Dances on Shell Creek and Gypsum Floor Revels
A Basin historian recalls early Shell Creek dances held on gypsum and puncheon floors. Cowboys traveled far for house warmings, musicians improvised with resin from field pitch, and callers like Len Crandall led lively quadrilles amid dust and festive meals at Coburn and Dunshee gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Creek
J. L. Denny
Basin
Basin Country
Shell
Dunshee
Billings
Dutch
Len Crandall
Coburn
Charles Perkins
Johnnie Coburn
Johnnie
Johnni
Coburn House
Yellowstone County
Montidna
Coburn Ranch
Bret Hart
Billy Magee
Burns Lived Near Aoera Place North of Greybull
A fragment notes Burns resided in the area now called Aoera Place, located a few miles north of the town Greybull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Aoera Place
Greybull
Get the Cart Behind the Jackass Opinion Piece on Gover nment and Industry
A fiery political exhortation argues taxation should end oppression and state bodies become self supporting. It urges reducing regulatory red tape and making commissions fund industry growth while criticizing officialdom as parasitic. A parable with an Italian fruit vendor warns against misaligned policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation
Blue Sky Commission
State Commission
Seattle
Jackass
Puget Sound
The Everlasting Metal in Copper Fixtures
An editorial advocates copper and brass house fixtures as permanent, arguing 20 million families would buy copper items weighing about 10 pounds each. It cites 200 million pounds of copper for long life, claims job creation for 60,000 Western copper workers, and condemns inferior substitutes rusting gutters and hinges.
Beck and Allen Canal Co Annual Meeting Notice
The Beck and Allen Canal Company will hold its annual meeting on January 6 in Otto Wyoming to elect new directors and transact other legal business. J. B. Perrine is listed in connection with the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck and Allen Canal Co
Otto
Wyoming
Finland Beckons as Fairyland in Baltic Journey
Arthur Ruhl recalls from New Masters of the Baltic a trip toward Petrograd with a checked bag and coat tagged by a Soviet clerk. At the Finnish border the scene shifts to a hygienic station automat and line of stylish Finnish staff embodying a dreamlike hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Arthur Ruhl
Baltic
Suhl
Eclipsed Every Three Days in Algol the Demon Star
A description of Algol, the Demon Star, winking every three days as a dark body passes in front of it. The nine hour cycle is visible without a telescope, and ancient Arabs named it Algol. The cause remains uncertain, suggesting a dark or dying companion star.
The Mussel and the Oyster Catcher Fable Told
In a Saturday Evening Post tale by Harry Leon Wilson a fable is relayed about Su Tai advising peace between Chao and Yen. A mussel opens to sun, the oyster catcher bites, the mussel holds fast, each predicts doom if conflict continues, and a fisherman ends the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Harry Leon Wilson
Su Tai
Yen
Hotel guests urged to check baggage for efficiency
A New York hotel explains why it asks arriving guests to wait for rooms until evening. Guests who stay until departure rush to trains, so the hotel asks daytime movers to pack and check their baggage to speed turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Evening Post
Moving surgical cameras improve operating room footage
A new globular enclosed camera in a ceiling tube over the operating table can be raised lowered and angled by an external motor. A telescope enables quick focus adjustments. Tested recently with great success this device avoids surgeons blocking the view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popwar Mechanics Magazine
Oil From Grape Seeds
Grape seeds discarded after juice making could yield about 19 percent oil with excellent cookery and salad uses, according to Frank Rabak of the U S Department of Agriculture bureau of plant industry. He estimates a waste of 1,100 pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rabak
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Rabak
Annual Stockholders Meeting for Williams Petroleum Co
Notice is given of the annual meeting of Williams Petroleum Company to be held at Basin State Bank Building Basin Big Horn County Wyoming on the Sunday of January 1922 at 2 PM for electing three directors and other business. Georeg B. Weese assistant secretary First publication December 1921 Last publication January 6 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Petroleum Company
Basin State Bank Builiding
Basin
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Georeg
BE. Weese
Department OF the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Buffalo
Charles HB. Wollam
Manderson
John L .Landfair
Basinj Wyoming
Witnesses for Claimant List in Manderson Case
The record lists witnesses for the claimant: William Paumer Roy Mason J C Ackerman and J W Graves all of Manderson Wyoming along with James D Gallup and the register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paumer
Roy Mason
J. C. Ackerman
J. W. Graves
Manderson
Wyoming
Legal Notice in Big Horn County Canal Case
The Big Horn Canal Association sues Fred Guthrie in District Court seeking a judgment of 270 dollars with interest at 12 percent on multiple past sums plus maintenance assessments for forty acres of land in section 28 52 93 W. The case claims a first lien on the described property and includes attorney fees. Guthrie must answer by January 21, 1922 or a judgment will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Guthrie
Big Horn Canal Association
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Big Horn
R. B. Landfair
Reward Offered for Lost Sapphire Pin
A sapphire pin is lost and a reward of 6.00 dollars will be paid if returned to this office. The notice asks finders to bring the pin to the office for compensation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Perrine
Bec
Finland
Haas
James D. Gallup
Register Register
Denver
Wises
Willys-Knight
Basin Garage
The
Overland
James G. Noll
Dave Tuttle
Prop
C. A. Hime
Hime Bros. Contractors and Builders Basin
Wyo
Pf, M. Hime
Goodrich
J. R. Goodrich
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