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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
1
Ted Cantrell broke his hip after falling from a horse while roping calves at the rodeo grounds last Thursday. He received first aid in Kemmerer, was moved to the I. D. Hospital in Salt Lake City, and is reported to be recovering, with an extended hospital stay anticipated.
The Wirth National Forum of Labor Agriculture and Industry at the University of Wyoming August 15 17 will open with discussions on farm prices and labor management. Featured speakers include Wallace F Bennett and Allen B Kline. Three panel questions address river valley development welfare labor agriculture relations and media obligations.
Range cattle buyers arrived in Omaha Monday to a steady to 25 cent higher market. Near 4,000 head included top yearlings at 23.00 to 23.50 and stockers and feeders 18.25 to 22.50. Fat cattle sold strong with tops to 27.59 for a 1,286 pound beeve, cows 10.75 to 17.75, bulls 18.50 to 24.00. Hogs remained firm, butcher hogs top 22.50 with weights 180 to 250 pounds 22.28 to 22.75. Lambs and feeding lambs firm to higher, ewes steady. breeding ewes 11.00 to 12.00.
Walter Ball was a Kemmerer business visitor on Wednesday. Mrs. Lon Gordon visits Kemmerer at the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Homer Tyler. Mr and Mrs Ross Meeks and family were Kemmerer visitors on Tuesday.
Esther MacLeod of Sheridan Miss Wyoming 1949 heads to the Chicago Railroad Fair after Frontier Days. She will also enter Miss America in Atlantic City September 4 and later teach at Torrington High School. The blue eyed Delta Delta Delta member enjoys painting, dancing, horseback riding and swimming.
This article stresses moderation and preparation to prevent injuries during vacations. It notes higher accident risk in summer as people engage in sports and travel, advises gradual sun exposure, careful food and water handling, and carries guidance on first aid and emergency steps for conditions like sunstroke, snakebite, sunburn, and poison ivy.
Farm experienced required and salesman hired by major feed company for permanent full time work in this county. Home nights. No stock or credit to carry. Better-than-average earnings. Thorough training on the job. Must have dependable car. Age 25 to 50. Only sober serious-minded reliable men will be considered. Reply to blind address care of Examiner Office.
Jens Horn died July 31, 1949, at his Payson Utah home after months of illness. Funeral services were Aug 3 in the West Ward. He is survived by wife Bertha and five sons James George John Robert Martin. Relatives in Big Piney attended. Horns lived on the Winkleman place in South Cottonwood earlier.
Sealed bids for delivery of 25 tons of oiled stocker coal to the County Court House at Pinedale will be received by the Board of County Commissioners at 11:00 A.M. on September 6, 1949. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By H. H Summers, County Clerk.
The Board of County Commissioners of Sublette County invites sealed bids for one crawler type tractor with dozer blade and 80 horsepower diesel engine. Bids due 2:00 PM Tuesday September 6, 1949 in Pine Dale Wyoming. Includes trade in allowance for county Caterpillar DT. bid must include specification sheet. Board may reject any or all bids. By H H Summers County Clerk.
The Wyoming highway commission will meet in Cheyenne to open bids and award contracts totaling about 1.5 million dollars for highway construction. Bids were invited ten days ago for a project described as one of the largest of the year.
County plans four day State Fair program in Douglas from August 31 to September 3 featuring beef cattle dairy cattle sheep swine horses poultry rabbits field crops garden products home grounds forestry and more. 4-H leaders Burton Marston and Aleta McDowell announce contests covering judging, demos, and dress revue with entrants aged 14 to 20 from across the state. Elimination rounds precede a statewide showcase with emphasis on agricultural and home making skills.
Mr and Mrs Francis Lanner spent a few days in Salt Lake City at the start of the week.
The Insurance Commissioner of Wyoming certifies that America Casualty Company of Reading Pennsylvania has complied with Wyoming insurance laws and is authorized to transact the listed lines for the current year. Rodney Barrus signs and seals the certificate.
The document states that American Alliance Insurance Company of New York is authorized to transact fire and related risks in Wyoming for the current year, with Rabney Barrus in Cheyenne certifying compliance. It also notes Allstate Insurance Company of Illinois, Chicago, certified to transact multiple lines including accident health auto general liability and property insurance for the current year, as verified by the Insurance Commissioner.
State official certifies that American Automobile Fire Insurance Company, a Missouri corporation based in St. Louis, is authorized to transact motor vehicle fire insurance in Wyoming for the current year. The record notes compliance with Wyoming Insurance Laws and excludes bodily injury liability.
Burglars entered the Silver Spur Bar Sunday night via a basement window and stripped slot machines and the cash register, totaling about $750. Similar thefts occurred in Jackson, Pinedale, and Big Piney over the past two weeks with no clues yet.
The document certifies that Allstate Fire Insurance Company of Illinois and Bankers Life Company of Iowa comply with Wyoming Insurance laws for the current year. It notes authorization to transact fire, marine, group accident and health insurance and bears the Insurance Commissioner’s seal and date March 1, 1949.
Letters of administration issued to J. A. Christmas for the estate of Pete C. Wagner. Creditors must file claims within six months from August 4, 1949, with vouchers for allowance at the Clerk of the District Court in Sublette County, Wyoming, or present to Christmas in Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming. Claims barred if not filed. Publication dates August 4, 11, and 18, 1949.
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