Basin School Notes Show Thrift Drive and Wyoming Day Plans
Basin High School advances thrift savings stamps with teacher support and plans a Junior Red Cross, plus a Wyoming day program and a Friday game vs Greybull. The note lists grades attendance and punctuality, recent roster changes, pupil movements, and a geology bulletin promotion by the USGS.
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Messrs. Sullivan, Coons
West
F. A. Wise
Red Cross Society
Wyoming
Basin High School
Greybull
Stone School
Gould
Hanlon
Cloud
Ellis
Crafl
Lloyd Brookman
Moor
Orchard Beach
George Zimmerman
Great Oil Boom Grips Wyoming Investors and Geologists
Wyoming faces a feverish oil boom with new wells daily as investors and geologists flood in from across the country. Casper Lander and Glenrock bustle with activity as cafes and hotels strain to accommodate travelers while towns plan for rapid growth and development. Arthur Hamilton of Seattle notes Wyoming’s oil potential and coal belts hint at vast future production, with government cooperation seen as key to unlocking a leading U S oil region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Casper, Lander
Glenrock
Arthur Hamilton
Seattle
Fifty oil domes and anticlines in Big Horn Basin Wyoming
The south half of the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming hosts several undrilled yet promising oil prospects. A U S geological survey report details 50 domes and anticlines, noting 11 anticlines already productive and many others tested by 1 to 4 wells, with further potential uncertain due to early exploration stage.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyo
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Grass Creek
Wyoming
Washington District representation in Congress debated
A Dec 10 Washington dispatch notes growing congressional support for giving the District of Columbia a representative in the House. It argues for a full-time advocate on the floor and outlines constitutional hurdles, political balance, and a bill on rent suspension benefiting soldiers, likely to be debated in the Senate early this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Is C R.bill constitutional debate over civil rights bill
Representative Andrew J. Vostead of Minnesota spoke for and voted for the soldiers and sailors civil rights bill, which passed two days before adjournment of the last session, but he now harbors grave fears about the constitutionality of some provisions.
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Andrew J. Vostead
Minnesota
Three Thermopolis men fined for elk violations in Wyoming
Everett Stewart pleaded guilty in Lander to killing more elk than allowed. He admitted shooting seven elk during a month with two companions. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs totaling 118.70 and a sixty day jail term was suspended on the condition he report in writing.
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Lander
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Hot Springs
Frank Smith
Dubois
Nickerson
Everett Stewart
Elk violations land fines for Straight and Chance
The article notes Frank Straight allegedly killed two elk and paid 93.75 in fines and costs. Cecil Chance pleaded guilty to selling five sets of elk teeth without a tag, facing total costs of 38.75.
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Frank Straight
Cecil Chance
Government Ownership Considered to Solve Rail Freight Crisis
Washington officials discuss government operation of railroads as a potential remedy to transport bottlenecks. Rail leaders seek government aid before taking over operations and confer with Senator Newlands, who later meets with the President. Meanwhile, local notices report Army enlistment, factory losses, and insurance adjustments affecting Basin.
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Senator Newlands
Joint Congressional Commission
Newlands
White House
The Cheerful Motorist Tinkers Beneath His Car
A cheerful motorist crawls under his bulky vehicle with fifteen kinds of wrenches to tend its vitals amid gas and grease. After finishing, he appears a sight to behold, making dragons glare and horses shy away as they pass.
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Basin School
By Hugh Gould
Eva Smith
Verena Jones
Pearl Sanders
Phoebe Eng
Lish
Wilma Sheveard
Hugh Gould
Gladys Johnston
Milton Schrank
Western Union
Casper
Fern Young
Knitting Club
Manual Training
Miss Troxel
Miss Randall
Clifford Whitmore
Euretta Robertson
Grace Ward
Albert Gillis
Howard Haverman
Germania
Board of Education
Bawin
D. F. Hewett
C. T. Lupton
LD. C
Krout
United States
Billings Gazette
Wilson
Walt Mason
A. T. Zinn
West Virginia
Army
Mr. Zinn
Basin
B. M. McDonald
J. A. Jamison
Aetna Ins. Co
N. Y
Alfalfa Mfg. Co
Manderson
Rockers
Basin Furniture Company
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