02 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
1
Workmen stopped the gasser at Budd No. 7 after it blew in December 8 and created an icy der rick around the well. Ed Lewis of Wyoming Petroleum Corp says drilling will resume once ice clears and weather allows. He plans at least three more wells this summer with strong activity expected in the area.
The period report lists high school honor roll students with grades and attendance. It notes upcoming away junior and senior games, girls and boys team prospects, a letter exchange with Richfield Idaho, a Marin sk ranch gathering, a community concert, and announcement of freshmen cast for the Clodhopper show to benefit the student fund on February 25.
The Ogden Livestock Show January 7 to 14 features a burgeoning Hereford Bull Auction with bulls from top breeders in sixteen states. Noted ranches including J C Andras Bar 13 Buffington Ranch and Wyoming Hereford Ranch will consign, while about 400 range bulls will be shown outside. The event, linked to Ogden’s World Fair circuit, is hailed as a prime buying chance for calf producers seeking superior seed stock.
Laramie Wyoming announces the appointment of a full time university physician to assume duties February 1. Dr Leonard L Sanford of Madison Wisconsin, formerly assistant student health physician at Wisconsin, will join the University of Wyoming staff. The plan includes an infirmary or health center and offices for the physician and nurse. Student health fees are eight dollars per school year.
The article reviews a sweeping armament program with a proposed 52 million dollar special appropriation and billions in total military spending for 1940. It notes a strong public lean toward rearmament, concerns about arms races, and debates on Guam as a naval base, plus rising interest in guaranteed annual wage plans as a future labor reform.
Mr and Mrs John Budd traveled from their ranch in Meadow Canyon to visit their daughter and son in law Mrs and Mr Francis Tanner on Tuesday.
Regional conference for Division Grazing COCO camps in Wyoming is set for February 6 and 7 in Rawlins. District educational advisors may attend. A practical uniform plan will be developed to boost project training and camp efficiency for returning boys to earn a decent living.
Wyoming representative Frank O. Horton from Badgerville was seated on Public Lands Irrigation and Reclamation and Roads committees. He aims to push Wyoming land returns emphasize Green River irrigation and highway funding while noting federal control of vast public lands. He praised the committee assignments as a Wyoming tribute and pledged vigorous advocacy.
J C Anderson of the Anderson Drilling Company of Long Beach California said his firm will begin oil drilling in this territory around May 1. A deep rotary test is planned on the Charles Oft ranch on North Piney, with shallow oil drilling on leases in the LaBarge field. An office will open in Big Piney near the State Bank block.
Wyoming welcomed visitors totaling five times its population in 1938, including Yellowstone park guests who spent over six million dollars. Lincoln Highway travelers and nonpark tourism contributed millions, with 1,182,566 motor car tourists and 357,175 automobiles entering the state.
Philo T Harmsworth, once a Utah Idaho farm boy, rose to vice president in charge of research at a Philadelphia television company bearing his name. He told lawmakers that about forty five patents underpin the magic of television and predicted receiving sets would reach the market this year with broad national use in four to five years.
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