06 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
1
Wyoming Petroleum Corp reports progress on the Budd No. 1 well at Garder ranch, plant near Big Piney, with a new bit and three crews operating at about 2000 feet. GM G Ed Lewis moves to the site to supervise summer operations as officials anticipate a possible productive hit before winter.
The Total Capital Accounts show 46 100 00 in capital stock and 37 85 63 in undivided profits with total liabilities and capital of 937 297 55. Deposits total 396 212 33 including demand and time deposits from individuals and corporations. The report sworn by Albert Larson cashier and notarized by Nellie Frizzell confirms bank status in Wyoming on July 5 1939.
On July 1 1939 cattle supplies in California and Arizona feedlots are higher than last year yet grass fat cattle are scarce. Demand remains strong with red steers and heifers drawn from New Mexico Colorado Idaho and Missouri. Hog prices rose about a cent per pound over the last month and lamb prices hold steady with good and choice wooled lambs selling between 8.50 and 9.60 dollars.
The article notes Britain's Asiatic fleet in Chinese waters is outnumbered by the Japanese fleet and ponders whether the United States must lead in protecting foreign interests in China. It mentions polite Japanese conduct toward Americans in Tientsin and other ports. Walter Yose and daughter visit from Midway, and the Jeffersons of LaBarge visit Kemmerer for medical treatment. WE DO JOB PRINTING.
The regular Sunday evening service will be held at the Congregational church next Sunday starting at 8 00 p m.
The Big Piney Vacation Bible School, beginning June 26 with 26 children and rising to 43, runs daily with devotional assemblies, Bible study, singing, and handwork. Groups include primary led by Mrs. Carr, junior girls with Mrs. Stevens, and junior boys led by Mrs. Taylor and Phillips Howerton.
Word arrives of the death of Mrs. Buster McIlvain last weekend in Red Wood City California. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the home. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. She previously worked as a telegraph operator at Opa before marriage. The Meilains lived in Kemmerer for years, Buster having served as Lincoln County sheriff before the family moved to California.
Jackson residents snowbound most of the winter ask the Wyoming Highway commission to keep highways into the Jackson Hole area open year round. A resolution requests that Two-Gwo-Teeg and Teton pass routes stay snow free for winter traffic to provide an outlet west and south. Delegations from Jackson and nearby towns drafted the appeal to Commission chairman Gwynne Schoonmaid.
Cheyenne State Game Warden Les ter Bagley announced that 50 men will be selected as deputy game wardens for the autumn big game hunting season. An eligibility list will be drawn from exams at Casper next Monday, with tests conducted by Bagley and fish warden James Simon. Only men aged 25 to 45 are eligible, and top scorers will be prioritized for future permanent appointments.
Fulton D. Bellamy former Deputy State Engineer and Wyoming native from Albany county was named Director of Operations of the Wyoming Works Progress Administration effective July 1 succeeding Frank Strong. A number of town residents spent the Fourth in Snider Basin picnicking and fishing.
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