Airplane Flights Surprise Crowds At County Fair
At the fair grounds on Wednesday afternoon a large crowd enjoyed a full program of events. Winners included Adolphist and Pearce in races, Gillis and Lampman in novelty and horse contests, and Rogers and Adolph in free for all events. Aviator Carr demonstrated airplane flight despite limited fuel, while the Big Horn Basin bucking contest featured riders such as Olson and Mayer. Governor Carey arrived late to a western welcome from Senator Skovgard and A.S. Mercer, joined by Dr. B. F. Davis and W. T. Judkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Adolphist
Emery
Allen
Pearce
Curtis
Kershner
Gillis
Allen 2d
Retoll
Mrs. Hoyt
Verena Bollman
Rogers Ist
Adolph 2d
G. Mayer
Barrett 2d
F. Perkins
Lampman
Ted Denny
Grabbert
J. Rogers
Boy Scouts
Irwin Beard
Fred Gibson
Constance Skov- Sard
Carr
Pease Place
Big Horn Basin
Olson
Good
Curtice
Smokey
Mayer
Hamlin
Stranger
Panther
Snake Rover
Teeples
Carey
Grand Stand
Skovgard
A.S. Mercer
Vernor
B. F. Davis
State Fair Commission
W. T. Judkins
Sweeney estate files $36000 railroad damage suit
Owen E. Sweeney as administrator of John C. Sweeney sues the railroad administration in Sheridan county district court for 36000 alleging negligence of the main line passenger train engineer led to Sweeney's death while attempting to move a gasoline motor car from the track. The suit, brought by attorneys Hyde Brome Enterline, is described as among the state's largest against the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen E. Sweeney
John C. Sweeney
Thos. M. Hyde
Basin
H. C. Brome
Worland
RE. E. Enterline
Billings
Sheridan County
Railroad Administration
Fair Dances Draw Crowds At Basin Band Pavilion
The Basin band played each night beside the Rex theatre pavilion drawing large crowds at the fair. Dancers enjoyed the music and praised the quality of the tunes while the band earned a tidy sum for the organizers, becoming a top fair attraction.
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Rex Theatre
Basin Band
Band
Basin Welcomes New Drug Store Opening
C B Abbott of Gehring Nebraska and Eppelsheimer of the same town plan a Basin drug store in the Pioneer block formerly used by Peterson company. They expect to open by October first with a modern complete shop and broad sundry line, receiving a cordial Basin welcome.
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C. B. Abbott
Gehring
Neb
Eppelsheimer
Pioneer Block
Peterson Company
West
Basin
Captain Osborn Visits Basin on Leave
Captain J W Osborn of Des Moines Iowa recently returned from overseas army medical duties and arrived last Tuesday to visit his son Boyd V Osborn of Midwest. He and his wife plan to tour county sections during a fifteen day leave and he may settle permanently in this part of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Osborn
Des Moines
Iowa
Medical Department of the Army
Boyd V. Osborn
Midwest
Basin
Wyoming
President Wilson in Billings on Sept 11 Visit
Billings prepares for President Wilson to visit September 11 with a Western welcome. He will tour the city after breakfast on the train and address the crowd at Midland Empire fairgrounds about the league of nations and other issues in a nonpartisan event expected to draw a large Montana audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Wilson
Montana
Midland Empire Fairygrounds
League of Nations
Washington
Prisoners Sentenced After Guilty Pleas At County Court
Wednesday morning three inmates from the county jail appeared before Judge Metz and pled guilty. Lowell H Howell 16 was given an indeterminate term at the Colter Industrial School for grand larceny. Louis Goodman 26 received 3 to 5 years in the Rawlins Penitentiary for grand larceny. John E Flanigan 19 was sent to the Colter Industrial School on issuing fraudulent checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Lowell H. Howell
Colter
Louis Goodman
Rawlins
John E. Flanigan
Northwest Medical Society Hosts Lovell Banquet Address on Influenza
The Northwest Medical Society met in Lovell yesterday and held a banquet last night. Chicago surgeon Dr. McArthur gave an address on The Surgical Aspects of Influenza. Officers elected: Dr. T B Torruson Lovell president, Dr. Gorder Greybull vice president, Dr. Bertha Hamilton Greybull secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Medical Society
Lovell
McArthur
Chicago
T. B. ‘Torruson
Gorder
Greybull
Bertha Hamilton
Treas
Waiter James Forrest Arrested for Assault on Elder Farmer
James Forrest a waiter at the Big Horn Cafe was arrested yesterday charged with assaulting George Nicholson a farmer from Burlington county aged over seventy. Forrest was arraigned before Police Judge Patten and fined ten dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forrest
Big Horn
George Nicholson
Burlington County
Forrest
Patten
Bucking Winners Highlight Big Horn County Fair Close
The Big Horn County fair closed with record attendance and receipts nearly $1,000 higher than any prior year. Winners included Buster Good first in the finals Bucking contest, Curtis leading multiple races, and Constance Skovgard top in the ladies cow pony events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn County
Soldiers Day at the Fair Honors Late War Veterans
On Wednesday the Red Cross welcome home effort and Mothers and Friends committees invited late war veterans and guests to a box picnic at the free camp grounds. Basin and outside donors provided boxes. Two boxes yielded tasting luncheons with coffee and ice cream for many soldiers and sailors. The committee chairs offer thanks for donations and credits for ribbons and ice cream. Names of assisting members to be published next week.
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Red Cross Welcome Home
Fair Board
Welcome Home and
Mothers and Friends
Lovell Residents Support County Fair Exhibition
Lovell Chronicle notes fifty seven Lovell residents bought tickets to Basin on Wednesday and 83 on Thursday with many more arriving by car. The county praise the county fair’s fine exhibits and attendance and urge broader county support to rival the state fair.
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Lovell
Basin
Wednesda
Tire thieves strike car in St Joe near Nadler’s drugstore
Thieves stole two new tires from Chas Blynn’s car parked near Nadler’s pharmacy in St. Joseph Thursday night. Police report the incident with no arrests made at this time.
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Chas, Blynn
St. Joe
Nadler
Historical pageant marks Wyoming territory anniversary
Under Mrs. Elaine Kinder’s supervision a county pageant staged at the fair celebrates Wyoming’s fiftieth anniversary as a territory. It highlights early surveyors in the Big Horn Basin, the Greybull valley, Jewish and Mormon pioneer routes, Lovell’s beet sugar growth, and Deaver’s settlement milestones from 1914 to 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Kinder
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Deaver
Big Horn Basin
Uncle Sam
Petition Circulating for Special Session to Aid Greybull Valley Farmers
A circulating petition by J. B. Atherly and A. B. Hartman requests the governor to call a special legislative session to provide relief for Greybull valley farmers. The petition seeks authorization to build reservoirs to supplement the irrigation water supply and is being signed by water users and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherly
Hartman
Greybull Valley
Labor Day Fest At Greybull Draws Big Crowd
The Greybull Labor Day celebration Monday drew an extra large crowd with over a hundred attendees from Basin. A big program of sports provided the amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greybull
Basin
Car Stolen During Fair, Sheriff Sifts Clues
Rawleigh Remedy manager Kraft reported a car theft during a local fair. The sheriff's office took charge, and officials expect to locate the thief within a day or so.
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Kraft
Rawleigh Remedy Company
Sheriff's Office
Basin Schools Open For New Term Under McNown
Basin public schools opened last Monday under Superintendent McNown. Only about one third of the expected pupils registered the first day due to the fair. Enrollment by grade ranged from 3 in 12th grade to 72 in 1st. The board needs two teachers for domestic science and mathematics.
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Basin Schools
McNown
Parades at the Fair Highlight Day of Prizes
The fair featured daily parades with awards on Wednesday. Basin State Bank won first for best business feat, Basin Hardware Co. took second, and the Salvation Army earned top prize for the best novelty float. Marshals Henry Payne and S. Skovgard led the procession with the Greybull band, followed by cowboys, soldiers, and decorated floats from Basin State Bank and numerous local firms.
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Basin State Bank
Basin Hardware Co
Salvation Army
Henry Payne
Rex Theatre
Texaco Oils
Golden Rule
Basin Furniture Co
Big Horn County Bank
Louis Distributing Co
Nadler’s Pharmacy
T. K. Bishop
Ed Young to Return Home After War Injuries
Jim Young announced during the fair that his brother Ed Young, wounded by gas in the war and treated in several hospitals, is now recovering near San Francisco and expected to come home on furlough in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Young
Ed Young
San Francisco
Man Killed in Cowley Worker Identified as Bulgarian Carpenter
Yesterday afternoon Louis PF Johnson a carpenter was killed in Cowley by falling from a ten foot scaffold. The Bulgarian man had lived in Lovell for three years and has no known relatives. Interment was held in Lovell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis PF
Johnson
Cowley
Lovell
Exhibits at the Big Fair Break Records for Entries
The agricultural exhibit set a new record with over five hundred more entries than any prior fair. Regions like Greybull faced water shortages, while others such as Manderson Lovell and Basin Gardens showcased extensive displays of grains vegetables fruits and novelties including Kentucky muskmelons and a kitchen garden section.
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Burlington
Oto
Liberty Beach
Greybull
Manderson
L. O. Gray
Gol. Mills
Kentucky
Shell Creek
Lovell
C. Workman
Himes
Kane
M. B. Rhodes
Hyattville
Cowley
Byron
Basin Gardens
Basin
D. A. Null
Bonwell Seed Company
State University
Louis Distributing Co
Returned Soldiers Post for Victory Loan Souvenirs
All returned soldiers desiring souvenirs may obtain copies by calling at the office of Thos M Hyde, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
M, Hyde
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Capt. Osborn
Aater Good
Reid
Constance Skovgard
Mary Agee
Virginia Skovgard
Gertrude Skovgard
Christine McKown
Hudson
Denny
D. Rogers
Guy Curtis
Rush Lampman
T. Denny
Waters
Jessick
Buster Good
George Mayer
Pageant
Otto
Col. Wood
J. C. McCoy
Nebraska
Otto Frank
Greybull River
Otto Bridge
Ors
Tommy Massey
Nauvoo
Billings Sugar Co
Denver
Commercial Club
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