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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
5
Saturday visits mark local family ties with the Ward Blackmon and Pape households while multiple residents travel between Big Piney Hoback Basin and surrounding farms. A public bid notice from School District No. 9 calls for Bublevie cout delivery and transportation routes with bids due August 24 1929 at the State Bank of Big Piney, Wyoming.
In a Nebraska town Ives stands as a true hero of the old West. Dime novelists passed by, preserving the splendor of his achievement. Two brothers born in Ohio and New York venture frontier life and organize a military group famed in local memory. Albert Larson and family camped with the Sniders in Snider Basin while Mrs Larson and sisters visited.
Mrs W Eobbins and daughter Ruby Mary Louise Alice and Billy Sargent toured Yellowstone Park last week. Mr GO Webp fell from his horse and broke his right arm near the wrist. Mershone and Dan Thomas arrived in Daniel with the County tractor to work roads west of the vicinity. Johnny Werte of Bondurant was a business caller in Daniel Wednesday. Mrs Arthur Bowlsby of Bondurant stayed with sister Mrs Mack Smith this week. Miss Ruth Sargent of Merna visited Daniel Tuesday and went to Pinedale for the show that night. Abbee Sargent accompanied her home Wednesday. Many Darzel residents attended the Pinedale show and reports say they enjoyed it. Geo McLain is sick with his left arm weak. Joseph Huston is carrying mail for chirm. Mr and Mrs Chas Thomas and daughters Dorothy and Ruby Low and Vic and Mrs W J Payne left Wednesday for Oregon. Mrs C F Ball and daughters Helen and Beth and son Woodrow motored up from Lava Hot Springs after rest of furniture last week.
A Chicago announcement invites U S women and girls to enter the National Canning Contest for best jar of canned fruit vegetables or meat. Total prizes amount to 5825 with a 1250 sweepstakes. divisions include fruit vegetables and meat. Entries close October 15. county awards and merchandise prizes expand the total.
The Wyoming Range and Livestock Report notes general good range and desert conditions despite a statewide decline due to dry weather. Hay supplies are below normal with little surplus expected. August 1 range condition 89, cattle 92, and sheep 91, all below last month and vs. five year averages. Cattle marketing remains steady with similar fall numbers. sheep see slight declines with ewe lambs held and wool sales slow.
Four people escaped without serious injury when the Laird cabin plane piloted by George Terry Horton of Chicago ground looped during landing at Port MacKenzie field. On board were Nick Luman Yale assistant coach Cinch Coughlin and Jack Horton, son of a state senator, plus pilot Alfred O. Sporrer. The plane is to be dismantled and sent back east.
Next Sunday at Community Church Rev A C Best will lead a 930 a m children's service and an 8 p m public worship. The sermon topic is In What Sense is the Love Of Nature Religious seeking reflection on nature and faith. The notice also describes the National Canning Contest rules requiring standard jars and supplies, with entries mailed to 925 S Homan Ave Chicago Illinois.
Vernal Filley, brother in law to Joseph F Harmison, confessed after turning himself in to the Teton county sheriff regarding Harmison s July 28 ranch murder near Washe Wyoming He said quarrel over sheep led to a fight with stepping on a soldering iron and a hunting knife strike to Harmison s throat leaving him fatally injured The confession names Jim Harmison as Harmison s brother who has lived in Big Piney for years.
Regular meeting of the Town Council of Big Piney Wyoming on August 6 1929. Present were Mayor Geo W Hopkins Jr and councilmen Nelse P Christensen Chas C Howerton Robert A Gunter Geo A Moffat and attorney G B Hackett. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Bills allowed: J H McWilliams camp fire wood 15.00 Ray Daniels graveling streets 7.00 J F Shipley acting Marshall 3 days for Rodeo 15.00 J F Shipley cement crossing 26.50 G B Hackett salary July 40.00 J A Power marshal 80.00 A C Power acting marshal 3 days Rodeo 15.00 Geo A Moffat salary July 10.05 Jesse B Stull acting marshal 2 days 40.60 S T Whitman acting marshal 3 days 18.60 Piney Examiner printing 3.10 Total 719.75 There being no further business the meeting adjourned. GEO W HOPKINS JR Mayor Attest GEO MOFFAT Clerk
J A Wade of Peters Cartridge Co presided over a boys shoot last Friday using Peters Rust Jess ammunition. Scores for the top three prize winners show Mickey Hopkins 43 points earning a gold medal, Bob Walker 48 points a silver medal, and Burr Bodd 46 points a bronze medal out of a possible 50.
Mr and Mrs Watt Brandon of Sheridan drove from Kemmerer to visit friends in town then to Pine Dale where they previously lived for years. Mrs Brandon edits the Sheridan Journal and is associate editor. They recently joined various tours with the National Weroical Association, visiting Lava Hot Springs and Kemmerer before returning home. Lorena Lems from the Mickelson ranch needed appendectomy care in Kemmerer, with transport arranged to hospital. 175 ton blast furnace smelter project planned 16 miles south in Raw Hide Buttes begins soon.
Mute Lorena Lewis aged about four or five, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis of this place, died early today after an appendicitis operation at Kemmerer hospital. She was operated on at 6:00 last evening and passed away at 2:30 this morning. The funeral is set for Saturday at 10:00 AM from the Community church. The family, including several brothers and sisters, mourns the loss with community sympathy.
The Contest Board of the American Automobile Association announced two-man 365 cubic inch racing cars without superchargers will race in the Memorial Day event at Indianapolis next year. Smaller 91-inch cars will remain a general use on other tracks, with manufacturers likely providing cars for the classic to meet road car specs. Indianapolis officials and AAA aim to study road car problems, forbidding superchargers for prewar engines to aid testing and cost efficiency. Denver 4.4.4 races plan Labor Day, September 2.
Sage chicken season opens Sunday August 11 and runs eight days through August 18. Hunters from towns and cities will travel to the region for the sage hen hunt. Officials report this season is smaller than in previous years due to late cold spring. Each licensed hunter may take six sage chickens per day.
Judge John R. Arnold and court reporter Clarence Cook completed four busy court days. Many cases were disposed of as the docket stretched longer than usual. The group including the Arnolds and the Cooks traveled to Jackson to attend the dedication ceremony of the new national park.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Payne travel through Piney to Curtain Oregon where they will live next spring leasing their Daniel ranch to their son James. They are joined by Mr. and Mrs. Charley Thomas and family on a northwest tour of the region. State Engineer John A. Whiting and wife from Cheyenne visited Big Piney en route home from a Grand Teton National Park event. Pine Bluffs Cornerstone laid for an $80 000 school building.
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