Long Term Commissioner Plan for Lincoln County Districts
The article urges rebalancing county representation in Lincoln County by moving the four year term to the mining district Cokeville and Star Valley areas have lacked single district representation while districts such as Star Valley Jackson Hole Green River Bear River have had multi board seats. It proposes assigning the four year term to the mining district then splitting the short term seat among Green River Valley Jackson Hole and Bear River Valley with yearly partisan agreement and fair candidate selection.
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Lincoln
Board of County Commissioners
Cokeville
Great Mining District
Lincoln County
Star Valley
Jackson Hole
Green River Valley
Lieve
Partizan
Thien
Thoreness
Greeo River Valley
Bear River Valley
Cokeville City Election Sees Quiet Ballot With 33 Votes
The Cokeville election produced a single-ticket race with 33 ballots cast. John A. Larson elected mayor succeeds Frank A. May and is a Lincoln county businessman and State Bank of Cokeville cashier. G. Peters reelected to the town council. W. G. Morely advances to assistant cashier at the Cokeville State Bank via O Short Line station agent position. Election judges were Dick ta, Victor Forgeon, and Mrs. Kate Morgen.
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Cokeville
John A. Larson
Frank A. May
Lincoln County
State Bank of
G. Peters
W. G. Morely
O Short Line
Cokeville State Bank
Awe
Chas. Petere
T. K. Collet
Phosphate Mine Shipments Progress Near Gherite
J P Sulima manager of Union Phosphate reports mines near Gherite progressing with shipments planned next year. Mrs Sulima notes mining advances and last year over eleven thousand tons shipped from Oakeville with past shipments of seven thousand tons destined for the Hawaiian Islands.
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Cokeville
Honolulu
J. P. Sulima
Union Phosphate Company
Sulima
Nthe A .Acing
Han Oakeville
Hawaiian Islands
Great Grandmother Jane Sparkes witnesses quartet of new great granddaughters
Great Grandmother Mrs Jane Sparkes of Dingle Idaho on April 30 became great grandmother to three great granddaughters in one hour an occurrence unlikely to have been recorded before. They were born to Jess Gilkeson Cokeville Macy Sparke and Jap Weaver Dingle Idaho. Mrs Sparks is Tom Sparks mother and at age 87 is hale and hearty reading without glasses.
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Jane Sparkes
Dingle
Idaho
Jess Gilkeson
Cokeville
Macy Sparke
Jap Weaver
Wyman Hotel Reopened Under Mrs Wyman Plans
Mrs W H Wyman administrator of the Wyman estate takes over the Wyman Hotel after Earl D Haggerty's lease expired May 1. She will renovate with repainting new bedding furnishings electric lights and other improvements and aims to reopen about June 1. She may lease the dining room if a suitable partner is found with tea service expected to start at opening.
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W. H. Wyman
Wyman
Earl D. Haggerty
Corporal Albin Vearson of Wyoming Guards Honored
Mrs. August Vearson reports her son Albin, former member of Company H Wyoming National Guards from Kemmerer, has been promoted to corporal in France. His main duty involves handling and breaking horses for the unit.
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August Vearson
Albin
Kemmerer
Company H
Wyoming National Guards
France
The Red White and Blue Anthem Heralded
A patriotic verse extols Columbia as the gem of the ocean and home of liberty. It praises the red white and blue banner as a symbol that makes tyranny tremble and notes triumphs with liberty’s foundation upheld through storms.
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Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
The
Brave and the Free
Cokeville Native Weds Indiana Bride in Washington Ties
Frank C. Vibrans of Washington D C plans to marry Miss Neda Grace Harvey of Marion Indiana. A Cokeville raised chemist, Vibrans attended Westminster College and Wabash College and earned a Master of Science from Harvard and Ann Arbor before joining a government lab in Washington working on poison gases. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Vibrans and brother of Miss Gertrude Vibrans of Cokeville.
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Frank C. Vibrane
Washington, D. C
Neda Grace Harvey
Marion
Ind
Cokeville
Vibrans
Collegiate Institute
Salt Lake City
The
Westminster College
Border
Misa Gertrude Vibrans
Community Day in Afton Encourages Civic Cleanups
The piece urges Cokeville and nearby towns to pattern after Afton and hold a Community Improvement Day. Stores close Wednesday as volunteers rake and beautify streets and alleys, with many towns adopting similar plans. The Register offers two workers for park or street cleanup, urging willing residents to contribute despite uneven participation.
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Afton
Cokeville
Register
Electric Light Extension Aims at Ranch Power Service
Cokeville Power and Light Company plans to extend the electric line east to the Bennion Bros O F Stoffers and Frank May ranches. The work will be rushed so these ranches receive electric light power service in the near future.
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Cokeville Power and Light Company
Cokeville
Bennion Bros
O. F. Stoffers
Frank May
Uture
Will Hold the Herd to Upper Smithsfork Range
Charley Bruce plans to move a large herd of 600 to 700 head of range cattle to their summer range at Smithsfork. The group includes 500 to 600 head owned by Roscoe Stoner and about 100 head owned by Fom Sparks. Brace departed with the cattle for the mountain rendezvous last Monday.
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Charley Bruce
Smithsfork
Roscoe Stoner
Fom Sparks
Mr. Brace
Seed Potatoes for Sale in Cokeville Wy
Seed potatoes offered by F F Freeman of Cokeville Wyoming. About 100 bushels of a panty variety suitable for dry weather and peatting. Contact Freeman for details.
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F F. Freeman
Cokeville
Wyo
Pair of Duroc pigs offered for service in September
A listing offers a pair of Duroc pigs including one Duroc Jersey boar for service in September. Also advertised is a female not re rk H. A. Hrinton, Opal, Wyoming.
Dining Room Lease Offered at Wyman Hotel in Wyoming
W H Wyman seeks a suitable lessee to lease the dining room privilege of the Wyman Hotel. Dining room and kitchen furnishings are included for service at the Wyoming property.
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Wyman Hotel
W. H. Wyman
Kerwmerer
Wyoming
The Star Spangled Banner Vision and Motto
A patriotic verse captures the flag under peril and dawn light with lines about remembrance, resilience, and praise. It notes the nation’s motto In God is our trust and calls for victory and peace with gratitude toward a providential protector.
Patriotic Brookside Junior Auxiliary Displays War Efforts
Brookside Junior Auxiliary of the Cear River Valley chapter on Sublet displays wartime work for the front. Volunteers, ages 5 to 12, exhibit a large Afghan knit blanket plus 19 crente 38 pillow cases 5 pairs of socks 2 wristlets and 21 700 gun wipes. Children plan to serve lunch in the Red Cross rooms this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m.
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Brookside
Cear River Valley
Sublet
Red Cross Room
Berlin
Red Cross
Four Men Enlist in Volunteer Service via Cheyenne Route
Postmaster A J Schill reports four enlistments for the Volunteer service moving from Cheyenne for medical exams, then on to Ft Logan Denver and possibly Galveston Texas. Enlistees listed are Chas O White Linn Carr L D Gridly and William Casey all above draft age and stranded in Dakeville prompting enlistment.
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A. J. Schill
Cheyenne
Ft. Logan
Denver
Galveston
Texas
Chas, O. White
Linn Carr
L. D. Gridly
William Casey
Dakeville
Kemmerer Red Cross Drive Receives Local Support
Mr and Mrs A D Hosking of Kemmerer visited their nephew Clyde V Ray as Sunday guests. Hosking, Red Cross district manager, sought a $7000 living district allotment. At Saturday’s meeting committees outlined fund raising. J Quealy pledged Kemmerer Coal Company to cover any deficit and boost the drive.
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A. D. Hosking
Kem- Merer
Clyde V. Ray
Hoskins
Red Cross
Pees
Lambing Progress at R D Boomer Ranch
R D Boomer returns from the ranch for Sunday at his home and reports a busy period with lambing. He worries a recent hay fire sparked by a passing engine may affect newly sown Timothy seed while his lamb crop remains running over 100 percent.
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R. D. Boomer
Bob
County officers eyed for retention on draft board
Lincoln county discusses keeping county officers who serve on the draft board. Plan would mean Republicans back County Clerk Harold R Harrison if Democrats do not oppose Sheriff J K McMinn. Critics warn duty on the board may invite opposition, though such officers are valued public servants elsewhere. Decision expected by the two major parties soon.
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United States
Lincoln County
Harold R. Harrison
J. K. McMinn
Lincoln
Red Cross Rally in Cokeville Plans May Week Drive
Red Cross rally manager B H Smalley urges Cokeville residents to attend Red Cross Sunday events next Sunday at the Opera House with Rev Joslyn Kemmerer and Bishop Shepgard Bear Lake Stake among speakers. He aims to raise the district share of the Hundred Million Dollars during May 20 27.
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B. H. Smalley
Red Cross Drive
Red Cross
Cokeville
Opera House
Joslyn
Kemmerer
Shepgard
Juris
Bear Lake
Smalley
McKinney Returns to Cokeville After Utah Visit
W A McKinney, visiting Cokeville this week from Salt Lake, reports on recent scouting in Utah and Nevada. He plans to return in August to pursue a copper mining proposition, but labor needs may delay activity this year. He recalls a costly mistake learning street car herd guide posts in Evanston.
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W. A. McKinney
Cokeville
Salt Lake
Mac
Utah
Nevada
Evanston
Memorial Day Flowers Available from Schil's Agents
Memorial Day floral selection includes roses lilacs cape jasmine jasmine like flowers and tulips. Customers are urged to place orders early with Schil's and West agents for Louis B. West r.
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Schil
Louis B. Westr
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People’s Ticket
H. A. Hrinton
Opal
Kent
Brookside Junior Red Cross
Queasy Guarantees Fund
the Draft Board
Red Cross Rally
Cokeville Opera House
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