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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
8
Basin area notes list visits by Thermopolis residents Arthur K. Lee and J. E. Willoughby from Central City Nebraska. Worland and Casper travelers. Fraternity hall dance. Rex orchestra and Ed Sheldon attend to Basin business. Oil ad, Lee Motor Co. promotes Valco belts and services with contact.
High grade Hampshire buck lambs offered for sale from registered sires. Levi B. Churchill, Powell, Wyoming. Includes choice stock from top quality breeders. Limited lots available.
For sale a used car in good condition described as a bargain. Contact Frank I Rue by call or mail at jy27 tf for details and availability.
A notice seeks a steady man and wife for ranch work including milking. Applicants must be willing to work hard and not seek idle duties. Contact W. J. Booth with intent to hire.
Auto Sup ply tire Co offers a27 Hassler shock absorbers for easy riding. Miss Fern Young travels to Greybull for a short visit. Leavitt of Shell visits Basin on business. Mrs Cloud Rue advertises fall hats at Basin Millinery. Judge Metz travels to Worland then Thermopolis to hold court. Andrew Johnson and H C Lawrence visit Basin from Bonanza and Buffalo. Lake Solitude vacationers report good fishing and hunting. Lost Alpha Sigma Alpha pin engraved Saloma Smith. County Commissioner Chas Welch in Basin. Government surveyors camp at Sheep Springs surveying Big Horn mountains. resurvey plans to aid claim filing to Octer first.
Local Basin notes report visits by William Stein Harve Perkins and Paul Moss of Greybull. Tom Colley and Earl plan a trip to Indianapolis then home via several stops, expected to reach Basin by September. Cy Willis seen in Basin streets, coat tails betraying his attempt to slip by.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy west bound passenger train No 29 derailed three miles east of Glenrock Wyoming at 7 this morning. The entire train turned over and a few passengers were slightly injured. Speed was about 20 miles per hour and cars fell toward the Platte River. Officials cite a spreading rail as the likely cause. Wrecker arrived from Casper and baggage transfer began at noon. main line clearance expected in about 12 hours.
Protect against fire by the installation of the J M Fire extinguisher. $10 Lee Motor Co. 122 11 For Sale 150 head good native cows with calves by their side Also 100 head dry cows Inquire at this office Mr and Mrs Ed Carothers and daughter Edna from Hyattville were in Basin Wednesday attending to business.
Those who will furnish board or rooms, or both, to teachers, communicate with Mrs. A. W. Coons.
Mr and Mrs E A Davis and daughter Margaret left Tuesday for Black Butte area after selling their store to Harry Drumm. They are accompanied by Rev and Mrs R M Jones and plan a ten day hunting and fishing trip before returning to finalize minor deals and move to California for their future home.
Mercer Bros. report the loss of a valuable imported stallion last Saturday night. The cause of death is undetermined but believed to be a form of bloating affecting the animal.
Mrs Emily Prugh arrives in Basin from Campbell Minnesota to visit her son Drew and daughter in law Mrs Mark Smith. She will stay for several weeks beginning Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Wm Gibson and children and Mr and Mrs W G Stanley and family left Wednesday for a ten day vacation near Wood River They will camp there and then return to Basin.
Mr and Mrs C E Beard and their family left at the start of the week for a mountain vacation. The Baptist and society that were to meet there this afternoon will be unable to do so.
Mrs. W. A. Downey and her children have come home to Basin after six weeks with relatives near Lincoln Nebraska. They enjoyed the trip but are sad to be back in Basin.
The Pexton family, longtime Basin residents and Mr Pexton serving as cashier at the First National Bank, will depart for Douglas to operate a large cattle and stock raising ranch. Their Basin home in the south part of town was sold to E F Peterson of the Pease Peterson Co and they plan to move early next week.
Mrs. Orlo Earl of Livingston Montana is visiting Basin this week with her two sisters Mrs. P P Anderson and Mrs. Carl Wilson. She travels with three young children who enjoy time with Basin families. They arrived Monday and plan to stay about a week more.
The county superintendent has held a special school examination this week for teachers who failed the regular spring tests. Grades will be announced next week and selections will be made at that time.
Reporter notes crops thriving in nearby area with sugar beets finally maturing and a heavy yield anticipated.
Mr and Mrs Robert Henderson announce a six pound daughter born last Friday night at Basin hospital. Both mother and child are doing nicely.
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