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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
6
Drilling rush spreads through Fremont County as multiple firms including Ohio Oil, Midwest Refining, and Castle Garden Oil test at depths up to 4 050 feet. Highlights cover Muskrat area near Moneta, Bridger creek, Lysite, and nearby sections with rigs and camps rising along the Chicago & Northwestern line.
Thermopolis Wyoming December 4 The Meier Morrell Co of Thermopolis opened a coal mine three miles west of Thermopolis and recently completed a processing plant. Officials report excellent coal quality and plan to begin operations after final improvements. Nearby Stewart Geiger Co opened another mine about one mile east of Melrose and expects to mine coal from an 85 foot seam.
In Afton Wyoming locals boast a strong deer hunting culture. The piece notes town pride in hosting hunters and the accompanying hospitality during the deer season. It mentions Bede Walter as a referenced figure in the narrative.
Deed David and Powell, the only inmate at the Wyoming Soldiers and Sailors Home in Buffalo, can boast tailored shirts. He measures neck 49 1 2 inches and says collars of that size are unavailable. a relic of his younger days when he could lift a barrel of whiskey. He is described as a prohibitionist in the reminiscence.
The Centenial Oil Company reports a strong oil and gas show in the Wall Creek sand at about 1600 feet near Goshen Hole, thirty miles from Torrington and sixty miles from Cheyenne. Geologists expect commercial oil in the second Wall Creek sand within weeks as leases nearby rise to high bidding, including $50 per acre and a one sixteenth royalty changing hands. If production occurs, the well would be the closest commercial oil well to Cheyenne.
Thermopolis Wyoming December reports Hot Springs county first in the state to go over the top in the Red Cross Christmas seal sale. The county's quota was sold by 1 20 this afternoon with several precincts still to report.
Philip Alamito lured to the Wyoming National Bank by a fake telegram promising money, then surrendered and was jailed. Lester Myers was shot in the lungs and is in critical condition. Jack Allen was shot in the shoulder and will recover. The ruse targeted Alamito after a dispute at Clark ranch on Casper Creek.
Jack Cleary announced plans to erect a factory in Laramie to produce a natural cleanser from a vast volcanic ash bed located about twelve miles away. He says the ash layer extends from the outcroppings to three or four feet, and that minimal effort would bring it to the surface. Plans for manufacturing the cleanser are being developed with available capital and a space carved to crush and pack the material with little foreign matter.
In Kayore Wyoming a strange scene is described where a pipe lit with a matches the odorless resin and a partridge is involved. The account mentions a lighted pipe and a shoe jacket, with unclear details about a cart and bow.
Sheridan County Bar Association votes to absolve former Prohibition Commissioner Fred L. Crabbe of misquotation blame for remarks about Judge James H. Burgess. Resolution cites reporter McNally’s investigation finding Crabbe was misquoted and declares Crabbe not responsible for the article. Governor Garey and Wyoming Bar minutes to be notified.
Thermopolis banks report a sharp rise in deposits from September to November. Wyoming Trust Company holds 492243.22 with 437002.89 previously, Thermopolis State Bank 982539.65 and 954887.56, First National 924061.96 and 468673.03, totaling 2398898.83 across the three institutions.
Kasoming Oil company has pulled up its drilling rig in section 82-15-73 near Laramie Wyoming and is hauling it to Tawilns to erect on the Lost Soldier field where a standard rig is already in operation.
Otis Myler of the Midwest company was seriously injured when his car collided with a Chicago and Northwestern train at Parkerton grade crossing in Casper. The automobile was demolished and he was hospitalized with severe injuries.
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