The Senior Voice - February 2009

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When a group of Wyomingranchers hanged Cattle Kate in, they said she was a worn-outns prostitute who stole their cattle. fact, Ellen Watson was an

ated, 27-year-old woman tryingke a living on a small homesteadof Casper along the Oregon Her name was not Kate, said

archer George Hufsmith andrs. A reporter deliberatelysed Ellen Watsons name with a

tute called Kate Maxwell, whichy Ellen mistakenly came to bed Cattle Kate.he ranchers also hanged Ellense, James Averell. The reason: Theattle outfits didnt want home-ers on free grazing lands; so theyed Ellen and James with rustling.mes had written several letters tonewspapers protesting the actionsg ranchers, who controlled thegrowers association and would nothim to register his cattle brand.n July 20, 1889, six ranchers

up to Ellens house and forcednto a wagon. They then drove to

a nearby store that James owned and,at gun point, forced him to join them.

Some cowboys who worked forEllen and James tried to follow butwere turned back. One, however,witnessed at least part of the incidentfrom a distance.

There were no large trees in thearea; so the ranchers tied ropes to ascrub pine next to an embankment andforced Ellen and James to jump offthe edge.

It was a drop of only a few feet.People later figured that Ellen and

James probably did not break theirnecks but strangled slowly.One man who worked for James

rode to Casper and told the sheriff whatwas happening. It took the sheriffnearly three days to arrive at the deso-late place where Ellen and James stillswung from the ropes.

Some wondered why it took thesheriff so long to arrive. Otherswondered about newspaper stories thatexcused the action of the ranchers andgave suspicious reports of the incident.

One newspaper said:

The female...exhausted a blasphe-mous vocabulary upon the

a Watson was wrongly called Cattle Kate and wrongly hanged for rustling. Wyoming History Museum.

visitors...When preparations for theshort trip to the scaffold were made,she called for her own horse andvaulted to its back from the ground...

Ropes were hung from the limbof a big cottonwood tree...It isdoubtful if any attempt will be madeto punish the lynchers. They acted inself protection...

That and other reports containedmany distortions. There was no largecottonwood tree, no scaffold, Ellendidnt have her horse with her, and itseems preposterous that she would

have vaulted to its back from theground just before being hanged.The men who killed Ellen and her

husband were never punished. By thetime a trial was held, anyone whomight testify had mysteriously disap-peared.

Most of Wyomings early settlerswere decent people, but not the bunchthat hanged Ellen Watson.________________COVER PICTURE: A young womanin native American dress. Courtesy of

the Cheyenne Visitors Bureau. See

cheyenne.org for other photos andvisitor information. I

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state Planning: About Gift Taxeson Rutz, Attorneyl Correspondent

went to an estate-planningnar recently but became totallysed about gift taxes. If you gift something, that is ale event. Why? Otherwise, death

could be avoided by simplyg everything away.owever, not all gifts are taxable.ng January 1, 2009, $13,000 (up$12,000) can be given away

year per person with no limit onnumber of recipients. Forple, you can give each residentverance, Colorado (assume alation of 2000) $13,000, for aof $26 million tax-free. Then dome the next year. No tax returnsto be filed.

second gift tax exemption

sting of a $1 million lifetimet is also available. It can all beall at once or in any amount

ed by the giver over his or herme to any number of recipients.ever, the amount of the $1millions used to eliminate gift taxes isagainst the estate tax exclusion.

In order to shelter transfers from gifttaxes, a gift tax return needs to befiled each time the $1 million exemp-tion is used.

Lets say that $500,000 of the$1million lifetime exclusion wasused. A person dies with an estate of$1million in 2011 when the estate tax

exemption is $1 million. The$500,000 is added back to the taxableestate, thus producing $1.5 million oftax liability exposure with only a$1million offset. Thus, the estate has$500,000 of tax exposure.

A third gift tax exemption is thatany spouse can give any amount to asurviving spouse (just as one spousecan inherit any amount from adeceased spouse).

A fourth category involves variousother, less used exemptions. Anymedical bills paid for another person

is not subject to gift tax. Tuition paidto a school directly on behalf ofanother is exempt. There are severaladditional such exemptions.

The value received does not have tobe reported as income by the personreceiving the gift. In addition, the basisto the receiver (for capital gains

purposes) is the same as the giversbasis, increased by any gift taxes paid.

But, why the big deal about gifttax exposure? If the IRS determinesthat gift taxes are due, the giver (inaddition to the initial gift transferredto the recipient) must then pay to theIRS up to 45 percent of the amount

given away that exceeds the varioustax exemptions.

Thus, when making gifts, be

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state parks, built 125,000 miles ofroads, planted 4 billion trees,constructed over 63,000 buildings,and did many other things.

President Franklin D. Rooseveltstarted the program to help poorfamilies by putting their sons to work

and requiring them to send most oftheir wages home. The governmentspent about $1,000 a year on eachyoung mans food, clothing and a $25

monthly payment to his family.Money sent to families amounted

to nearly $700 million over the nineyears the CCC existed. That kept

many families from starving.The program also saved the livesof some boys from big-city slums.Instead of fighting in the streets, theyperformed honest work and gainedself-respect.

Some learned to read and write atthe camps. Others formed lifelongfriendships and saw the Grand

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A rock outcropping known as theNatural Fort is seven miles northwest ofCarr. In 1811 Blackfoot warriors tookrefuge in the rocks when Crow warriorsattacked them in a dispute over buffalohunting rights for the area.

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once taught geology at ColoradoState College in Greeley (nowUNC), took a deep interest in thePawnee Buttes and wrote many arti-cles about them.

He said, All the country roundabout them was once at the level of

the top of the buttes and wasremoved later by the work ofstreams, leaving the buttes as lonely,un-eroded islets of the previoushigher plain. Giant pigs once livedin this area, and their fossil remainscan be seen in the Natural Museumof History in Denver.

Barker added, The great pig,Elotherium, grew taller and narrowerthan his descendants now bred forprofit over this one-time range. Thedorsal bones of the Elotherium

suggest the razorback that he musthave been. Lighter built, he wasundoubtedly a swift runner.

Back from the rivers, the tinyMerycodus, a 20-inch deer withthree-tined antlers, grazed, saidBarker. The Alticamelus, thegiraffe camel, browsed. The plains-dwelling horse, Parahippus, fledfrom the swift, sabre-tooth cat. Andpowerful dog-like animals worriedthe ancestors of the prong-horned

ors Note: Greeley historianl E. Johnson wrote the

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antelope and deer.Another person who

Buttes fascinating wasjudge, George Bradfielwrote of the traditionbetween the Utes and Siothis region, when the

down from the mountabuffalo on the plains.

Many battles took plathe tribes around the Bunearly 600 dead warriors have been left on a battlef

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nflicts of interest betweencademic researchers and druganies continue to surface.he latest involves Emoryersity professor Dr. Charles B.eroff, according to investigations

nator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).ssor Nemeroff accepted nearly $3on from several drug companies

a seven-year period whileucting what was supposed to beased research on psychologicaland publishing articles in medical

als recommending the drugs.e is a nationally recognizedt on child psychology and was

osed to tell university officialsmuch money he received fromcompanies, but he reported onlyhalf of the amount he got. Some

ey also came from taxpayers

gh grants from the Nationaltutes of Health (NIH), whichres researchers to avoid conflictserest.en. Grassley has learned thatar conflicts of interest exist aty universities. A recent reportaled that renowned Harvardhiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman

accepted at least $1.6 million fromdrug companies while publishing arti-cles in respected medical journalsrecommending drugs he was paid toinvestigate.

Sen. Grassley also learned thatprofessor Melissa DelBello at theUniversity of Cincinnati told univer-

sity officials she was paid about$100,000 from drug companies from2005 to 2007, but one company alone(AstraZeneca) paid her over $230,000in that period.

Sen. Grassley said, After ques-tioning about 20 doctors and researchinstitutions, it looks like problemswith transparency are everywhere.The current system for tracking finan-cial relationships isnt working.

The system doesnt work becauseuniversities rely entirely on professorsto report how much money they getfrom drug companies, and the univer-

sities dont check to make sure theprofessors report the truth.Universities have their own selfish

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Wyoming Pioneers

894 an effort was made to createail route between Rock Springs

Lander, Wyoming, and a contractgiven to Mr. H. L. Kykendall, acoach operator.reat plans were made in the prepa-of the line, setting up convenientstops and relay stations. Four

ns were prepared: Fourteen Mile,ns Sand Ranch, Washington nearc Springs and Atlantic City.own coffers were made available

planners, and management of theprovided five Concord stage-es, some 40 head of horses, andient employees to operate the line.he coaches were massiveyances, suitable for carrying six

ngers inside, four on the roof,boot big enough for baggage andSuccess was promised from thening.he first trip was cause for celebra-The best band in Rock Springsent to Atlantic City where the

d opening ceremonies would beFive stagecoaches were filled

with city officials and business men,and there were a dozen privateconveyances in the caravan.

No accident marred the beautifulspring day as the party went to AtlanticCity. The big brass band was blastingaway, and a huge feast was providedfor the visitors and town folk. Afterthat, the band played for dancing intothe wee hours of the night.

The following morning, thecoaches proceed to Lander with onestop outside the town where a largegolden key to the city was presentedalong with welcoming speeches andmore band music. The caravan, nowincluding about half of the populationof Atlantic City, proceeded into Lander

where feasting and festivities lasted fortwo more days.

After the Rock Springs contingentreturned home, the stage made dailytrips throughout the summer. However,federal officials failed to approve themail contract and the line closed.

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the fall of 1946, Goldietchison went to teach at a littlentain school called Upperelder, District 33, in Larimerty. It was north of Livermoreast of Virginia Dale.oldie was 19 years old, and thisher first teaching assignment.students at Upper Boxelder thatwere the six children of a

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children ranged in ages fromgrader Helen Swanson to eighthr Joanne Juvinall.between were Linda Swanson,

e 2; Hazel Swanson, grade 3;Lynne Juvinall, grade 3; andld Swanson, grade 5.

The old one-room schoolhouse,which had been built many yearsbefore, was well constructed, solidand without holes or cracks. The frontdoor had a transom above the doorand opened onto a wooden front step.

The eight-pane pulley windowswere nicely framed and boasted tie-back curtains. The one room washeated by a tall potbelly stove, andan organ was part of the furnishings.

Teacher Goldie Hutchison stayedat the home of Dick and GynithNauta and walked to school, oftenseeing deer and other animals on theway. Dick Nauta and Oscar Boydwere members of the school board.

Goldies picture of her school

children in the spring of 1947showed herself in the back row,right. In front were, from left:Donald Swanson, Joanne Juvinall,Joy Lynne Juvinall, Hazel Swanson,Helen Swanson and Linda Swanson.

Goldie taught at the log Upper

Boxelder School the one year of1946-47. The following year, shewent to teach at Wellington, whereshe taught second grade for six years.

In 1952, she married my cousin,Edward Harris, and went to live inCheyenne, Wyoming, where Edworked for the Union Pacific Railroadfor 35 years, from 1951 to 1986.

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Laughter Is the Best Medicinittle boy came in the houserom playing and asked hiser, Whats it called when twole sleep in the same bedroomne is on top of the other?he was surprised and thoughtlong time before deciding to

him an answer. Its calledal intercourse.e went outside but came backew minutes and said, Mom, itcalled that. Its bunk beds. And

mys mom wants to talk to you.

young man crossing a desert wasfrom thirst when he came upon

d man sitting behind a booth.Do you have water? said theg man.No, but I have neckties, saidd man. Would you like to buy

ktie?Are you crazy! Im dying ofand you want to sell me a tie?t want a tie. I should kill you!m sorry you feel that way. Butove I bear you no hard feelings,

tell you that over that far hill

my brother has a cafe, and there iswater there.

The young man staggered off.Hours later, he returned, nearlydead, and managed to tell the oldman, Your damn brother wont letme in without a tie!

A blonde visiting Florida wantedto buy a pair of alligator shoes. Shewent to numerous stores but foundthe shoes too expensive.

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You could try that, I guess,said the clerk, and she told theblonde where the swamp was. Laterthat day the clerk drove by theswamp, and there was the blondewith a dozen dead alligators on the

bank next to her.The clerk watched her shoot

another one, drag it up on the bankand exclaim, Darn, this one is bare-foot too.

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