Oil Boom Expands as Wyoming Attracts Shallow Drilling
Wyoming shifts toward shallow high grade oil with 650 foot wells costing about $3000 in Thornton field producing 25 to 75 barrels daily priced at 3 to 3.50 per barrel. Local investors and companies from Denver and Casper plan large scale drilling and expansion across proven districts. Dave Kent and R H Ewart coordinate supplies and leases while others like Walter Lamb and Guy Craig travel to Basin Cheyenne Denver and Minneapolis to advance operations.
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Wyoming
Thornton
Pennsylvania
United States
Denver
Casper
Colony Oil Company
Thornton Field
Abner Kent
Worland
Fridlay
Hidden Dome
Hecla-Wyoming Oil Co
Kent
R. H. Ewart
Basin Wyoming Oil Co
Minneapolis
Duluth
Minn
Letter from office boy shows wartime anxieties and political jabs
A young office worker vents frustration over being drafted into war work while criticizing bosses and politicians. He muses on democracy, potential promotions, and the idea of arming states with more powder monkeys, revealing youth’s view of national service and employment pressures.
Office Boy Tom Dreams of War and Guns in France
An Office Boy laments lacking active duty as he imagines soldiers receiving more rifles. He critiques a war secretary, jokes about schools, and notes the need for inspectors while asking readers to inform him of openings. The piece mixes humor with wartime nostalgia and aims to fill space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Enys
France
Fien
Boas
Tom
For Sale Ninety Hereford Bulls on Greybull River Ranch
Ninety pure bred Hereford bulls of serviceable age offered for sale from a ranch on the lower Greybull river. Commercial job printing a special type at The Republican office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greybull River
Republican
Choir Party At Wise Home Friday Evening
Methodist choir members were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Frank A Wise on Friday night after practice they played games and enjoyed excellent refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Wise
Wilsons War Aims Outlined For Congress
President Wilson sets forth thirteen points toward a postwar order. Key aims include open covenants, freedom of the seas, removal of economic barriers, armament reductions, impartial colonial adjustments, and the establishment of a general association of nations to guarantee independence and territorial integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wilson
Congress
Russia
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Roumania
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkan States
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
General Association of Nations
Co operative Extension Work in Wyoming Agriculture
County agent A H Tedman discusses cooperative extension programs in Wyoming covering agriculture and home economics. The article, part of the December bulletin by the Denver National Bank, notes Wyoming’s Big Horn County and the University of Wyoming Agricultural College in Basin under the U S Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver National Bank
Allyn H. Tedman
A. H. Tedman
State of Wyoming
Big Horn County
U University of Wyoming Agricultural College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Basin
Wyoming
Lovell County Agriculture Advances Through Co Operatives and Bee Groups
December 19 1917 report from Ig Horn County highlights growing dairy and wool industries with The Lovell Dairy and Farm Products Co cheese factory and the Big Horn Australian Shearing Co plant at Greybull. Beekeeping gains via Big Horn County Bee keepers association and strong junior clubs in Lovell Byron Cowley Basin.
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Ig Horn
Lovell
Lovell Dairy and Farm Products Co
Greybull
Big Horn
Byron
Cowley
Basin
Basin School Notes A Busy Start to the Term
Basin students return to classes with first graders starting Monday the 23rd and age 6 as minimum. Second graders craft sand tables for Longfellow’s Hiawatha while Miss Patt fosters a growing string orchestra. Sick days strike Morrell Garland and Thelma Gould. High marks cut exam load with a 90 percent threshold, thrift stamps race toward 200 war savings certificates, seniors seek class pins, and manual training advances cross-lap joints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Longfellow
Hiawatha
Patt
Morrell Garland
Thelma Gould
Big Horn County Wyoming County Fair Report Highlights
The Big Horn County fair notes strong features of a dandy event last year. Judges are selected for known ability boosting satisfaction in the agricultural exhibit. Big Horn County won 90 percent of agricultural winnings at the state fair. Drainage work progresses, labor shortages hinder farming, and several farm tractors have entered the county. The Sugar beet crop prospects look good and more families are urged to move to irrigated farms in Big Horn County.
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Wyoming
Fair Board
W. H. May
Big Horn County
County Council of National Defense
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See Motor Co
FORD
Walter Lamb
Grasscreek
Guy Craig
Cheyenne
E. J. Sullivan
Midwest Refining Co
Frank Reynolds
Reynolds & Syphers Co
R. J. O'Malley
Grass Creek
Office
Armstrong & Easter
Outline OF
Agricultural Survey
Basin School
By Hugh Gould
the Basin Republican
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