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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
1
The city announces a clean-up week starting Monday May 14 inviting all residents to tidy yards alleys and vacant lots. Community groups join officials in promoting a spring movement with painting touch ups and removing unsightly billboards and ads.
The University of Wyoming plans a June rural school conference with county superintendents rural teachers and others. focus on vital topics like legislation and school practice to better serve Wyoming's rural schools. A detailed program will follow.
J. D. Noblitt came home Sunday after two months in Salt Lake City for an appendicitis operation. Though not fully recovered, he feels well and will proceed to Granger to tend his sheep. He notes good condition of his flock with few losses due to winter range keeping after lambing season.
Frank A Mau was re elected mayor by a 14 vote margin after the People’s ticket won the city election Tuesday. B H Smalley and L A Woodward also won council seats with no opposition, while May led with 74 votes to Bourne’s 60 on the Citizen’s ticket.
A social at the Opera House in Cokeville on Thursday evening May 17 raises funds for Red Cross work. Rev. Reader to speak. Mr. Woodward supplied the hall. tickets cost one dollar with refreshments included. Dr. A. L. Chilton of Pocatello Optical Co. will be at Haggerty Hotel Sunday May 20 from 10:30 am to 2 pm, before the afternoon train.
The Wyoming oil boom yields a new $10,000,000 company Knickerbocker-Wyoming Oil Co filed in New York with 1,000,000 shares of $10 par. Directors include R H Walsh Sheridan, Herbert Green Chicago, F E Brightman Seattle, and R N Rosenbaum and L N Rosenbaum New York. The scope covers pipelines refineries land control and prospecting for oil. Kinney Oil and Refining is the only rival so far to announce such a large capitalization.
An eight-pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Salima at the phosphate mine last Saturday evening and both mother and baby are doing nicely. Mr. Salima is the new mine manager, arriving from California a few months ago to replace Mr. Vodgt.
Mrs. W H Wyman arranged with contractor Charles Huff for a new store building on the lot north of the Golden Rule. Two carpenters are on site and work has begun. the completed structure will serve as a millinery shop for Mrs. Wyman.
Kemmerer Wyoming May 11 1917 editor Cokeville Register asks for guidance on organizing another company of volunteers for the Wyoming National Guard. He requests advice on how many recruits can be figured from the community and signs CAPT H H WAUGH.
The editor notes this file may mark the last volunteer call in western Wyoming as a new conscription law nears. Evanston and Jackson Hole organize two new companies with strong local turnout. Captain Waugh orders further recruitment while First Sergeant Brown and Ernest Huff pursue western recruits. Some locals head to Kemmerer or Rock Springs for enlistment or naval exams.
The Rev Fr Reader is among preachers at the Evanston Episcopal Deanery meeting May 14 15 16. He hopes to be celebrant at St Bartholomew s on Ascension day May 17 at 9 o clock Eucharist and will preach at the evening service. He will officiate in Evensong Sunday the 20th at 8 o clock.
The Cokeville Afton Transportation company completed its first auto trip this year with Ray Roberts at the wheel. Currently the route reaches Geneva by auto with mail and passengers then by horse stage to Afton. Within two weeks full auto service is expected. Richard Roberts bought a truck for his son Ray who has the summer hauling contract. John Green bought the other truck to work for the company.
Schils Drug Company will order flowers for Mothers Day from Louis B. Westholder, Florist, to be delivered to lyou. The notice names the supplier and occasion.
A wave of sheep killings near Superior alarms sheepmen who cannot explain the losses. Fred Roberts received a telegram from Sheriff Sandburg summoning him to Superior after a man was caught shooting nine sheep with a shotgun. Frank Stoner also headed to Superior after a similar message. Andrew Kennedy of Salt Lake City, with his father, passed Cokeville en route from Vancouver to examine mining interests with Earl D. and Elmo Haggerty.
The report states that about 550 polling places in Wyoming will simultaneously record the names of those from whom the nation’s soldiers may be drawn. It also notes a nationwide plan to complete the work in 12 hours, a task previously believed could not be done in less than six months.
The annual meeting of the electors of school district number five convened at the school on Monday at 2 p m. Frank A. May chaired. J A Larson won the three year school board seat with 114 votes to 26 for Rev A D McLean. A tax levy of 7600 was approved 62 to 17 after discussion.
Bert Collett son of Mrs Sol Anderson came from Rock Springs to say goodbye before leaving for Denver to report for duty with the engineering corps. He left on No. 18 Thursday for Denver.
Lincoln Lumber company starts work on a 32 by 100 foot warehouse to store merchandise beside the Cokeville Mercantile wood warehouse. The new structure replaces the existing building, which was purchased with the lot weeks ago.
Earl D. Haggerty spent the first of the week altering his business premises to install a large new wall case for showcasing his selection of fancy wines liquors and cigars.
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