Local Store Robbery Leaves $1500 in Goods Stolen
Bandits raided Burney & Company Saturday night taking men’s apparel blankets jewelry two guns and gloves. Sheriff Holt pursued suspects as a car stolen from Green River city wrecked in a canal near Daniel. most merchandise recovered with about $1000 missing. The thieves are believed hidden in the north country.
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Burney “& Company
Holt
Pinedale
Jim’ Payne
Daniel
Green
River City
Jas. Cimisman
Chrisman
State Engineer Whiting Surveys Irrigable Lands Near Big Piney
State Engineer John A. Whiting with Mr. Meeker of Denver and L. D. Tamper of Water Division No. 4 toured Big Piney lands to inspect irri gable areas lying dormant. A report will be sent to Governor Emerson and the Interior Department in Washington to inform Boulder Dam plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Whiting
Meeker
Denver
L. D. Tamper
Wyoming
Big Piney
Alex Kosumen Dies After Lingering Illness in Halfway
Alex Kosumen aged 45 died in Halfway Wyoming on Tuesday October 2 1929 following a long illness due to disease complications. He was a native of Finland and had lived in the area recently coming from Diamondville for health reasons. He previously worked in coal mines and at Oster ssut ranch, most recently staying at Gabe Huhta ranch in Halfway.
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Alex Kosumen
Halfway
Wyoming
Finland
Diamondville
Osterssut
Gabe Huhta
Hopkins Gr a e Nuptials in Paris Idaho
Miss Muriel Hopkins and Mr. Donald Gray were married last Saturday in Paris Idaho. The couple will reside with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Noble and begin life together with best wishes from their many friends.
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Lena Gray-Johnson
Gakersfield
Calif
Gray Hotel
E. R. Noble
Why Go to Church This Sunday at Community Church
The Community Church invites attendance for Public Worship with Rev A C Best and a Church School at 10 am Next Sunday October 6 a special program on why one should attend church Also notes a visitor during the week and Guernsey work resuming at the Laremie oil well south of town
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A. C. Best
Sjee
Guernsey
Laremie
Here
Big Piney High School Seeks Spirit and Scoring Wins
In Big Piney the senior notes celebrate Beulah Whitman and Alice Jewel See as officers while the student body reports a Friday Speed Ball victory with eight to six against rivals. Teachers praise Miss Sielaff and Miss Nelson as sponsors. clubs note class elections, picnics, and a livestock judging fundraiser for January.
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Beulah Whitman
Alice “Jewel See'ys Treas
Alma Stewart
Twila Bellin
Robert Hill
Cheyenne
Laramie
Tha Ag
Wyoming State Fair Spelling Winners Named
Helen Hedges of Cheyenne wins the Wyoming state spelling title after exhausting the official spelling books. William Fulkerson of Gillette takes second. Grace Lowry of Laramie third. Awards include cash prizes and medals for top placers among champion county contestants from across the state.
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Helen
Hedges
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Lush
Niobrera
Josephine Radakovich
Casper
Natrona County
Louise Logan
Rawlins
Carbon County
Getty Ryan
Douglas
Converse County
Margaret Hime
Basin
Big
Horn County
Margaret Hergeson
Biasin
Park County
Ngs
Antelope Season Closes Friday After Open Week
Open season on antelope ends Friday October 5 after six days of hunting. Local sportsmen reported antelope brought in on the first day while others were successful at various times. Desert east of here showed plentiful antelope.
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Budget and Society News from Bronx and Beaver Schools
Mrs. F H Pape and others visited the D H Scott home while Beaver School patrons prepare grounds for standardization and an inspection. The Jolly Neighbors met at Mrs George Franz with plans for a post office petition and Christmas entertainment. Lester Pape and Jerome Algert returned from a successful antelope hunt.
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F. H. Pape
Helén
Lester Pape
Stulsman
D. H. Scott
Beaver School Aid Friends
Jolly Neighbors
George Franz
Post Office Department
Danis
Bondurant
Beaver
Franz
Jerome Algert
Ionday
Stutsman
R. S&s. MecDole
Keith Culbertson
BR. T. Albert
Helen
Alice Fane
Jerome Albert
Delbert Bess
W. Rodney Pape
William Pape
Steigman
Aliés
Pape
Hoover may deliver address at Nebraska Diamond Jubilee
President Hoover has been invited to give a radio address during the Nebraska Diamond Jubilee in Omaha on November 3, 6 and 7. J Shannahan, general chairman, traveled to Washington to invite the President and discuss troop and aircraft participation with Secretary Good. The event, linked to the Ak-Sar-Ben Stock and Horse Show, celebrates Nebraska’s anniversary of statehood.
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Omaha
Neb
Hoover
Nebraska
J. Shannahan
Washington
Good
War Department
Lightning Strikes Cause Haystack Fire and Home Damage
A severe Wednesday storm struck this region causing a haystack owned by Jas. B. Jensen to burn completely. The same storm damaged the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Nelse P. Christensen, ripping baseboards and entering a room. The storm was among the season's strongest locally.
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Jas. B. Jensen
Nelse P. Christensen
Almidst
States Get Large Sum From National Forests
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that 30 states will share more than 1.6 million dollars from National Forest receipts for the year ending June 30, 1929. Western states receive the bulk as they host most National Forest lands, with funds allotted for roads and schools and governed by a law that directs the money for public infrastructure.
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Colorado
Wyoming
United States
Rocky Mountain
United States Department of Agriculture
Comptroller General of
Renick W. Dunlay
Department of Agriculture
Arizona
California
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House of God
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Piney Boys
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Piney
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Joe Murdoch
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Louise Gurney Lois Jenkins
Miss Nelson
George Davison
May Alexander
Louise Gurney
Hilton Pape
Lois Jenkins
Dorothy Ray
Dan Alexander
Joe Murdock
Dear Jewett
Sahwady
Beth Tanner
Claude Shipley
May Daniels
Alice McCinnis
Miss Davisson
Clifford Daniels
William
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Willie
Alona
Ruth
Herman
Dan Chapel
Evelyn Daniels
Nore Chase
Laurind
thcWilliams
Nora
Dan
Greds
Miss Kitto
America
Davisson
Department of Vocational Agriculture
Department of Vocasional Agriculture
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Miss Black
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Bronx
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Scotts
New Mexico
Grover Dresser
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Richard Tanner
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