Basin Basin Basin Republican Notation
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
4
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John Crook highlights Basin as the center of the world's largest producing gas field at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. He argues central gas production will attract manufacturers bound for the Pacific and Orient, with Burlington's planned railroad through the area shaping future growth and traffic. He urges civic unity to prepare for a decade of manufacturing expansion.
Word from the south part of the state says A. Baker, current state land commissioner, is a candidate for commissioner of the general land office. He has led the state land office with proven ability and commands a large statewide following.
At the annual meeting of stockholders and directors of the Big Horn County Bank, D. L. Carr, Wm. Gibson, K. P. Parsons, Berne Hayes, Dan Rogers, W. Taylor and S. H. Cockins were elected directors. The year was reported as very successful despite stringent conditions.
The first annual banquet of the Big Horn Burns club will be held in Grey Bull on January 25 with a Presbyterian Silver Circle serving at 6 p.m. A musical program led by Henry Sample the whistling chief will follow. Tickets are available at Wm. Gibson furniture store as Mr. Gibson has left the city and cannot canvass.
The stockholders of the First National Bank of Basin elected officers and directors. Arthur K. Lee was named president, with Skovgard and Ed Carothers as vice presidents. J. C. Stewart became cashier, Wm. C. May and J. W. Brown as assistant cashiers, and F. C. Emerson John Seaman John McFayden Herbert T. Harris as directors.
The article lists Ferris officials appointed to lead various committees including Finance chair B P Wigton and A B Martin, Camp Grounds W C May, Transportation Jay B Rice, and Parks F L McNown. Membership in good standing is 116 with monthly dues of 250 dollars or 3000 yearly. W J Spender and his son visited the office last Saturday.
A medallion issued for John Quincy Adams's 1825 inauguration remains rare. J A Larrick, a Washington policeman, owns the piece given by Edward Murphy, whose father bought it at the event. The inscription reads Science Brings Peace and America Plenty.
The Continental Edition of the London Mall reports Sir Robert Haden-Powell used foot reading to select his wife calling her the best wife. It quotes scouts linking foot pace to personality with examples of short quick steps to nervousness and flatfooted stances to passivity or bad temper.
A Philadelphia Ledger essay frames the average man as a constructive force in society then Basin State Hank stockholders elect directors Henry Jordan John Luman T F Nelson L J Diehl Wm Miller T K Bishop BE J Sullivan Frank A Wise and reelect officers Henry Jordan president John Luman vice president E J Sullivan vice president H H Hime vice president Frank A Wise cashier Myrna May assistant cashier E A Gebhart assistant cashier with a normal dividend approved and praise for past year management.
The principal at a school berates her teachers for not reading articles in the paper while boasting of a new widower in her circle. A new, widowed man is discussed as she quips about staff reading only the society page and death notices.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes motorcycles are used on Western ranches to roundup cattle inspect fence lines and drive stray animals. The most remarkable use is chasing coyotes with bikes able to tire and then choke the wolf with a sudden whirl of the machine.
Seventh grade girls wore large bright tissue bows that faded badly in rain. A boy quips he’d rather be faded for beans than for lacking them, eliciting a warm smile from a young witty teacher in a fifty year old class.
William Hunter, prolific sea lion hunter, earned 880 dollars for 352 scalps under Washington state bounty rules. The program pays 2.50 dollars per scalp as sea lions are considered enemies of salmon, supplementing his earnings from salmon fisheries.
The article notes most opals are mined in Australis and praises the black opal as the finest gem. It claims opal values rose significantly in two years and the best stones now fetch about $400 per carat, with quality ranges described from low to high grades.
Israel Daugherty and Thelma Rice were wed Monday at Mountain View with Justice Bonwell officiating. The couple, from Washakie county and Tensleep country, were attended by Mr. and Mrs. McKinly Daugherty and are greeted by many Basin County friends.
Cowley high school boys defeated Basin 33 to 10 at the local court last Friday. Lineup includes E Beard A May W Hanlon G Extra L Blakesley G Wheeler John son Wilcox Wardell Nielsen Barney Stevens with subs noted.
Arch Deacon Dray in charge at St Andrew's Episcopal Church with a children's service at 3 p.m. and an evening service at 7 30 o'clock.
Tilden J. Jones and Florence I. Jones mortgaged land in Big Horn county Wyoming to First National Bank Basin for 3300 at 10 percent. Mortgage recorded July 3 1920. As of December 24 1920 13978 25 due including fees. Property to be sold at public auction February 1921 at 2 pm for cash to satisfy debt.
A fragment notes a property sale subject to a mortgage of 5000 dollars held by the Federal Land Bank. The item reflects a financial transaction tied to real estate. No names or dates are provided in readable text.
Wickwire sheriff of Dig Horn County releases last publication on December 24 1920 with final notice January 28 1921 in Fifat publication detailing sheriff actions and public notices.
Basin town council met in regular session to approve December minutes and a sewer district adjustment. They cancelled a 1913 contract with the C B & Q R R Co and ordered payments to various suppliers and staff, with adjournment by Town Clerk F L Cox.
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