Wyoming State News Highlights Local Fair and Oil Moves
Western Newspaper Union summary of Wyoming events lists upcoming fairs from Sept 11 to Sept 29 across Big Horn, Lincoln, Carbon, and other counties, plus new mills, packing houses, and refinery plans. It notes races at Cheyenne, oil drilling progress at Greybull and Salt Creek, a new Y M C A building dedication, post office moves, and notable deaths and appointments. It also mentions labor day programs, a court fine, and state officials receiving roles.
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Union News Service
Mely
Steva t—Pourth
Scottleah Rite Masons
Cheyenne
Sunrise
Riverton
Masonic Temple
American Oil Company
Greybull
Lane Dome
Arminto
Wm. King
Rawhide Butte
Gillette
Hecla-Wyoming Oil Company
Casper
Tom Molicone
Mo‘torman
Sunrise Mines
Trades Assembly of
Geo. Papas
Boston-Wyoming
Salt Creek
Republic Petroleum Company
Tea Pot Home
West Salt Creek
W. K. Weaver
Douglas
Third Wyoming Infantry
Houx
Wyoming Oil Output Sees 1917 Production Forecast
A Wyoming oil expert estimates state production for 1917 at 12 to 14 million barrels. Salt Creek, Elk Basin, Grass Creek, Big Muddy, Lander and Pilot Butte figures shown, with 39,000 bbls daily run to refineries and 21,800 bbls daily shut in, totaling 60,800 bbls per day. Additional pipelines from Thermopolis to Greybull and Elk Basin to Greybull could lift output. The analyst predicts up to 100,000 barrels daily by year end.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Salt Creek
Elk Basin
Greybull
Grass Creek
Chatham
Big Muddy
Lander
Pilot Butte
Thermopolis
Mining and Oil News Highlights Mines and Prices Across West
Old Mohave claims at Jerome to be developed as Telluride work centers Oatman mining activity grows. Swanson mine Parker ships thirty ore cars weekly while Wandering Jew near Alte rises under new management. Abe Lincoln mine in Wickenburg reports 35 percent ore in upper cut. Buckeye ore valued over 40,000 a ton. Mount Lincoln Russia Leasing ore yields near 1,000,000 production. Lake City district lead-silver revival eyed. Silver boom boosts White Raven mine Boulder shipping 2-3 cars weekly. Anaconda copper July output falls 8,000,000 pounds. Manganese production rises at Butte Detroit mill. Wiley group whitewater work begun. Oil excitement in Lake Arthur district as Empire Oil leases 200,000 acres Glenrio. Mogollon district tonnage about 12,000 with 6,000 ounces silver and gold. Manganese shipments from Boston Hill. Pacific No. 2 Skilacorn vein at Pinos Altos resumes mill operations.
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Jerome
Telluride
Oatman
Upper Verde
Swanson
Parker
Tyndall
Alte
Wickenburg
Oronogo
Bouthbend
Gold Hill
Breckenridge
Mount Lincoln
Russia Leasing Company
Buckeye
Lake City
A. G. Milner
Little Giant Group of Mines
Lawson
Georgetown
White Raven
Boulder County
Anaconda Copper Company
Butte-Detroit
Wiley Group
White Water
Lake Arthur
Dexter
Empire Oil and Gas Company
Glenrio
Quay County
Mogollon
Socorro
Boston Hill
Santa Fé
Pinos Altos
Pacific No. 2
el Paso Mining Company
Wyoming Men Receive Army Commissions in Ceremony
Fifteen Wyoming men in training at the reserve officers' training camp at the Presidio in San Francisco were awarded commissions. Captains C. M. June and J. A. Hill. First Lieutenants Edmund Silverbrand and M. E. Cortell. Second Lieutenants G. V. Medici de Solenni, Guy Hobgood, R. R. Bacon, Harry J. Craig, W. F. Davis, M. V. Spicer, Rudolph L. Biesmay, C. F. Arnold, J. T. Peterson, W. G. Metz, E. L. Knight. all from Wyoming or associated units.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Presidio
San Francisco
C. M. June
Wyoming Infantry
J. A. Hill
Laramie
Edmund Silverbrand
M. EB. Cortell
G. V. Medici de Solenni
Guy Hobgood
Lander
R. R. Bacon
Wyoming National Guard
Harry J. Craig
W. F. Davis
M. V. Spicer
Rudolph L. Bhsmay
Douglas
C. F. Arnold
J. T. Peterson
W. G. Metz
Sheridan
E. L. Knight
U S Will Not See Trench Action In World War I
Sergt. E Langford of The Little Black Devils regiment from Canada visits Casper on his way home to Quebec. He says the United States will not engage in trench warfare but will be a vital factor in ending the great world war, after spending days in Thermopolis seeking relief from German gas exposure in France.
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U. 8
United States
Germany
Sergt. E. Langford
Little Black Devils” Regiment
Canada
Casper
Quebec
Thermopolis
France
Robbery tale used to hide cash shortage at Casper
A. L. Cook, former Adams Express Company agent at Casper, confessed the recent holdup story was false to cover a $900 shortage in his accounts. He is jailed on $500 bail for embezzlement while officials recover the funds and investigate the discrepancy.
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Casper
Adams Express Company
A. L. Cook
Cook
Burlington Rail Valuation Raised 750000 in Wyoming
The main Burlington rail line from Orin Junction to Frannie, 300 miles, has its assessed valuation increased by 750000, or 2500 a mile, per the State Board of Equalization amid Wyoming’s central development. Wool clip for 1917 expected at 29 to 30 million pounds. average rancher price about 50 cents per pound. A 13 year old, Max Allen Glassburn, was found dead near Hulett from a gunshot believed to be accidental while grouse hunting.
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Burlington
Cheyenne
Burlington Railroad
Orin Junction
Frannie
State Board of Equalization
Thermopolis
Wyoming
H. R. Millard
Wyoming State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Lad
Hulett
Max Allen Glassburn
Here
Fire Destroys Coal Cars in Yard Storage Track
Fire destroyed Rawlins Ten box cars on the storage track in the yards, four of which were full of coal. The blaze started apparently inside the cars and caused total loss of three due to the flames.
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Rawlins
All But Two Claim Exemption in Lincoln County Draft
Eighteen men were drafted in Lincoln County with all but two claiming exemption. The nonexempt targets are Diomalos Strathokarou and Roy A. Niebolin, both listed as residents of Sublet.
Wells Drilling Underway in Little Buffalo Basin Area
Three wells are being drilled concurrently in Little Buffalo Basin by Ohio Midwest and Producers. Standard Exploration spudded a new well in the Lusk field for the Swiglhell Company of Casper. Seventy five wells are seen in Torchblightield with nearly all producing, per a Cheyenne elder who recently visited the area.
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Little Buffalo Basin
Ohio
Midwest
Standard Exploration Company
Lusk
Swiglhell Company
Casper
Prisoner in a Crock Head Crack Prompts Quick Fix
A boy wears an earthenware crock as a helmet and gets stuck. Neighbors rally as his mother and father hurry the scene. A motorman finally frees him by smashing the crack with a controller handle. The tale ends with a moral about misapplied worry and pretending.
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Christian Herald
Soap Antics In The Bathroom A Laughing Piece
A humorous piece from the Illinois State Register describes a cake of soap playfully eluding the pursuer in a bathroom chase. The soap leaps about under the tub and peeks out to mock the hunter, slipping away after each grab until a long stick or force ends the game and a new bar is fetched.
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Illinois State Register
Light a Fire Without Matches for Marines Training
Marines at Port Royal learn to light a fire without matches using primitive flint and steel and a wooden friction method. In the tropics they can start a fire instantly with a hollow bamboo filled with moss and a bowing stick. They aim to adapt this method for use in France.
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United States
Port Royal
8. C
Tropics
France
Siberias Untapped Wealth Portends Global Riches
The article extols Siberia as destined to become the richest nation, boasting 60 diversified resources largely untouched. It cites prewar flour output between 1 and 1.9 million tons annually, vast grazing potential, leather and butter exports, vast forests, and widespread fur supply, with massive mineral and oil deposits yet unprospected.
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Siberia
Iberia
Edward Carson Sees Russia Move Toward Entente Victory
Sir Edward H. Carson, British war cabinet member, tells AP that Russia’s revolution and U.S. entry into the war will decisively influence the war’s end and the postwar peace. He asserts Britain will persevere until goals proclaimed at the war’s start are achieved and the United States will provide overwhelming material aid.
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Russia
America
Sir Edward H. Carson
Associated Press
Edward
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Red Cross Gets Gibson: War Effort Seeks Strong Leader
The American Red Cross appointed Harvey D. Gibson, president of Liberty National Bank of New York, as general manager to oversee wartime relief work. With about 1,800 chapters, the organization coordinates home front aid, first aid training, cooking, and efficient food administration, accepting no pay for this national service.
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New York
American Red Cross
Harvey
D. Gibson
Red Cross
Legion of Mercy
United States
Gibson
Liberty National Bank of New York
Kennedy Jones Builds Public Push for Submarine Victory Loan
Kennedy Jones, famed editor and publisher, is hired by the British government to educate the public on food economy and anti submarine measures using cartoons posters leaflets and large pamphlets. He previously orchestrated the British Victory loan campaign raising one thousand million pounds from the public.
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Kennedy Jones
Great Britain
America
England
Lord Northcliffe
Northcliffe Press
Army War College chief Kuhn a studious multi lingual general
Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn leads the Army War College after a career as an instructor and a versatile observer of warfare. He served as military attaché in Berlin during the current war, gained front line access, and was promoted from colonel to brigadier general to impart modern warfare knowledge. Born June 14, 1864 in Kansas, he entered West Point in 1881 and was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in 1885. He saw action in the Spanish American War as a captain and later became a major of volunteers.
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Joseph E. Kuhn
Berlin
War College
War Department
The
Kubo
Kansas
Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
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James B. True
Grace Raymond Hoebard
University of Wyoming
Herbert ¢. Hoover
Hal Oil Company
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Do. J. Walter
Ward
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