Of Christ 682-2528 1204 T-7 Ln Gillette, WY Sun. Bible Study 9am Sun. Worship 10am & 6pm

High Plain Community Church 685-0044 3101 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 9am and 11am 7pm. Wed. Worship

Calvary Missionary Baptist Church 682-9779 600 Longmont St Gillette, WY Sun. School 10am Worship 11am 6PM

Trinity Lutheran Church 682-4886 1001 E 9th St Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:15am Sun. 8am and 10:30am

Christian Church 682-3316 100 E Flying Circle Dr Gillette, WY Sun 10:30am

Jericho Baptist Church 686-5626 211 S Brooks Ave Gillette, WY 10am Sun. School 11am Sun. Worship 6pm Sun. Worship 7pm Wed. Worship

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Jesus Christ of LDS 555 Wright Blvd. Wright, WY 9am Sun. Worship Jesus Christ of LDS 2903 Aqllen Avel Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship Jesus Christ of LDS 1500 O’Hera Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am & 10:45 Sun. School 9:30 Bible Study 6:00pm Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church 687-0074 1612 E Us Highway 14-16 Gillette, WY 82716 Sun. 10 to 11:30 Wed. 7pm to 8:30 pm Calvary Community Church 682-9553 631 N Commercial Dr Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:15 10:30 Worship 6:00pm Foundations Class Faith Community Church 682-7333 177 American Rd Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:45am Service 10:45am Wed Evening Study 7pm Wright Baptist Church 464-0464 225 Ranchero Dr Wright, WY 82732 Sun 9:30am Bible Study 10:45am Worship Service 6:00pm Evening Prayer & Discipleship Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 682-3319 624 Wright Blvd Wright, WY 82732 Sun 5:30pm

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Bold Republic Weekly The Final Word on Hobby Lobby By Glenn Woods

t’s all over, but the shouting. The Supreme Court has ruled that government cannot order a business to provide insurance to cover “The Morning After Pill,” because it is against the religious beliefs of Christian business owners. Let’s take a moment to separate fact versus ﬁction regarding the controversy. So much has been said by both sides of the argument that has nothing to do with what the court case was about and what the court actually decided. Let’s set the record straight, ﬁrst, by pointing out that Hobby Lobby has NEVER objected to providing birth control as part of their insurance coverage for full-time employees. Anyone who wants birth control coverage has always been able to get it through Hobby Lobby’s insurance plan. Hobby Lobby only objected to “The Morning After Pill.” Since that pill is taken after sex (therefore perhaps, after conception), many people see it as an

abortion pill. Again, that was the only birth control objection that the owners of Hobby Lobby had. This does not bar anyone from purchasing “The Morning After Pill”. Anyone who wants it can still get it any time they want. They will just have to pay out of pocket. Since paying out of pocket eliminates the middle man (in this case the insurance provider), the pill would actually be less expensive, not more. That is because the insurance company has to pay their employees, and the doctor and pharmacist have to hire people to process the paperwork, and all of those people have to be paid as well. But, if the customer gets the prescription directly from the doctor by paying cash, and pays cash at the pharmacy, there are no middle men, so the product is cheaper. The moral of the story is that insurance does not always save you money. The next myth is that Hobby Lobby pays its employees minimum wage.

it. They only objected to covering “The Morning After Pill”’ which may still be purchased out of pocket any time anyone wishes. No rights have been taken away from anyone. With that comes the objection of having government involved in your reproductive rights. I would have to agree. Why would anyone want government (or their employer) involved in such an important decision? Yet here we have protesters demanding that government force the employer to cover any and all contraceptives. That means that they are demanding that the two entities they want to stay out of their bedrooms are forced into the bedroom. There is no logic in that logic. When you ask government to get involved, you are asking government to make the decision. When insurance compa-

Wrong. They pay well above minimum wage. The lowest hourly wage the company pays is above fourteen dollars an hour. The next objection I heard by some protesters is that they don’t want their boss making any decision regarding their reproductive rights. Well, then why would they want Hobby Lobby to cover any birth control at all? If you want that decision to be yours, and only yours, then do not insist that the employer cover contraceptives. Again, pay for it out of your own pocket. If you pay for it yourself then you are in charge. Then there is the wild idea that if an employer refuses to cover a certain contraceptive, someone’s right to buy the product has been denied. First, no one has been denied anything. You want it? Just go buy it. No one will stop you. Second, let me say again, Hobby Lobby has always provided insured birth control coverage to any employee who wanted

nies and the employer get involved, they will make the decisions. That takes choice out your hands. If you want the decision to be yours and yours alone then, again, pay in cash, out of your own pocket. That means that you and you alone are the decision maker. A CORPORATION IS A PERSON! Corporations are started by people. They are not owned and operated by chickens or whales. A corporation is not made up of everyone who works for them. Those people are called employees. The corporation is the people who own the company. Sometimes these people make a decision as a single body, when they agree together and work as one. That means they are a single thinking group of people. That, in the eyes of the law, means that they are in

operation as a person. This has been upheld in court time and time again. A person’s rights do not end just because they decided to open a business. Therefore, the First Amendment rights of Hobby Lobby still stand. They do not have to give up their religious freedoms just because they own a company. The Supreme Court decision was unanimous. This is rare, and it says a lot. In the Hobby Lobby case the court upheld our rights to decide based on someone’s religion. Government has no say in the matter. The court’s decision did not take away anyone’s rights. Those who want “The Morning After Pill” can still purchase it, any time they want.

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Governor: Valuable Work on School Safety Being Done Governor Matt Mead is pleased with the progress made by the School Safety Task Force, now known as the School Safety Advisory Committee. In 2013, Governor Mead asked the Legislature to support the Task Force and for a review and recommendations of Wyoming school buildings for safety. The School Safety Advisory Committee has been working on ways to make schools safer and to develop crisis management procedures. It was formalized by the Legislature this year. “We care deeply about our children and we have invested a tremendous amount in our schools. This Task Force has done important work in developing ideas to try and make schools as safe as possible. Safe schools improve learning for kids and teachers,” Governor Mead said. “Thanks to the work of the Task Force we have a process to help protect schools and to help avert violence before it happens. We are implementing state-of-theart practices to diffuse and stabilize a bad situation - if necessary.” The School Safety Advisory Committee is comprised of educators, superintendents, ﬁrst responders and law enforcement.

The Task Force created the Wyoming Comprehensive Public Safety Planning Model. This model can be used by all 48 Wyoming school districts, law enforcement and emergency responders to reﬁne Emergency Operations Plans. Addressing the most common situations a school may face, the document covers prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Emergency Preparedness Specialists will help school districts develop Emergency Operations Plans and provide training. The specialists operate within the Department of Education. “Supporting local school districts and teachers across the state to head off a tragedy is a priority. We want to be proactive and we can help districts and administrators prepare and spot warning signs. This is an important step for Wyoming,” Governor Mead said. “We have had excellent collaboration between people from many backgrounds. They have come together to support local school districts and make a positive difference,” Director of the Ofﬁce of Homeland Security, Guy Cameron, said. “There is

more to do, but we already have some good resources available for school districts.” The Schools Facilities Department is tasked with upgrading the security of the school buildings. Security and safety standards will be integrated into standards for all Wyoming schools by the end of the year. A contractor will be selected to develop

the safety and security standards, a checklist for school evaluations, and to estimate the cost and time it takes to complete the evaluation of all schools against the new standards. Wyoming is working with school districts on over $7 million worth of security-related construction projects.

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The Federalist 15 The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Hamilton for the Independent Journal o the People of the State of New York. IN THE course of the preceding papers, I have endeavored, my fellow-citizens, to place before you, in a clear and convincing light, the importance of Union to your political safety and happiness. I have unfolded to you a complication of dangers to which you would be exposed, should you permit that sacred knot which binds the people of America together be severed or dissolved by ambition or by avarice, by jealousy or by misrepresentation. In the sequel of the inquiry through which I propose to accompany you, the truths intended to be inculcated will receive further confirmation from facts and arguments hitherto unnoticed. If the road over which you will still have to pass should in some places appear to you tedious or irksome, you will recollect that you are in quest of information on a subject the most momentous which can engage the attention of a free people, that the field through which you have to travel is in itself spacious, and that the difficulties of the journey have been unnecessarily increased by the mazes with which sophistry has beset the way. It will be my aim to remove the obstacles from your progress in as compendious a manner as it can be done, without sacrificing utility to despatch. In pursuance of the plan which I have laid down for the discussion of the subject, the point next in order to be examined is the `ìnsufficiency of the present Confederation to the preservation of the Union.’’ It may perhaps be asked what need there is of reasoning or proof to illustrate a position which is not either controverted or doubted, to which the understandings and feelings of all classes of men assent, and which in substance is admitted by the opponents as well as by the friends of the new Constitution. It must in truth be acknowledged that, however these may differ in other respects, they in general appear to harmonize in this sentiment, at least, that there are material imperfections in our national system, and that something is necessary to be done to rescue us from impending anarchy. The facts that support this opinion are no longer objects of speculation. They have forced themselves upon the sensibility of the people at large, and have at length extorted from those, whose mistaken policy has had the principal share in precipitating the extremity at which we are arrived, a reluctant confession of the reality of those defects in the scheme of our federal government, which have been long pointed out and regretted by the intelligent friends of the Union. We may indeed with propriety be said to have reached almost the last stage of national humiliation. There is scarcely anything that can wound the pride or degrade the character of an independent nation which we do not experience. Are there engagements to the performance of which we are held by every tie respectable among men? These are the subjects of constant and unblushing violation. Do we owe debts to foreigners and to our own citizens contracted in a time of imminent peril for the preservation of our political existence? These remain without any proper or satisfactory provision for their discharge. Have we valuable territories and important posts in the possession of a foreign power which, by express stipulations, ought long since to have been surrendered? These are still retained, to the prejudice of our interests, not less than of our rights. Are we in a condition to resent or to repel the aggression? We have neither troops, nor treasury, nor government.[1] Are we even in a condition to remonstrate with dignity? The just imputations on our own faith, in respect to the same treaty, ought first to be removed. Are we entitled by nature and compact to a free participation in the navigation of the Mississippi? Spain excludes us from it. Is public credit an indispensable resource in time of public danger? We seem to have abandoned its cause as desperate and irretrievable. Is commerce of importance to national wealth? Ours is at the lowest point of declension. Is respectability in the eyes of foreign powers a safeguard against foreign encroachments? The imbecility of our government even forbids them to treat with us. Our ambassadors abroad are the mere pageants of mimic sovereignty. Is a violent and unnatural decrease in the value of land a symptom of national distress? The price of improved land in most parts of the country is much lower than can be accounted for by the quantity of waste land at market, and can only be fully explained by that want of private and public confidence, which are so alarmingly prevalent among all ranks, and which have a direct tendency to depreciate property of every kind. Is private credit the friend and patron of industry? That most useful kind which relates to borrowing and lending is reduced within the narrowest limits, and this still more from an opinion of insecurity than from the scarcity of money. To shorten an enumeration of particulars which can afford neither pleasure nor instruction, it may in general be demanded, what indication is there of national disorder, poverty, and insignificance that could befall a community so peculiarly

alternate friends and enemies of each other, as our mutual jealousies and rivalships, nourished by the intrigues of foreign nations, should prescribe to us. But if we are unwilling to be placed in this perilous situation; if we still will adhere to the design of a national government, or, which is the same thing, of a superintending power, under the direction of a common council, we must resolve to incorporate into our plan those ingredients which may be considered as forming the characteristic difference between a league and a government; we must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens, --the only proper objects of government. Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. If there be no penalty annexed to disobedience, the resolutions or commands which pretend to be laws will, in fact, amount to nothing more than advice or recommendation. This penalty, whatever it may be, can only be inflicted in two ways: by the agency of the courts and ministers of justice, or by military force; by the coercion of the magistracy, or by the coercion of arms. The first kind can evidently apply only to men; the last kind must of necessity, be employed against bodies politic, or communities, or States. It is evident that there is no process of a court by which the observance of the laws can, in the last resort, be enforced. Sentences may be denounced against them for violations of their duty; but these sentences can only be carried into execution by the sword. In an association where the general authority is confined to the collective bodies of the communities, that compose it, every breach of the laws must involve a state of war; and military execution must become the only instrument of civil obedience. Such a state of things can certainly not deserve the name of government, nor would any prudent man choose to commit his happiness to it. There was a time when we were told that breaches, by the States, of the regulations of the federal authority were not to be expected; that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective members, and would beget a full compliance with all the constitutional requisitions of the Union. This language, at the present day, would appear as wild as a great part of what we now hear from the same quarter will be thought, when we shall have received further lessons from that best oracle of wisdom, experience. It at all times betrayed an ignorance of the true springs by which human conduct is actuated, and belied the original inducements to the establishment of civil power. Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. Has it been found that bodies of men act with more rectitude or greater disinterestedness than individuals? The contrary of this has been inferred by all accurate observers of the conduct of mankind; and the inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided among a number than when it is to fall singly upon one. A spirit of faction, which is apt to mingle its poison in the deliberations of all bodies of men, will often hurry the persons of whom they are composed into improprieties and excesses, for which they would blush in a private capacity. In addition to all this, there is, in the nature of sovereign power, an impatience of control, that disposes those who are invested with the exercise of it, to look with an evil eye upon all external attempts to restrain or direct its operations. From this spirit it happens, that in every political association which is formed upon the principle of uniting in a common interest a number of lesser sovereignties, there will be found a kind of eccentric tendency in the subordinate or inferior orbs, by the operation of which there will be a perpetual effort in each to fly off from the common centre. This tendency is not difficult to be accounted for. It has its origin in the love of power. Power controlled or abridged is almost always the rival and enemy of that power by which it is controlled or abridged.

blessed with natural advantages as we are, which does not form a part of the dark catalogue of our public misfortunes? This is the melancholy situation to which we have been brought by those very maxims and councils which would now deter us from adopting the proposed Constitution; and which, not content with having conducted us to the brink of a precipice, seem resolved to plunge us into the abyss that awaits us below. Here, my countrymen, impelled by every motive that ought to influence an enlightened people, let us make a firm stand for our safety, our tranquillity, our dignity, our reputation. Let us at last break the fatal charm which has too long seduced us from the paths of felicity and prosperity. It is true, as has been before observed that facts, too stubborn to be resisted, have produced a species of general assent to the abstract proposition that there exist material defects in our national system; but the usefulness of the concession, on the part of the old adversaries of federal measures, is destroyed by a strenuous opposition to a remedy, upon the only principles that can give it a chance of success. While they admit that the government of the United States is destitute of energy, they contend against conferring upon it those powers which are requisite to supply that energy. They seem still to aim at things repugnant and irreconcilable; at an augmentation of federal authority, without a diminution of State authority; at sovereignty in the Union, and complete independence in the members. They still, in fine, seem to cherish with blind devotion the political monster of an imperium in imperio. This renders a full display of the principal defects of the Confederation necessary, in order to show that the evils we experience do not proceed from minute or partial imperfections, but from fundamental errors in the structure of the building, which cannot be amended otherwise than by an alteration in the first principles and main pillars of the fabric. The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is in the principle of legislation for states or governments, in their corporate or collective capacities, and as contradistinguished from the individuals of which they consist. Though this principle does not run through all the powers delegated to the Union, yet it pervades and governs those on which the efficacy of the rest depends. Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States has an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either, by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America. The consequence of this is, that though in theory their resolutions concerning those objects are laws, constitutionally binding on the members of the Union, yet in practice they are mere recommendations which the States observe or disregard at their option. It is a singular instance of the capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still be found men who object to the new Constitution, for deviating from a principle which has been found the bane of the old, and which is in itself evidently incompatible with the idea of government; a principle, in short, which, if it is to be executed at all, must substitute the violent and sanguinary agency of the sword to the mild influence of the magistracy. There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a treaty regulating all the details of time, place, circumstance, and quantity; leaving nothing to future discretion; and depending for its execution on the good faith of the parties. Compacts of this kind exist among all civilized nations, subject to the usual vicissitudes of peace and war, of observance and non-observance, as the interests or passions of the contracting powers dictate. In the early part of the present century there was an epidemical rage in Europe for this species of compacts, from which the politicians of the times fondly hoped for benefits which were never realized. With a view to establishing the equilibrium of power and the peace of that part of the world, all the resources of negotiation were exhausted, and triple and quadruple alliances were formed; but they were scarcely formed before they were broken, giving an instructive but afflicting lesson to mankind, how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have no other sanction than the obligations of good faith, and which oppose general considerations of peace and justice to the impulse of any immediate interest or passion. If the particular States in this country are disposed to stand in a similar relation to each other, and to drop the project of a general discretionary superintendence, the scheme would indeed be pernicious, and would entail upon us all the mischiefs which have been enumerated under the first head; but it would have the merit of being, at least, consistent and practicable Abandoning all views towards a confederate government, this would bring us to a simple alliance offensive and defensive; and would place us in a situation to be

This simple proposition will teach us how little reason there is to expect, that the persons intrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of a confederacy will at all times be ready, with perfect good-humor, and an unbiased regard to the public weal, to execute the resolutions or decrees of the general authority. The reverse of this results from the constitution of human nature. If, therefore, the measures of the Confederacy cannot be executed without the intervention of the particular administrations, there will be little prospect of their being executed at all. The rulers of the respective members, whether they have a constitutional right to do it or not, will undertake to judge of the propriety of the measures themselves. They will consider the conformity of the thing proposed or required to their immediate interests or aims; the momentary conveniences or inconveniences that would attend its adoption. All this will be done; and in a spirit of interested and suspicious scrutiny, without that knowledge of national circumstances and reasons of state, which is essential to a right judgment, and with that strong predilection in favor of local objects, which can hardly fail to mislead the decision. The same process must be repeated in every member of which the body is constituted; and the execution of the plans, framed by the councils of the whole, will always fluctuate on the discretion of the illinformed and prejudiced opinion of every part. Those who have been conversant in the proceedings of popular assemblies; who have seen how difficult it often is, where there is no exterior pressure of circumstances, to bring them to harmonious resolutions on important points, will readily conceive how impossible it must be to induce a number of such assemblies, deliberating at a distance from each other, at different times, and under different impressions, long to co-operate in the same views and pursuits. In our case, the concurrence of thirteen distinct sovereign wills is requisite, under the Confederation, to the complete execution of every important measure that proceeds from the Union. It has happened as was to have been foreseen. The measures of the Union have not been executed; the delinquencies of the States have, step by step, matured themselves to an extreme, which has, at length, arrested all the wheels of the national government, and brought them to an awful stand. Congress at this time scarcely possess the means of keeping up the forms of administration, till the States can have time to agree upon a more substantial substitute for the present shadow of a federal government. Things did not come to this desperate extremity at once. The causes which have been specified produced at first only unequal and disproportionate degrees of compliance with the requisitions of the Union. The greater deficiencies of some States furnished the pretext of example and the temptation of interest to the complying, or to the least delinquent States. Why should we do more in proportion than those who are embarked with us in the same political voyage? Why should we consent to bear more than our proper share of the common burden? These were suggestions which human selfishness could not withstand, and which even speculative men, who looked forward to remote consequences, could not, without hesitation, combat. Each State, yielding to the persuasive voice of immediate interest or convenience, has successively withdrawn its support, till the frail and tottering edifice seems ready to fall upon our heads, and to crush us beneath its ruins.

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STEM Integration Taskforce Tours Black Thunder

On Monday and Tuesday, June 21st and 22nd, 2014 the Wyoming Governor’s Energy, Engineering, STEM Integration Taskforce (WGEESIT) met in Gillette at the Gillette Tech Center. The Taskforce is led by former Governor Dave Freudenthal, Dr. Dave McGinity (President of the University of Wyoming), Paul Lang (President of Arch Coal), State Senator Phil Nicholas, and Representative Tom Lockhart. The Task Force’s chairmen are Greg Hill, president and chief operating officer of Hess Corporation, and Tom Bott. The purpose of the Task Force is to create a Tier 1 world-class college of engineering at the University of Wyoming with first class research capabilities. The Tier-1 Engineering Initiative is a vision for a profound transformation of UW’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS). The Taskforce received a $110 million dollar appropriation from the legislature during the recent budget session and the legislature, university, and private industry are committed to creating a new school of engineering at the University of Wyoming. The Taskforce toured Black Thunder coal mine south of Wright hosted by Paul Lang and Greg Scheaffer of Arch Coal. The members of the taskforce toured the largest coal mine in North America and had the opportunity to watch the largest drag-line in the world operate at the mine on Monday, June 21st. Upon returning to Gillette, the Gillette Tech Center hosted dinner catered by Jordan’s. Former Governor Dave Freudenthal spoke to the members of the Taskforce along with Governor Matt Mead and President Dave McGinity. On Tuesday, June 22nd the Task Force met at 6:30 a.m. in order to adjourn at 11:15 a.m. so that members of the committee could travel to former State Senator John Schiffer’s funeral in KayCee. The Task Force reviewed a proposed first year

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Interpretive Rule creates new regulatory hurdles for people in agriculture. “Previously, everyday farming and ranching activities near Waters of the U.S. did not require permitting from the EPA and the Corps. Now, standards originally developed for people who voluntarily participated in programs through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation

budget of $8.98 million dollars. The Task Force agreed to begin a job search for a new Dean of Engineering who would be responsible for leading the Task Force in building a top notch college of Engineering. The proposal for the first year budget is to hire 10 clerical staff and 14 new professors of engineering at the University. The Task Force reviewed three proposed building’s for the new High Bay Research Facility (HBRF) which could cost as much as $85 million dollars. The new building would be located on the north side of the University at Lewis Street. The task force agreed to advance the program to Level II. The preliminary budget that ramps up over the period FY2015-2020 was presented. Specifically, a total funding request of $89,720,249 spanning six years was outlined. The State portion of this budget totals $65,000,000. The balance of the funds, $24,270,250, is provided by UW. Specifically, the School of Energy Resources is cost sharing $9,737,000, and balance of $14,533,250 will be provided by UW through fund raising and revenue from research grants. The Task Force is also recommending a scholarship to future Wyoming engineering students. The scholarship will include 15 Tier 1 students and 15 Trustee scholarships. The prospective students will have a GPA of 3.84 out of 4.00 and an ACT score of 32 or higher. Twenty of the students receiving the scholarship will be from Wyoming and four must be female! The students must be declared majors in mechanical engineering (6), electrical (3), chemical and petroleum (7), comprehensive (4), civil and architectural (4), and undeclared (6). The next meeting of the Governor’s Energy, Engineering, STEM Integration Task Force will be September 15th and 16th in Rock Springs.

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Campbell County Republican Women Candidate Forums ampbell County Republican Women has invited candidates to their 2014 Candidate Forums. The schedule is as follows: Gillette City ofﬁces for mayor, Council Wards 1, 2, and 3 and the City of Wright for mayor and councilperson to take place on Monday, July 14, at 5:30 PM at the Campbell County Public Library;

Candidates for County Commissioners and County Attorney on Thursday, July 17, at 5:30 PM at the Campbell County Public Library; Candidates for County ofﬁce on Monday, August 4, at 5:30 PM at the Campbell County Public Library; Candidates for the state legislature on Monday, August 11, at the Campbell County Public Library.

All candidates are invited to bring signs, brochures and other campaign material. Each candidate will give a short, two minute summary on plans for the ofﬁce and then we will move on to the forum. The public will be asked to write down questions and Moderator Richard Horning will give each candidate an opportunity to answer or respond.

Letters to the Editor

The Nation suffers from “Car Sickness”

Editor, How many of us remember phrases like “When times get tough, the tough get going”, or “Tighten your belt a little.”, or “A penny saved is a penny earned”, or “A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it” -Bob Hope. I also really like the quote, “Money often costs too much” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, or my absolute favorite on gambling, “There is an easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one” Jack Yelton. As I scoot my 1993 Dodge Dakota to the gas station, I often times lament the fact that I do not possess a 35k to 65K “Vee-Hickle!”, like so many of my students drove into the parking lot where I taught for 31 years. I shrieked when I thought of the paltry 1966 $500 Chevy Biscayne I got when I graduated - (not really, I absolutely LOVED it). Now, stay with me here just a little longer, and don’t give up on me too quick, as I do have a point to make. “Car sickness is the feeling you get when a payment is due” - unknown author. Alright, I give up! My point is that way too many Americans spend way beyond their ability to repay, and that crushing debt has massive consequences on our society, families, marriages, our kids, and our government. Wanting things you do not have may be normal, but buying them with money you do not have nor cannot pay back is exactly the ﬁnancial picture of our overall culture and our federal - fanatically-STUPID government, as they “cruise-control” all hard-working Americans and their kids and grandkids on down the line - to absolute bankruptcy, while building a

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four-lane highway! Most incompetent government idiots - Republican and Democrat alike - do not know - nor care - about anything except their own re-election and the perks provided therein, and when we finally wake up one morning - smell the coffee - and load our wheel barrow full of five-dollar-bills to go buy a loaf of bread, maybe we will all finally see what is really at stake when we actually go and vote. Debt is not a good thing for anyone, but most of us “Up-’n comings’” have to deal with it sometime in our lives. The question is “How do we deal with it, and how quickly can we end it.”, for it is as easy as driving into a sinkhole to get INTO debt, but getting OUT of debt can seem like raising up from the bottom of Lake Superior with a Volkswagen tied around your legs. Finally, freedom from excessive regulations, high taxes by an oppressive government and freedom from crushing debt are two of the greatest things that can happen to any family, business, or government, and the sooner the better! Too bad it doesn’t seem to be happening fast enough here in America..... Brad Schofield

Rethink the Keystone XL pipeline

Editor: Here is an idea for the Keystone XL pipeline: Build a refinery where the oil is. When oil was discovered in Texas, a refinery was built in Texas. When oil was discovered in California, a refinery was built in California. A refinery is expensive to build, but shipping crude oil from North Dakota to Texas through a pipeline is also very expensive. To ship crude oil from North Dakota to Texas and then ship it back to North Dakota after it has been refined

doesn’t make sense to me. There are already pipelines in use that handle products in the Midwest. In the long run, money and thousands of farm acres would be saved by not building this pipeline. Big Oil money wants the revenue to stay in Texas. I want to go back to cheaper gas. Does anyone think this pipeline will stop the United States from importing oil? Does anyone remember the Exxon Valdez disaster or the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico a few years ago? Do we want this to happen in Nebraska? WILLIAM L. TYLER

Education standards should be at the student level

Editor: All kids are not identical. They have different strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. Instead of focusing on federal or state standards, we should move all standards to the local level and preferably the student level. As the parent of a gifted child and a learning impaired child, one-size-ﬁtsall standards are harmful to both of my children. We should be seeking to match education to the strengths and interests of each child. Pushing a child beyond their capabilities or not challenging a child are both harmful to their educational success and love of learning. In Natrona County, we have school choice. If every school can have its own curriculum and style, parents can chose a school to match the needs of each child as I did. Now we have one curriculum for all, which means we don’t meet the needs of many children. Instead of making things “easy” by making it the same, we should do what is best for each child. CHRISTINE KROEKER

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Beginning July 28, the Campbell County Senior Center will be hosting a series of debates between various local and state political candidates. The schedule is as follows: Monday July 28 Mayor and City Council Friday Aug. 1 County Commissioners, Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer

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Camper spot for rent $300 per month in Silver Hills 307680-8838

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Wyoming Mountaineers now offers easy payment plans on any in stock firearm. Your debit card is your line of credit. Purchase any firearm that is in stock making 4 payments weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Processing fee and payment plan fee apply. Call Wyoming Mountaineers for more details. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad. Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button. Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice. Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad. 1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 A friend of mine called the other day and tells me he has 2 friends that are looking for some AR-15’s do I have any? I told him yes I do, They are M4 style scope ready models and priced at $695.00. Great, he says, They will be right over. They never showed up so a few days later I asked him if his friends were still interested. He told me nope, they bought them online for $1500.00. So, here they come with UPS, I still made my $15.00 for the transfer but while they were there they looked at the rifles I had in stock and discovered they were the same models they ordered with the same features and they could have bought 2 from me for the same price they paid for one they ordered. Don’t let this happen to you, Any gun, Any models, Any features can be ordered or built for a lower cost. Call for a free quote. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. Before you buy, make a call to get a quote. We can order any gun you are looking at and just may be able to save you a ton of money. Call for a free quote. $15.00 FFL Transfer Fee on all internet purchases. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad. Gunsmithing Special of the week. Electrolysis Barrel Cleaning. Increase the accuracy of your firearm, get ready for hunting season or a summer of shooting fun. Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad. With the current controversy of gun control you can expect changes. One of these changes will be permanently attached low capacity magazines. Make your current guns compliant to this regulation. Call for quotes on all your gunsmithing needs. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. Chinese Type 53 Carbines 7.62X54R. These guns have been fully restored and are excellent shooters. They are a shorter model of the Mossin Naugant making them easy to carry through the brush and trees. Large caliber with plenty of take down power for the largest and most dangerous game. Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced. This gun comes with a fold down bayonet permanently attached. Adjustable sights on an elevation ramp rear sight makes this package very versatile. permanently attached floor plate magazine holds 5 rounds with one additional one in the chamber. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

Wanted to Buy Military Items From WW2 and Vietnam, 307-778-6493 I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, ﬁeld gear. 6827864 Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

APPLY NOW!!! CLERICAL PERSONNEL NEEDED. candidates that are ambitious and career motivated should please contact {bervelyscoot@outlook.com} HD Supply - Excellent opportunity, great pay & benefits. WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE I – GILLETTE WY, Responsibilities include tasks such as loading, unloading, sorting, picking, stocking, staging, fabrication, and transportation of goods. Apply at jobs. hdsupply.com Job #5144. Reference this ad when applying. Hiring Newspaper Journalist. Government/Politics. Work at Home. Must be able to perform advanced research, and write unbias. Must be able to attend government meetings and conduct interviews professionally. Pays per article/Part Time. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com. Rocky Mt Merchandising is looking for dependable, outgoing person to execute four in store demos in Sept showing the features and benefits of the Straight Talk Cell phone. Must commit to all four Saturdays from 10:00-4:00. Email Jackie@ rockymm.com or call 800723-9008 Temporary Help Wanted. J&G General Construction, home improvement company is looking for a temporary construction laborer. Experience preferred but not necessary. Could turn into full time position depending on devotion, responsibility, and skill. Call James (307) 257-4441 to set up an interview. Hiring Newspaper Sports Writer. Must be able to attend Campbell County Sports games at all levels and various sports. Can write in a bias/home team manner. Must also be able to take photographs of covered games, get information from coaches, and retrieve stats. Much of the work is performed Home. Pays per article/Part Time position. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com. Help Wanted- Office/Clerical, PT Clerical Person needed from, Monday-Friday, $900.00 weekly.Computer skills are a must. Need to be detail oriented, possess good customer service skills, some cash & items handling skills,Must be able to do Lil errand. Apply @ Robert lewis Link ahead, Email: Robertlewis81@hotmail.com Are you a motivated animal lover? Gillette’s newest veterinary hospital is in need of a fabulous part-time (with potential full time) receptionist to join our TEAM! We love upbeat attitudes, big smiles, and a willingness to please the client while keeping all of the important details in check. Inquires please e-mail your cover letter and resume to info@redhillsvet.com Please have these items submitted by January 26, 2014. Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629. *Immediate Openings!* Are you looking to join a fast paced, growing company? Are you ready to earn the income you know you’re worth? Are you outgoing and enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy sales and have sales experience? Do you enjoy leading and helping others to succeed? If so, this is the career for you! We have openings that provide print, website, and radio advertising as well as marketing solutions to businesses. We focus primarily on smaller communities, providing personalized, in-depth information specific to each coverage area. It is our goal to ensure that every customer has a positive experience, from the initial sale to final publication. We are looking for a few highly motivated and passionate individuals that will provide exemplary customer service and sales expertise to keep our clients happy and keep our company growing! If interested, please email cover letter and resume to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com for an interview.

Professional ﬂooring installers wanted. Edperience with carpet, tile, laminate, wood, and vinyl installation a plus. Looking for reliability, honesty, and good workmanship. Must have own tools, reliable transportation, and liability insurance. Please respond with your contact information and skill set. We pay good rates, and we pay weekly. Email us at Sales@CarpetExpressDirect.com or call Amber at 307-257-4205 Transportation assistants NEEDED! Up to $25/hr. For a complete job description & application, please apply via e-mail: lori.delucia.hr@rsithr. info Summer Job - Age 14 and up. Newspaper Subscription Sales. Pays $5.00 for every 6-month subscription sold and $10.00 for every year subscription sold. Perfect for summer money. Extra bonuses for 100 subscriptions sold (Pizza Party at Godfathers with friends/family) and more. Email the Campbell County Observer at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com

Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 36” Craftsman Tow Behind Universal Tiller, 6.5 HP Briggs & Stratton Engine, New 2010 used 3 times $900 OBO, 686-6299 4- 17” Aluminum rims ﬁts 6 bolt, Chevy or GMC $150; 4- 16” Aluminum Rims 5 bolt, ﬁts Chevy or GMC $100; 2-18” Firestone tires 80% tread left $150. Call 307-6220825 Large Underground Tank. 307-680-8838

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Large and Small Band Saws call for info. 307-680-8838 18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light ﬁxtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government... rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week. Stop in or go to www. CampbellCountyObserver. net. Blue Dual Reclining Sofa. Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like. Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition. Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108.

05’ 32 foot fifth wheel, Wildcat, sleeps 10, 1 slide, bunks, self contained, no generator 307-680-6625 Looking for a bumper pull camper that someone wants off of their property. I will remove it for free in the Campbell/Crook County areas. Would prefer a tandem axel longer than 10 ft. Call 307299-1382 07’ Prowler 5th wheel. 2slides. 32ft with extras. Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition. 180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/ freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast. Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com

FLEA MARKET Flea Market, Green River WY; July, 18, 19, 20. Space Available; Call Golden Hour Senior Center; 8am4pm M-F 307-872-3223

HONDA 1988 GL1500 MOTORBIKE FOR FREE IF INTERESTED CONTACT:(petermaris@live. com) if interested AD TEXT : Free 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300RZZ GSX-R Sport Bike , It is in excellent condition with no dents or dings, 100% mechanically okay .If interested please contact me for pictures,I bought the Motorcycle for my grandson as his birthday gift last year august and am giving it out to a good home contact me at johnstark227@yahoo.com Help Wanted- Ofﬁce/Clerical; PT Clerical Person needed from 11:00AM To 3:00PM, Monday-Friday, $900.00 weekly.Computer skills are a must. Need to be detail oriented, possess good customer service skills, some cash & items handling skills,Must be able to do Lil errand. Apply @ nicoledevlin Linkahead,Email: nicoledevlin150@gmail.com

Business Opportunities Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details. 307-257-2306. Exciting career available Now! No weekends, holidays, or nights. Unlimited income potential. 20% commission plus gas allowance selling print advertising. Call Anne Peterson (advertising manager) at (307) 299-4662 or email AnnePeterson@ CampbellCountyObserver. com Get your doTerra essential oils at Health Corner 101, 500 O-R Drive Suite 4 or call 307-689-1998

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Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353. Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202

Joke of the week Lauren was frustrated. She had complained dozens of times to her daughter about her newest gag of kissing the bathroom mirror immediately after applying lipstick, but it was all to no avail. Finally, one day after spending a half hour scrubbing the mirror, only to ﬁnd another kiss mark an hour later, Lauren had enough. “Lizzy!” she hollered. “What?” came her daughter’s reply through her bedroom door. “I can’t ﬁnd the toilet brush that I’ve been using to clean the bathroom mirror. Do you have any idea where it is?” After hearing the gagging from behind the bedroom door, Lauren knew her days of cleaning kiss marks off of mirrors were over. Joke of the Week provided by

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Services Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Mobilehome handyman is the business for all your home maintenance and repairs we do skirting decks windows doors freeze ups re-levels and much more 30 years experience call Rick.@ (307)281-1457 Two energetic women are looking for homes to clean. Reasonable rates. If interested call (307) 299-4660 or (307) 257-4816 RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh) Tree Trimming and removal. Certified Arborist! No job too big or small. Experienced, licensed, bonded and insured. Veteran owned and operated for 13 years. Top Notch Tree Service 970-556-5000 Spring Cleaning Special! Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/water based spots. www.pineridgeclean. com 307-660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing! The 3rd Sunday of every month. Call Leanna Tabatt 307-6808457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice. Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land “Did you see this? Than it worked. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net to list your ad today!” Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired. Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.” Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land. Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

Homes for Sale 2010 Fairmont 16x80 mobile Home. 3 bed-2 bath. Central Air, 10x10 deck, 500gl propane tank, and all utilities. Excellent condition. $30,000 OBO. Please call after 5pm. 605-209-7584. Home For Sale By Owner. Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307-684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) 1981 Harley Davidson FXBSturgis, 1st dual-belt drive to commemorate Hill-Climb @ Sturgis, Jack-Pine Gypsies rally started in ‘41, 50th anniversary model. 12K on straight-up original paint, new Moetzler’s driven-by beefed Shovel, 102hp at wheel. Perfect in every aspect, serious inquiries only, loan is $15K and value of over 25K. Ben 680.7464, 3-other older bikes and this has to go to the right person! 2011 Polaris 500 - Green with Camo Hood, Has Winch. Recently added Top, Window, doors, gun rack, Windshield Wipers. Very good condition. 362 hours. $6,000. 307-2170745 International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563. 12’ Aluminum boat & trailer 1968 Model. $700.00 Firm. 303-775-0875 Chopper - Custom built frame, s&s engine, carb, etc. 80ci. Evolution engine. Wide glide front end. Low. Torn apart down to frame. Have all parts, could be built in two days with under $200.00. Asking $5,500 or best offer. Price:$5,500obo. Contact: 307-670-2733 2013 Custom Harley Hardtail Bobber all new $9,500. Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 2010 Polaris 550 eps with less than 100 miles, books for $8,000. make and offer. Call Steve Terry at 307-2992992 16ft Sea Nymph Fishing Boat, 50 hp outboard Merc, trolling motor, just serviced at wyoming marine $2,000 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or 307-6220825

Heavy Equipment/ Trailers

Miscellaneous Have you heard the Buzz lately? Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our ﬁshing reports. Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under. Carp shooters are also welcome to enter. Check with the Guesthouse for more details.

6x10 trailer. Great shape, fits your biggest Harley. $1,400 obo. 299-4967. 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374

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2 Bedroom Duplex, with one car garage, washer/dryer, no pets. $700rent/$700deposit. 307-689-0202

For Rent Single Bedroom House in Silver Hills 307680-8838. C2-12-4h Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month. 689-9358.

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Pets 2 AKC Registered male and female English Bulldogs free to a new good home, They have current shorts and play along with children and other animals. contact (billingsjeff151@yahoo.com) for more information.

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WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE I – GILLETTE WY Responsibilities include tasks such as loading, unloading, sorting, picking, stocking, staging, fabrication, and transportation of goods. Apply at jobs.hdsupply.com Job #6396 Reference this ad when applying.

Weekly Trivia Answer What was Harry S. Truman’s middle name?

787 yards - hit by Carl Cooper in 1992

Christian Daycare/PreSchool is now open. One-onone Pre-School and crafts. Group circle time, Spanish, songs, phonics, counting, American Sign Language, and more. Pre-School, Kindergarten and older school children welcome. An all Christian environment. Reasonable rates. 685-6610. (4.10x4)

Licensed daycare now open. Spots available full-time and before and after school. Close to Rozet school and the post ofﬁce. Monday through Friday 6:30am to 6pm. Ages 3 and up. Call 307-299-1915

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ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight. www.facebook.com/AcePill 660-2974

Ofﬁce and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100

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Need a Babysitter? Call Brittany 257-3345 available Monday thru Friday 6am to 6 pm. $25 per day one child, two children same family $35 per day!

July 11 - 18, 2014

Truman was given a middle initial, but no middle name. The S in Harry S. Truman refers to the names of both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. There has been controversy since 1962, when Truman told reporters that they should not use a period after the S, because it didn’t stand for anything. He may have been joking; he himself often wrote his middle initial followed by a period. At any rate, the ruling of most style manuals is to include the period.

The golfer was Carl Cooper, who at the time was a 31-year-old journeyman. The tournament was the 1992 Texas Open, played that year at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio. On the par-4, 456-yard third hole, Cooper launched his drive at the 1992 Texas Open. On the fly, the ball hit a downward-running concrete cart path and took off. The ball rolled past the fifth green. Then it passed the sixth tee. It eventually left the cart path and veered onto an unpaved maintenance road. And finally it came to a stop behind the No. 12 green. At many points along its route it could have rolled out of bounds, but the ball somehow stayed on the course. Everyone on site agreed it was a minimum of 750 yards from the No. 3 tee box; some thought it was more than 800. The figure of 787 yards is the one most cited because that’s the yardage that was determined by Cooper’s caddie. Where the ball was sitting, Cooper had around 300 yards just to get back to the correct green. He hit a 4-iron, then an 8-iron, then a chip shot to get back to the No. 3 green. He wound up with a double bogey.

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July 11 - 18, 2014

July 2, 2014

- At 5:06 a.m. to W. Warlow Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 6:56 p.m. to 501 South Burma Avenue for an automatic ﬁre alarm activation. Upon arrival to the scene CCFD was informed the alarm was activated unintentionally and there was not a ﬁre in the building. - At 9:51 p.m. to Granite Street for an EMS assist.

July 3, 2014

- At 8:56 p.m. at mm 122 I-90 for a reported grass fire ignited by fireworks, firefighters contained the fire to less than a ¼ acre. - At 10:34 p.m. to the 2400 block of Lodahl Ave. for an EMS assist.

July 4, 2014

- At 12:01 a.m. to the area between Sunny Slope and Bishop Rd. for a reported grass fire. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a haystack on fire that was ignited by lightning, a total of 100 large round hay bales were lost in the fire. - At 6:29 a.m. to West 8th Street for an EMS assist. - At 7:36 a.m. to West 6th Street for an EMS assist. - At 8:00 a.m. to West 6th Street for an EMS assist. - At 11:21 a.m. to Emerson Avenue for an EMS assist. - At 4:28 p.m. to the Grey Road for a small grass fire. Upon arrival the fire was

smoldering and quickly extinguished. - At 4:48 p.m. to North HWY 59 for an EMS assist. - At 5:16 p.m. to Sammye Avenue for an EMS assist. - At 5:24 p.m. to Running W Drive for an EMS assist. - At 5:51 p.m. to Kristin Avenue for a citizen assist. - At 6:02 p.m. to 2400 South Douglas HWY for automatic fire alarm. CCFD determined the alarm was caused by bug bombs set off in the building. - At 9:00 p.m. to Dawn Drive for a grass fire. CCFD was cancelled en route. - At 9:52 p.m. to Rangeland Road for a grass fire. CCFD was cancelled en route. - At 10:32 p.m. to Potter Avenue for a grass fire. CCFD determined the fire was a controlled burn. - At 11:03 p.m. to CamPlex to extinguished mortar boxes that were on fire. - At 11:22 p.m. to Prairieview Drive for an EMS assist. - At 11:50 to Hendrich Court for a grass fire. The fire was extinguished prior to CCFD arrival.

July 5, 2014

- At 2:07 a.m. to Cheryl Avenue for an EMS assist. - At 1:44 p.m. to MP 40 Hwy 450 for a grass ﬁre. Assist Weston County. - At 7:47 p.m. to the area west of Sunset Dr. for a hay

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bale on fire. Firefighters extinguished a large round hay bale that was ignited by a juvenile lighting off fireworks in the area. - At 9:28 p.m. to the 2600 block of Bentley Ct. for an EMS assist.

July 6, 2014

- At 7:21 a.m. to 2600 Cascade for the report of a structure ﬁre with smoke in the residence. When CCFD personnel arrived on scene no smoke was noted in the residence. Personnel thoroughly searched the residence but were unable to locate the source of the smoke reported by the residents. - At 10:26 a.m. to E. 6th St. for an EMS assist. - At 1:31 p.m. to S. Highway 59 near Shoshone Ave for a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident with minor injuries. - At 3:06 p.m. to the 5600 block of Hannum Road for an EMS assist. - At 9:47 p.m. to 436 Highway 50 for an unknown ﬁre, it was determined to be a controlled burn, the tenants were asked to contact the Sheriffs Dept. next time.

July 7, 2014

- At 5:01 a.m. to Overdale for an EMS assist. - At 12:18 p.m. to Knollwood Drive for a carbon monoxide detector activation. The cause of the

alarm was a faulty detector. - At 2:20 p.m. to the area of the Hart Rd. for a reported timber fire. Firefighters contained the fire to 1.1 acres, the cause of the fire was lightning. - At 2:34 p.m. to 4001 S. Douglas Highway for a reported vehicle fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire upon arrival, the vehicle sustained heavy damage and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. - At 2:51 p.m. to the area of Bitter Creek Rd. for a reported timber fire caused by lightning. Firefighters contained the fire to 2.5 acres. - At 4:35 p.m. to the area of the Heald Rd. for a lightning caused timber fire. The fire was burning on state owned land and was contained to 2.9 acres. - At 5:39 p.m. to the area of Rustic Hills for a smoke investigation that was called into the GCC airport tower, firefighters searched the area and were unable to locate any signs of a wildland fire. - At 6:45 p.m. to 109 Hog Eye for a CO alarm activation, nothing found on arrival.

smoke report. While en route crews were cancelled due to the landowner advising it was a controlled burn. - At 3:01 p.m. to the area of N. Highway 14 16 near the airport for a smoke report, upon arrival crews determined it was a controlled burn. - At 5:37 p.m. to Orchid Lane for an EMS assist. - At 5:53 p.m. to the area of the Recluse Rd. for a smoke report, nothing was found. - At 7:53 p.m. to 3904 Tepee St. for an automatic ﬁre alarm, units were cancelled en route. - At 11:00 p.m. to Charlie St. for an EMS assist.

in their fire sprinkler system. - At 8:46 a.m. to S. Miller Avenue for an EMS assist. - At 1:14 p.m. to East 7th Street for an automatic fire alarm activation. Crews were cancelled prior to responding. - At 1:58 p.m. to N. Highway 59 in the Weston Hills for a 3.5 acre timber fire started by lighting. - At 2:11 p.m. to the intersection of S. Douglas Highway and Shoshone Avenue for the report of a vehicle fire. The cause of the fire was from a back fire through the carburetor. - At 2:22 p.m. to the area west of the airport for a

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July 8, 2014

- At 3:03 a.m. to 904 Country Club Rd. (Candlewood Suites) for an automatic ﬁre alarm, the alarm was activated due to a leak

Instant Messaging in the Old West By Jeff Morrison ast, reliable communication across the vast distances of the American west has always presented a challenge. Forbidding terrain as well as a lack of population insured that our area of the west lagged far behind other parts of the nation when it came to accessing and utilizing the latest communication technologies. In fact, that struggle continues to this day, for much the same reason. The Indian tribes of the plains had used smoke signals and sun mirrors to send messages across the prairies for several generations before the arrival of the white man. Although it is debatable just how complex the messages sent actually were, it is known that messages sent in this fashion crossed hundreds of miles in a remarkably short amount of time. Until 1860, the fastest way to send a message from the eastern United States to the gold fields of California was by ship. This meant sailing from and eastern harbor around the tip of South America and up the Pacific coast to San Francisco via clipper ship. Clipper ships were originally designed for the purpose of conveying passengers to California and returning with gold; and the faster the trip the more money the shipping line made. The Flying Cloud set a record by making the trip from New York to San Francisco in 80 days. Although this record stood for 139 years, the typical trip took over 100 days. As a means of rapid message delivery it left a lot to be desired. A quantum leap in transcontinental communication arrived with the first Pony Express rider in April of 1860. Riding from St. Joseph Missouri to San Francisco via the Oregon Trial, mail typically reached its destination in 10 days or less. Using specially made saddles and saddlebags, the Pony Express riders literally ran the mail 90 to 120 miles, changing horses every 10 to 15 miles. At their “home station” the rider would swap out with another rider, getting some sleep and a hot meal before saddling up and making the return trip with another sack of mail. The Pony Express eventually employed over 80 riders and owned 180 stations and around 500 horses. The dangers involved in transporting mail over the route extended well beyond being killed by Indians. An unfortunate rider could get lost in a blizzard and freeze to death, or else be thrown by his horse for various reasons and find himself on foot and possibly injured several miles from the nearest help. Yet, in its brief history, only one mail delivery was ever lost by the Pony Express. The Pony Express was exciting, romantic and financial disaster. Even as the transcontinental railroad and coast to coast telegraph line were nearing completion, the ownership of the Express went bankrupt. Nineteen months after the first letters were delivered, the

Pony Express was no more. It was, however, replaced by another giant leap in communications – an invention that was already a couple decades old called the electronic telegraph. Developed in the 1840s by Samuel Morse, the electronic telegraph used much the same technology as standard telephone lines do today. At first the signal was translated to a strip of paper using a series of dots and dashes that became known as Morse Code. It was soon discovered that an experienced operators could actually hear these dots and dashes as they were sent over the wire as a series of long and short electronic tones, making the translation of messages even faster. The end result was that a message could be sent coast to coast in a matter of minutes rather than days. Unfortunately, it would take another decade before the telegraph made an appearance north of the Oregon Trail, and even longer before it reached the remote region of what became northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. Until then messages were sent via a currier or with a supply wagon moving between military posts and settlements. Occasionally towns employed riders specifically to carry the mail in similar fashion as the Pony Express had done. A few of them even adopted the name. This has led to confusion over the years from many people claiming to have ridden for the Pony Express (such as Calamity Jane) when in fact they were riding for a courier service between towns. Occasionally, the military’s need for fast communication led to more inventive methods than a fast horse. When Fort Keogh was established near present day Miles City, the Indian war of 1876 was still going. Since poor communication between regiments in the field contributed greatly to the Little Big Horn fiasco, the U. S. Army sought to improve its ability to send and share intelligence. Using the age-old method of reflecting the sun with mirrors, dispatches were sent back and forth between Fort Keogh and Fort Meade, near present day Sturgis. A signalman flashed a Morse Code message from the fort to another signalman posted atop Signal Butte, about three miles away. The message was then relayed to another high butte near Powderville, about 50 miles away and relayed from there to Bear Butte on the northern edge of the Black Hills, then flashed to nearby Fort Meade. The message travelled from start to finish in about thirty minutes. This, of course, required a sunny, clear day, for a successful transmission which meant that it probably wasn’t very reliable. Eventually, telegraph service made its way into the wilderness of northeast Wyoming. The first line was strung between Fort Fetterman and Fort McKinney, up the old Bozeman road and used primarily for military dispatches. Afterward, the

lines arrived with the new railroad and soon spread to the outlying communities as well. With them came many of the conveniences and annoyances we have today with telephone service, including telemarketing and wire-fraud. Most telegraph services charged by the word, however, which ensured the messages were kept short and to the point. The telegraph lines, themselves, were strung overhead on poles that were often knocked down by cattle using them for a rubbing post, and repairmen were kept busy traveling alongside the line with wagons full of wire, posts and insulators to keep the communications link functioning. Telegraph lines played an important role in the Johnson County War of 1892. In order for the “Invaders” to enact their plan of eliminating “rustlers”, the element of surprise was essential. So they enlisted a few men to sabotage all the telegraph lines leaving Johnson County in order to keep their intended targets from being tipped off. A few days later, when the tables were turned and the Invaders found themselves under siege at the TA ranch, the “rustlers” also wished to keep the telegraph lines inoperable to keep the Invaders from calling for outside help. For a week there existed a war within the War between those sabotaging the lines and the repairmen sent out to ﬁx the lines. In some places up to a half-mile of cable had been torn down and cut out of the line and then buried or chopped up to make repairs difﬁcult. On a few occasions the repairmen were shot at as they neared the line. One repairman named Gregory continued his repairs until his horses played out and he ran out of repair

supplies. He continued slogging up the line on foot in the mud and snow, using barbed wire from the nearest fence to splice the gaps. Author Robert B. David described the incident in his autobiography of Malcolm Campbell, “At one place which was cut, he [Gregory] noticed a bottle standing conspicuously near the break, and on investigating found that it contained a bill of large denomination, evidently left there a few minutes before by the cutter for Gregory to find as part payment for the damage done.” The repairmen eventually won the day and restored service long enough for a plea for help to be sent to the governor, who in turn wired a Wyoming senator in Washington who notified the President of the United States. The President then wired the commander at Fort McKinney and told him to put an end to the fighting. Fortunately for the Invaders, the telegraph repairmen were better at their job than they were at sabotage or the Johnson County War may have had a much uglier ending. About the same time as telegraph lines were finally making their way into the Powder River Basin, one of the very first telephone lines installed in the West had already made its debut near Sussex. Cattle baron Moreton Frewen had the line installed in 1881 from his house to the nearest post office, located 24 miles downriver. Frewen once told a relative in a letter, “Last night there were a lot of redskins – more naked than ashamed – talking over it. I never saw such ludicrous astonishment…” As innovative as Frewen may have been, the rest of northeast Wyoming would have to wait for the dawn of the 20th century for telephone service between towns to arrive.

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