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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
5
Readied at Pinetale the Sublette County Fair moves on Friday and Saturday with completed concessions and many entries. Rodeo shows each afternoon and evening picture shows and a dance promise entertainment while ranchers and farmers display produce and discuss soils and local variety tests.
A year long systematic motor traffic count will survey highways in Colorado Wyoming and other western states. The Bureau of Public Roads and state departments fund and run stations with night counts to assess traffic and determine where through roads justify first class construction versus local roads.
Colonel A. G. Burritt from Salt Lake arrives and plans to meet Christian Wrang who left for Driggs Idaho. Wrang is expected back tomorrow to survey territory together with Burritt.
Community Church announces next Sunday church school at 10.2 a.m. and public worship at 11 a.m. Reverend A. C. Best will deliver the sermon titled The Work With a Dream at its Heart. The morning service time changes to 11 a.m. going forward.
BRONX BUDGET reports families traveling to Boise Denver Salt Lake City and Nevada. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ray Gillingham and Mr and Mrs Lester Macrolt with Delbert Bess and others. Joly Neighbors meet at Daniel. Delphian Society notes outlined work and a luncheon followed.
Omaha hosts the Nebraska Diamond Jubilee from November 1 to 8 with a historical drama of the Old West featuring parades pageants and fireworks. Notables include Indian scout Dr Richard Tanner known as Diamond Dick and pioneer Phillip Landon Parson Bab. The city raised 160000 for free entertainment during the AK SAR BEN Stock Show concurrent events and a large US Department of Agriculture exhibit will travel to the Municipal Auditorium.
Heavy storms across the country reduced attendance at the Jackson rodeo last week. Some prospective attendees canceled due to slippery roads, while early travelers reached the venue and reported a good show despite cold waves and heavy clothing requirements for contestants and spectators.
Contractors have arrived and set camp to build the new highway from Slate Creek to Round Mountain on the Big Pinney Kemmieren road. Work is expected to start in earnest by week’s end and the completed road is described as one of the state’s best and a much improved winter route.
A Farson Wyoming store and hotel owned by Mr. and Mrs. Andy Arnot burned to the ground. Mrs. Arnot died in the blaze while their young daughter was badly burned and taken to Rock Springs hospital. Fire blamed on gasoline ignition during cleaning. origin under investigation at press time.
The Powell Tribune reports rising metal mining in Wyoming with Lusk Guernsey Air Atlantic and South Pass active in placer fields and new smeters. Albany county ships lettuce. State officials claim savings of 125000 to 150000 annually from new measures. Jack Alien reports 93 arrests last month. O P Hanna writes early Wyoming stories, and a state fair interest grows in Douglas. Bankers meet in Lander. Goatee Club note mentions lack of chin foliage in Rock Springs.
The Federal State Grop and Livestock Reporting Service notes Wyoming livestock prospects are below average. Ranges and sheep cattle conditions fell from last month, hay supplies are below average but sufficient with careful use, and last year’s hay reserves are low. Cattle market outlook remains steady, sheep and lambs show tightness with prices around 11 to 12 dollars, wool markets unsatisfactory.
Riverton valley described as lush with abundant crops and diversified farming under state university extension plans. The Izaak Walton league gathering in Lusk drew 225 sportsmen as Governor Emerson spoke on the economic value of wild game and urban audiences praised scientific farming methods.
Five inches of snow last week delayed haying, with crews resuming this week. Mrs EB D Key and son Richard left for Salt Lake City for the winter, while Richard enrolls in school. Mr and Mrs Lester Mocroft and daughter paused in Daniel en route to Boise. Mrs Mocroft and daughter stay, Mr Mocroft returns to a Cora ranch. Celia Sargent returns from Seattle and starts teaching at Boulder on the Sth as school begins in Daniel. Madge McHugh begins teaching. she boards with E D Key and Beulah. Carl Murray returns from vacation to run Daniel mail with Kemmerer. Olson arrives from Casper with a truckload of supplies. cement hauled from Opal for a Prairie Creek bridge. A load of tiling goes to Fish Hatchery. C U Kelley and Ruth go to Jackson for rodeo. Irwin Covey installs two gas pumps at Daniel garage. Willis Mershon visits Daniel, plans to return to Laramie for school. D A Blackmon trips to Rock Springs. Stevens brothers shift gravel operations between Daniel and Pinedale. H Kelley, PD Blackmon and Mary LeFevre, a Denver saleswoman, encounter a tipped car near Green River City but repair tire and gas, continuing with minor injuries. Blackmen and son deliver a Ford business coupe to C G Jewett, maintaining Ford agency duties.
The State Highway Department will build the Kemmerer to Evanston road within three years. It links the Washington and Lincoln highways and would become a heavily used Southwestern Wyoming route, especially in summer for Yellowstone Park access. Local residents urge expediting construction as tourists detour 53 miles around this stretch.
Open season for big game starts Sunday in Teton County with Sublette County opening October 1 as remaining deer and elk graze. Local residents plan to hunt on the opening date while many out-of-town hunters have already passed through the area.
Wednesday afternoon in Kemmerer Miss Elya Seitz of Manguin Oklahoma wed Phillip Morgan of Big Piney with Court Commissioner H R Christmas officiating. Witnesses were Mr and Mrs Charley Howerton. After a reception and wedding supper the couple returned home with friends.
After ten years the Thorndike Examination is being replaced this fall by a new psychological test from Ohio State University. The test, supervised by W P Reed, takes about 90 minutes and is not used for admission decisions but helps advisers judge abilities and course planning. It includes arithmetic speed, vocabulary meanings, and rapid reading comprehension to indicate learning strengths and weaknesses.
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