Contract Let for Big Piney Daniel Road
The grading and culvert contract for the State highway between Big Piney and Daniel was awarded to Taggart Brothers Construction of Cody for 67,888 dollars. Grading spans 224 miles in Sublette county. The bridge contract went to Swenson and Willard Lumber of Laramie for 15,580 dollars.
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Big Piney and
Daniel
Taggart Brothers Construction Company
Cody
Sublette County
Swenson and Willard Lumber Company
Laramie
May Visits in County School Plans Promised
County school matters highlight May with an athletic meet by Big Piney schools a county spelling contest and a Sublette County Trustees Association meeting. Expected guest State Commissioner of Education Mr Tidball may attend. Boards urged to plan attendance before the Annual School Meetings. Margaret C McDole County Superintendent of Schools.
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Big Piney
Sublette
Margaret C. McDole
Countywide Vehicle License Enforcement Warned
Notice warns automobile owners that from the last day of May all motor vehicles found operating in the county without a valid license will be impounded and the owner fined.
Oil firms push to drill big wells in western fields
Transcontinental Oil Co. reports 670 feet down in LaBarge field with good prospects for a productive well. Wyota Oil Co. moves boiler and casing at Opal to prepare two new wells using Lydecker and standard rigs. Midwest Co. in Piney field drills to 30050 feet and reams to 8 inch casing as the deepest test in the area, expected to yield a major result soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transcontinental Oil Co
LaBarge
Wyota Oil Co
Opal
Midwest Co
County to Redeem Sublette Certificates of Indebtedness
Notice from Sublette County Board of County Commissioners states intent to redeem certificates numbered 348 through 461. Interest will cease twenty days after the notice date. Dated April 16 1925. Grace MacGlashan county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Sublette County
Grace Macglashan
Local and Personal Items of Interest
Andrew Homer and son Arthur transacted business in town last Saturday. Frank Gorey of Pinedale visited Big Piney last Friday. Guy Hackett from Pinedale met with the town Council at a special meeting. Beth Head from Hillmont arrived Friday evening to spend the weekend with Vera Mills. Lee Smith and Miss Harris came from Cottonwood and Lee played on Piney’s team at LaBarge before the picture show. Harold Hakes of Rock Springs was in town with a good position at the post office. Local students enjoyed a picnic on Green River and a teacher and pupils had a good time. Albert M. Day of the Biological Survey mixed poisoned grain for rodent control and left it at Big Piney Mercantile. ranchers can obtain it from L. D. Tanner. County Clerk J. P. Fuller was in Pinedale on office business. The editor, wife, and Mrs. Nelse Christensen visited Kemmerer. Mrs. Geo. Hopkins Jr. learned her brother John Bradshaw of Evanston was operated on for appendicitis in Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. James Mickelson bought a new Buick sedan from Big Piney Garage. Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Black bought a Standard Six roadster from the same dealer. W. E. Fish invites interest in putting up hay on the Fish ranch in St. Louis Mo. The Marbleton dance by the Happy Six orchestra drew a large crowd and featured late music. The Piney boys beat LaBarge in baseball last Sunday with a return game set for next Sunday. lineups to be more complete.
Official Town Council Proceedings Big Piney 1925
Regular meeting of the Town Council of Big Piney Wyoming on April 7 1925 with Mayor Christensen and councilmen present. Minutes approved and motions instructed further deed records research and fire equipment remodeling while bills to Big Piney Examiner Julius Pearse Fire Department Supply Co George Moffat salaries and deputy sheriff placement were noted. Oscar Beck appointed Police Judge temporarily and meeting adjourned.
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Big Piney
Wyo
Nelse P. Christensen
L. D. Tanner
H. E. Griggs
Dan Budd
L. Z. Bess
Big Piney Examiner
Julius Pearse Fire Department Supply Co
George Moffat
Oscar Beck
Special meeting of Big Piney council on April 9 1925
Town Clerk George Moffat notes a special meeting of the Big Piney Wyoming town council held April 9 1925 with Mayor Nelse P Christensen and councilmen L D Tanner H E Griggs Dan B Budd and Bass. County Attorney Hackett opened discussion regarding complaints and information lead.
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Big Piney
Wyo
Town of
Nelse P. Christensen
L. D Tanner
H. E. Griggs
Dan B. Budd
Bass
Hackett
Deadman Triggered Jitney Crash Injures Two Men
While returning from the Midwest camp a Ford car struck a hidden Deadman in sagebrush causing a sudden stop. Al Edmundson sustained deep facial cuts from shattered glass and received first aid from C G Scott. C K Gillaland lost control, clutching the wheel as the car halted. Ed Johnson of Cottonwood visited Piney earlier in the week. Mrs Emma Cisco and two Oklahoma children, sister to Mrs Frank Burney, arrived planning Piney as their future home.
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Midwest
al. Edmundson
C.K. Gillaland
Edmundson
C. G.scott
Gillaland
Emma Cisco
Oklahoma
Frank Burney
Pingy
Big Piney Town Officials Appointed and 1925 Tax Levy
James Bertram named Marshal with a 50 dollar monthly salary. H E Griggs chosen Justice of the Peace. Oaths of office administered. An eight mile tax voted by council for municipal purposes in 1925. Meeting adjourned with no further business. Nelse P. Christensen, Attest Mayor.
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Big Piney
James Bertram
H. E. Griggs
Nelse P. Christensen
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Daniel Road
Adv
Charley Olson
Lester
Ernest Dahlstrom
Kemmerer
Gust L. ‘Larson
Halfway
Piney
Bess
Salt Lake
Big Piney Garage
Burney & Cos
Burney & Co
Big Piney, Wyoming
Andrew Homer
Arthur
Frank Gorey
Pinedale
Guy Hackett
Beth Head
Hillmont
Wyoming
Vera Mills
Lee Smith
Miss Harris
Cottonwood
Lee
Harold Hakes
Rock Springs
Harold
Uncle Sam
Green River
Leacher
Crelly
Albert M. Day
Big Piney Mercantile Co
J. P. Fuller
Nelse Christensen
James Mickelson
Bie Piney
Orlin Black
Big Piney Garage Agency
W. E. Fish
Boyle Ave
St. Louis
Happy Six
Marbleton
Piney Boys
Marbleton Hall
Happy Six Orchestra
Dorothy Dalton
THE
Official Town Council
N. P. Christensen
Geo. Moffat
Ed. Johnson
State Bank of
Total
State of
Albert Larson
Oscar Beer
F. D. Bart
A. Fear
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