Fire Department Organized Here in Big Piney
Big Piney holds Monday night meeting to organize a new fire department. Officers elected include President Howard Masoner Secretary Edward Carr Treasurer Morvis Howerton Fire Chief Anton Subic Jr Assistant Chief George Barp. Dues set at 1 dollar per member with cards to be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Howard Masoner
Edward Carr Treaswner
Morvis Howerrton
Anton Subic, Jr
George Barp Htwag
Pinedale
Masoner
Amy Cshinge
Jorgenson Re-elected President Of Wyoming Game Commission
Carl Jorgenson of Pinedale was re-elected president of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission at the opening of the January 8 Cheyenne meeting. William Weberharf of Laramie was re-elected vice president. The board approved a $20,000 contract with the Wyoming Wool Growers Association for predatory animal control. Skeegenson suffered minor cuts and bruises when his car slid off a slick road east of Rack Springs.
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Cheyenne
Carl Jorgenson
Pinedale
Wyoming State Game Endish Commission
William Wberharf
Laramie
Hhe
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Skeegenson
Rack Springs
Jackson Hole Monument Fill Introduced
A bill to split Jackson Hole Monument into two parts for inclusion in Teton National Park and Teton National Forest was introduced by Senator E V Robertson, companion to a Bartett measure. It would enlarge the park east to the Snake River while restoring lands east of the river to the forest, allowing grazing and hunting under future regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson Hole Monument
Teton National Park
Teton National Forest
E. V. Robertson
Frank Barrett
Snake River
Robertson
Congress
Forest Service
State Game and Fish Commission
Robinson
Teton County
Wyoming
USO Receives Honorary Discharge From 7 Years of Service
President Truman at the White House awarded an honorable discharge to USO and its member agencies, praising its seven years of war time service to the Armed Forces and allies. The report details $236,721,295 raised, 88.7 percent for direct service, and broad international and community impacts.
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Washington
Truman
White House
USO
United States
USC
Windsley F Kimball
Walter Hoving
Kimball
Card of Thanks to Big Piney Fire Dept for swift aid
Mr and Mrs John Stevens thank the Big Piney Volunteer Fire Dept for prompt and efficient work in extinguishing a fire at their station and orienting further damage on Tuesday evening. The message acknowledges swift action and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
John Stevens
Wyoming bond sales rise in 1947 savings drive
Fred W. Marble reports Wyoming residents bought 14.843 million dollars in Series E F and G Savings Bonds in 1947, up 361 806 dollars from 1946 and 114 percent of the Treasury target. Sublette County totaled 68 962 dollars in 1947. He notes redemptions fell by 2.722 million year over year and cites total ownership over 100 million dollars with annual interest around 2.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Marble
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
The
Treasury
Wyoming
United States Savings
Subiette County
Mr Marble
Merble
Marble
Livestock Market Gains Strength at Los Angeles Yard
At Union Stock Yards in Los Angeles on January 13 1948 cattle prices surged with beef cows and calves posting record highs. Good steers and five load of high quality fed heifers topped near 30 dollars while Holstein types varied. cows advanced 1 to 1.50 and calves reached up to 30 dollars with limited transactions at 27 to 28.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS Angeles Union Stock Yards Company
Oddhead
Improving pasture boosts carrying capacity near Forest
Joan C. Budd of Big Piney Wyoming credits soil and moisture conservation work with increasing a pasture’s carrying capacity from eight horses for four months to 200 steers for two weeks and 260 cows with calves for ten days on 34 of 200 acres. She notes irrigation guidance and pasture mix advice from Soil Conservation Service, with plans for further improvements and wider adoption. The article also reports a 1947 value adjustment for dry farm lands by the State Board of Equalization, affecting about 800,000 acres and raising assessed value by roughly $816,600 based on the 1947 returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan C. Budd
Big Piney
Wyoming
Paul N. Scherbel
Soil Conservation Service
State Board of Equalization
Weekly Report of Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Fatalities for week ending Jan 10 1948 total 1. For the same week in 1947 there were 2 fatalities. To date in 1948 there are 2 fatalities, compared with 1 for the same period in 1947.
Big Piney Punchers Upset Cokeville In Fast Class B Game
The Big Piney Punchers defeated Cokeville 38 to 27 in a fast Class B conference contest Saturday night. It marked their second win of the season after an earlier victory over Jackson. They host Mountain View next Friday.
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Big Piney Peaehers
Cokevile
Purhcers
Jackson
Punchers
Mountainview
Market summary shows cattle hogs and sheep pricing shifts
Calves sold 24 to 26.50 with culls under 20. Stocker and feeder bids steady to strong. Feeder steers up to 27, feeder heifers 19.40 to 23.50, stock cows 16.50 to 17.50. Hogs bulge eased. top 31 down to 30.25. Sows 24 to 26, feeder pigs 26 to 31 per cwt. Fat pigs 11.50. lambs scarce but 24.50 or higher for good sorts.
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Los Angeles
Sthursday
P T A Meeting Set For Wednesday January 21
A Parent Teachers Association meeting will be held at the School House on Wednesday evening January 21. Harold D. Hurich County Agent will discuss 4-H Clubs in Sublette County. Parents and others are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T. A
Parent-Teachers Association
Harold DP. Hurich
Sublette County
A. W. Mershon
Wye- Wrens
Ft. Collins
Colo
Mershon
Pt Collins
A. N. Mershon
A. W Mershon
Eden Valley
Cora
Sub‘ette County
Wden Valley
John W. Mershon
Edem
P.O. Rieche
Chicaco
Terry
Sharon Riche
Chicago
Agricultural Short Course Opens January Fifth at Wyoming
The University of Wyoming expands its agricultural short course with three sessions over three weeks starting January 5. Animal production runs January 26 two weeks, wool starts February 1 for three weeks. Enrollment totals rise with eleven for animal production and nine for wool. Farmers may still enroll. applications are via the county rural office. The wool course continues a popular series, while animal production and farm management are new this winter.
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University of Wyoming
Harold Genn
Benn
Gem
Meal «Nin
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New York
Venusyivania
California
Winois
March OF Dimes
USO Record
American Social Hygiene
Army
Navy
Soil Conservation News
FIG Piney
Cokeville
FT. Collins, Colo
Harold Hurict
Nationalrain Conservation
Boyd A. Ivery
Wyoming Agricultural Extension Service
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