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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
6
Notes from Dig Strom County report many Himes youths attending a Kane dance Saturday night. L. J. Brunner starts lumbering for a new house while friends wish him well. Pearl Bennett and LeRoy McKinney are ill. The Bennett home hosted a lively evening with dancing and a midnight supper.
Crowded week with visiting friends and family. James Young returns home from Manderson to visit family and friends. Basin hosts show with Alvin Olson, Alice Young and others calling it fine. Otto youth drama planned soon titled Home. locals note spring returns with new wells and moved houses, and a successful dance draws a big crowd.
Be it early winter chill returns to Beaver Creek as a reminder not to discard flannels Delbert Crandall sets up again at Basin and Chas Lawrence rests at his Beaver Creek ranch following a busy Greybull winter Don Wells and Chas Lawrence Jr scout land in Montana Mrs Frank St Jermaine visits Mrs Lew Heathershaw and Mr and Mrs K K Kimbro drop by the county seat last Wednesday
A Beaver Creek segment reports on local events and people. Notes mention a new organ for the lower Beaver school bought from box social proceeds, residents living in the Lewis Street Jermain place, and various visits and travel among neighbors including Mrs James Pratt in Otto and Mrs Traugh to Basin hospital.
A Basin Gardens update reports guests and visitors Mrs. W. H. May Elaine Kinder and the Hartranft family, local road and irrigation concerns, and community events. It notes improvements in homes, farming ambitions in Big Horn county, a birthday gathering, and calls for better roads and drainage to benefit farmers and the Shell Valley region.
Major General John J. Pershing temporarily takes command of the southern department after Major General Funston’s death. Secretary Baker confirms automatic succession on the Mexican border duties. Funeral arrangements for Funston to be held soon at the Presidio San Francisco.
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