Richardson Named President of Western Exploration Company
C B Richardson, a Cheyenne banker, was chosen president by the newly elected Western Exploration board at Denver. A T McCintock of Denver became vice president, B B Brooks of Casper treasurer, and Judge Roderick I Mateon of Cheyenne secretary, with Miller, Harrison, and Trier Smith on the advisory board. The offices will stay in Denver, with Casper hosting an operating office to aid an expanded drilling campaign aimed at drilling out company holdings in the lander district.
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Denver
Colo
The
Western Exploration Company
C. B Richardson
Cheyenne
A. T. McCintock
B. B. Brooks
Casper
Wyoming
Roderick I. Mateon
Miller
T. S. Harrison
J. Trier Smith
DB F Bates
Guy K. Harrison
E. Tyler Smith
Castor
Colorado
Richardson
International Trust Company
Muddy Creek Second Well Shot Advances Oil Production
Muddy Rock Oil Company reports its second well in section 15 and 16 has produced two sixty barrel wells delivering oil to tanks. A pipeline hookup with Prairie Oil and Gas is set at $2.10 per barrel. A dividend fund will be built from oil scale proceeds for stockholders. Drilling on well No 4 will commence tomorrow as acreage supports twenty wells.
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Muddy @rock Off company
Chelsea
Prairie OF and Gas Company
Salt Creek
Denver Man to Address Lions Club First Luncheon
M. E. Shuck, Denver and Fisk Teachers' agency manager and former Wyoming education official, will speak at the Lions Club first luncheon at the Plains hotel. The group was organized here by B. A. Hicks, founder of the Lions.
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Denver
Lion Club
M. E. Shuck
Fisk Teachers’ Agency
State Board of Examiners
Wyoming
Rawling
Lion's Club
Plains Hotel
Morrow
B. A. Hicks
The
Lion's
Cheyenne First City to Form State Association
The excerpt notes Cheyenne as the first city in the state to form the association with election of officers expected at tomorrow's meeting.
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Cheyenne
Aurora Borealis Seen Over Cheyenne Residents Report
Cheyenne observers noted a pea green glow in the northeast sky after sundown and into the night. Rev S A Huston described it as an incipient aurora with potential to become a bright display, recalling a May 1911 show with multicolored streamers reaching toward the zenith.
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Cheyenne
A. Huston
Commissioners Plan to Beautify City
City officials project a push toward a "city beautiful" with new trees from Norway spruce and Canadian poplars to be planted at Sloan's Lake and Rowand Top reservoir site. They plan restocking Middle Crow, Granite Springs, Crystal Lake with 100000 trout and plant black willows near Lake Minnehaha and north of Cheyenne. Lawn improvements at the state house include grading seeding and a new sprinkling system.
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Veremne
Cheyenne
Sloan's Lake
Rowand Top
Middle Crow
Ghanite Springs
Crystal Lake
Minnehaha
State House
Gilchrest Park
Casper adds 500 pen boxes in Dostol area
Casper reports delivery of 500 pen boxes to Dostol district, expanding supply reach. The move underscores ongoing effort to boost writing materials in the region.
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Casper Adde
Ite Dostol Lee
Japanese Fete Wrestling Tourney Heads to Coliseum
A two day Japanese wrestling tournament will run Saturday and Sunday at the Coliseum drawing hundreds from Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska. Participants include Hiratayama Kagakura Genkai and Wakayama with Sumo Club auspices. Also note new management at Riverton power firm and oyster specials at Kelley’s Riverton.
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KY James A. Levine
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Nomino Sukune
Taimano Kihaya
Nn Pleb
8Ukune
Juco
Japan
Sumo Club
Hiratayama
Kagakura
Genkai
Wakayama
Bar Holds License Rule On Explosive Ingredients
The county requires a purchasing license from County Clerk Ida R. Graham at twenty five cents for anyone buying ingredients used to make explosives such as swaltpeter chromates chlorates and nitrates. Drugstores must verify licenses and limit sales to legitimate uses while druggists also need vendors licenses. Violations carry a five thousand dollar fine or up to one year in jail or both.
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Ida R. Graham
Pearl Harbor Drydock Nears Completion After Delays
Honolulu date March 7 The Pearl Harbor naval station drydock will be completed by next June and ready for the largest battleships by next fall as per local navy authorities. The project began in 1900 with surveys for channel deepening and bar dredging, suffered a major setback when the bottom blew up, and was rebuilt using anchored concrete blocks rather than poured concrete to secure the bottom.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Pear Harbor Naval Station
Pearl Harbor Drydock
Preparations for first boats to Nome and St Michael
Seattle March reports reveal northern steamship firms lining up the first summer sailings to Nome and St Michael Alaska as bergs melt. The Alaska Steamship Victoria, veteran of Seattle Nome St Michael run, wintered between Cordova Valdez and Seward and will receive overhaul before summer voyage to Bering points.
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Seattle
Wash
Arctic Tee
Bering Sea
Northern Steamship Companies
Nome
St. Michael
Alaska
Alaska Steamship Company
Victoria
Wyoming Wheat Farm Aids War Effort With $450000
A syndicate led by Senator Thomas Powers and B F Yoder launches a $450000 wheat farm in Goshen County Wyoming. Government planned to farm it but gave up. ten new gasoline tractors ordered to begin plowing and harvesting. The project aims to boost wheat production for national needs and supports regional agricultural development.
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Charles L. Beatty
Union Trust Company
Cheyenne
William C. Mentzer
Herman B. Gates
Thomas G. Powers
Torrington
Wyo
John T. McDonald
First National Bank of
B. F. Yoder
Torrington State Bank
Earl Reid
Ed Reid
Carlton Clinton
F. N. Pearson
Powers
Clinton Carlton
Clinton
Washington
Goshen County
Weld County
Colorado
Wyoming
French Stage Is Improved War Is Responsible
The war has chastened French theatre reducing salacious fare and Teutonic influence. Pierre Veber declares on war time theatre that shows a loftier tone with fewer sensual crises and less half clad antics. The New York correspondent notes Veber’s remark carries weight from the era’s leading tastemaker of coarse comedy.
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Pierre Veber
Lyceum Club
Paris
Veber
Pleasure car production cut 40 percent in wartime measure
New York March 7 production of pleasure automobiles will be reduced by 40 percent of the uncompleted schedule for the year as a war measure. The decision was reached today by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
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New York
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Midwest Oil reports strong year at Phoenix meeting
Midwest Oil company chairman L L Aitken announced a prosperous year ended 1917 with net profit from operations of 576216.12 after taxes. Gross income 1591439.45. expenses 1015228.83. Dividends on preferred stock 240000. year end surplus rose from 67123.61 to 202877.54. Litigation in Salt Creek feld and tax uncertainties noted. 70 percent of 1917 production came from patented lands. Special oyster offer noted.
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Midwest Oil Company
Phoenix
Ariz
Wyoming
L. L. Aitken
Midwest of Company
William M. Fitzhugh
Salt Creek
Bishop N S Thomas to lead Denver Lenten services
Bishop N S Thomas of Cheyenne will conduct noon Lenten services under Episcopal Church auspices at the Tabor Grand opera house in Denver Saturday and Monday. Mrs Thomas accompanies the bishop. Bishop Charles P Anderson of Chicago ends his daily noon services this noon. Commencing Tuesday Dr George
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N.S. Thomas
Cheyenne
Episcopal Church Club
Tabor Grand Opera House
Denver
Thomas
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Opera House
George
William Ashford In Critical Condition After Shooting
William Ashford remains in critical condition after a shooting by C. O. Loy, with prosecutors stating murder charges could follow if Ashford dies. Sam Thompson, county prosecuting attorney, notes Loy faces potential murder indictments.
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William Ashford
C. O. Loy
Casper
St. John's
Ashford
Loy
Sam Thompson
Colmly
aAttorney
Democrats Plan Patriotism Drive in Iowa Legislature
Dr. J. W. Reynolds of Creston, state Democratic chairman, said some congressmen must walk the plank for being too friendly with the Kaiser's doctrine. Democrats in Des Moines would shape laws in session to contest the next state and senatorial election on patriotic grounds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. W. Reynolds
Creston
Democrats of Laws
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S. A. Huston
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Kelley Mercantile Co
Midwest
Briday
Mishop Thomas
Denver Lenten Serrvices
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Crown Tar Works
Denver Gas & Electing Light
Arp & Hammond
F. A. Roedel
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