08 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
1
High school boys and girls basketball teams host a banquet at the Grand Central tonight to honor the visiting Lander team. Doors open with a 75 cent goers, miniature pennants, and a Coliseum dance after the game at 11 30.
The Midwest Oil Company paid the state a monthly royalty of 1129.25 for oil from one well on School Section 1. The lease pays 50 cents per barrel and 22,585 barrels were produced in the month. Contracts are in place for twenty more wells, with a second well on Section 11 expected to complete soon.
After the town hall burned the Casper band plans a St Patrick day concert at the Coliseum on Monday March 18 with a full band dance to follow. Admission is 60 cents for both events and proceeds fund new uniforms and music.
Secretary Banner of the Casper Industrial club is preparing a descriptive pamphlet for those seeking information about Natrona county resources. The booklet will cover mining fruit agriculture and industry and will respond to numerous inquiries with detailed letters. The Wyoming Press Association will meet here and local groups plan conventions that will keep the entertainment committee active.
City council held a regular meeting to discuss rebuilding the old city hall for use as a fire house. The plan includes adding second stories and quarters for firefighters. Officials debated occupancy, staffing, and proximity to fire station, weighing efficiency and readiness.
The Natrona County article argues fruit lands offer greater value than sheep farming, citing favorable soils near Tiatte and Geli, potential for apples pears and berries, and the need for proper varieties, irrigation, frost protection, and marketing to realize profits. It notes wildfire, oil interests, and the State Board of Horticulture providing guidance, urging promotion of fruit lands to boost population and opportunities.
Fire swept the Bell military store in Douglas last Thursday causing total loss. The blaze began in the afternoon and the building and contents were consumed with nothing saved. The Douglas fire department was in disarray and water was not applied until about a half hour after the alarm.
Jack Bigelow a passenger on the Northwestern from Clinton Iowa to Lander left the train at Waltman in an intoxicated condition on Sunday night. He wandered the station unable to find shelter and spent the night outside. Found Monday morning he was exhausted with severely frozen hands. He was brought to Casper and admitted to hospital for medical treatment. Doctors fear potential loss of some fingers though he was not frozen to death.
Ray and Sam Avery were arraigned before Police Judge Tubes on Thursday of last week and sentenced to ninety days in jail for stealing coyote pelts from Shorty Caatle's bar and selling them to the Casper Alongs company. Shorty accused them and they admitted guilt after a heated argument.
The Eastern Star announces its annual ball on Thursday April 1. The event is invitation only and includes Masonic members and families. Tables for card play and refreshments will be provided. General arrangements by Dr. M. C. Keith George Wheeler Mrs. Dean Mr. Patton and Mrs. Scott.
Mr Gothoff of Slouz Falls D is in town exploring hotel construction prospects for this place. He told Industrial Club members he plans to organize a stock company to build a hotel at an estimated cost of 100000. He would supply rooms himself at a cost of about fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. Site options were shown yesterday and financing discussions were to continue today.
The Midwest Oil company freights lumber to its Salt Creek camp for cottages for employees and their families. A petition requests a daily Casper to Oilfield mail route extension, with a post office and general store at Salt Creek and more houses being built along with a hotel or road planned.
Casper schools report growing interest in basketball as the boys travel to Lander and the girls host home games. The program emphasizes strong training across a standard course with three evenings weekly, and officials stress that academics remain strong. The piece theays Casper's high school is the people’s college and urges persistence and community support.
Jomo Davie reformed to Tuesday after time in Casper. C K McGonte arrived from Wiley Columbo to serve as wire chief for the telephone company at Unbe place. The note records a death, a father’s passing at Alte worth Nebraska, and mentions Hoptow sending a medical message from Mee Pogten to Cateer with various names appearing in the fragment.
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