Cokeville Plans Big Fourth Celebration With Parade and Events
Cokeville to host a citywide Fourth of July celebration organized by Mayor May and local business leaders. A morning patriotic program, afternoon frontier events, a ball game, roping and pole climbing contests, comedy acts, a potential outside team, and a big evening dance at the Opera House are planned. An eight o'clock meeting at the old Register building will finalize arrangements and posters will invite surrounding towns.
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Cokeville
Fat
Jean
Register
Cookeville
Mining Company Holds Meeting in Afton
Star Valley Mining and Developing Company re elected all officers at a week earlier meeting in Afton. The firm plans 8.0 in development work and reports 70 feet tunneled with ore assaying at 31.35 per ton. Locally owned by Lincoln County men, it has invested over 3000 and contemplates selling 20000 more shares at 12 cents each as stock trades at 10 cents in the past.
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Star Valley Mining and Developing Company
Afton
Copany
Lincoln County
Star Valley Timber Arrests Reported by U.S. Marshals
A news report states 17 men in Star Valley were arrested by United States marshals for illegal timber cutting. One is linked to the Chas Porter case from last fall, with local residents claiming the action harms settlers trying to build up the area.
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Star Valley
United States
First Car to Yellowstone Historic First to Pass Cokeville
The first car to traverse Cokeville on the way to Yellowstone National Park arrived Wednesday from Des Moines Iowa. A Ford driven by L S Freeman and joined by three boys stopped along the route and will spend about a week in the area before continuing the journey.
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Cokeville
Yellowstone National Park
DesMoins
Iowa
L. S. Freeman
F. F. Freeman
Freeman
Officials Visit Star Valley for Mothers Pension Neglect Case
County Attorney Marshal Reynolds State Humane officer Ed Burke and Judge Arnold return from Star Valley after reviewing neglect cases. They cite a family with three children under ten and a promised housekeeper to ensure proper care. Travel from Afton to Cokeville took four and a half hours. roads are reported in good shape amid recent rain.
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Reynolds
Burke
Arnold
Star Valley
Afton
Cokeville
Timber Shortage Strangles Settlement Building Efforts
Settlers struggle to obtain sufficient timber to build homes and barns, hindering frontier development. Local shortages constrain construction plans as forests supply declines and shipments lag demand.
Wool car loading accident injures Chamberlain fingers
Ad Chamberlain suffered severe finger injuries Tuesday afternoon while loading a wool car. A frightened horse lurched when a passing train spooked it, causing his fingers to be crushed between a pulley and rope. flesh was torn yet nails remained.
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Ad Chamberlain
China and Japan Fight in Cokeville Brawl
A Chinese and a Japanese resident clashed Monday evening in Cokeville over insults spoken in English. Bystanders intervened as the pair, armed with a club and a chair, prepared for a violent confrontation. One man claimed the other repeatedly called him names in United States talk.
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Cokeville
Far East
Queensbury
United States
Bound Over to District Court in Robbery Case
James Slaughter, a colored man, was bound over to district court after a Tuesday afternoon hearing before Judge Bourne on charges of robbing Richard Welsh of 50 dollars. Slaughter refused to plead, may await trial in county jail until next May. Welsh, fined $10 for contempt after interrupting proceedings, muttered a racial remark.
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James Slaughter
Bourne
Richard Welsh
Slaughter
Marshall Twiss
Welsh
Lord Boas
A Fine Big Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Brown
Mr and Mrs Rube Brown announce the arrival of a nine pound girl born last Monday evening. The father came from Star Valley and is employed on the Frank Mau ranch.
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Rube Brown
Mr. Brown
Star Valley
Frank Mau
Rex Ranch Receives New Centrifugal Water Pump
A centrifugal pump has been received by the Rex ranch to lift water from Bear river for irrigation of about six hundred acres on the beach. It is the first pump of its kind in the area and will attract much interest.
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Rex Ranch
Bear River
Breaks Leg While Watching Wool Load in Kemmerer
Carl Nelson while in town with the sheep crew suffered a broken ankle when a heavy sack of wool rolled toward him as men loaded wool cars. He had a previously broken leg that was nearly healed and was taken to Lincoln County Miners hospital in Kemmerer Thursday afternoon.
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Carl Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Lincoln County
Kemmerer
Wyoming Guard Company Heads to Mexican Border
The Wyoming National Guard Company H of Afton sent 68 men to Montpelier Idaho then on to Cheyenne to join other regimental companies in readiness for border duty. Secretary Baker ordered all militia to the border without delay, with all Wyoming units to be in Cheyenne within days.
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Wyoming National Guard
Afton
Montpelier
Idaho
Cheyenne
Idaho City
Cokeville
War Baker
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Yellowstone
China
Japan
Wyoming
Fleishman’s Yeast
The
Cokeville Mercantile Company
Cokeville, Wyoming
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