Basin Wyoming Council Proceedings Aug 6 1917
Basin town council met at 7:30 pm with Mayor Sullivan and four councilmen present. They approved July minutes, ordered sidewalks on Fourth Street, authorized a warranty deed to Lot 6 Mount View cemetery, discussed forming Home Guards, granted fair concessions, and approved multiple staff salaries and municipal expenditures.
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Basin
Wyo
E. J. Sullivan
Wm. Gibson
F. M. Hime
Homer T. Lamb
W. H. Pauley
Fourth Street
E Streets
Mount View Cemetery
Zela Murphy
M. H. Smith
Robert Pearson
Boyd V. Osborn
County Fair Board
Big Horn County
City Council Adopts Adjournment for Aug 13 Meeting
The record lists payments to suppliers and individuals including W E Dragoo coal and Johnson Pease Co supplies. The council adjourned to reconvene on Monday Aug 13 at 8 o clock p m, with E J Sullivan as mayor and Jas F Ewers as clerk, authority and seal noted.
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W. KE. Dragoo
Johnson-Pease Co
Newnen Sawcca
W. E. Dragoo
Creek Coal Co
Metropolitan Pharmacy
Onan
Os Ae
Clara F. Collins
T. M. McCoy
W. H. Pauley
Clyde W. Atherly
Harry Bailey
J. Craig Co
Jas
Meeteetse Volunteers Thinned As Army Draft Cuts Company K
Meeteetse Wyoming sent a large share of its volunteers to the war effort leaving a shortage in crops. Officials decided to reduce Company K from about 180 to the authorized 150 soldiers. Roughly thirty farmers’ sons affected by the cut were among those serving locally in the Wyoming guards and other branches.
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United States
Meeteetse
Wyoming Guards
Greybull Valley
Uncle Sam
Company K
Local soldiers to be sent home from Wyoming camp
Meeteetse News reports most of the company will be weeded out at Cheyenne with about ten men returned to Meeteetse and twenty to Cody Greybull and Burlington areas. Elmer Dodge arrived home yesterday and was excused as a farmer.
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Meeteetse
Cody
Greybull
Burlington
Cheyenne
Elmer Dodge
Direct sugar quotes to U S army foreseen
Great Western Sugar plans to reenter the market and quote directly to the quartermaster corps. The government quotes will match those given to jobbers. The company aims to resume direct dealings around September 10 to 15, before the fall sugar campaign begins.
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United States
Great Western Sugar Company
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Sugar Company
Gladys Vonberg Undergoes Appen dectomy at Basin Hospital
Gladys Vonberg was operated on for appendicitis at Basin hospital Wednesday evening. The patient is improving, though the condition was serious. The appendix ruptured during removal but infection did not spread.
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Gladys Vonberg
Basin Hospital
Sympathizer Arrested In Disloyal Remarks Case
A man who praised the Kaiser and his warfare was captured Monday evening in a disloyal remarks drag net and brought before His Honor Judge Harding on Tuesday for hearing.
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Harding
American man jailed for sympathies against war effort
The man named Joe Strong, an American who said he believed the Kaiser was right, was fined fifty dollars plus costs for a recent offense but could not pay. He was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Fisher and sent to Basin, to await federal authorities. He had worked the past week at Earl Lancaster’s tailor shop in the Alamo hotel, and Marshall Latham warned German sympathizers to stay discreet.
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Fisher
Basin
Joe Strong
Kaiser
Earl Lancaster
Alamo Hotel
Marshal Latham
Greybull Sandard
Open the Oil Lands and the Oil Supply Crisis
The piece argues tying up western oil fields risks national danger and private operators. California crude output nears 60 000 barrels daily while 1916 storage fell from 66 million to 40 million gallons.
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California
Southern Pacific
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Mazie V. Rhodes
J. H. Hanlon
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R. E. Cummings
A. Brant
the Basin Republican
Sever
Earl Gebhart
Swees Cece
J. W. Lunsford
Hay
Fred Ehrhard
Street
The
Basin Republican
Printing Council
Basin Pub. Co
T. S. Pexton
Agt
Bond
Dave Tuttle
National Supply Co
G. B. Morrison
Don C. Loyer
Mine & Smelter Supply Co
Reese Bros. Africander Co
Southland
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