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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
8
Basin residents and visitors populate town events with daily reports from oil offices, state fairs, and stores. Local business, repairs, and social gatherings mingle with transfers, dances, and upcoming club meetings, while families relocate between Basin and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Ottinger of Shell Creek welcomed a fine baby boy born last Saturday at the hospital and both mother and child are reported in fine shape.
The Hartranft family will return to Basin Gardens after about two years away. They have leased the W. H. May property and will take charge of it in the near future.
A young man identified as William Barnes was taken into custody by the sheriff for suspected slacker activity. He claimed to be 33 years old and not required to register. Upon arrest and search, he possessed eighteen diamond rings and seven rubies and is held pending investigation results.
Claude Gould was taken to Basin hospital yesterday afternoon with acute appendicitis. He was operated on and is improving nicely at this time.
Several very bad typhoid fever cases were brought to Basin hospital from Greybull this week. The Greybull epidemic is growing more alarming as cases mount and officials monitor the outbreak.
Mr and Mrs F C Emerson welcome a baby boy born Sunday morning at the hospital. Both mother and child are reported to be doing nicely at this time.
Basin Oil Brokerage lists Thursday rates for many oil stocks with bids and asks. The report notes overall market strength, with copper and steel prices cited and expectations for oil stocks to rise as New York and Chicago monitor Wyoming oils amid heavier investment.
The article praises fruit growing at D A Null's residence noting his enthusiasm for trees and a bountiful home garden. It highlights two heavily laden peach trees and a wide variety of fruits including sixteen peach varieties, apples, crabs, strawberries, currants, gooseberries and other berries.
Watson Wyman proprietor of the Trapper Lodge in the Big Jurn mountains was in town yesterday to meet Guy Murchie and his two sons. Murchie is a Boston corporate lawyer planning a potential summer vacation site.
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