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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
1
Town of Big Piney Wyoming proclaims election on May 11 1920 at Town Hall to select a mayor for one year and two councilmen for two years with retiring officers listed. Polls open after 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. in Lincoln County.
Agreements between the Post Office Department and the Forest Service set cancellation dies for the fire season. Boise will stamp messages urging care with forest fires on outgoing mail, including Take No Chances With Fire. Pocatello and Idaho Falls will feature similar warnings on mail flows. Salt Lake City machines will carry another fire safety slogan.
The Postmaster General approves dies for May 15 to September 12 with brief shutdowns. The Forest Service In termountain Region launches an education campaign to cut the many man made fires each summer. Stamping mail with slogans aims to raise fire safety awareness during forest fire season.
Ralph M. Friend writes from Milwaukee to the Big Piney Examiner in 1920 recounting early oil discoveries in Birch Creek Basin and La Barge. He states that from 1868 to 1904 he and others filed on oil claims across Dry Piney and Birch Creek Basins and notes selling the Reel & Friend Ranch in 1904 before leaving Wyoming.
Parties deferring concession booths at Rodeo ground make application to the undersigned at Big Piney. Adv J P Fuller Sect Treas.
J C Rumsch purchased the Marbleton home he formerly lived in from A H Beecher this week and awarded Atwood & O Brien the contract to move the house to Piney on lots once owned by W W Luce north of Frank Burney residence. Bruce Parker will drill a water well on the site as Piney grows with new homes expected once weather allows.
Wyoming Good Roads Association directs district meetings in Cheyenne Rock Springs Casper Basin and Sheridan from April 27 to May 3 inviting county officers and road supporters. Sessions cover Albany Carbon Natrona Sweetwater Uinta Fremont Niobrara Converse Crook Weston and others to plan a working program benefiting Wyoming residents.
Green River Valley residents press for a new road project. Voters show strong support for funding and construction amid fiscal debate and local advocacy. Community leaders rally behind improved transport links and regional development.
Mr and Mrs J P Fuller now have flowing water at their home after Bruce Parker completed an 88 ft well drilled for Oscar Beck. The casing was set and water stood 2 ft below the surface with rising water within 2 ft of the top, awaiting a faucet connection.
Muriel Dodge visits the Millnickel mine cabin to find her father, 62, dead from dynamite cap blast. The explosion tore his hands and body, wrecked the home windows, and left neighbors unaware until later. He had lived at the mine and visited his daughters in Fairview every two weeks. A town notice warns residents and speeds through Piney and Big Piney streets.
John E. Loyd arrived in Big Piney from Cheyenne yesterday. Loyd will commence surveying at once on the Cottonwood Green River project north of here. Promoters Mr. McKee and Mr. King will arrive the first of May. The company has several ditching machings on the road to be used in construction.
Governor Robert D. Carey proclaims Friday April 30 1920 as Arbor Day in Wyoming urging citizens to plant trees and shrubbery. He especially appeals to schools to hold exercises and inspire children to participate, with the Great Seal affixed at the Capitol Cheyenne.
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