Barbecue Marks Opening of Oil Era in Wyoming
Invitation from the Pyramid Oil and Refining Syndicate calls guests to a public barbecue on Sunday September 23 1917 at Lincoln County Wyoming to witness the spudding in of a three thousand foot oil well in the Pyramid LaBarge field The 84 foot derrick and rig are in place and drill will begin with ceremonies The company touts its outfit as the best money can buy and predicts the Piney area near Wyoming will become the state's greatest oil field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid Oil and Refining Syndicate
Pyramid-LaBarge Field
Lincoln County
Wyoming
Pyramid Company
LaBarge Field
F. J. Buss
Pyramid
Pyramid LaBarge
Piney
Wood sawing service begins mid September in Wyoming
Shipley and Gauger of Big Piney advertise a wood sawing outfit to start around September 15 and request advance orders to schedule work. Otto and Annie Larson visited Halfway and stayed at the Fredell hotel on Wednesday.
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Shipley & Gauger
Big Piney
Wyoming
Otto and
Annie Larson
Halfway
Fredell Hotel
Sergeant Bud Smith Writes of Arrival
Soldier Clarence C. Smith of M. G. Co. 3rd Wyoming Infantry reports arrival after a long march through Nebraska Iowa Illinois Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina. He notes camp not complete but facilities are good and promises postal views of towns passed. He seeks news of the upper country and sends regards to Mr. T. C. Beck. The Examiner will forward mail or packages entrusted to its care.
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Roy
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Boone
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Covington
Tennessee
Erwin
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
T. C. Beck
Clarence C. Smith
M. G. Co
Examiner
Telegraph Stock Report from Omaha 9 20 17
Big Piney Examiner notes cattle receipts normal and week offers strong. Prices for various classes: fancy weighty steers 12 to 14 to packers and feeders. 1100 lb feeders 11 to 12. yearlings 10 to 11. light weights 9.50 to 10. cows and heifers 8 to 9.50. butcher stuff 7 to 8. cutters 6 to 7. cans 5 to 6. bologna 6.50 to 7. Union Stock Yards Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Big Piney Examiner
Union Stock Yards Co
Elks Bagged by Tanner and Bess in Basin Trip
L. D. Tanner and Lawrence Bess returned Wednesday from the upper country bringing in the Mercantile truck. While in the Basin they bagged two elk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Tanner
Lawrence Bess
Mercantile
Wyoming Bank Statement of 1917 for State County
The document presents a bank statement with assets liabilities and margins. Charles Rumsch as cashier swears the figures are true to September 20 1917 before Notary Royal A Young with directors W W Luce and F D Ball attesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
LNI
J. Charles Rumsch
J. Charves Rumsch
Royal A. Young
W. W. Luce
F. D. Ball
State of
County of
Lincoln
Albert Larson
Royal A
Pioneer J L Bess Dies in Boise Idaho
J L Bess longtime LaBarge resident died suddenly in a Boise hospital from stomach trouble. He was plowing hills near Lenox when struck Tuesday and died Wednesday morning. His children G F Whitman and Lawrence Bess of Big Piney and Cora Bess of Pinedale, with relatives, were en route to Boise. The family had lived in Idaho fifteen years and in LaBarge fifteen years on the McGinnis ranch. The bereaved are extended sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Bess
LaBarge
G. F. Whitman
Lawrence Bess
Big Piney
Cora Bess
Pinedale
Boise
Idaho
Mr. Bess
Lenox
Anderson McGinnis
Caldwell
Land review eyed for Wyoming national forest addition
R E Gery of the Ogden office and C A Beam of the Wyoming district U S forest service visited the Three Mile area to inspect the Green River side tract proposed for addition to the Wyoming national forest. They assess lands valued for agriculture versus grazing timber and watershed protection. Beam also follows the Horse creek forest fire investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Gery
Ogden
C. A. Beam
Wyoming
United States Forest Service
Wyoming National Forest
Congress
National Forest
Green River
Beam
Horse Creek
Matthew Thomas Returns From Brief Rock Springs Visit
Matthew Thomas came back last week after a short trip to Rock Springs. He resumed activities and was welcomed upon his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Thomas
Rock Springs
Investigating Horse Creek Forest Fire
A small forest blaze at Horse Creek burned at most twenty five acres of balsam timber. An on scene forest official gathered sixty seven men to fight the fire then moved through Piney to Ogden Afton and Kemmerer. A newspaper man spread word of six hundred acres destroyed before verification. An official report is to follow from F G Ryder and Supervisor Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sammy
Piney
Ogden
Afton
Kemmerer
Sammy
F. G. Ryder
Examiner
Beam
Church of St John the Baptist Service Schedule 1917
The Church of St John the Baptist invites a cordial welcome with devotions at 8 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 a.m. Evening service at 8 15 p.m. on Sunday September 23 1917 led by Rev A Gordon Fowkes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF ST. John the Baptist
A. Gordon Fowkes
For Sale 2000 Shares of Cretaceous Oil Co Royalty Basis
J M Mott of Kemmerer Wyoming offers 2000 shares of Cretaceous Oil Co on a royalty basis for sale. Eli Schwalbe is noted as being present on a painting expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretaceous Oil Co
J. M. Mott
Kemmerer
Wye
Eli Schwalbe
Bridges on Kemmerer Road to be Rebuilt
Stanley Cobham deputy state engineer was sent from Evanston to assess two bridges south of Big Piney. He will confer with the state engineer in Kemmerer to arrange an immediate contract. Plans call for piling at the bridges as a more durable alternative to current abutments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Cobham
Evanston
Big Piney
Cobham
Kemmerer
Roy Wilcox Visited From Horse Creek Wednesday Evening
Roy Wilcox arrived from Horse Creek on Wednesday evening visiting local residents and noting plans for upcoming community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Wilcox
Horse Creek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bud Smith
the Examiner For Reliable News
BIG Piney Merc. CO
Marbleton State Bank
Marbleton
Gert Cates
Posit
Total
LA Barge
Boise, Idaho
Kemmerer Road
Jas. W. Chrisman
J. Chas, Rumsch
State Bank of
Legal Tender and Nation Bank
Axes
James Mickelson
A. W. Sairu
F. A. Fear
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