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Newspaper

Big Piney Examiner

Location

Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1917

Page

5

Funds For Cody Statue Blocked By Lower House

After the General Appropriation Act, the Wyoming Legislature adjourned sine die carrying 1 260 000. A Senate bill allocating 36 000 for a memorial statue of Col. William F. Cody at Cody passed the lower house. Governor Kendrick’s approval could record 127 session laws if all bills pass. Ray F. Lee’s confirmation as land commissioner and Hopkins resignation were announced.

Union News Service Cheyenne Wyo Senate Col William F. Cody Cody Ray F. Lee 8. G. Hopkins Wyoming House In Committee

Dynamite Used to Clear Ice on Denver Road

President Green of the Colorado Wyoming and Eastern railroad said the snow blockade out of Laramie is the worst he has seen. He reported opening one cut in North Park with ninety sticks of dynamite and eighteen kegs of powder, and the snow came out as solid ice.

Laramie Green Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railroad North Park

Load of Automobiles Catches Fire Near State Line

A train of forty nine flat cars carrying 147 machines traveling from Flint to Los Angeles caught fire near the Nebraska Wyoming line. Three autos were destroyed and several others badly damaged before the train reached Pine Bluffs where the blaze was extinguished.

Cheyenne Flint Mich Los Angeles Pine Bluffs

Wool contracts set at forty cents per pound

Cokeville sheepmen P W Olsen Frank May and Stoner Brothers contracted next spring wool at 40 cents per pound. Olsen sold 90 000 pounds in Salt Lake City while the others sold to advance agents.

Kemmerer P. W. Olsen Frank May Stoner Brothers Cokeville Olsen Salt Lake City

Wyoming Executive Order Bars Rabid Dogs from States

Governor John B. Kendricks issues Wyoming’s strictest rabies quarantine to stop dog shipments from Utah Nevada Arizona Idaho Washington Oregon and California. The order bans any entry of dogs from those states with widespread disease and imposes fines from 1000 to 10000 dollars per offense.

Cheyenne John B. Kendrick Wyoming Utah Nevada Arizona Idaho Washington Oregon California

Kemmerer Bandits Sent to Pen by Judge Arnold

John Hukovich and Reddy Kragovich received long state penitentiary terms after robbing eight Japanese in Oakley pool hall. Each man was sentenced to three to six years in prison by District Judge John R. Arnold.

Surveying for Double Track Burns

Union Pacific surveyors have arrived in Burne and are busy laying out the route for a double track from Arch er to two miles south of Pine Bluffs this spring and summer.

Burns Union Pacific Survey Burne Archer Pine Bluffs

Hudson To Build Municipal Water System

Hudson voters approve water bonds by a four vote margin to fund a municipal water system. The measure passes in the town election, enabling construction and expansion of local water services.

Hudson

Wyoming state news roundup features livestock show and oil deals

Reports from Douglas, Cheyenne, and Lander cover a March livestock show, a drunken shooting in Guernsey, a Burlington railroad line in the state, an $8,100 fraud arrest in Cheyenne, and the Inter Ocean hotel sale. Other items note drought relief slogans, labor and statistics office creation, injuries at Big Muddy, budget talks, road plans between Casper and the oil field, and early farming and packing activity in Laramie.

Union News Service Lander J. L. Lawrence Guernsey Douglas Burlington Little Cheyenne Inter Ocean Harry P. Hynds W. P. Kimball Iowa Wyoming Senate State Commissioner of Labor and Statistics B. Fallows W. J. Miller Big Muddy E. W. Marchant Cowley John B. Kendrick Washington U. S John A. Martin Casper Elkol Kemmerer Laramie Frank J. Crowley Ogden Mail Denver Bureau Capitol Wyoming National Guard Fort D. A. Russell Muddy Oil Fields Company Section 14 Section 15 Story F. W. Cooper

Well Dressed Women Favor Separate Skirts This Spring

Advancing spring and summer fashion favor separate skirts and neat blouses alongside one piece frocks and suits. Home sewists are buying cotton fabrics, linens, and silks in stripes and checks for fitted hip hugging skirts with pockets, plaits, and decorative needlework including cross stitch and smocking.

Orghndie

Prosperity Era Upheld by Wage Increase Data

The secretary of labor presents tables from trade unions and media showing over 1.1 million workers received wage increases in the last two months of the prior year. The rises spanned 38 states and 40 occupations, with 80 percent occurring without labor trouble, largely after election day and amid critique of Republican alarmists.

Secretary of Labor Wilson

Tariff Resolutions Favor Trade Encouragement Not Protectionist Rush

The National Foreign Trade council backs a tariff system with adequate resources to foster foreign trade through treaties and concessions, shielding markets from undue discrimination. It rejects claims the postwar aim is a rapid protectionist shift or reliance on gold, stressing goods for goods in maintaining gains in foreign trade.

National Foreign Trade Council Hughes Republican Old Guard Washington

Why Did It Not Help Business

A historical note questions Republican policy's effect on business and criticizes the long banking system in the United States. It claims the system was inadequate for over four decades and contrasts it with Spain and small states like Norway. It ends noting Democrats revised banking laws.

United States Spain Norway

Steel workers face 18 hour shifts amid eight hour fight

The Chicago Journal notes harsh conditions for thousands of steel trust employees who endure 12 hour days seven days a week and 18 hour stretches at shift changes. It argues the eight hour day is aligned with societal judgment and questions corporate tolerance.

Steel Trust United States Chicago Journal

War Exports A Tiny Share Of U S Manufacturing

Hon. Thomas L. Reilly of Meriden Conn cites a commerce department report showing war exports make two and two thirds percent of total manufacturing value and argues that if the war ended tomorrow its impact on overall business would be slight.

Thomas L. Reilly Meriden Conn Department of Commerce

Steel Used In This Country

Article argues most U S steel is consumed domestically, noting war stimulated production but less than ten percent is exported. It emphasizes internal demand drives steel output and questions the wartime export assumption.

United States

Wealth Should Bear Burden in Defense Financing

The New York World argues for higher government revenues to fund national defense and army expansion. It contends the rich, not the poor, should shoulder the burden, so as to avoid reducing subsistence for those least able to bear cuts.

New York World

Perce Cabinet Box Reflections Speak on Youth Happiness

A reflective note on youth, happiness, and lasting contentment. The fragment suggests a shift toward fulfillment as time passes, implying broader appeal to readers about finding joy and growth in later life.

Practical guide to drying fruit and homemade preserves

The article outlines soaking and cooking techniques to rehydrate dried fruit, and provides recipes for marmalade from citrus, spiced prunes, prune and apple roly poly, and spiced cranberries. It includes soaking times, sugar ratios, and spice adjustments for shelf stable jars.

Proverb on Knowledge and Action

A saying contrasts learning without action with the caution against overconfidence. It notes diligent effort in one activity without resulting results and warns that prudence should not tip into excessive certainty.

Recipes for Dishes and Dishes From a Vintage Kitchen

A collection of home cooking tips and recipes including sliced brown bread with butter and lemon, muffins with eggs and cream of tartar, chicken and chestnut salad with French dressing, sweet potato on toast with cinnamon sugar, veal with sour cream gravy, walnut sausage with rice and walnuts, stuffed heart with dressing, French toast with prunes for breakfast.

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Frances Davis State Board of Medical Examiners H. E B. McCollum C. D. Stafford R. W. Hale State Board of Engineering Examiners J. A. Whiting State Board of Horticulture J. V. Wolfe State Board of Farm Commissioners F. H. Vaughan J. J. Zumbrunnen J. R. Carpenter State Fair Commission B. J. Erwin H. P. Allen J. C. Shaw John Flynn Pen Wyoming State News Lincoln County Will Jones Pat Hayes Clarence Cunningham Jones Ranch Yellowstone National Park Civil Service North Platter T. F. Burke Board of Trustees The University of Wyoming Laramie County Carpenter Batiste
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