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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
8
A roundup of Basin area activity and visits with numerous residents passing through or staying for holidays. Citizens include Jimmy Goodrich, Charlie Leavitt, J. R. Bain, J. T. Royston, and others. towns mentioned Worland, Shell country, Beaver Creek, Basin, and Denver.
The text extols perseverance over luck and urges immediate saving. It emphasizes that regular weekly or monthly deposits create greater opportunities over time, contrasting inherited advantages with disciplined financial habit.
City notes record a string of visiting residents and travelers including Claude Miller fresh from Montana surveying and Clarence Williams a prominent Greybull banker. Other locals such as George Townsend farmer from Shell county Harry Custer visiting from Illinois and Elbert Dustin recently in Canada are noted along with oil and painting work activity and a classified ad insert. Next Thursday Powell high school will play Basin in this city.
County Attorney W S Collins oversaw the arrest of Robert E Edson in Lowell on a embezzlement complaint by Wm Moncur. Edson allegedly kept hog proceeds after taking charge of Moncur’s hogs and selling them. He was jailed and bound over to the next term by Justice Rosas Lynn Lovell. Young Edson was later sentenced by Judge Mets to an indeterminate term at the industrial institute near Worland, transported Thursday by Sheriff Wickwire.
The Woman's Club staged Christmas Eve in the Bad Lands with a country schoolroom scene. Cast included Alice Nash Tommy Bishop Carrie Joslin Nora West Willie Pease and Santa Claus. A police-style program featured songs recitations and a final gift distribution. Mrs Cleghorn led the effort with help from many members. next meeting January 12 overseen by civics and education department.
Arthur F Bell chief engineer and W H Dufur oil expert for the Southern Pacific visited the Greybull refinery and are touring U S refineries this week. They aim to study the latest practices to plan a large capacity increase across all Southern Pacific oil facilities.
The film See the Perils of Pauline continues its run at the Acme Theater. Patrons are treated to silent adventure serial excitement as the heroine faces dangers on screen. The venue offers showings daily with evenings sold out on peak dates.
Temple Lodge No 20 A F and A M installed officers on December 22 with JW M 8 H Smith 8 W 8 Skovgard J W Robert Gould and others. A banquet at the Antlers Hotel followed with plum pudding by Mrs Booth. Toastmaster B C Hart led brief responses and speakers included P W Mets J W Berry Dean Nash Rev Creath D L Carr G Hartigan and Dr Smith. The event praised by attendees as the most successful in years.
Word comes from Cowley that Representative J. H. Hinckley was thrown from a horse that became unmanageable. His shoulder was dislocated and possibly fractured. Dr. Croft attended the injured junior.
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