Girl Hurt In Car Crash Near Rawlins
Miss Frances Phelan suffered severe cuts to face and head when a car carrying classmates hit a dirt bank and shattered the windshield. The vehicle lacked lights on the return from skating east of Rawlins. she was taken to a hospital for stitches and is recovering with expected full improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Phelan Radply
Rawlins
Farnces Phelan
Miss Phelan
Nies
Frances
Garnet Buchanan
Bagh Irrigation Project to Transform 2200 Acres in Sage Area
Sage Utah and Randolph Utah celebrate completion of Bear River irrigation plant south of Sage. About 2200 acres will be watered by the new system turning dry land into garden plots. Ranchers join a long celebration at the plant site turning the event into a picnic occasion.
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Sage
Randolph
Utah
Bear River
Wyoming Line
Still Underscoring Oil Flow At Weert Ol Well
The Weert Oil and Gas Company reports rapid drilling in Section 16 with strong oil indications. The well is said to be flowing twice daily, increasing from every thirty hours, as Merritt Company supplies tankage to pump crude directly into tank cars from the sump well.
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Gat
Peenieg
Merritt
Fire in Conroy Mine Controlled in North Wing
B F Annis, superintendent and partner in Rock Springs Fuel, reports a serious fire at the Conroy mine, owned by Wyoming Coal, has been curbed in ten rooms of the north wing. State Mine Inspector Blacker sealed the affected sections, clearance given to resume operations, with about fifteen men at work and fifty expected soon. Garber Nichols hired to oversee operations. Conroy aims to support a mining camp with homes connected to mine electricity and plans for a school are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemmerer
B. F. Annis
Rock Springs Fuel Company
Conroy
Wyoming Coal Company
Blacker
Cumberland
Annis
Garber Nichols
Bast Toke City
Rock Springs Boy Dies After Accident on Hill
A Rock Springs youth, Nolen Hart, died at a hospital after a coyote hunting accident on a hill behind the hospital. Hart, who insisted the wound was accidental, was shot when a rifle discharged while being handed to him. Several companions and his sister accompanied him to care, with Dr. Lauser reporting no hope of recovery.
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Rock Springs
Wre
Nelson Hart
Ol Bor
Meedar Afernoon
Hart
Nolen
Dr. Lauser
Lincoln County Woolgrowers End Session
The Lincoln County Woolgrowers Association wrapped up a two day meeting in Kemmerer after productive sessions on organization and key issues. President Joe Kinney opened the proceedings with a brief address.
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Lincoln County Woolgrowers
Kemmerdpr
Lincoln County Woolgrowers’ Association
New Kemmerer Theatre
Joe Kinney
Sheridan Mercantile fire damages clothing store
Fire of unknown origin heavily damages stock at the Sheridan Mercantile company located at 128 N Main Street. Owners W L Breen and Frank E Litman estimate heavy loss with little insurance due to high rates amid nearby turmoil. fire began near the floor center and spread through the old frame building, challenging firefighters before control.
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Sheridan
Sheridan Mercantile Company
N. Main Street
W. L. Breen
Frank E. Litman
Scarcity of Labor Delays Burlington Line Progress
Scarcity of labor slows the Burlington from completing a new business area spurring rapid growth. The track runs near the Mid west hotel, toward the refinery, with warehouse sites planned but postponed until track completion.
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Burlington
Casper
Eta
Midwest
La Barge Fields to be Developed by Plains Oil Company
Kemmerer residents hear Plains Oil of Kansas City will invest a half million dollars to develop the LaBarge oil fields on LaBarge creek, about 35 miles north. Horly Hillyer, Plains Oil representative, met local officials and reported favorable findings to the company. Geologist W L Norton inspected the district with Midlyer, prompting a second report. The LaBarge field, over 40 000 acres, was loaned to Plains Oil by landowners and bankers with plans for progress by February 1941.
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Kemmerer
Plains Oil Company
Kannas City
Missouri
LaBarge
LaBarge Creek
Horly
Tall
Hillyer
Plains Oil Ompany
la Barge
Kaoses City
W. L. Norton
Mid
W. 8
Ohio Ol! Company
Standard Old Company
McFadden
Ohio Company
Casper
Meesrs. Hillyer
Norton
LaBarges
Wyoming
Plains oil boom eyed for LaBarge field in Wyoming
Plains company plans 20 wells in the LaBarge field within a year with the first well by February 1. Estimated cost for the initial well is about 340000 and total expenditure near half a million dollars. Geologists call the field promising, with 40000 acres and pipe laid to rail lines projected down the Green River valley.
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Plains Oi! Company
LaBarge
Casper
Lunder
Green River Valley
Plains Company of
Kansas City
LaBarce Oil Company
Denver-LaBarce Oil Company
Kemmerer-LaBarge Oil Company
Birch Creek Oil Company
Lula C. Bird
Charles Bird
L. Z. Bess
LaBerge Livestock Company
First Chance Oil Company
Wm. H. Shinsal
Fred Serg
Hopeful Oil Company
McGinnis Land & Live Stock Co
Salmon Brothers & Fenner
John Metcalf
Ol Organ
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Bagh
Memnitt
SNP
Gee
Mines
Wile
Cao Part
Wanda
Eli
Eb Dom
Peri Neel
Vente Petendseidy Wien
Merie
Secretacy
Medard
State Board of
Lee Seoek
Geo W. Daiber
LA Barge Fields
Han
SAS City
Kemmereer
Hoover
Nyanhiin J
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co
the Auditorium
Denver
Colfax
Stout Street
Fourteenth and
Stout Streets
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