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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Chas Budd at her Marbleton home shows no improvement after several days of typhoid fever. Attended by her brother Dr Geo Sellon of Brokenbaugh Nebr and brother in law Dr Stafford of Kemmerer. Father Henry Sellon of Arkansas and sister Mrs Stafford are at her bedside.
Stray cattle in the field north of the Big Piney Mercantile store should be collected soon as feed becomes scarce. The Big Piney Roundup Association issues the alert to local ranchers with cattle in the area.
On last Saturday afternoon at the Associated Oil Co camp near town, a barrel of lubricating oil heated to expel gas exploded. Drillers Cs Fisher suffered a facial crack and lacerations, while truck driver Dock Bunton sustained a severe hip cut. Dr Hook attended both men who are recovering and expected to return to duty soon.
Associated Oil Co begins spudding operations on the Clifton Fear ranch lease near Big Piney under Field Manager Thomas Jefferson. The initial well, the test for the Big Piney oil field, aims to 5,000 feet with daytime drilling as long as roads allow coal and supplies. The effort draws regional and national attention as a new industry may dawn for Big Piney and Green River Valley.
P W Jenkins was injured last Saturday when a Ford truck left in gear rolled onto him in his garage. He was pinned between the radiator and a work bench, injuring his hips and stomach and he has been bedridden under Dr Hook care since. The accident was reported to Dr Hook, who with Wm Mills and Bert Atwood rendered aid and moved the vehicle. He is much improved today.
Receipts unusually heavy for three days this week reaching 45,000 at South Omaha. Beef steers and heavy feeders mostly a dollar lower. yearlings and medium weights 50 cents lower. Top weighty steers 11.1n. fancy yearlings 9 cents higher today. Beef cows and heifers a dollar lower since Monday. top cows and heifers $7.50. Canners and stock cows and Bologna bulls 50 cents lower. Expect end of heavy grass range cattle late next week. Union Stock Yards Co.
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