11 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
1
Today in Basin a large gathering of early settlers from across the Big Horn Basin and the state will hold their annual meeting. New officers will be elected and the day includes visiting, business sessions, a supper for 200 plus at Mountain View hotel, a picture show, and a dance lasting until morning.
The sudden death of Mrs J E Lemcke, after a period of illness, shocks Basin area friends. She leaves a husband, children, and her mother. Funeral will be at the Methodist church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev M L Newport officiating. The article also lists local film showings and a University of Wyoming basketball memo.
An authorized screening of The Battle Cry of Peace, nine reels, two hours forty five minutes, at Basin Wyoming Big Horn Theatre February 24 and 25 with matinees and one show nightly. Sheriff detains Ohio rape suspect connected to Basin, extradition to Denver arranged. prisoner Fred Hobbs sentenced to one to twenty years.
Heavy artillery duels and raids marked the western front activity between Lens and Arras with German advances near Vimy repulsed by French hand grenades. Paris reports French counterattacks and shelling damaging German positions in Apremont forests. In Riga, German and Russian actions continue with intensified bombardments. A daylight raid by two German seaplanes injures civilians near Broadstairs. Britain delays reply to American protest over the blockade.
Illinois Pipe Line Co plans a fourteen mile six inch pipe line from Elk basin to Frannie with loading tanks and a Greybull refinery connection. Construction starts at once, camps at Frannie, target to run oil by May. Refinery capacity to double. Grass creek oil to be shipped there.
A February hearing before Judge Metz considered dissolving an attachment on Cleveland-Wyoming Oil Company property held by six stockholders. The motion to quash was overruled and trial is planned this month. The piece also covers a busy schedule of local events including film showings at Acme, a Women’s Club meeting, and upcoming lectures in Basin and surrounding towns.
Ray Doty and Blanche Liston wed after papers were secured in Cowley by Justice Bonwell. J P Robert and Lenore Vinalk married in Thermopolis by Rev M B Nash, then left for Thermopolis. E V Amberson and Cheyleil Emery wed in Greybull, plan to reside there. D Kimbro & Son report strong hides and pelts sales of over 1100 dollars in one day amid winter weather. The Campbells Are Coming film, praised as a Birth of a Nation miniature, postponed by storms and set to show Saturday night.
Articles of incorporation for the Hurst Oil company were filed in the secretary of state's office last Wednesday. The firm, composed of Basin county residents, is capitalized at eight hundred thousand dollars and will develop lands mainly in Elk basin, aiming to become a major state producer. C KR Lyman, notable Cowley county citizen, visited town to pursue business and recently bought Stevens land by the Greybull river, planning to plant grain and alfalfa and move with his two sons. R O Cummings travels to Thermopolis for health springs. W Hadley, a Worland farm owner, is in the area for land matters.
County Attorney W. 35 Collins, Sheriff Wickwire and Mrs. Donald son, county superintendent, visited the school in the Crosler district above Otto last Monday. The visit followed a period of difficulty there, but the officials reported the matters are now in good condition and the visit was beneficial.
A German government statement details East Prussia damage from two Russian invasions. It cites 24 cities and 600 villages destroyed, 300 estates ruined, 34 000 buildings plundered, 100 009 residences killed or damaged, 2 000 civilians killed or injured, 350 000 to 400 000 left homeless or driven out, thousands of livestock and poultry seized, and total losses estimated at 375 million dollars. Rehabilitation funds are being raised and reconstruction will be slow, especially near the border.
On February 22 the Woman's Club hosts a social evening in the library honoring members' husbands. Mrs Hales C Hart leads a committee preparing games a musical program will start the evening, followed by dancing and card playing for those who wish. All members and husbands are warmly invited.
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