Rocky Mountain Convicts Begin State Reserve Highway Work
Construction on the Rocky Mountain highway north from Riverside started in earnest Monday. Contractors Merry and Anderson are mobilizing crews and equipment, with a camp established on the route and dirt moving to continue until completion. State highway engineer F. G. Healey, based in Medicine Bow, surveyed the site with Ferry and Anderson and plans to return with another engineer to oversee the project through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Highway
Riverside
Messrs. Merry and Anderson
F. G. Healey
Medicine Bow
Messrs. Ferry
Anderson
Schappcott
New Supervisor Named for Medicine Bow Forest
Laramie welcomes Huber C. Hilton to lead Medicine Bow National Forest, replacing Earl S. Peirce who resigned to join Syracuse University. Hilton, a 1911 Michigan Agricultural College forestry graduate, has four years in Rocky Mountain forests and prior supervisor experience in Michigan. The article notes river, road, and riverbank works planned by penitentiary and wardens crews, plus housing updates at the state reserve and anticipated farming operations by Warden Hadsell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huber C. Hilton
Laramie
Medicine Bow National Forest
Earl S. Peirce
Mr. Hilton
Michigan Agricultural College
U. S. Forest Service
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Wyoming
Michigan National Forest
Hilton
Medicine Bow Forest
Rocky Mountain District
Peirce
School of Forestry
Syracuse
New York
Rawlins
State Reserve
Gregg
Measles Prevails as Births and Socials Reported
Measles seems to hold the fort here at present. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Carl Murray on Wednesday morning April 6 weighing six and a half pounds. A nine pound boy born Easter Sunday to Mr and Mrs Charles A McDonald of Chicago, brother of Mrs Baker. The Rumme party by Neighbors of Woodcraft last Friday night drew a large crowd, twelve tables filled throughout the evening. Geo O Baker won first prize and Miss Nicoleva Johnson took the booby. An enjoyable evening is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Murray
Gev. O. Baker
Charles A. McDonald
Chicago
Mr. McDonald
Baker
Woodcraft
Geo. O. Baker
Misa Nicoleva Johnson
Winners Named in Prize Essay Contest for Wyoming History
Miss Eunice Anderson reports prize winners from the State Historical Department high school essay contest. Florence Johnston wins first with The Powder River Expedition and 99, $5. Friede Sperling takes second with 98, $3. Vera Knapp places third with 97. World War topic prizes go to Wm. H. Woolston, 98, $5. Sarah Harris, 97, $3. Several hundred pupils entered. many essays may be published later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Department
Vera Knapp
la Grange Consolidated High School
Historical Department
Cyril Roggers
Crete Wood
Laramie High
Margaret Hilderbrand
Fern Slichter
Agnes Huckenson
Douglas
Horace Winslow
Gertrude Clark
Lander
Jeane Moore
Robert Burns
Sheridan
Viola M. Heyer
Shoshoni
Leona Craver
Greet River
Gladys Stone
la Grange Consolidated
Phebe Robinson
Idella Nelson
Lowell C. Painter
Kemmerer
Kathryn Foard
Cody
Alice Christensen
Sylvester Huhtals
Hanna
Ernest Fitzgerald
Lauda Newlin
Wyoona von Kennel
Charles V. Warren
Charles Welsh
Francis Bon
Ferree Marks
Helen Reid
Myrtle Spires
Lillian Sly
Julia Sherman
Joseph Watts
Gertrude Stubblefield
Oscar Yoder
Marian Yoder
Elizabeth Hefferon
Ruth Engstrom
Jessie Stanfield
Myrtle Franson
Cheyenne
Chas, Stone
Evanston
Lin I
Noble
Thermopolis
E. Mullen
Sugar Beet Growing Will Be May Allison In A Big Special
Disrupted weather did not deter a valley meeting on sugar beet growing with plans to test beet production for potential proceeds. A. T. Faucett offered to provide equipment and aid cultivation while local residents backed freight costs. about 100 acres may be planted pending sugar company testing. May Allison stars in The Walk Off s at city hall next Saturday night, with a seven reel production and lavish settings promising a full house. Edith Dunbar returns home after visiting Rawlins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Allison
Saratoga Sun
A. T. Faucett
Nebraska
E. B
Igo
L. G. Davis
Platte Valley
City Hall
Kathleen Rutherford
Kathleen
Kentucky
Community auction draws fair turnout at Chidester sale
Harry Pantle reports a well attended Chidester community auction last Saturday with many goods sold. He notes the ranch prices and urges regular sales to provide a home market for buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giood
Harry Pantle
Chidester
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J.H. Schmidt
Rocky’ Mountain
National Garage CO
St. James Guild
Pierce Culloton
Murs. J. W. Kennicott
State Bank
CHAS
H. Sanger
H. A. Hunter
H. Healey
Edith Dunbar
Mrs
Ada Chamberlin
Harrow
Riverside Blacksimk
R. Z. McCoy
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
Rock River, Wyoming
J. T. McShane
Denver
Encampment Stores Co
Cheyenne Creamery Company
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