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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
3
Local column from Big Horn Basin editor recaps community life in Lovell and surrounding ranches. Mentions weather, farm talks, district farming plans, names several residents and families, notes a death of G. K. Baker and sympathy extended, and teases county fair plans and local journalism.
Bennett Barnett hosted a Saturday gathering at his home with many attendees reporting an enjoyable time. Miss Bennett and Miss Edna Barnett visited, Fred Barnett is currently in Greybull, and Miss Freeman traveled to Greybul on Saturday.
D G Brown of Hyattville has bought 640 acres on Paint Rock creek offering a summer house for travelers with tents, camp gear, a dance floor, tennis courts, and guided hunting and fishing. He plans to build a road for easier access and promises good fishing. A former OM Well Supply employee has moved to a new post at Northern Pacific railroad in B/E ins, leaving this week.
William Lew, familiarly Billy, runs about forty Rhode Island Red hens. The birds reportedly lay nearly a dollar’s worth of eggs daily. Instead of selling eggs locally, Billy shops for steak worth six eggs at a store, showing a curious barter between poultry and groceries.
Basin residents hear that a young man named Ira will shortly depart, leaving the town after a brief stay. The notice notes his impending absence and the impact on Basin's community.
N. J. Long, manager for the Big Horn Milling Co., went to Thermopolis last Tuesday to attend to business there for several days.
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