Rocky Mountain highway work begins north of Riverside
Construction on the Rocky Mountain highway from Riverside started in earnest Monday. Contractors Merry and Anderson mobilized crews and equipment, established a camp, and plan to keep dirt moving until completion. State highway engineer F G Healey visited encampment and may return with another engineer for 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 for Medicine Bow Forest Arrives in Laramie
Hilton, a 1911 Michigan Agricultural College forestry graduate, steps into the Medicine Bow National Forest supervisor post formerly held by Earl S. Peirce. Peirce resigns to join Syracuse University’s School of Forestry. The article notes a penitentiary crew arriving to improve the state reserve, including river and bathhouse projects, plus anticipated farming operations by Warden Hadsell with about twenty four workers.
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 hold steady as community reports births and events
The measles seem to be holding the fort. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Carl Murray on Wednesday April 6 weighs six and a half pounds. A boy weighing nine pounds born Easter Sunday to Mr and Mrs Charles A McDonald of Chicago. Mrs Gev O Baker reports. The Rumme party by Neighbors of Woodcraft drew good attendance and funds. twelve tables filled. Geo O Baker won first prize and Miss Nicoleva Johnson won booby. overall, an enjoyable evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Murray
Gev. O. Baker
Charles A. McDonald
Chicago
Mr. McDonald
Baker
Woodcraft
Geo. O. Baker
Misa Nicoleva Johnson
Prize Essay Contest Winners Announced for Wyoming Schools
Miss Eunice Anderson reports on high school prize winners in Wyoming history and World War topics. Florence Johnston and William Woolston each win first prizes of five dollars, with runners up Vera Knapp and Sarah Harris. A large batch of essays scoring 90 to 96 percent is noted, with names of top participants. judges praise the effort and potential for publication across state papers.
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 Big Special
Farmers in the valley discussed a sugar beet program after a weather‑affected meeting. A. T. Faucett offered to base beet planting and handling on Nebraska tools with freight paid by supporters. About 100 acres in Platte valley and Encampment may be planted pending sugar company testing. May Allison appears at the city hall Saturday night in The Walk Offs, with a tale of romance and social drama set in metropolis life. Edith Dunbar returned to Rawlins after visiting here.
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 yields strong turnout for goods sale
Chidester's sale last Saturday drew good attendance with many items sold. The farmer notes regular community auctions could provide a home market for buyers and sellers, and urges continued patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Giood
Harry Pantle
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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