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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
1
A large group in Big Piney calls for a resident minister to tend to sick, perform weddings, baptisms, and funerals, and to promote a stronger Christian spirit. A meeting is set for Sunday at 8 PM at the Examiner office to decide the community’s preferred plan.
Notice that all grazing permit applications for the 1916 season must be filed in the office at Jackson Wyoming on or before March 15. Full information on grazing fees and blank forms to use are available from Supervisor Robt E Miller.
The Examiner plans to publish classified ads under a proper heading next week. Local ads will be 25 cents for up to 40 words and 1 cent per extra word for paid subscribers, with non subscribers charged 2 cents per word.
The passage compares milk to a field of microscopic fat droplets that act as perfect spheres reflecting light in all directions. It explains how light bounces among droplets, making milk appear white, and how fewer droplets increase transparency and shift color toward blue, similar to the sky and water.
Rev S H Wood, vicar of St James Kemmerer and St Johns Big Piney, arrived Tuesday and led services. He preached on I Have Conquered The World, spoke to the congregation on lent and church matters, with a personal talk in the afternoon and a lent guidance explanation Wednesday.
Marbleton visitor H. H. Miller toured the area while Gull Whitman plans move in and occupy a new ranch home soon. L. D. Tanner heads to Opal to inspect a full car of Old Reliable Peter Schuttler wagons already selling well as Lent began on Wednesday March 8 and runs to April.
Marbleton hall hosted a well attended children’s dance from 2 p m to 5 30 p m with a lunch. Josephine Osterhout visited Mrs Chas Budd after the event and joined the Marbleton group to school Monday. Mrs Lewis Vickrey was in town on business and James Woods started a sled ride from behind the store. Mr Moffat and Mrs Walker visited relatives while Clare Stacy and Al Fields went to Horse Creek on business.
H C Dunham arrived from his ranch yesterday to conduct business in town, meeting with local officials and merchants to discuss community affairs.
Orpha Fields spoke on Leprosy to pupils at 1-1 B.P.H.S. William Dunham returned to school Wednesday. Mr. Bennett announced solos each morning before school. Lydia Tanner will report on The Bohemian Girl Thursday afternoon.
A taxicab chauffeur narrates his fall from driving duties after killing several people and facing lawsuits, then being fired for reckless driving. He becomes a trolley motorman but resents the switch, telling a friend he can still kill as many people, just not choose which ones.
A brief exchange shows two friends confirming their mutual loyalty and then joking about lending money. One asks for ten dollars while the other signals quiet, suggesting a shared, lighthearted moment from a Judge column.
A Fontenelle telephone message described a severe storm in years with gale winds and snowfall from Opal to the Valley. By Tuesday the weather eased and the week that followed was mild, with minimal damage or loss reported.
The Big Piney Roundup Association will hold its annual meeting at Big Piney on March 21 1916. All members are requested to be on hand. F A Fear Secretary-Treasurer.
Henry McDonald arrived from Midway and spent the day conducting business. He told the Examiner office he was seeking a place to get trimmed, prompting surprise at the unusual request.
Walter Gurney paused overnight in Piney on his travel from Pinedale, taking a rest stop during a longer journey.
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