Rights To Stock In The Mexico Wyoming Petroleum Case
A Montana court reviews a dispute over stock in the Mexico Wyoming Petroleum tied to a lease on the Littlejohn ranch in Grass Creek. Plaintiff seeks enforcement of a claimed stock purchase worth over 200000 dollars while defendant denies the sale contract and refuses to transfer shares. The matter, transferred from Hot Springs County, draws Denver lawyers and may conclude this week after extensive testimony and 1500 plus pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Hot Springs
Mexico
Wyoming Petroleum
Littlejehn
Grass Creek Country
Littlejohn
Grass Creek
Thermopolis
Denver
John H. Reddin
Henry A. Lutz
J. T. Barnett
T. J. O'Donnel
W. G
Ebb
W. T. Johnson
Thermopols
Death of Mr Neves Old Time Resident of Burlington
William Neves Sr a Burlington resident died at his home last Thursday after months of illness He was born in England in 1847 joined the Mormon church and came to Utah in 1861 He moved to Big Horn county in 1894 taking land there He leaves several children most living near Burlington The community offers sympathy and a sister wrote verses in his memory
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Wm. Neves
Burlington
Neves
England
Utah
Abbie Shaffer
Mr. Neves
Big Horn County
Burniington
Farewell tribute and local note on Tom Davidson
A poem expresses grief for a father and mentions the Holy Brotherhood. It recalls faith, neighborliness, and reunion after death. Tom Davidson, resident of the Greybull valley southwest of Burlington, was in town last Friday and Saturday, noting farming operations in full swing in that area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Davidson
Greybull
Burlington
The City Election Proclaimed for May Ninth
A proclamation sets the city election for May 9. No candidates are yet named for vacant posts though many advise outgoing officials to run again to finish the sewer project. Completing the sewer work before turnover is urged as sound municipal policy. The paper questions whether incumbents would stand again.
State Board Awards 1916 Brand Books Contract
The state board of livestock commissioners awarded the 1916 brand books publishing contract to Smith-Brooks Printing of Denver as the lowest bidder. The price was 1.20 per copy for the first 600 and 0.51 for each additional copy, with a minimum run of 1,000 copies. The bid undercut Wyoming bidders by $300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Smith-Brooks Printing Company
Denver
Wyoming
Public sale draws buyers from afar at Hartigan event
Last Saturday Hartigan Ros and Walter Curtin hosted a successful combination public sale. Auctioneer Dan Rogers kept the crowd steady as woods offered brought good value. Many buyers attended from distant locations.
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Rccessful Gale
Hartigan Ros
Walter Curtin
Dan Rogers
Woods
Baptist Aid Society Meeting Planned for Friday
The Baptist Aid Society will meet with Mrs Sanford Barnes on Friday April 14. A welcome is extended to Mrs Barnes and Mrs Ebner Gould will serve refreshments.
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Baptist Aid
Baptist Aid Society
Mra
Sanford Barnes
Barnes
Ebner Gould
Delegations Seek Road Aid From County Commissioners
A Greybull delegation visited the county commissioners to request funds for road improvements. Otto residents sought road repairs and bridge maintenance near their locale. Germania sent a group to urge road work between Gheybull and Germania. A school district delegation from Burlington area protested the earlier boundary split and was told the board would keep the district intact with one family reassigned.
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Greybull
Otto
Germania
Gheybull
Burlington
Miss Mabel Tallon Visits Worland and Nebraska
Miss Mabel Tallon of Worland stayed in town last weekend as a guest of friends. She is noted as a former Basin Schools teacher and plans to attend her sister Misa Lela Tallon’s nursing graduation in Nebraska on June 23. The sisters will then return home for an extended visit.
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Mabel Tallon
Worland
Miss Tallon
Basin Schools
Nebraska
Misa Lela
Mayo Broad Hospital Visit Sparks Recovery Hopes
Mrs Wim Dobsen accompanied by sister Misa Silas Neves of Burlington came down last Wednesday and left the same day for Mayo Broad hospital to undergo an operation. Many friends express relief and wish for her prompt recovery to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayos
Mra
Wim, Dobsen
Misa Silas Neves
Burington
Mayo Broad Hospital
Six Month Term with Six Pupils Required for All Schools
Attorney General opinion affects Wyoming schools requiring counties to fund 300 per teacher if a six month term and six students are maintained. Officials urged to plan promptly to meet the rule, ensuring districts can secure the $300 allocations. Also, A B Cross and partners plan gas piping from Byron to Lovell for town and Big Horn Sugar Co, enabling electricity supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth M. Donaldson
A. B. Cross
Big Horn Sugar Company
Lovell
Mr. Cross
Byron
Stockgrowers Association State Meeting Planned in Hermopolis
The Stockgrowers Association announces a state meeting to be held in Hermopolis next week, inviting members to attend and participate in discussions on agricultural policy and cooperative efforts.
Wyoming Stockgrowers Meet in Thermopolis Program Preview
The Wyoming Stockgrowers Association heads Thermopolis on the 13th and 14th with national speakers. Topics cover livestock markets, railroads, brands, and policy. Government and industry figures will discuss cattle business and livestock commissions. The Acme hosts include film shows and stage plays titled Excuse Me and The Spend ers along with Pomp of Earth performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Thermopolis
National Association
A. Rickles
Thean Livestock & Loan Co
Colo
J. C. Wood
Lands Ree
American National Ock Association
J. B. Kendrick
E. T. Clark
Move Here by M D Woolery Chief Engineer Ohio Oil Company
M D Woolery chief engineer of the Ohio Oil company will move his family to Basin to be nearer work and have offices with the Ohio company above the post office building. He and Mrs Woolery from Thermopolis bought the J Dodge house in the north part of town and will relocate soon. They will be welcomed by Basin residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Woolery
Ohio Oil Company
Ohio Company
Woolery
Thermopolis
Sige
J. Dodge
Open Brick Plant Takes Over Basin Shale Works
G A Galucia of Casper, long time brick maker, will assume control of Basin Shale works and move his family here. He promises to supply bricks of top quality for numerous improvements and new buildings planned across the Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Galucia
Casper
Basin
Galucia
Whitlock Brothers Likely to Buy Land in Otto Country
The Whitlock brothers from Utah, after days of land surveys in the Basin, were so pleased that they sent for their father. He arrived Wednesday and it is likely they will purchase large tracts in the Otto country and other areas in the Greybull valley.
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Whitlock Bros
Utah
Otto Country
Greybull Valley
Mrs J J Perking Recovering After Surgery
Friends report Mrs J J Perking is rapidly recovering from an operation for appendicitis and tumor removal performed last week in Thermopolis. Doctors hope for a quick and permanent return to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Perking
Thermopolis
Closed School Teacher Miss Hawel Blakesley Moves On
Miss Hawel Blakesley, who taught just south of Burlington, returned home last Tuesday after a successful term and will begin high school studies in Basia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawel Blakesley
Burlington
Basia
Builders rearrange lot space for new furniture store
Last Friday J H Welsh moved the Gibson building to the rear of the lot to clear space for a new furniture store. The next day he shifted two Todd buildings west of the Thompson Lumber yards to the Todd land south of the fair grounds. Todd plans to use them for storing bee supplies and other bee industry needs. Ed Cusack, once a Basin country resident and former Lyslie foreman, visited from Wheatland with daughter Mrs W C May, announcing his resignation from the railroad to move back to Greybull and join Felix Alston in a road gang of convicts. He anticipates Wheatland country work most of the time.
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J. H. Welsh
Gibson
Todd
Thompson Lumber Company
Fair Grounds
Ed Cusack
Basin Country
Lyslie
Mre
W C
May
Mr. Cusack
Railroad
Greybull
Felix Alston
Boas
Wheatland
Return Home of Basin Residents Mr and Mrs McKinnie
Mr and Mrs J. R. McKinnie, well known Basin residents, returned from Utah last Wednesday. They left planning to settle in Utah but after winter away they chose Basin as the place for progressive citizens and will make it their home again.
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J. R. McKinnie
Basin
Utah
Mrs F P House Dies Sudden In Basin
Mrs. Fred P House died very suddenly last Wednesday morning after quinsy illness. She had lived in Basin for years with her husband Fred P House, was active in women’s clubs and church work, and they moved her body to Illinois for burial. Funeral services were held at her Basin home with Rev. A M Creath officiating. The community offers deepest sympathy to her husband and sister Mrs Warren Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Fred P. House
Warren Jones
Woma
Josephine Simmons
Mt. Sterling
Ill
M. Creath
Illinois
Fred .P. House
County agent visits north county for poultry talks
A. H. Tedman recently returned from the county’s northern area after two well attended poultry meetings in Lovell and Cowley using slide illustrations. He plans more meetings in Shell Otto and South Bead and aims to cover every town and outlying schoolhouses. He reports progress on ditching, new laterals, and improved silo projects, plus ongoing stock purchases and manure spreader adoption. The Farmers' Exchange Bulletin, issued by Tedman, has become a valuable channel for farmers and ranchmen, showing extensive exchanging of goods and ideas.
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A. H. Tedman
Lovell
Cowley
South Bead
Tedman
J. M. Grant
Farmers’ Exchange
Meeting Postponed for Mrs House Obituary Honor
The Woman's club meeting scheduled for last Wednesday was postponed out of respect for Mrs House the chairman of the day's program a study of Shakespeare.
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Woman's Club
House
School Board Expands Staffing And Builds Heating Plant
The school board按照 last Monday night approved next year’s teaching staff including Prof Moor Miss Mc Namara Miss Eyser Miss Thompson Miss Randall all reelected while Miss Lauritsen will not return. A new music and a general subjects teacher will be hired and a wagon route will serve the south bench. Basin Gardens may gain a wagon if maintained. Miss Hill may move from South bench to Basin Gardens. Reelection depends on parents’ approval and improvements aim to raise school standards making Basic schools among the state’s best.
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Moor
Miss McNamara
Miss Eyser
Thompson
Mis Randall
Lauritsen
Martha Johnson
South Bench
Basin Gardens
Big Horn Theatre Week Night Offerings
At the Big Horn Mollie King in A Woman's Power portrays good triumphing over evil with vengeance set aside. Tonight features Faturday night Peer Gynt on screen starring Cyril Maud, praised as a top play. Sunday presents Who's Who in Society with Broadway stars. Tuesday and Wednesday showcase Jesse L. Lasky’s Lou Tellega in The Explorer, an English explorer tale set in Africa with peril.
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Big Horn
Mollie King
Peer Gynt
Ijbsen
Cyril Maud
Fox
William Farnum
Jesse L. Lasky
Lou Tellega
Africa
Cleveland-Wyoming Oil Company Considers Field Review
J. E. Good, representing Cleveland-Wyoming Oil stockholders, arrived from Denver to oversee company business. He will study the field thoroughly and evaluate propositions on a strict business basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland-Wyoming
J. E. Good
Cleveland-Wyoming Oil Company
Denver
Mrs Elia Morgan Taken To The Springs For Baths
Mrs Elia Morgan mother of Mrs Harry Wise who has been here for weeks was taken to the Springs last Wednesday to take a course of baths due to long illness. She was accompanied by her daughters Mrs Harry Wise and Mrs Carls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elia Morgan
Harry Wise
Carls
Ball Players Seek Contracts For Summer Campaign
Ball players are urged to contact Tom Hyde or Bob Landfair to sign contracts and finalize arrangements for the summer season. Both are expected to dedicate substantial time to the game.
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Tom Hyde
Bob Landfair
Depot cashier Downey called as witness at Sheridan case
As A Witness, W. A. Downey, the popular and efficient cashier at the depot, was called to Sheridan this week as a witness in a very important case. During his absence, his place will be filled by J. I. Maxwell of Kirby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Downey
Sheridan
J. I. Maxwell
Kirby
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Attendawice
Gross Creek
Holy Brotherhood
Moth
Brand Books
Thea Lew
Stockgrowers Association
American National Live Association
T W. Tomlinson
Acme
Spenders
F. P. House
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