Basin Gardens News and County Notes 1917 Recap
Basin Gardens community notes recount enlistment imagery and a boy leaving for training, Christmas shopping in Basin, birth of a daughter in Basin and visiting kin, oil camp activity at Hoye Oil Company, county road spending and road-works discussion, county agents praised, and upcoming year-end summary planned for 1917. The piece mentions Worland visitors, the Alfalfadale ranch, Big Horn county, and Platte county hog projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie May
Basin Gardens
Basin
John Frazier
John
Himes
Big Horn
W. L. Douglas
Basin Country
Massachusetts
Col. May and Sons
Platte County
Tedman, Jr
Big Club
Wyoming
Adrian Smith
Betty
Worland
Myrna May
Hoye Oil Company
Hoye
Big Horn County
Alway
Republican
Attitude of Homesteaders and War Time Claims
A letter from Oregon to land lawyers argues against harassing the government over a $150 land overpayment. It praises war support, notes Red Cross donations, and stresses that soldiers must hold property during service. The piece discusses how laws from 1917 protect homesteaders and mining claimants serving in WWI, extending deadlines and suspending labor requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Red Cross
Washington
United States
New Mexico
Congress
Official Plats Received in Big Horn County Wyoming
The land office at Buffalo Wyoming announces receipt of official plats of survey from the United States surveyor general for Wyoming. Plats cover townships 58 north ranges 3 west and 2 west both in 6th P M and township 57 north range 92 west in 6th P M. Plats to be filed January 22 1918 at 9 oclock a m with land entry applications possible afterwards. Ralph R Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Wyo
United States Surveyor General For
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Teat Spy Killed in El Paso Patrol Encounter
Charles H. Feige was shot by United States Army patrols after attempting to cross the river into Mexico. Feige, believed to be a German spy, had papers including a notebook and drawings detailing troop camps and Fort Bliss. Nearby text references a barber shop ad with Pat's Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
Charles H. Feige
United States Army
Mexico
Feige
Fort Bliss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Innocent
Watchword
Champeon
Rocky
Lane
Rexall
Rexall Service
First National Bank
of Basin
Member
Federal Reserve System
Arthur K. Lee
S. Skovgard
Ed Carothers
J. C. Stewart
W. C. May
Ralph R. Reed
Ouch
Edgar L. Beard
Mr. Beard
Service
Lee-Bacon Motor Co
Ford
TEAT
Central Barber Shop
Pat
Antlers Cafe
Antlers Hotel
Anderson
A. U. Kimbro
Louis Birgin
Prop
H. Martindale
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