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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
1
Hay at Governor Carey’s Careyhurst ranch where 6,000 cattle were fed all winter has run short. The cattle are being trailed to the John Morton ranch near Douglas, where a supply of hay has been purchased to feed them.
BE. T. Williams, under contract to Midwest, completed a second well on school section 34 last Saturday. The new well, about 80 feet from the large gusher, shows weaker flow. Williams spudded a third well about 80 feet in the opposite direction from the Bly well.
Forty five thousand acres of prime farming land along the Big Wind and Little Wind rivers in Wyoming may be leased or purchased on liberal terms. Water for irrigation and domestic use is supplied free during the first year. Rentals start at 25 cents per acre for two years, rising to 1.0 per acre by years eight to ten. Obtain details from the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington or the Shoshone Indian School in Wind River.
A fire at the Franco Wyoming camp in the Salt Creek oil fields destroyed the 2044 foot wooden and corrugated iron pumping station. The loss is estimated at 43000, with the engine and pump room badly damaged though some damage repairable. The fire began from a heating stove in the engine room during a staffing dispute and a temporary replacement failed to regulate the gauge, flooding the floor with oil before ignition. The fire crew was brought to Casper for reorganization.
The Wyoming Experiment Station warns flockmasters to identify the Woody Aster and avoid grazing sheep where it thrives. The plant, common across the state, poisons sheep and causes significant losses. no remedy is known and 6 to 10 percent of state sheep losses yearly may be due to this plant.
Tomorrow night at the Coliseum the Doug ise and Casper Athletic club teams meet in a highly anticipated game likely to draw a packed house. Both squads boast victories, amplifying the season finale atmosphere and the intense local rivalry. Separately, fourteen year old Joe McGrath suffered a serious knee injury after a fall on a broken bottle last Sunday. doctors found severed cords and knee fluid leakage necessitating hospital care.
Last Friday night at the Coliseum Casper high school routed Lander in a basketball game by 67 to 13. Lander was hampered by lack of practice in only their second game while Casper benefited from months of training. A postgame dance and banquet at Grand Central followed the game as Casper players celebrated the win. Referees included Robert West and Lander coach Clifford Miller.
March 1 event honoring William Dietrich superintendent of the Midwest refinery with a banquet and gifts. Guests include R D Brooks N B Wilson Wm Cheley John Lus ton H Thompson J S Mechting Rev R B Hopton E Richard Shipp and W H Greene who presented a leather rocking chair as a keepsake. Dietrich expressed gratitude and promised to remember the donors when seated in the chair. Hen Herteman returned Saturday from a trip to Oregon to visit relatives.
The Wyoming Good Roads Convention met in Douglas with the aim to advance a Yellowstone highway and broader highway improvements statewide. Delegates from Casper and other counties heard lectures, chose officers, and urged state and federal support for road construction, surveying, and right of way acquisitions.
Natrona County ranchers are urged to plan crops carefully to boost profits. The piece argues oil beneath ranches is uncertain, while well-timed small fruits and hardy orchard crops could yield top net returns. It stresses using past results to judge five acres for diverse fruit growing. Gen Coen.
A drilling rig has been unloaded at Thermopolis and work to drill a prospect well on lands held by the Thermopolis Oil & Gas Co. will soon commence. Indications of oil near Thermopolis are described as first class.
Twenty two members of the University of Wyoming Glee Club perform April 9 at Odd Fellows hall under Natrona County High School auspices. The program blends vocal and instrumental numbers with readings, prepared under Deaf Bode, music professor guidance. Proceeds after expenses benefit the high school library fund.
Listings show a Band Concert and Dance at Coli seum on March 18 1912 with selections from Poet and Peasant and River Shannon. The program includes Alma Where Do You Live, Descriptive Fear and a Lyte snowstorm brief, alongside matrimonial or social notices and miscellaneous phrases.
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