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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
2
Johnson remains sick and demoralized while Wolf Larsen and Johansen clash with Leach. The narrator tends wounds for Smoke and Henderson, earns uneasy grudging respect, and recalls a grim exchange as Leach threatens with a knife. A late-night lookout reveals Harrison's alarm and a disturbed awakening.
The narrator records Wolf Larsen climbing from the forecastle as mutinous sailors awaken and lash out. A brutal midnight brawl erupts as Leach and Johnson join the conspiracy, while Larsen battles seven men to reach the ladder and escape into darkness. The scene ends with Larsen’s disappearance as the lantern goes out.
The article argues fear on the battlefield is natural and not shameful, noting that even famed commanders faced nerves. It praises the highest bravery as continuing despite fear, with examples from ancient and modern figures to illustrate that true courage lies in acting at one’s weakest, not in boasting fearlessness.
May crop report compiled for Wyoming by the Bureau of Crop Estimates cites higher spring plowing and planting progress than the ten year average. Measured conditions include meadow 96 percent of normal and pasture 84 percent. Prices section lists May 1 averages for state and US crops, with wheat at 1.10 and 1.26 dollars per bushel locally.
Humphrey Van Wayden survives a fogbound ferry sinking and wakes aboard the sealing schooner Ghost under Captain Wolf Larsen. The voyage to Japan brings mutiny, theft, and brutal lessons as Hump is made cabin boy, Mugridge schemes, and Wolf asserts cruel authority, moralizing amid violence and creeping camaraderie.
Lusk Walter Robert, a Rawhide Buttes miner, loosened rock in a tunnel and was buried to the shoulders. He pulled free, broke his leg, and crawled five miles home over two days before being found by a dog and Roy and Walter Rymill who were gathering wood in the hills.
William Cooper of Brush Colp suffered a severe measles attack at St John’s hospital. After partial recovery his leg became numb and dead, requiring amputation above the knee. He had been in poor health since April 8.
Douglas-John Morton, a leading Wyoming stockman, died suddenly of apoplexy at age 54. He was widely known in cattle circles and respected for his long career in the livestock industry.
The Mt Hope settlement 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle considers installing an electric lighting plant powered by large windmills. Steady winter winds seldom dip below 20 mph, sufficient to drive the plant and provide lighting and heating where fuel is costly.
Cheyenne Wyoming sees its wool crop for the year fail to reach ten million dollars as fleeces shorn are estimated at four million pounds. At 30 cents per pound, the average price anticipates around three million dollars, with sales scarce as buyers wait for higher bids. Market conditions and a new Australian style grading at shearing pens drive prices higher, though most sales settle around 30 cents or more.
A Sundance fire razed the Preston Woods ranch home and barn four miles west causing about 5000 dollars in losses. Five horses and an automobile were among the destroyed property and the owners reportedly had no insurance.
A late student in the YWCA extension department was teased by a secretary over her nonattendance in the technical grammar class. She misheard and thought conjunction was a train place, then realized her mistake as the class discussed other words.
The first fatal case since the spotted fever outbreak in Laramie area was recorded as W. S. Spafford of Fort Morgan Colorado died.
Governor Kendrick issues a proclamation restricting dog importation into Wyoming to prevent spread of rabies in Cheyenne. The order aims to control movement of dogs from outside the state and protect public health.
June to July 1916 state notices list reunions and fairs in Cheyenne Douglas Casper Sheridan Laramie County Park County and Four Corners plus a water bond approval and a new postmaster. News cover prison death attempt forest ranger appointment life sentence train robber Rawlins baby death copper ore strike and dynamite find near Casper New Castle post office and mining and livestock incidents.
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