Liberty Loan Campaign Organizes Big Horn County
The Council of National Defense forms a county wide committee led by Hon. P. W. Metz to oversee the Liberty Loan drive. Precinct chairs and members are named across Basin Cleverly Germania Denver Odessa Manderson Kane Greybull Lovell Byron Cowley Agent Raymond Otto Burlington Hyattville Bonanza Shell So far Big Horn County shows patriotic record and urges strong subscriptions to the three billion dollar Second Liberty Loan. Subscriptions from $50 accepted with staged payments through Jan 15 1918. bonds pay 4 percent interest and are a safe investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of National Defense
Big Horn County
P. W. Metz
Thos. M. Hyde
J. C. Stewart
H. H. Hime
R. B. West
J. F. Webber
Cleverly
K. K. Kimbro
Chas. Nicholson
Germania
L. E. Emery
Henry Wegner
Wm. Edwards
Denver
Grace Tidball
Odessa
Mr. Garnett
J. J. Smith
Clif Hensley
Manderson
L. O. Gray
D. V. Early
James A. Quiner
Kane
M. B. Rhodes
Chas. Mansfield
C. K. Mansfield
Greybull
J. H. Harris
Chas. Loring
C. J. Williams
Fred Warner
Lovell
W. P. Hogarty
Jno
Raymond
Charles Raymond
James Legg
W. T. Rule
Otto
M. G. Trough
W. R. Tolman
Allie Massey
N. E. Winters
Burlington
Chas. F. Hensley
Grace Schlaf
Myers
Hyattville
L. G. van Slyke
A. S. Mercer
Ida Walters
L. J. Diehl
Bonanza
J. H. Graves
M. L. Peay
A. B. Kinzer
Shell
Gay Wyman
A. H. Arnett
Thin Lown
Visit of Mr and Mrs Crabbe in Basin
Mra Fred L Crabbe arrived in Basin from Cheyenne last Sunday and was joined Sunday night by her husband. They stayed several days as guests of Mr and Mra Simon Skovgard and took a short local trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Fred L. Crabbe
Basin
Cheyenne
Greybull
Simon Skovgard
Unsuccessful Hunting Trip Ties Basin Trip to Tensleep Visit
The text notes a journey to Tensleep on Monday to visit the J. E. Frison home, followed by a return to Basin on Wednesday after an unsuccessful hunting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensleep
J. E. Frison
Basin
Wise Couple Start Three Month Drive to Old Homes
Mr and Mrs B C Wise depart for a three month trip visiting Nebraska Iowa and Montana returning to Cascade Iowa their former home after years in Wyoming. Rochester Minnesota reports greeting a new son for Mr and Mrs E C Hoover all listed as doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Wise
Nebraska
Iowa
Montana
Wyoming
Cascade
Rochester, Minn
E. C. Hoover
Dean Thornberry in town to aid Episcopal children home drive
Dean Thornberry of Laramie Wyoming visited town a few days this week to support the Episcopal children's home bought last spring. He aims to raise thirty thousand dollars to improve the property for about 100 children. He has collected roughly three hundred ten thousand in the state and about one thousand in Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Thornberry
Laramie
Wyo
Episcopal Childrens Home
Basin
Brooks Appeals to Wyoming Women Clubs
Thermopolis October 8 ex Gov B B Brooks addressed the Wyoming Federation of Women’s clubs urging continued support for war efforts. He urged work while waiting and praised War Godmothers and local club activity in Thermopolis. Seventy seven delegates representing 766 club women left with renewed patriotism for the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thermopolis
America
B. B. Brooks
Wyoming Federation of Woman's Clubs
Milton
Gov. Brooks
War Godmothers’ League
Wyoming
Little Springs
Casper
Shane
Brother Visitors Bring Mild Northland Update
C J Curtis from Hardeaty Alberta arrived in Basin Monday for a short visit with his brother Walter. He departed Wednesday noon after a pleasant visit there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Curtis
Hardeaty
Alberta
Basin Monday
Walter
Germans Hit By Allied Attacks Around Ypres and Passchendaele
Allied forces launch coordinated offensives east and northeast of Ypres and near Passchendaele to drive German positions back. French and British troops cross rivers, seize villages, capture blockhouses, and take hundreds of German prisoners amid heavy rains and difficult ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Haig
Ypres
Dixmude
Broodseinde
Jansbeek
St. Jean de Mangelare
Veldhoels
Passchendaele- Ghulevelt
Noted Democrats Here Visit Basin For Campaigns
Last Saturday noon acting Governor Frank L. Houx and John E. Osborne from Denver arrived in Basin to start preliminary campaigns for governor and senator. They met with prominent local Democrats, then traveled 24 hours later to Greybull for further political business. Houx is well known in the area while Osborne, a Denver native, recently moved to Rawlins to establish residence for a Senate run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Houx
John E. Osborne
Denver
Colo
Basin
Greybull
Houx
Mr. Osborne
Rawlins
United States
Basin residents attend corn roast at Blakesley ranch
In response to an invitation by Mr and Mrs Lou Blakesley Basin people joined a Saturday visit to the Horse Creek ranch returning Sunday The party included Messrs and Mesdames Loren Gray Br J Extra Win Gibson J M Smith J P Zane and P P Anderson and Prof W F Moor with several neighboring ranchers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Blakesley
Basin
Messra
Meadames
Loren Gray
BR. J. Extra
Win, Gibson
J. M. Smith
J. P Zane
P. P. Anderson
W. F. Moor
Weese Returns to California From Germania Beach Canal Work
George C. Weese, who has been in Hasin for some time on business related to the Germania beach canal, left Wednesday to return home to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Weese
Hasin
Germania Beach Canal
California
Mrs Burt Heads to Spokane Visit for Four Weeks
Mrs. W. 8. Burt leaves today for Spokane Washington to visit friends and relatives and plans to be away for four or five weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Spokane
Wash
New Manager Arrives With Infant to Take Lee Bacon Post
Mrs. Jay D. Bacon and her seventeen month old baby arrive today from Denver. Mr. Bacon is the new manager of the Lee Bacon Motor Co. They plan to live in the D. T. Hand property until the Welsh flats are vacated by R. H. Ahrens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay D. Bacon
Denver
Mr. Bacon
Lee Bacon Motor Co
D. T. Hand
R. H. Ahrens
Jake Schence Heads State Fraternity
Delegates from Wyoming lodges meet in Cheyenne for the sixth annual Rebekah assembly. The same period marks the forty third annual grand lodge session of Odd Fellows opened by Mayor R N LaFontaine. Elected grand officers include G J Schenk basin grand patriarch F L Belcher Wheatland and D L Carr Basin as grand treasurer George Love Jr Rock Springs as junior warden James R Le Marr Rock Springs as grand representative. Appointed next year are Inside sentinel C S Warner Franston and Outside sentinel C M Conger Cody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Rebekah Assembly
Rebekah Order
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
R. N. LaFontaine
Grand Eneampment
G. J. Schenk
Basin
F. L. Belcher
Wheatland
D. McCullough
Laramie
Thomas Cottle
Green River
D. L. Carr
John Love, Jr
Rock Springs
James R. LeMarr
Inside Sentinel
C. S. Warner
Franston
Outside Sentinel
C. M. Conger
Cody
Delightful Evening At Theatre And Slumber Party
On Wednesday evening Mrs. J. M Smith and Mrs. R. J. Extra entertained at a theatre and slumber party. Present were Mesdames R. A. Gould, Wm. Gibson, Walter Iles, Lou Blakesley, O. T. Young, F. H. Whitmore and P. P. Anderson. After the picture show they returned to the Extra home for a luncheonette at two o'clock and the night ended with more slumbering.
Linemen Visit Basin Then Head to Thermopolis
F P Ogden division traffic superintendent of Mountain States T T Co and Jerry Owens visited Basin last Saturday. They then left Sunday for Thermopolis with Mr and Mrs Jack Friend Earl Bovard and Elliott Letz kus to spend time on the line there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Ogden
Mountain States
Jerry Owens
Basin
Thermopolis
Jack Friend
Earl Bovard
Elliott Letzkus
Puel Examined Here for Draft Near Otto
M. D. Jones, who claimed land near Otto last spring, registered at his Oklahoma home and is awaiting orders to be transported to the cantonment for his draft examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Jones
Otto
Oklahoma
Basin
Post Office Clerk Exam Delayed to November 10
The U S civil service commission announces that the clerk examination scheduled for Basin Wyoming on October 13 1917 has been postponed to November 10 in Basin Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Civil Service Commission
Basin
Wyo
Tilforths Buy Harry Drumm Property on South Third Street
Wu Tilforth reports the purchase of the Harry Drumm property on south Third street. The deal closed last week and the Tilforths will move to Basin to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu. Tilforth
Himes
Harry Drumm
South Third Street
Tilforths
Basin
Hospitality 1 at the Very Best in Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge
The article tours Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge valleys describing early settlers, cattle ranching, and modern progress. It covers Basin to Hyattville travel, Manderson ruins from a recent alfalfa mill fire, and Bonanza oil history with Embar and Soo Oil Co activity described alongside geological interest and local ranch homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Paint Rock
Medicine Lodge
Basin
Hyattville
Paint Rock Valley
Manderson
Henry Ford
Ford
Dave Allen
Nowood River
Jordan Mill
Nowood
Bonanza
Big Horn County Rustler
Joe DeBarthe
Embar Oil Co
Soo Oil Co
T. W. Spratt
Also Mentioned on This Page
METZ
Liberty Loan
Liberty
haRa
GOV
Brooks
Borther
Woman's Club
Unity OF Attack OF Allies
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Fraternity Hall
Alice Richardson
Liberty War Fund
R Belton
H. T. Lamb
F. Vincent
R. P. Pearson
D. E. Lewis
Mesdames
T. M. Hyde
J. F. Ewers
R. G. Belton
W. C. Snow
W. A. Robb
R. B. Landfair
R. R. Denny
Roy G. Belton
W. E. Larrick
Red Cross
State Council of National Defense
Godmothers League
Naomia F
Belton
Sec
Horse Creek
Basin Oil Brokerage Co. Oet
Midwest Oil
Merritt Oil
Western
Kinney
Shiloh
Northwest Oil
Boston
Columbine
Blow Republic
United Pet
Wyoming B. Foot
Wind River
Jupiter
Midwest
Grass C. O. & Gas
C. Petr
E. T. Williams
G. R. Ol & Gas
Mountain & Gulf
Hecla
Anglo Amer
Western Plains
Consolidated Roys
Young
Bear Creek
Ease
Midway
Eanes
J. Ogden Armour
Merritt
Big Muddy
Hole
Jake Schence
Puel
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