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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
8
A Bulletin lists numerous local residents visiting, traveling, or returning to the area. Names include Major visitors from Denver, Cheyenne, Manderson, Paint Rock, Lovell, Greybull, Cody, and Burlington. Movements mention trips to Lovell, Billings, Spokane, Beaver Creek, and Iola, Kansas, plus Christmas and winter plans.
The value of Wyoming mineral products rose from 11.48 million in 1911 to 13.37 million in 1912. Coal accounted for about 90 percent of output, with 1912 coal sales at 6,? short tons valued near 11.65 million. Other minerals totaled roughly 1.7 million, including asbestos, gypsum, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, and stones. Phosphate deposits in the southwest show promise for a new industry.
Owing to using a 2 inch line we advise residents equipped to use coal to continue to do so until our large main is completed early in February 1914. Big Horn Oil and Gas Co.
Wyoming youths aged ten to eighteen are invited to enter an agriculture contest run with the Extension Department of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and the U S Bureau of Plant Industry. Boys and Girls clubs will be organized statewide to carry out the contest with about 125 participants registered in 1918.
The state fair urges formation of clubs and school leaders to organize potato growing and canning exhibits. Local fairs will feed into a state showing with prizes for boys and girls in multiple classes, judged on basis of award and essay. State honors include badges and an honor roll, with potential future grand prize like free tuition.
W F Sheppard lauds Basin area amid optimistic talk of oil discovery, noting the town’s attractiveness and future expansion. He expresses fond memories of the visit, gratitude for kindness, and a desire to stay and become an American citizen if possible. He closes with best wishes for prosperity.
Local advert notes Mrs Ora Allen and children visiting Thermopolis, plus Fred and Lena Perkins from Otto, and many town residents stopping by for holidays. Jewelry shop promotions and gifts highlighted with Whitmore, Barmes, and various town visitors from Billings, Bonanza, Greybull, and Hyattville.
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