Rawlins Declared Emergency Station for Air Mail Ships
Rawlins Wyoming designated an emergency station for upcoming air mail service with spare parts kept for use during emergencies. The plan routes air mail from Omaha to San Francisco via Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno and San Francisco starting September 7. The Rawlins Chamber of Commerce is improving the landing field to a fair condition by launch day.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Omaha
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Reno
San Francisco
Bootleg Whiskey Quotation Reported at 75 Cents a Drink
Rawlins Wyoming August 6 If information from the sheriff's office is reliable the bootleg whiskey quotation here is 75 cents per small drink. R Montana and Blanche Miller are linked to the case with Montana charged with selling inferior hooch to negroes at that price The woman has been released A cache of whiskey is said to have been found buried near Montana's home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
R. Montana
Blanche Miller
Montana
Father Speeds Auto Trip To Aid Stricken Son
R. E. Black of Denver remains in critical condition after being crushed by drilling camp machinery at the Ferris field Producers and Refiners camp. His father, also of Denver, cut travel time by car to Tie Siding and then boarded a main line train to Rawlins to reach his son.
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Rawlins
Wyo
R. E. Black
Denver
Producers & Refiners
Ferris Field
Tie Siding
Tie
Teacher's Institute To Open August 30th
The annual Laramie county teachers institute will be held in Cheyenne during the week of August 30. Sessions will be planned to accommodate the nearby chautauqua opening September 1. About 150 teachers usually attend, this year likely more due to county growth. attendance is mandatory and teachers are paid at the same rate as when teaching.
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Laramie County
Cheyenne
Bad Break Draining: Canal Near Germania
A bad break is reported in the Germania beach canal west of Greybull. A large force of men and teams has been rushed to the site and repair is expected in about ten days. Crops along the canal are secure with no serious damage anticipated.
Death Denies Her Desire to Reside There Fifty Years
Mrs Catherine Corbett aged 87 died in Rawlins after forty nine years residence. Cause was a fractured hip sustained more than a year ago. The obituary notes her long wish to reside in Rawlins for fifty years was denied by death.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Catherine Corbett
Cattle Herd Devastated by Poisonous Larkspur Near Sheridan
In Wyoming near the Basin side of the Big Horn mountains about 22 miles from Hayattville more than 1000 cattle died from larkspur poisoning. H G Taylor of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond company witnessed the carnage as cowboys worked to steer cattle from the toxic weed. carcasses dotted the ground and the party camped upriver due to contaminated water and odor. No reports have reached the forestry bureau in recent days.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Big Horn Mountains
Hayattville
H. G. Taylor
Big Horn Mountain Diamond Company
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Forestry Bureau
Sundance Poised for Oil Boom in Black's Flat
Sundance, Wyoming, moves toward an oil boom as prospectors J Hosfeld and C A Newhill secure options on 8800 acres in Black's Flat ten miles south. They claim two anticlines indicate commercial oil and plan to begin operations after finalizing coastal business.
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Sundance
Wyoming
Black’s Flat
Here
C. A. Newhill
Pacific Coast
Black's
Steve Banks
Messrs. Hosfeld and Newbill
Siberia
Seattle
Yellowstone Park
Mayor Opposes Billboards in Casper
Casper Wyoming August 6 The mayor Ben H Pelton opposes erecting billboards saying they deface the landscape and offer little advertising value. He states Casper will not allow them to avoid later removal challenges faced by other cities under city beautiful campaigns.
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Casper
Wyo
Ben Hi Pelton
TV Am
Pioneer Revisits Fort Benton Fifty Two Years Later
Uncle Perry Smith returns to the Fort Benton site recalling 1868 when a rail Depot and a town of 5000 existed. He notes the Union Pacific line reached Rawlins and residents moved away as Fort Benton declined. In recent years Illinois Pipe Line and Bair Oil built loading racks two storage tanks and housing for workers at the old site.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Perry Smith
Uncle Perry
Fort Benton
Mr. Smith
Illinois Pipe Line Co
Bair Oil Co
Bair Boring Opens Fifth Land of Lost Soldier Oil Field
Rawlins Wyoming August 6 The Bair Oil Company reports a new high yielding well in Lost Soldier Field. Flowing around 600 barrels per day with potential rise as deeper sands are reached. The深 strike began at 15 inches casing and progressed through four sands before reaching the fifth at 1875 feet where oil gushed to the derrick top before being capped.
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Bair Boring
Lost Soldier
Rawlins
Wyo
Bair Oil Company
Soldier Field
Bair Ol
Republican Refuses To Be Dem Candidate In Wyoming
In Basin Wyoming on August 6 the Democratic county committee filled vacancies on the August 17 primary ballot with Ed T Long for county treasurer Paul Moss Gilmore Hartigan and W T Whaley for representatives and John Seaman for county commissioner Seaman a First National Bank director who is known as a Republican asked that his name be removed and said he would run on his own ticket if he wanted to run for office.
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Basin
Wyo
James A. Berry
Wm. C. Snow
Ed. T. Long
Denver
Paul Moss
Greybull
Gilmore Hartigan
W. T. Whaley
Shell
John Seaman
Hyattville
Seaman
First National Bank
Ransoming Oil progresses on Elk Mountain wildcat well
ELK MOUNTAIN Wyo Aug 6 The Ransoming Oil company reports steady progress on a wildcat well spudded near Elk Mountain and expects to reach oil bearing sands in about 40 days as drilling continues.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Copany
Encampment Staging Comeback as Postal Receipts Rise
Encampment Wyoming reports a revival as postal receipts support a reclassification to third class. The town once thrived in the Ferris Haggarty boom era, fell to fourth class, and now shows steady growth outlined by Washington officials.
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Wyo
Ferris-Haggarty
Washington
Former State Chemist Visiting at Laramie
Dr. Edwin B. Slosson of New York visiting Laramie while en route home from California. Editor of the New York Independent and former University of Wyoming chemistry professor and state chemist was honored with a reception hosted by Grace Raymond Hebard. His wife, May Preston Slosson, long served as Wyoming state prison chaplain, the nation’s only woman chaplain at the time.
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Laramie
Wyo
Edwin B. Slogsons
New York
New York Independent
University of Wyoming
California
Grace Raymond Hebard
May Preston Slosson
Wyoming State Prison
United States
Old Sols Body to Be Taken to Denver
Jewish friends of Simon Solomon who made and lost fortunes in oil will ship his body from Casper to Denver Sunday night. He died in a local hospital in penniless condition and will be buried in the Denver Jewish cemetery with race rites. A brother in the east was notified. no word received yet.
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Casper, Wyo
Simon Solomon
Denver
Solomon
Deserters Sent Toward Mare Island by Wyoming Sheriff
LARAMIE WY Aug 6 Sheriff Trabing of this city travels to San Francisco with two men, George Gordon and B L Burton, who were arrested May 26 and are deserters from the United States navy. They will be delivered to the naval authorities at Mare Island. The sheriff and county jail faced trouble from the pair, and relief is noted at their departure.
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Laramie
Wyo
Trabing
San Francisco
George Gordon
B. L. Burton
United States Navy
Mare Island Savy Yard
Riverton and Dubois Build Route To Jackson Hole Entrance
Riverton and Dubois business men construct a road around Burlington hill and a bridge over Buffalo fork of the Snake River. The new link provides a shorter access to Yellowstone via Jackson Hole and connects with the Yellowstone highway at Shoshoni. Casper helps promote the route to attract Yellowstone tourists.
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Casper, Wyo
Riverton
Dubois
Burlington Hill
Buffalo Fork
Snake River
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Shoshoni
Yellowstone
Park
Cody
Casper
New Denio Milling Plant Progressing
Work on the Denio Milling Company plant south of the sugar factory advances rapidly. A double shift operates day and night with electric lights. four large bins totaling 100,009 bushels near completion and many smaller bins underway. The firm aims to handle much of the current crop in the Hardin district.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Denio Milling Company
Hardin
Bum Lambs Grow Into Real Business In Wyoming
Miss Hazel Jeffrey of Lander began as a sheep club member five years ago by raising bum lambs and now excels in wool growing. Her Rambouillet ewes averaged twenty pounds per head from 8,000 sheep sheared in the area, with a top fleece of twenty-one and a half pounds.
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Lander
Wyo
Hazel Jeffrey
Two Amputations Feared After Train Incident Near Medicine Row
An unidentified man is in a hospital in Rawlins Wyoming after being crushed under a Union Pacific train at Medicine Row. Surgeons hesitate to operate, hoping to save his life. both feet are amputated. He was found beside the railroad track by a section crew.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Medicine Row
Betty Blake Sets World Record With 2607 Thundering Dances
Betty Blake dances her 2607th night in London as part of Who's Hopper? a London musical show. Her routine features strenuous acrobatics and was marked by a floral basket bearing the numerals.
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Betty Blake
Miss Blake
Hopper
London
Casper Contractor To Put Up School
RIVERTON Wyo Aug 6 4J A Johnson a Casper contractor has won the contract from School District No 25 for the new high school on the hill west of town. work to begin within three weeks. Bids are invited for a four room school in Freeman district with two rooms to be built this year and two next year.
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Riverton
Wyo
A. Johnson
Casper
Freeman
Galveston Mayor King Houston Quips on Hard Luck
Galveston mayor H O Sappington jokes about persistent bad luck since taking office. He says he is the original hard luck guy and quips that even a load of ice would freeze before reaching its destination. He speaks while in Houston.
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Galveston
Houston
H. O. Sappington
Will Reid Plans Democratic Weekly in Cheyenne
Will Reid, register of the United States land office at Cheyenne, said he intends to start a democratic weekly newspaper in Cheyenne. The paper would be issued from the plant of the Wyoming Labor Journal.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Will Reid
Register of the United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyoming Labor Journal
Foley Kidney Pills touted for relief in August use
A La Junta Colorado reader from 12th and Edison praises Foley Kidney Pills for easing months of kidney trouble. The note claims quick relief from backache lame muscles and rheumatic pains as well as irritation of the bladder.
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L. Gibson
12Th
Edison Sts
LaJunta
Colo
Foley
Overseas Paper Seeks Army News Staff for Amaroc News
The adjutant general announces ten volunteers for the Amaroc News, the army of occupation publication. Applicants require at least a high school education. eight must type, six have reporting experience, four as desk men with two in telegraph or city editing. One editor roles include city and news editor, telegraph editor, with two as practical pressmen. Three year enlistment, detailed to Amaroc News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhineland
Utah Miner Leaves $5,000,000 Estate
Bonds filed by executors of Colonel H. A. Wall estate total $5.1 million, said to be the largest interpleader filing in Utah. The article notes Wall as a widely known mining figure.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
H. A. Wall
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