Rawlins Named Emergency Station for Air Mail Planes
Rawlins Wyoming designated as an emergency station for air mail planes. Air routes Omaha Cheyenne Salt Lake City Reno and San Francisco start September 7 with landings limited to these cities. spare parts will be kept at selected emergency stations. Rawlins Chamber of Commerce works to improve the landing field for the incoming service.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Omaha
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Reno
San Francisco
Bootleg Whiskey Quoted at 75 Cents Per Drink
Rawlins Wyoming August 6 Information from the sheriff's office links R Montana and Blanche Miller to bootlegging. Montana faces charges of selling inferior whiskey to black customers at 75 cents a small drink. Blanche Miller has been released. A whiskey cache is reported buried near Montana's home.
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Rawlins
Wyo
R. Montana
Blanche Miller
Montana
Father Uses Auto To Reach Side of Son in Brief Time
R. E. Black of Denver is in critical condition after being crushed by drilling camp machinery in the Ferris field. His father, also of Denver, rushed to his bedside by car to Tie Siding and then boarded a main line train to Rawlins, cutting travel time notably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins
Wyo
R. E. Black
Denver
Producers & Refiners
Ferris Field
Tie Siding
Tie
Teacher's Institute Opens in Cheyenne August 30
The Laramie county teachers institute will run in Cheyenne the week of August. The chautauqua begins September 1, so sessions will be scheduled to fit attendees. About 150 teachers typically attend. this year attendance may rise due to higher county teacher numbers. All teachers must attend by law and receive the same pay as when teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie County
Cheyenne
Bad Break Draining: Canal Near Germania
BASIN Wyoming August 6 A bad break is reported in the beach canal watering Germania beach west of Greybull A large force of men and teams has been rushed to the break and repair is expected in about ten days Crops are far enough along so no serious damage is expected to lands under this project
Death Denies Her Desire to Reside There Fifty Years
Mrs. Catherine Corbett, 87, long resident of Rawlins, Wyoming, died from a hip fracture suffered over a year ago. She had lived in Rawlins for forty nine years before her death on August 6.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Catherine Corbett
Thousands of Cattle Slain by Poisonous Larkspur in Wyoming
In Sheridan Wyoming on August 6 a herd on Basin side near the Big Horn mountains saw over 1000 head fall to larkspur poisoning. H G Taylor of the Big Horn Mountain Diamond company reports cattle were on pasture 22 miles from Hayattville and workers camped upstream due to contaminated water and foul odor. No new reports have reached the forestry bureau about further losses.
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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 After Anticline Find
Sundance, Aug. 6. Prospectors J. Hosfeld and C. A. Newhill say two anticlines in Black's Flat ten miles south prove commercial oil. They hold options on 8,800 acres and plan to start operations after settling affairs in Seattle.
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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
Casper Mayor Opposes Billboards Plans
Casper mayor Ben Hiepton opposes billboard erection saying they deface the landscape and lack advertising value. He warns the city will not permit them to avoid later removal challenges faced by other towns under city beautiful campaigns.
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Casper
Wyo
Ben Hi Pelton
TV Am
Pioneer Revisit Fort Benton Fifty Years Later
Uncle Perry Smith visits Fort Benton site recalling 1868 when 5000 people lived there. The rail line neared Rawlins and most residents moved to the evolving town. Now Illinois Pipe Line Co and Bair Oil Co have built loading racks, two oil tanks, and housing for staff at the former frontier settlement.
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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 well in the Lost Soldier field flowing about 600 barrels per day and expected to rise as drilling reaches deeper sands. The company mined four earlier sands before striking the fifth at 1875 feet where oil gushed and was capped.
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Bair Boring
Lost Soldier
Rawlins
Wyo
Bair Oil Company
Soldier Field
Bair Ol
Republican Refuses To Be Dem Candidate
BASIN Wyoming August 6. With petitions due August 17 the Democratic county committee filled vacancies by listing Ed T Long Denver for county treasurer Paul Moss Greybull Gilmore Hartigan Basin and W T Whaley Shell for representatives and John Seaman Hyattville for county commissioner Seaman a First National Bank director is a longtime Republican and told officials to remove his name from the Democratic primary ballot saying he will run on his own ticket.
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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 Advances on Elk Mountain Wildcat
Elk Mountain Wyoming August 6 The Ransoming Oil Company reports steady progress on a wildcat well spudded near this place. It expects to reach the suspected oil bearing sands in about 40 days.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Copany
Encampment Staging Come Back as Post Office Grade
Encampment Wyoming shows growth and official notice from Washington that its postal receipts justify a rise from fourth to third class. The town had fallen after the Fer ris Haggarty boom days but is now rebuilding and regaining postal prominence.
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Wyo
Ferris-Haggarty
Washington
Former State Chemist Visiting at Laramie
Dr. Edwin B. Slosson of New York, editor of the New York Independent and former Wyoming University chemistry professor and state chemist, is visiting Laramie on his way home from California. He was hosted at a reception by Grace Raymond Hebard. His wife May Preston Slosson served as Wyoming state prison chaplain.
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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 Solims Body to Be Taken to Denver
Jewish friends of Simon Solomon who rose and fell in oil fortunes will ship his body from Casper Wyoming to Denver Sunday night. He died in a local hospital in penniless condition and will be buried in Denver’s Jewish cemetery with the rites of the race. A brother in the east has been notified but has not replied.
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Casper, Wyo
Simon Solomon
Denver
Solomon
Deserters Taken to San Francisco Fort
LARAMIE WY Aug 6 Sheriff Trabing is escorting two men named George Gordon and B L Burton, deserters from the U S Navy, to Mare Island naval yard San Francisco for delivery to authorities. The pair caused trouble in jail and the sheriff is relieved they are gone.
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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 Hill Road in Wyoming
Riverton and Dubois businessmen join to build a road around Burlington hill and a bridge over Buffalo fork of the Snake River. The route creates a new shortcut to the Jackson Hole entrance of Yellowstone park, connecting with the Yellowstone highway at Shoshoni. Casper men assist in promoting the new road to attract Yellowstone visitors.
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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
Progress on the Denio Milling plant south of the sugar factory is rapid as work continues day and night with electric lights. Four large grain bins totaling 100,009 bushels capacity are nearly finished and many smaller bins are well along. The firm expects to handle much of the current crop and plans to take a large share of the Hardin district wheat yield.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Denio Milling Company
Hardin
Bum Lambs Grow Into Real Business in Lander
Miss Hazel Jeffrey of Lander began as a sheep club member five years ago raising bum lambs and now tops the county wool growth with Rambouillet ewes averaging twenty pounds per head. Among 8,000 sheep sheared in the area her flock leads by a wide margin with one fleece at twenty-one and a half pounds.
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Lander
Wyo
Hazel Jeffrey
Feet Crushed as Man Struck by Union Pacific Train
An unidentified man is in a Rawlins hospital after being found beside the Medicine Bow railroad at Medicine Row with both feet crushed beneath a Union Pacific train. Surgeons hesitate to operate, hoping to save his life as they evaluate amputations.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Medicine Row
Betty Blake Sets World Record For Consecutive Dances
Betty Blake dances her 2607th consecutive night in London while performing in Who's Hopper? The challenge to beat her record draws worldwide attention as she features strenuous acrobatics and is presented with a floral basket bearing the numerals.
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Betty Blake
Miss Blake
Hopper
London
Casper Contractor To Put Up School
RIVERTON Wyoming Aug 6 A Casper contractor J A Johnson has been awarded by School District No 25 the contract for the new high school on the hill west of town. Construction will begin within three weeks Bids are being sought for a Freeman district four room school building two rooms to be completed this year and two next year
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Riverton
Wyo
A. Johnson
Casper
Freeman
Galveston Mayor Sappington Calls Himself Hard Luck Guy
Galveston mayor H. O. Sappington jokes that he has faced extreme misfortune since taking office. He quips he is the original hard luck guy and humorously imagines ice freezing en route to Hades with a load of ice.
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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, announced plans to start a democratic weekly newspaper. The paper would be issued from the plant of the Wyoming Labor Journal and serve as a new voice in local press.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Will Reid
Register of the United States Land Office
Cheyenne
Wyoming Labor Journal
Foley Kidney Pills Relief Claim for Kidney Troubles
A testimonial from Mrs. L. Gibson of La Junta Colorado asserts Foley Kidney Pills ease backache stiff joints and rheumatic pains linked to kidney trouble and relieve bladder irritation. The note appears in a August focused housekeeping column urging readers to try the remedy.
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L. Gibson
12Th
Edison Sts
LaJunta
Colo
Foley
Uncle Sam Seeks Reporters for Overseas Amaroc News
The adjutant general's office issues a call for ten men to join the Amaroc News, the army occupation paper, for three-year terms. Requirements include high school education, typing ability, newspaper reporting and desk work experience, city and telegraph editing, and practical pressroom skills. Placements are detailed to Amaroc News during overseas service.
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Rhineland
Amaroc News
Utah Miner Leaves 5 Million Estate
Bonds filed by the executors of the estate of Col H A Wall amount to 5 1 million dollars, the largest interpleader filing in Utah history, with court officials noting the figure in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
H. A. Wall
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