Farewell party honors Dr and Mrs Hook at Hask Hall
The Modern Woodmen of America lodge hosted a farewell party for Dr and Mrs M B Hook at Hask Hall on Tuesday night. Attendees enjoyed cards, dancing, and music by local entertainers. Midnight refreshments featured a brief speech thanking the lodge, and guests departed around 1 am as the couple planned to relocate within the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Hook
Hask Hall
Modern
Woodmen of America Lodge
Wyoming towns report industrial and agricultural development
Evanston-Mountain States Tel & Tel to build a 41000 dollar structure while Wheatland adds cabins to a tourist camp. Bids for Central Avenue viaage project in Cheyenne. Cody refines oils for Oregon Basin field with new refinery progress. Powell secures 520000 in federal funds for Denver drainage. Douglas-Miami mine expands with 32500 dollars spent on equipment and infrastructure. Local mining and farming ventures expand across multiple cites, with Sugar factory plans, a rabbit cannery, and an agricultural conference set for February.
Livestock on U S Farms January 1 1929 Findings
The USDA reports changes in farm livestock with hogs horses and mules down while sheep rise and cattle remain near 1928 levels. Total farm livestock value reaches 5.553 billion with cattle value leading at 3.309 billion, and sheep 0.457 billion.
House Okes Auto License Bill Tuesday
The House approved H. R. 124 introduced by Rep. Max L. Russell to license motor vehicles via county treasurers. The measure passed 75 to 1 after third reading, with amendments directing 166000 yearly to the sinking fund for 10 years to retire highway bonds. Currently licenses are issued by the secretary of state in Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
OKEHS
Max L. Russell
Converse County
Cheyenne
Town Council Minutes and Livestock Valuations 1929 Big Piney
Regular meeting of the Town of Big Piney council notes bills paid to local officials and workers. A bid call for ditch digging and tiling along Budd Avenue to Piney Creek is approved. State board adjustments raise livestock values including cattle horses and poultry, with specific per head and per dozen figures for calves bulls hens toms and other stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
J. F. Shipley
Nelse P. Christensen
Howertim
Robert H. Gunter
Geo. A. Moffat
Geo. A
J. &. Power
Mar
J. A. Power
Marshall
Block No. 7
Budd Avenue
Block No. 9
Mickelson Street
North Piney Creek
State Board of Equalization
Claude L. Draper
Wyoming Livestock Valuation Reaches Postwar Peak Since 1919
Wyoming livestock on hand January 1, 1929 shows the greatest value of any year since 1919, at 101.599 million dollars, up from 84.43 million a year earlier. Cattle total value 47.45 million, with 764,000 head and per head 62.10 dollars. milk cows and heifers valued at 16.00 more per head. Sheep on hand 3.448 million, value 39.875 million, up from 32.938 million. swine at record levels, range horses downsized yet valued slightly higher, and total horses 185,000 worth 5.97 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Wyoming Co-Operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Peng
Tragic Death Touches Tulsa Family Ties in Pittsburgh
Mr and Mrs T D ONeil and Perry W Jenkins diverted en route to Green River City last week due to the Fontenelle to Green River road incident and returned to Tulsa leaving their cars. Mrs M B Hook mourns her sister killed by car in Pittsburgh Pa and could not reach the funeral in time. Community extends sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. O'Neil
Perry W. Jenkins
Green River City
Fontenelle
Green River
Tulsa
Opal
M. B. Hook
Pittsburgh
Penna
Notice of Service Charge Rules at State Bank of Big Piney
Effective March 1, 1929 the State Bank of Big Piney will impose a service charge on all checking accounts with a minimum balance of under $50 at any time during the month when checks are drawn. The bank explains rising costs and notes this is a common practice to cover losses on small accounts and invites questions and discussion to ensure customers understand the charge.
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State Bank of
Big Piney
State Bank of Big Piney News Notes
C F Webb E A Richardson Ned George and Fritz Coyte visited Daniel Friday night. Mr and Mrs Grover Dreslear entertained at supper. Mr and Mrs Win Thomas and son spent Saturday night. Charles Hiles stayed with Mr and Mrs D A Blackmon. D H Scott was in Daniel Tuesday on business. G C Feltner passed through Daniel Monday. Mrs Bernie Payne and son visiting Mrs Paul Pape and other friends on Forty Red. Mrs Cresslear visiting sister Mrs Lester Pape for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Webb
E. A. Richardson
Ned George
Fritz Coyte
Daniel
Grover C. Dreslear
Win. Thomas and Son
Charles Hiles
D. A. Blackmon
Bernie Payne
Paul Pape
Contracts of Cooperative Marketers Bind in Wyoming Case
Judge Ki H Fourt ruled Wind River Cooperative Marketing contracts binding on members in Fremont County. Aldridge violated by selling turkeys to Fairmont Creamery via I E Preece, triggering enforcement and damages under 1925 legislature. Decree entered upholding contract validity and the association’s right to enforce, affirming uniform USDA style agreements across crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce & Industry
Ki. H. Fourt
Ninth Judicial District
Wind River Cooperative Marketing Association
Fremont County
Roy Aldridge
Little Wind Valley
Fairmont Creamery Co
Preece
Freece
Aldridge
J. J. Spriggs
P.B. Coolidge
M. C. Burk
Riverton
Mr. Coolidge
Organization of Cooperative Marketing Associations
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Big Horn
Farmers to tour beet growing on sugar train
Farmers of Wyoming will see a sugar beet special train that demonstrates seed bed preparation weeding and refining sugar. The series continues with an early February stop along the Colorado & Southern and Burlington lines, coordinated by the Great Western Sugar Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers of
Wyoming
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Great Western Sugar Co
Masquerade Ball by Modern Woodmen in Clyde Hall
Washington’s Birthday event hosted by Big Piney Camp No 5867 Modern Woodmen of America features old and new dances at Clyde hall on February 22. Prize for best waltzing couple and best stompers, masked dancing only before 11:30 pm with fines for removing masks. Masks available at Shirley Drug Store. Sheridan Lovell highway funded $25,000 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Modern Woodmen of America
Clyde Hall
Shirley Drug Store
Snowslide Damages California Company Buildings
A heavy snow slide in Snider Basin above camp No. 2 west of the California Company destroyed the boiler house and several outbuildings, carrying them across the canyon to the south side of South Piney creek. The camp was shut and no one was harmed. A second large snow bank over a nearby ledge prompts watch for another slide as temperatures rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snider Basin
California Co
South Piney Creek
Well No. 1
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate
Creditors and interested persons are informed that Albert Larson administrator will file his final account and petition for distribution in Sublette County Wyoming by February 16 1929. Objections must be written by February 26 1929. If none are filed final settlement will be made February 28 1929. Dated January 17 1929 at Big Piney Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Schneider
Clerk of Court
Sublette County
Wyoming
Souf
Albert Larson
Big Piney
Wyo
Notice of Annual Meeting of Big Piney Mercantile Co
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held in the company office on February 26 1929 to elect officers and conduct business. L D Tanner president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Mercantile Company
L. D. Tanner
Missing Spiritual Leg Lets Children Falter
A Sunday sermon stresses four legs for a balanced life: educational growth, physical well being, social interaction, and spiritual development. It warns that neglecting the Sunday School leaves children with only three legs, risking moral collapse, and urges church members to support spiritual training for youths.
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Hickman
Harsh
Loeb
Leopold
Simday School
Clover seed sales surge in Campbell County 1928 report
The Northeastern Wyoming Certified Seed Growers Association notes an over eightfold rise in certified clover seed sales in Campbell County in 1928 compared with 1927 in its annual report. The insert also mentions a local printing shop offering multi color job printing services.
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Gillette
Campbell County
Wyoming
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Wyoming Industrial Review
Evanston
Mountain States Tel & Tel. Co
Wheatland
Central Avenue
Cody
Texas Corporation
Oregon Basin
Powell
Denver
Douglas
Miami
North American Mining & Smelting Corp
Montana
New Mexico
Idaho
Oregon
California
Colorado
British Columbia
Inland Oil Index
Casper
Horton
Minnesota
Great Western Sugar Company
Newcastle
Cambria Park
State Board of Sweep Commissioners
Osage
Sheridan
Cambell County
Rawlins
Carbon County Agricultural Conference
Casper—Wyoming National Bank
Lusk—Niobrara County
Texas
Masons
Sheridan Journal
Hook Hall
United States
Daniel News
D. H. Scott
G. C. Feltner
Mrs. Cresslear
Mrs. Lester Pape
Sheridan-Lovell Highway
Calif. CO
Rev
A. C. Best
Victor Hugo
Les
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