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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
5
Jack Curtis and a Roberts boy tried race horses for Ed Sawyer ahead of the Pinedale rodeo on July 3 and 4. Curtis fell when his saddle turned at top speed, breaking both legs, one in two places. They were rushed to Kemmeter Hospital and listed as doing nicely.
Highway Superintendent Frank Kelso warned Wyoming motorists that drunk driving arrests will be prosecuted in district court with possible jail terms. An attorney general ruling confirms district court jurisdiction and bars justice courts from handling these cases. The 1939 traffic law sets imprisonment up to one year. fines alone are no longer allowed.
Governor Nels H. Smith appointed seven water commissioners for water division No. 4 in southwestern Wyoming. Named were William McGinnis Burntfork district 1 Earle M. Jones LaBarry district 5 D W Joslin Farson district 6 Meroni C Eastman Evanston district 4 L M Matthews Driggs Idaho district 13 Leland May Grovent district 16 and R O Nelson Kemmerer district 9.
Thomas P F Wilson world traveler and Tar Colo rade Fuel and Iron official will be the highlight speaker at Wyoming Mothers and Leaders recreation camps this summer. The Australian native has visited sixteen countries and will present Tapestry of the West covering the Oregon Trail and western people. Camps include Casper Mountain Careyhurst Roosevelt Mall Canyon Tensleep with open admission to Wyoming women regardless of club affiliation.
The Sublette County Cattle Growers Association held its annual meeting with all officers re elected. Secretary Joseph Pence notes a quiet session. Attorney General Kerr ruled against cattle sales tax for trucked cattle to railhead points. Outside speakers included Russel Thorp and two Union Pacific representatives. The group endorsed a bull auction to raise funds for National Livestock dues and conducted other business.
Sunday evening services are announced for Big Piney with a cordial invitation to attend. The Fourth is described as safe and sung this year, with no celebration planned.
July 4 1776 consumers buy millions in home insecticides amid a Du Pont chemists breakthrough. A synthetic base to pyrethrum spray increases kill power, reduces pyrethrum needs, and moves toward self sufficiency. The story traces the journey from Dalmatian garden to American kitchens.
Wyoming congressman Horton Jean H Noble introduces June 22 1939 a bill to abolish Grand Teton National Park and transfer administration to the Forest Service amid concerns over reclamation projects within national parks. He cites California Kings Canyon as a wedge to extend reclamation and warns of broader park dismantlement if allowed to proceed. Funeral services note for Jean H Noble held in Big Piney with Rev Walter McNeil officiating. Noble born January 19 1919.
Fred E. Warren states during the Inte Stock Growers convention that he will not seek the United States Senate in 1940. He cites family political history in Wyoming and plans to remain in state business, ranching, livestock and local enterprises. He emphasizes he was born in Wyoming and has spent most of his life there.
Wyoming's Abundant Wildlife will be a main feature at the state fair in Douglas from September 8 to 11. The exhibit will include deer beaver Black antelope peasant grouse partridge Hungarian pheasants and quail with twelve game fish species and two rare trout varieties California Golden and Sunapee Golden.
We extend heartfelt thanks for courtesies shown during our beloved son and brother’s illness and death. Special thanks to Rev Walter McWeir and the community for aid and floral offerings. your kindness will be cherished.
The DeSauwl monument at Daniel set for July 2 services with Mass at 9:00 AM led by Rev. H Schellinger of Green River. Knights of Columbus erected the memorial in 1925 marking Father Pierre J. DeSmet’s 1840 Wyoming Mass site. A restoration project in fall will add a 9 foot bal dachino costing about 1260 dollars, timed to mark the centennial since the first Mass. Big Piney Knights of Columbus fundraising event Saturday features the Lyman Orchestra.
The Wyoming fair will feature a larger exhibit with 25 main attractions including animals birds and fish in natural settings. Experts from the state game and fish department led by James Simeon and Lester Bagley have spent months collecting specimens to inform visitors, and will staff the display to ensure accurate wildlife education before returning the creatures to their native habitats after the fair.
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