Natrona County Tribune, 1909

None of that lip - In a front-page letter, sheep owner J.A. Delfelder disagreed at length with other flockmasters' objections to a mandatory dipping order: "(A) great many Natrona county sheep owners complained, … declaring that it imposed upon them a great hardship, that it was unjust, expensive and unnecessary.

"(T)he disease among sheep prevalent … in nine of our thirteen counties, commonly known as lip and leg ulceration, cannot be successfully treated and eradicated under present existing conditions. …

"(S)hould the lip and leg germ exist in a band of ewes, … the cuts and abrasions caused by shearing and marking the lambs would immediately become infected. …

"(I)f the adjoining counties are declared clean and the Natrona county flockmasters refuse to treat and disinfect their sheep … we will be held in quarantine, and this is not the worst. The Department of Agriculture may interfere, … prohibit the shipping of sheep to market, and this would financially jeopardise every flockmaster in our county."

Mr. Delfelder concluded that those opposed to mandatory dipping may be "men who have been willfully mislead or men who have degenerated to such an extent that they would deliberately sacrifice the well-being of our leading industry for the sole purpose of aggrivating a petty and personal grievance."

Casper Tribune-Herald, 1934

Tax threat - "MILLER MAY GO TO WASHINGTON"

"Because of the vital issues at stake in the matter, Gov. Leslie A. Miller has virtually decided he will go to Washington himself to present Wyoming's objections to the Taylor public lands bill," which would allow the federal government to collect grazing fees.

Gov. Miller said that, if passed, the Taylor bill "'will jeapordize the leasing values of great stretches of state lands in Wyoming. These lands were set apart for the state when Wyoming was admitted to the Union. …

"'We depend on our state lands for school revenue. If this revenue is cut down it means it must be replaced by direct taxation.'

"The bill … would vest control of 173,000,000 acres of public domain in the interior department. … Senators from western states in which the public domain lies, have served notice they are dissatisfied with the bill as it passed the house."

Casper Morning Star, 1959

In captivity - "The birth of a baby in Natrona County jail early yesterday morning interrupted the normal post dawn calm. ..

"Deputy Sheriff George Borden, night jailer, reported he had heard a baby crying. On opening the cell door to the women's quarters, he found a prisoner, Mrs. Elizabeth Ugvary [April15 spelling], had delivered a baby boy."

Three editions later, under the headline, "Sanity Hearing Slated Today," the story of Mrs. Ujvary (April 18 spelling) continued: She had been "picked up … on a warrant issued for a hearing into her mental condition. … (Officers) were unaware she was expecting … when she was arrested.

"Mother and child were taken to Memorial Hospital immediately after the birth was discovered. Both were reported in good condition."

Run amok - "Evansville Not Reaping License Fines"

After the voters flushed his sewer bond issue in an election a few weeks earlier, Evansville Mayor Howard Hobbs found himself knee-deep in controversial rumors that his city imposed fines upon unlicensed repairmen and deliverymen doing their business in Evansville.

Hobbs contended that an "Evansville man who had been fined was warned at least three times he couldn't carry on his business of pumping out septic tanks in the town without obtaining a business license. The fee for the license is $5."

Casper Star-Tribune, 1984

Heads spotted - "Mystery scalp disease now epidemic"

In March, a scalp malady producing black and brown spots began affecting Casper schoolchildren in the lower elementary grades. By April 19, the number of cases had risen to 1,300.

"The spots are easily scraped off. Itching is rare and no hair loss has been reported." Medicated shampoos seemed to cure the problem.

"Schools in central Casper appear to have a higher incidence … than those on the edge of the city."

Though no cause was determined, "A similar outbreak in western Colorado two years ago suggests some factors. … It also occurred in the spring, soon after snow cover had disappeared, affected the same age group and was in an area with petroleum facilities."

"A Look Back in Time" is made possible with the help of Western History Archivist Kevin S. Anderson at the Casper College Western History Center, which is open to the public. Quotation marks surround stories as they appeared in the Casper newspapers 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago, with their original grammar, punctuation and spelling, except where noted.