Casper Protests At Ferris Bill Targeting Oil Claims
Casper protests against the Ferris Phelan easing bill now before Congress, warning it harms oil claimants and state progress. Secretary George Nelson was authorized to mount a vigorous opposition and relay it to Wyoming’s Washington delegation at a January 26 Industrial Club meeting, which also elected officers led by J. Mechling as president.
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Casper
Congress
George Nelson
Wyoming
Washington
Industrial Club
J. &. Mechling
L. A. Reed
J. A. Henry
Laigh Townsend
Mir. Menhling
Pew
Montana
Public Utilities Commission
Cheyente
Mechling
Casper Post Office Receipts Doubled in a Decade
Casper is shown to have dramatic growth in the past ten years with postal receipts nearly doubling from about 14 000 to 23 902.78 for the year ending December 31 1916. 1915 receipts were 18 005 29, up 5 251 54 from 1914.
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CSPER
Casper
Casper Mort Office
Smith
Gas well near Powder River shows rising output
Jan 24 Powder River station reports Eugene McCarthy's leased gas well is producing 5,002,400 units daily, increasing rather than decreasing. The company plans to await Packers from Partlettavite and may shut in the line to conserve gas. A second well will be drilled soon to feed refineries and city use.
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Carperr
Eugene McCarthy
Powder River Station
Artivala
Partlettavite #0
Hero Rescues Children in Mountain Home Fire
Casper January 26 point of incident reports a rescuer, Harry Hroots, a Midwest tool dresser, braved smoke and flames to reach an upper bedroom where two measles afflicted children were rumored to be. A collapse trapped him, crushing his right elbow and injuring him. He was moved to Casper Private Hospital for care.
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Casper
Mountain Home Ranch
Big Muddy
Harry Hroots
Midwest
Sheep Rush Hurder Breaks Arm in Falling Sheep Incident
Joe Tane of the Huntin Lane Sheep company arrived with herder John Sanchez who sustained a broken arm when a herd bolted and knocked him to the frozen ground. Sanchez received medical care at a local surgeon's office.
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Laramie
Jan
Joe Tane
Huntin-Lane
Red Buttes
John Sanchez
Sanchez
Four Pigs Fetch High Price at Pine Bluffs Sale
In Pine Bluffs on January 36 C B Hacker sold four six month old Duroc Jersey pigs at 200 pounds each. The top price of 10 cents per pound was paid, marking a strong sale for the year.
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Pine Bluffs
C. B. Hacker
Mme. Hacker
Three Counties See 300000 Acres Taken for Homesteads
Casper report from Register Wade H. Fowler states over 100000 acres have been taken up in Converse Natrona and Niobrara counties since the Ferria Sill incident. Converse leads with about 130000 acres claimed. remaining homestead land leaves several parcels untouched.
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Casper
Jan
Wade H. Fowler
Diov
Converse
Natrona
Niobrara
Wilson
Converse County
Acra
Co-ordination Tests Warn If Nose Touch Fails
The Life Extension Institute, chaired by William H Taft, advises a simple nose touch test to gauge coordination. Patients extend an arm to touch the nose with eyes closed, then try to touch fingertips together without looking, with failure signaling potential coordination issues and a physician referral.
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Life Extension Institute
William Ht. Taft
Oily Go OTOMO QUININE Promotion Mention
An advertisement fragment urges readers to seek the genuine product by calling a full name. It references signatures BEW GROVE and claims cures for cold and related symptoms in a terse promotional style.
Laramie Eyes First Class City Charter Move
Laramie may seek a charter from Governor Kendrick to become a first class city. The council will likely discuss the proposal at the next meeting, with City Attorney Cortell preparing the legal review. Higher salaries for patrolmen and firemen may require new ordinances or charter status to be justified.
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Laramie
Kendrick
M. Kk. Cortell
Shoemaker
Sheridan to Have Modern Apartments
Sheridan reports John Powers plans a three story building on East Broadway street across from the Sheridan National building. A. Randall will complete plans for the added top floor within ten days. The third floor will house a fireproof owner suite with living room library dining room two bedrooms bath and kitchenette. Eight other two room apartments with kitchenette bath and outside windows will also be included with balconies and gas ranges. Construction to begin in spring and finish by summer.
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Sheridan
John Powers
Hrondage Street
A. Randall
Sheridan National
Both Ears Frozen on Way to School
Henry Puls aged years brother of Mrs. John Schlump of 412 Third Street was brought to Laramie from the Puls ranch in the Little Laramie valley after both ears and one finger froze on the school trip in a raging storm. He will stay with his sister until his ears recover and a local doctor treated him. the sister was told he would not lose his ears.
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Laramie
Henry Puls
John Schlump
Third Street
Puls
Natrona County Gets New Steam Turbine Plant Upgrade
Natrona County Electric completes installation of a 250 kilowatt steam turbine unit received from the east. An order for a 1 009 kilowatt condensing turbine is placed for September 1 delivery. With total capacity rising to 1 500 kilowatts the city of about 15 000 will have updated power. Plant expansion and a larger condensing section are planned.
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Casier
Natrona County Electric Company
Encampment Light Plant Freezes Up
The Encampment pipeline that powers the town electric light plant has begun its annual freeze up. The outage will leave the town without electric lights until weather thaws the line. Lights dimmed during several nights and the stereoptican machine could not run Saturday evening.
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Encampment
Suniday Anth
Kinney Well No. 6 Flows 500 Daily in Kinney Lease
Casper dated report notes Kinney well No. 6 after explosives, the gusher steady at about 500 barrels per day with 250 barrels in first two hours. This marks the sixth productive well drilled in the Kinney lease. Adderton and Lippert traveled from Casper to prepare for the shooting operation.
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Casper
Kinney Well No. 6
Kinney
Messrs Adderton
Lippert
First Wool Sale Brings 39 Cents a Pound in Johnson County
Johnson county farmers report the season’s first wool sale at 39 cents per pound. About 100000 pounds are expected to be sold in the area near that price, as stated from Laramie on January 26.
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Laramie
Johnson County
Alaska Mine Problem Solved by Reservoir
Seward reports placer miners in Alaska overcome many obstacles in their search for gold. Barney Walsh of Willow Creek in the Unitarod district supposedly establishes a cold storage reservoir on 4 MouRe, solving a long standing problem.
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Seward
Alaska
Barney” Walsh
Willow Creek
Unitarod
Summit Gold Keen to Store Snow for Summer Water
An old Klondike veteran, Walsh, built miles of snow fences to trap winter snow, creating a stored water supply for June and July. His Summit claim, noted in a territorial geological survey, allows sixty days of sluicing each summer by preventing snow drift from eroding the water source.
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Walsh
Klondike
Geological Survey
Rocky Mountain
Lon Davis Contact Instructions Cited
Do not call Plains garage at Plains hotel for Lon Davis. The instruction directs avoiding that contact path and suggests an alternative or implicit caution in reaching Lon Davis via that location.
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Plains Garage
Plains Hotel
Lon Davis
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Casper Post Office
Powder River Gas
PALLY
Hacker
Glass City
Natrona County
Victor
Caruso
Alma Gluck
John McCormack
Ace Moe Fe Went Away
de G
de Goveraw
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
Victor Records
Bares
Kinney Well NO
Logan's Book and Curio Store
17Th Street
Carey Avenue
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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