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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
1
Rich McMinn died in Kemmerer after a short pneumonia attack. He served three years as County Sheriff and earned many friends for his diligent, generous service. A Cokeville group plans to attend services Sunday to honor the man many described as upright and practical.
Regular services by Rev. Morten Joslin of Romreere are postponed this week. He advises that services will be held at St. Bartholomews at eight p.m. on Sunday June 16.
Frank H. Barrow resigns after eight years as private secretary to Con Mondell. He plans to return to Wyoming around early July. Barrow formerly edited the Sheridan Post and may re-enter journalism.
Workers report generous contributions from the region for the Red Cross with many giving ten dollars each and totals reaching about 225 dollars after initial 125 dollars was added. The notices praise local employees for their liberal support and note several gave as high as ninety dollars at various drives.
In Opal, mayor and hotel proprietor William Solliday faced mockery over a lambing project. Belle Day reportedly spent 200 on quarters for his sheep flock, only to watch the animals eat bay and pose, as Solliday realized he may have forgotten winter mating permissions.
In Kemmerer the county draft chief clerk is lauded for efficient operation organizing blank forms, transport, and details for recruits. Working with Dr. E. Stafford H. Harrison and Sheriff J. R. McMinn the team has issued 152 men since May 20, with 25 to the 44th Engineer corps, 42 to Camp Lewis, and 85 to Fort Logan, meeting Lincoln county’s quota.
Jesse Goodfellow a veteran wool buyer with Eisemann Bros of Boston has overseen consignments for weeks and claims a regional record for wool purchases. This year he contracted roughly five hundred thousand pounds to be sent to his home, predicting prices of 0c to 65c per pound and calling this among the most profitable periods for sheep raisers in the Intermountain region. Goodfellow has long resided in Salt Lake City and knows every flockmaster in the area.
A Washington Times writer notes about 1,200 newspapers, many small, have folded in the past year due to high paper prices and government advertising efforts that squeeze publishers. He warns that rising postal rates due to archaic zone pricing will further burden papers already reeling from costs.
P W Olson near Snowhallow shut the machine shearing pens on Tuesday ending the season. Ten shearers worked the flocks of Mr Olson. the clip will total about 70000 pounds. The corrals sit near the center of the sheep range with easy entry from multiple directions.
The Cokeville community notes the departure of Victor Forgeon and his wife as they move to Burley Idaho. Forgeon arrived in the late 1870s when Cokeville was a sagebrush patch and logging cabins. He built a ranching and sheep-raising life and leaves many enduring friendships.
A small flock on the right of way at Pegram last week derailed five cars of a regular freight and caused major disruption. All sixteen sheep were killed in the incident.
On Wednesday this week June 5 the town held the second draft registration at the post office. Twenty three were registered in the district about twice the expected number of eligible youths.
A Cokeville resident faced a court on a careless driving charge after ignoring a warning at a street intersection. He received a two dollar fine and five dollars worth of advice about city ordinances and future enforcement within Cokeville limits.
The Wyoming Red Cross chapter reports state leaders have awarded the December campaign pennant for Christmas seals. Wyoming's per capita 7.2 seals tops all states, with the nation selling over 160 million seals, up 50 percent from 1916. Arizona 4.1, Minnesota 4.6, Connecticut 3.4 per capita.
Walter Lake of Melody Brothers, a veteran sheep buyer, toured South Omaha this week greeting friends and scouting fall prospects. He notes good spring planting in the corn belt, recent rain improving small grain, corn in excellent condition, and cautious optimism that prices for fall deliveries may hold or ease slightly if crops perform well.
Prisoners from the con vict camp in Salt Canyon escaped last week to an unknown destination. Captain Bryan of the state prison visited Cokeville. Photos of the two are circulating and a reward of 6500 offered for each. Suspects are Ja K. M. Shelby 58 from Converse County for larceny and Sid Taylor 60 from Converse County for burglary. They are at large and linked as cronies by age and residence.
The Short Line on Sunday June 2 revised arrival and departure times and mail handling. East Bound trains include No 4 at 1 42 AM No 6 at 10 38 AM No 18 at 443 PM. West Bound trains No 6 at 10 30 AM No 17 at 12 55 AM No 10 at 7 40 AM. Mail is now carried on all trains except No 4.
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