Special Course in Food Conservation Opens Monday
Laramie announces a food conservation short course at the university starting Monday July 16. Directed by Miss Henrietta Kolehorn with Mrs. E Keneht and other trained demonstrators, the program will be taught by women with expertise in home economies and conservation. Participants will learn Hoover pledge practices, recipes, and scientific tips across daily sessions, highlighting economic and patriotic aims amid strong local support.
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Laramie
Misa Henrietta Kolehorn
Tete
Mra. EK
Io Keneht
Hoover
Laramie Te
Rawlins Rock to Supply Makers of Beet Sugar
A July 13 contract ties UH Larsen and Great Western Sugar to quarry limestone at the Larsen quarry near the old paint mine Mesera. About forty men to start, with ten cars weekly to Colorado sugar outfits. spur track planned to boost shipments. Rawlins limestone praised for quality, previously used at Green River soda plant and Encampment smelter.
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Rawlins
UH. Larsen
Great Western Sugar Company
Larsen
Mesera
Loftus @ Young
Great Western
Eaton
Greeley
Colorado
U. P
Green River
Saratoga & Encampment
Cow
Stean
Albany County Gets New Road Equipment
In Laramie on July 13 the county received a loading outfit for its roads truck. The machine loads gravel or sand, spills, spreads and rolls it, operated by a single user. It can move about forty tons of gravel daily and lay five to seven miles of road per hour, promising labor savings and rapid payoff for the investment.
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Laramie
New Lumber Mill Added Industry in Laramie
Laramie will gain a large sawmill on the Laramie river opposite the Colorado Wyoming Eastern line. The Laramie Logging Company plans to move the Kamms mill here and begin operations soon, employing 20 to 30 workers initially with potential growth. Output is expected to reach 25 000 to 30 000 tons daily, logs to be brought from nearby forests and shipped nationwide. Corporate officers await selection. three corporators named are T H Simpson Clark Poulton and Will McMurray of Laramie.
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Inch of Fonds Wttle
Mre. & K. Morton
Mesera
Clark
Webeter
Mize Saul
University of Wisconsin
Bat
Miss Saul
Mesdames McNamara
Amspoker
Douglas
Anthens
Laramie
Ely
Laramie Loeeing Company
Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern
Kamm
Faoresta
Grumm
Corporation
T. H. Simpson
Clark Poulton
Will McMurray
Shipping Requisition Power Granted to Shipping Emergency Board
President Wilson issued an executive order giving the United States Shipping Emergency Corporation power to requisition vessels needed by the government. The corp may purchase ships in any stage of completion or contracted for and may assume charters.
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Washington, D.C
United States Shipping Emergency Cororation
Wilson
Willow Creek Man Injured by Accidental Pistol Discharge
James Moe Gibbon Jr of Willow Creek Ranch was wounded in the right leg by an accidental pistol discharge held by Everett Perry, a Mexican sheepherder. The bullet passed above the knee, missing the bone and artery, after Perry found a long-lost pistol during camp movement. Gibbon was transported ten miles for medical care and is believed to recover with no lasting effects.
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Laramif
James Moe Gibbon, Jr
Willow Creek Ranch Company
Everett Perry
Willow Creek Company
Perry
Grover Postoffice Sees Receipts Push Class Rating Up
Grover Colorado July 12 For the past four quarters the receipts and compensation of the grover postoffice have exceeded the amounts fixed by the government enlisting such office to a third class or presidential rating. This record will work automatically to put Grover in the higher classification beginning with the next quarter. October 1 Offices of the third class draw an allowance for clerk hire rent light and fuel in addition to the postmaster salary of 1000.
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Grover
Colo
Grovers
Weld County
Sims’s leadership thwarts German attack in Atlantic
The article credits Admiral Sims with energy and intelligence that saved thousands of American soldiers by defending American transports from a German submarine attack in the Atlantic. His destroyers blocked the first assault and a later engagement off the French coast again drove subs away.
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Sims
Atlantic
France
Ile
Free for all at Red Buttes ends with bruises
Deputy Sheriff Trabing and Night Officer Henning rushed to Red Buttes after a report of a killed man and a seriously injured person. The tale proved exaggerated. injuries were minor. Three Mexicans accused of leading the attack were jailed in Laramie with no charges yet filed.
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Laramie
Trabing
Henning
Red Buttes
Edison may become the most important figure in the nation
New York July 13. William Maxwell Edison company general manager says the famous inventor may soon crown his impact on the nation. Maxwell refused further comment while stirring government interest with the prediction.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
William Maxwell
The
Edison Company
Maxwell
Salt Creek Field Development Surges With Trucks and Wells
Casper July 13 A continuous stream of large motor trucks ferries freight to Salt Creek camps as development accelerates. Thousands of pounds move daily despite material shortages. California outfits set up alongside Ohio and Midwest groups. A new four inch gas line is advancing rapidly with 60 to 70 men on site and completion anticipated by early fall.
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Casper
Salt Creek
California
General Petroleum Company
Ohio
Midwest
Tanker Fights: U-Boat Loses Four-Hour Battle
Moreni, an American tanker, fought a four hour battle with a German submarine off the Spanish coast on June 12. The U-boat shelled the Moreni as she fired back. the vessel exploded after the submarine torpedoed and ignited her gasoline cargo. Four crewmen were lost. Captain Thomas Thompson and 43 crew members arrived in the United States aboard a passenger liner.
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Spain
Moreni
United States
Thomas Thompson
Baton Rouge
I.s
Leghorn
Denchell
Douglas People Plan to Drill in New Lugality
A new oil venture, the One Hundred Oil association, formed six miles from Douglas, seeks $100 shares from local investors. The firm holds 20 acres of verified government land and 326 leased acres along rail lines, with a 1900s well previously found at 280 feet. Directors to be elected later. stock sales via Douglas Brokerage at Hotel La Bonte.
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Douglas
One Hundred Oil Association
Northwestern
Burlington
Douglas Brokerage Company
la Bonte
Pathfinder Oil Company
R. D. Hawley
Chippewas Reject Monarchist Chiefs in Tribal Council
In Bemidji Minnesota on July 13 the Minnesota council of Chippewas adopted resolutions calling for abolishing the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and accusing its officials of incompetence. The council barred chiefs from seats, citing a shift to democracy with a first woman delegate winning a seat by a two to one vote and future women delegates gaining full council privileges. Capt John Smith, age 125, is highlighted as a feature of the gathering.
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Bemidji
Mion
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau
Minnesota Council of Chippewas
John Smith
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Rawlins Rock
Albany County
Hontly Incorporated
Laramie Concern
Willow Creek
Grover Postoffice
Admiral Wisasims
Red Butte
Tdinson
U. Ss. Aid
America
Waterman
Yes
17Th St
Carey Ave
Cheyenne, Wyo
Mine Road
Standard Provitice Co
Brown
Denver
Colo, Branch
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Chippewas
Studebaker, National Elgin and
DORT
Diltline
War Service
Court House
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