Oil News Reports Setbacks Across Tisdale and Big Muddy Fields
The Shiver Western Exploration failure at the Tisdale structure drags down stock prices for the owners and Consolidated Royalty Ot, with shares tumbling to low levels in Denver. Consolidated Royalty traded around 64 to 66 cents, as the field remains the main speculative asset. An Ohio Oil decision to abandon a Premier well in Big Muddy signals more drilling elsewhere, with the Carter company planning ten Maverick Springs wells near Lander.
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Tisdale
Consolidated Royalty Ot Company
Denver
Wierbus
Consolidated Royalty
Hesd
Ohio Ol Company
Carter
Lander
Maverick Springs
Fossil field oil find and Natrona power merger noted
Fossil Petroleum completes a first wall oil strike at 170 feet in section 22 near Fossil. Ten holes planned on the quarter. Casper reports merger of Natrona Electric and Wyoming Electric forming Natrona Power Company with Delaware incorporation and 400000 in bonds sold in Connecticut. Kinneywell 15 well in Kinney holdings. Hig Muddy field flows sixty barrels daily from stray sand. drilling around 2000 feet. stray sand oil rising between casings, expected completion within ten days as largest producer in the district.
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Township 21
Fossil Company
Casper
Natrona County Emlectric Company
Wyoming Electric Company
Natrona Power Company
Delaware
Connecticut
Patrick Sullivan
Natrona Company
Kinneywell No. 15
Kinney
Hig
Wall Creek
Cheyenne Cars Stuck in Snow Drifts Delays in Streets
Snow deep enough to stall autos is rare in Cheyenne but several cars became lodged in drifts Wednesday night. A car on East Seventeenth Street remained stuck over an hour as the driver shoveled and fitted chains to move on. A taxicab near the Colorado and Southern roundhouse also stalled and required difficult extraction. Limited outlying areas show similar trouble for motorists.
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Cheyenne
Rifts
East Seventeenth Street
Colorado & Southern Roundhouse
Cheyenne Liquor War Deepens as Harrigan Killed
Denver reports that Cheyenne wholesale liquor operators fear a prolonged constabulary watch will ruin their business while Ray Harrigan’s death intensifies tensions. Detective Klein notes dealers may quit if raids persist. Harrigan boasted of evading blockade and claimed future defiance despite scrutiny.
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Denver News Today
Cheyenne
State Constabulary
George Klein
Klein
Ray A. Harrigan
Colorado
Harrigan
Constabulary
Coroner's Jury to Get Verdict Without Guards
The coroner's inquest into the shooting of Raymond G. Harrigan of Denver will adjourn to Saturday to hear testimony not possible from Colorado constabulary guards. Authorities say the guards can testify only in Weld county and cannot be compelled to appear in Cheyenne. Governor Houx action is not possible, and Sam M. Thompson doubts the guards can be brought to testify.
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Colorado Constabulary
Raymond G. Harrigan
Denver
Cheyenne
Weld
Sheeley
Houx
Sam M. Thompson
Telephone Service Altered at Port Russell Fort
Fort Russell telephone system is being changed to ensure first class service when more troops arrive. L Titus district manager of Dean Telephone says no immediate troop arrival, but alterations prepare the line for future demands.
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Fort Russell
L. Titus
Dean Telephone & Telegraph Company
Titus
Cattle Starvation Reports Lead to Investigation
The report alleges cattle were starved on a Texas shipment’s ranching end, with 15 to 20 calves dying after premature weaning. Welsh and Carpenter defend feeding as ample, citing linseed meal and two ranch hands, one inexperienced and one ill, amid possible carcass drag by nearby residents. Investigations and potential legal action loom via state livestock authorities and defense council.
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Welsh
Public Notaries Appointed In Cheyenne
John P. Buckley of Lander and John Mellen of Bitter Creek were appointed public notaries yesterday. Edward Kassahn, government trapper, arrived from Wamcutter for the selective draft examination. James Coxen of Laramie arrived in Cheyenne. Various local notices list visitors and appointments in Cheyenne including railroad officials and a Red Cross nurse heading to Europe.
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Lander
John Mellen
Bitter Creek
Edward Kassahn
Wamcutter
Coxen
Laramie
James FR. Coxen
Red Crows
Katherine Hurley
Cheyenne
Des Moines
Europe
Red Cross
Hotel Porter Shot by Oil Man in Cheyenne Lobby
In Cheyenne a hotel porter was wounded when C. O. Loy fired a .32 caliber pistol at Ashford in the Albany hotel lobby. Loy was arrested by police as bystanders report he threatened to return and shoot Ashford again. Loy had traveled from Casper with a wife not yet found. Ashford’s son William, known locally as Til, was shot and killed years earlier.
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Loy
Ashford
C. O. Loy
Cheyenne
Casper
Albany
Red Desert Oil & Land Company
William Ashford
Town
Til
Union Pacific Store in Cheyenne Denied by Officials
Officials deny reports that the Union Pacific opened a store in Cheyenne to sell overalls canned goods and other merchandise to employees at cost. They state no store was opened or planned and the wall of protest from Cheyenne merchants is not connected to railroad plans. Railroad men discount talk of employee boycotts or sending workers out of the city for goods.
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Volou Pacific
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Mason Wheate’s thanks to anonymous flower donor at post
Major Wheate, commander at Fort Russell, thanks the unidentified donor who sent California roses and carnations to the post hospital. The box was given to Mason Wheatonson as he left school with a request that the flowers cheer sick soldiers, but the donor's name remains unknown.
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Wheate
Fort Russell
California
Post Hospital
Mason Wheatonson
Boxers Enter Los Angeles Athletic Club Tourney
Los Angeles Athletic Club to host a boxing tournament on March 7 under the American Athletic Union. About eighty soldiers and sailors are expected to enter as De Witt Van Court prepares to showcase new material in the events.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles Athletic Club
American Athlete Union
de Witt van Court
Texas reports the making of de Mejous table sirup
A Texas report notes the creation of de Mejous table sirup from mosquito beans, detailing a local culinary venture and its production methods. The item emphasizes novelty and regional experimentation with bean based sweetening.
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Texas
Pacific Coast Club Plans Spring Practice in California
In San Francisco on February 28, the Pacific Coast league Oakland club, under manager Del Howard, selects a March 3 start for spring training at Boyes Springs with about twenty five players. Prospects include Shader Holt Hollings Caladeria Mc Farland Terry Black Croll Martinelli Nelson Liefer and pitchers Prough Krause Martin Kremer Goodbred and Beer. Practice runs until March 20 then tests against Mare Inland Marines and Chicago Nationals in California.
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Boyes Springs
Oakland Club
del Howard
Mickey Shader
Bush
Holt
Hollings
Nick Williams
Butte
Mare Inland Marines
Chicago Nationals
California
Howard
Bill Prough
Harry Krause
Speed” Martin
Ray Kremer
Tiny’ Goodbred
Sammy Beer
South Side Fire Station Seeks Flag Donation
South Side fire department requests a donated flag to unfurl over the station to lift morale. Citizens of Cheyenne are urged to contribute a flag to replace the absence at the South Side station, which lacks a flag though a bell tower pole exists.
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South Side
Chieti Bates
South Side Department
Buys New Auto Check Is a Bogus
Peter Van Group alias J F Fue gerber is hunted by Wyoming and Colorado police for passing a worthless $200 check while posing as a wealthy eastern rancher. He and accomplice Arneel drove to Denver to test a Knight machine, then vanished after the garage blocked removal. Police link his ruse to falsely showing a $44,000 receipt.
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Peter van Group
J. F. Fuegerber
Colorado
Wyoming
van Group
T. 4
Arneel
Cheyenne
Land Automobile Company
7 Group
Denver
Arrow
Colle Hon
Cheyenne Sidewalks Cleared After Snowfall
Sidewalks across Cheyenne were cleared by noon yesterday under the city ordinance. Property owners shoveled before stopping, with crews removing snow from city property and park areas. police reported no complaints about uncleared sidewalks.
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Cheyenne
Senator Warren Visits Cheyenne Amid Washington Ties
Senator Frances E. Warren arrived in Cheyenne yesterday to discuss business from Washington. The visit highlights her role on the military affairs committee and comes ahead of her return to Washington.
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Washington
Frances E. Warren
Cheyenne
Ness
Wil
Wington
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