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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
9
The bulletin records the death of Mrs. Sorg at LaBarge and mentions Carl Sorg as her son. It notes various local movements, dances planned for April 14 and 21, and visits by residents to Piney and Marbleton. Additional items include births, marriages delayed, store openings, and upcoming shindigs with W. O. W. bands and Muldoon Stock Company performances.
Local notes from Canyon Ranch record visits and travel. Jake Herschler trip to Opal and lumber work precede the week. Arthur Trudell walked from Fontenelle Basin to Canyon Ranch Sunday for mail. Howard Holden and family called at Frank Pomeroy's last Monday.
Items under this heading charged at one cent per word per insertion payable in advance for sale or trade. Horses offered include a Black Percheron Stallion a Fine Saddle Stallion and 35 head pure bred Hereford Bulls. Also available a bed springs and mattress library and dining tables chairs ranges heater dressers and tarps from J W Davis Big Piney and B M Fox LaBarge.
R W Mills advertises spring services for a Shire Stallion and a five gaited stallion Morgan and Wilks breed with satisfaction guaranteed. Rev Reese notes Dr Gray will appoint a resident minister at Big Piney once a qualified man is found. L D Tanner returned from Opal with a carload of plows unloaded and stored.
The report explores irrigation schemes for the Green River basin in Wyoming, detailing Ham's Fork water supply questions, a proposed 130000 acre foot reservoir, and land ownership splits. It notes two companion plans, Opal and Church Buttes, their engineering promise, and the need to determine water availability, cost feasibility, and land pledging to repay costs. Governors Kendrick and True spearheaded the effort, urging legislative support and Interior Department attention.
Bob Huston seeks hospital treatment in Salt Lake. P. W. Conwell and family return to their ranch after months away. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbin visit for the summer with daughter Mrs. Fred Graham. J. F. Miller attends the Daniel stock meeting. Spring returns as snow melts rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thompson visit Mrs. Thompson's mother for a short stay.
Department of the Interior notice states that Thomas of Midway Wyoming has filed for final proof to establish a land claim described as NEY and NSE of section 4 township 28 north range 111 west 6th meridian. The hearing before U S Commissioner H E Christmas Kemmerer Wyoming is set for April 17 1916. Witnesses include Minnie Nott Marie Petrie Paul Nott of Kemmerer and Fred Reardon of Midway.
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