Piney social notes and upcoming weddings in 1916
Grace Van Winkle returns to Piney before heading to Oregon to teach next year. A visiting party from New York and Chicago tours Big Piney en route to Granite Hot Springs for hunting and camping. Local society reports include a Ladies Card Club event, August 28, and upcoming weddings of Edna Garrigues to Kenneth J. Luman and Virginia Folkes to Dr. Ralston Irving Lewis. Also noted are births, trips to Fall River Basin, and plans for elk hunting and a constable race in November. The Bison Trio, visiting Big Piney, stays through the Roundup season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kemmerer
North
New York
Redmond Stearns
Chicago
P. J. Quealy
Mahlon
Kemmerer
Smithmus
Big Piney
Granite Hot Springs
Virginia Folkes
Ralston Irving Lewis
Western Springs
Ill
Glen Ellyn
Folkes
C. P. MacGlashan
Todd James
Frank Burney
Grover Trittipp
Lou Brown
Fall River Basin
James
Mr. Brown
Trittipo
Tractors and Farm Equipment Arrive in Valley
L D Tanner returned from Opal with a loaded J I Case car containing a three gang plow and tractors for Frank Pomeroy and Wm Graham plus a thresher for John Walters. Walters suffered facial injuries when his tractor backfired and struck him in the mouth and eye. he was taken to Kemmerer for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Tanner
Opal
J. J. Case Company
Frank Pomeroy
Wm. Graham
John Walters
Ray Hennigh
L. J. Samson
J. I. Case Agency
Salt Lake City
H. C. Dunham
Walters
Kemmerer
Musical Program at St John s Episcopal Church
Evensong at St John s Episcopal Church on September 3 at 8 15 features Miss Perkins singing works from Cavalleria Rusticana and others including Ave Maria Open the Gates of the Temple and Before the Ending of the Day Mr Rose performs The Voice that Calls and The Precious Hour Mr Bennett sings The Publican
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Miss Perkins
Mr. Rose
Mr. Bennett
Wyoming National Forest Receipts for Fiscal Year 1916
The net receipts for the Wyoming National Forest for the year ending June 30, 1916, totaled 20 523.71 dollars. Stockmen paid 16 057.74 dollars for grazing privileges, timber sales brought in 4 422.77 dollars, and 43.20 dollars came from special privileges. Thirty five percent of receipts revert to Lincoln County for roads and schools. Administration and improvements cost 22 837.65 dollars, including 14 528.90 dollars in salaries and 8 308.75 dollars for forest improvements and miscellaneous expenses. The average monthly payroll was 1 210.74 dollars, with most payroll and much of the miscellaneous expenses spent in Lincoln County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming National Forest
Lincoln County
Wyoming Forest
Local social notes on visits and events in town
L. E. Bennett leaves Saturday for Daniel to perform at a dance in the new Barber and Pixley store building. The area again clamors for a repetition after a successful prior affair. Ike Hillson and W. G. Heitz arrive for annual fittings, then depart for Kemmerer with "Daddy." F. E. Wilson, S. W. Swanson and E. M. McCormick visit from Mutual Life Insurance. H. P. Zock of Denver Music Co. sells pianos in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Bennett
Daniel
Barber & Pixley
Ike Hillson
W. G. Heitz
Kemmerer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knight
The
Big Piney Lighting Co
NEY, Wyom
Big Piney Livery Stable
Camp Yard Inc
Automobile Service
Camp Yard Corral
Beckstead
Bell& Company
Wyoming
Marbleton
Wesley Vickrey
PINEY
Blas Piney, Wyoming
Grace van Winkle
Vicnity
Oregon
Mickelson
Jesse Budd
John Reide Foulks
Edna Garrigues
Kenneth J. Luman
Saint Marks’ Cathedral
Salt Lake
Orval J. Allen
Orval
Granite
Bison
Senorita Inez
Lone Eagle
Tex Hutton
W. K. McDonald
Big Piney, Wyoming
D. D. Spani Architect
Rock Springs National Bank
Rock Springs
Episcopal Church
Wyoming National Forest Receipts
F. E. Wilson
S. W. Swanson
E. M. McCormick
Mutual Life Insurance Company
H. P. Zock
Denver Music Co
Justin Pomeroy, Wou
Firestone
Ford
Bess & Yose
Eugene S. Plank
U. S
Cora
Fredell Hotel
J. E. Fredell
Wood- Oswald
Company Stock Yard Station
Omaha
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