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Women Rule Wyoming Town, Once Train Bandits' Home. Jackson, Wyoming; June 19, 1920. On of fair day in June five members of the fair sex of this isolated Wyoming town were inducted into office, and Jackson is now ruled by a mayoress and four council women. The state of Wyoming was the pioneer woman suffrage commonwealth of the United States, and now holds the distinction of having within its borders a town that, for the first time in the world's history, is governed entirely by women. One Issue in Campaign. At the election, held last Mal, there were two tickets in the field, an all woman slate and one comprising men. No other issue was injected into the "campaign," the fight being made solely on the question whether a "petticoat government" could be elected and successfully conduct the town's executive administrative affairs. The women carried the election by a vote of nearly two to one, and one of the women candidates for council. Mrs. Rose Crabtree, defeated her husband. who was on the men's ticket. The new women officials of Jackson, elected for a two year term, are: Councilwomen - Mrs. Mae Delaney, Mrs. Genevieve Van Kleck, Mrs. Faustian Haigh, and Mrs. Rose Crabtree. Jackson is in the famous "Jackson Hole" country, once a rendezvous for train bandits, cattle bandits and other outlaws. It Is in Lincoln county. which borders on the state of Idaho; is about 50 miles south of Yellowstone Park, and has a population of about 350. The town of Jackson, though one of the most isolated in the United States, being 75 miles from a railroad, has long enjoyed considerable prosperity, and is the center of the cattle raising industry of "Jackson Hole." Mayoress' Husband Hanker. Mrs. Miller, the new mayoress, was Grace Green, of Ottawa, Illinois. She has been a resident of the Jackson Hole country for 27 years. Her husband, Robert E. Miller, is president of the Jackson State bank. Mrs. Mae Deloney was Mae Moore, of Ogden, Utah. Her husband, W. C. Delaney, is in the general merchandise business. Mrs. Deloney has resided in the valley about 10 years. Mrs. Rose Crabtree was Rose Myers, of Weeping Water, Nebraska. She has lived here six years. Mrs. Crabtree defeated her husband, Henry Crabtree, a building contractor, in the town election. Mrs. Faustina Height was Famine* Forrester of Hastings, Neb. She has always taken a prominent part in educational affairs in the region daring her 18 years of residence here. She married Don Haight, a prominent rancher, two years ago. Mrs. Genevieve Van Kleck was Genevieve Lawton, of Lawton, Michigan, and has been a resident of Jackson for nine years. Her husband is C. B. Van Van Kleck, local merchant.

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