Irrigation, bridge project, and local notices across Wyoming
Irrigation will begin around April 10 as canal water is released, with beet growers pressing for earlier supply. A bridge contract across Buffalo Creek on the Yellowstone highway was let for 12,140 dollars to Monarch Engineering of Falls City Nebraska, with piers to start immediately. Farmers shipping flax and potatoes on Buffalo Creek received over two thousand dollars in remittance via the American Society of Equity, listing several shippers. Bascom Skaggs, an escaped prisoner, seen in Mexico, may have joined Villa’s outlaw band. A 460 foot 14 inch coast defense gun moved through Billings en route to Fort Mills, weighing 114 tons. Ezra Meeker testified to locate a military post road on the Oregon Trail from St Louis to Olympia. W S Hillyer of Tulsa has leased over 25,000 acres in Goshen County for oil and gas, after surveying 10,000 acres. Elk census near Bridger forest counted between 1840 and 1900 in the Green River area. O B Cutter’s Family Theatre Worland installed electric lighting. Wind River Indian cattle losses remained under one percent this winter.
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Big Horn
Buffalo Creek
Hot Springs County
Monarch Engineering Company
Falls City
Neb
Billings
Pacific
Seattle
Fort Mills
P. I
Homesteading in Philadelphia Exposes Wild West Myths
An Ex column mocks a Philadelphia farm paper's homesteading tale. It describes a settler who stakes land ten miles from settlement and a wife who raises corn and chickens, irrigates creeks, fences with barb wire, shoots bears, and profits, asking if there ever was a woman like June.
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Philadelphia
Eastern
June
Record visitors fill Los Angeles commerce hall ledgers
One million five hundred thousand visitors have registered in the main exhibit hall books at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Nine volumes exist, the largest holding 200,000 signatures, with global representation from Hachalate to Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Cal
Union
Canada
Reg
Siberia
South Africa
Presidents
Andasia
California Products Exhibit Draws Large Southern California Welcome
The exhibit in the six story chamber of commerce building showcases California products as the largest of its kind in a major commercial organization. Two floors host a free daily program with illustrated lectures moving pictures and organ recitals drawing a vast crowd. Visitors spread the word about the welcome and sights to see.
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Ctors
California
Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming Oil History Chronicle of Early Discoveries and Growth
A historical overview describes Wyoming as the site of the first U S petroleum discovery by Captain Bonneville and traces early asphalt base oils to use as fuel. It notes refinery expansion and rapid field development boosting Wyoming oil output to 4.2 million barrels in 1915, with an estimated 20 million acres of deposits and extensive future potential.
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United States
Wyoming
Bonneville
Johnie” Steele
Joh
Rockefeller
Konneville
Larder
Salt Creek
Grass Creek
Greybull
Basin
Elk Basin
Byron
Cody
Iself
Mining American
Ge to the U K barber shop for iag campy chave
The note resembles a garbled prompt fragment about visiting a barber shop in the United Kingdom. No clear people, places, or events are identifiable for a proper summary.
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U. K
Iag Campy Chave
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Wyomin
Hides and Poultry
Anderson Hardware Store
D. Kimbro & Son
Council
Sheridan
Blue Ribbon
J. H. Welsh
J. B. Thompson Lumber & Hardware Co
Powell
American Society of Equity
E. G. Hoxie
Gus Schuette
James Sipal
Clarence Williams
A. J. Thompson
Carl Lenk
A. L. Cargon
Upton News
Bascom Skaggs
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Villa
Mexico
Skaggs
Ezra Meeker
House Committee On Military Affairs
Oregon Trail
St. Louis
Olympia
Washington
W. S. Hillyer
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Oil Company
Goshen County
Green River
Bridger Forest
Pinedale
Cutter
Worland
Wind River
Mecca
Wyoming Oil History
Bonwell Seed Company
Berry Lumber Co
Old Basin Lumber Co
M. AR. Douglas
C. S. Kelly
Yellowstone Park
Niagara
Peru
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Burlington Park
East Scenic Gateway
Lake Hotel
Park
Gardiner
H. G. Fetter
W. Wakeley
Omaha
Nebraska
Farnam Street
O. R. Irwin
Wyo
the Basin
Republican
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