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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
8
Local and personal notes from Manderson and Basin list visits by many residents of surrounding ranches and towns. Mentions include Wise’s advertisement on pills and distemper protection for horses, real estate exchanges, and travel to Billings, Boulder, Cheyenne, and Portland-area stops.
A bold sales pitch invites customers to visit and view a selection of suits priced at 18 dollars each. Promises no pressure from sales staff and asserts multiple models, asserting high value and perfect style with no alteration charges.
Manderson citizen Chas McDonald a prominent local businessman visited Tuesday. L R Ewart president of First National Bank reported Basin conditions strong. Cody Herald notes Pat ready to cut hair at Me OK barber. L G Phelps of Pitchfork Meeteetse stopped by for business. Zen motor drag service advert follows. G B McClellan traveled from Red Dank to tend cattle feeding in Ute Wyaltull.
R. W. Kinder, a prominent Grey bull resident, was in town last Tuesday. Miss Thelma Gould, daughter of Mr and Mrs R A Gould, was quite sick but is improving. Mr and Mrs J C Ackerman visited from Nowood ranch with Mrs Ackerman’s parents. Ira G Wetherill of National Supply visited to handle oil field business. J A Becker, a respected farmer stockman from upper Nowood, was in town. Various local notices and transactions appear, including dress arrivals and barber shop mentions.
An office announces it will pay ten cents a pound for good clean cotton rags and will not take woolens. Local news notes Wm. Sims, a Greybull valley farmer, visiting town with grain and supplies. M. B. Howe, Beaver Creek rancher, arrived in Basin with coyotes for bounty and sold stock at good prices. Earl Sprague left Otto for Alberta to trade merchandize and expand Otto store. P. B. Johnson leaves OK barber shop for Billings. Fred House resumes as OK barber. Bankson of Wyoting Torpedo Co. departs Basin for Denver, planning several days at Cheyenne with family.
W B Hartigan may have joined Metropolitan Pharmacy and will greet friends there. Jos I Reed, a longtime Burlington area farmer, visited town early this week.
J M Schwoob of Cody reports a good oil prospect near Cody with a well less than 200 feet pumping about 50 barrels daily. Jesse Crosby of Cowley attends Worland woolgrowers meeting and praises the event for Basin stockmen. Ed Johnson and wife travel from Cowley to Burlington to manage sheep feeding. no winter losses noted. Mrs Noble and Burnette return from Los Angeles. Thermopolis contingent reports well and happy on the coast.
For sale two valuable residence lots with an east front and cement walk. Apply to 118 m3 Mrs. Anna L W Patten.
Fred Garland arrived from Greybull last Tuesday while Ted Shafer of Manderson visited several days this week. Mrs. Margarette Leach of Thermopolis attended to business in town. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Shepherd, Otto county residents, were in town yesterday. Guy McKee, painting in Bik Basin for R. J. Extra, returned Thursday. A. E. Bowman of the Laramie experimental station toured town this week. John Miller of Gooiland, Ind. arrived Thursday and may settle in Otto and Burlington country. C Olson, noted farmer of lower Germania country, reported mud on the roads steadily drying.
J. F. Dill of Loveland Colorado toured the town this week with the aim of locating a suitable site and appeared pleased with what he has seen. L. D. Baird Basin oil well supply manager said he is shipping much material to Thermopolis and Kirby for Grass Creek field operations in the county.
Drs Harris and Harris announce the birth of a baby boy at the home of E C Chaney in Basin Gardens.
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