Forest Regiment recruits woodsmen for service in France
A woodsmen and mill workers regiment is forming under the American Engineers Reserve Corps to supply timber and related engineering work for the Allied war effort. Recruits aged 18 to 40, U.S. citizens or declarants, will train behind the lines with portable sawmills and camps. Pay scales listed, enlistment begins at once, with travel paid from enlistment to training. Fred R. Johnson of Denver to enlist men. Forest Supervisor Blackhall accepting enlistment. women 18+ urged to register at city hall next Tuesday.
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France
United States
Fred R. Johnson
Denver
Woods
Blackhall
Roy Riford
Food Conservation Campaign Opens At University Camp
The first training camp for food conservation work began at the university on July 2 with more camps planned in northern areas as soon as volunteers are listed. Mrs. R. A. Morton of Cheyenne and Henrietta Kolshorn of Laramie coordinate volunteers, with the Council for National Defense funding a trained demonstrator per county for a week of canning and drying lessons.
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University
R. A. Morton
Cheyenne
Henrietta Kolshorn
Laramie
Council For National Defense
Division of Extension
Medicine Bow Lodge to Open Sunday July 15
Announcement says Medicine Bow Lodge the Sisson and Moore tourist camp on Brush Creek will open to the public Sunday July 15. Some buildings may not be finished but accommodations will be ready for a number of guests and within weeks all details will be complete. Located in pleasant surroundings with good fishing in nearby streams, it is expected to attract tourists and local weekend visitors. Saratoga Sur and Mrs Louis J Sims with Richard from Oakland arrive Encampment to spend the summer with Mrs James H Nesbit.
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Medicine Bow Lodge
Sisson & Moore
Upper Brush Creek
Saratoga Sur
Louis J. Sims
Richard
Oakland
California
James H. Nesbit
Women Share Tips to Help Friends Conserve Food
The most helpful women will share their information and discoveries with friends to aid in conserving food and improving household efficiency.
Fire destroys storage building as town urges drills
A storage and work room occupied by J. E. Anderson caught fire around 11 o clock Wednesday forenoon. Mrs. Anderson had vulcanizing in the building. the blaze likely started from that source. Much stock and tools were damaged, Firemen confined the flames to the building and urged weekly drills to improve readiness and town interest.
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J. E. Anderson
Anderson
Cullen Little
Wyoming United States crop report summaries July figures
The July crop report by the U S Department of Agriculture shows state and national forecasts for winter and spring wheat oats potatoes and hay with price averages. Highlights include state winter wheat 1 38 million bushels forecast versus last December 1 47 million. spring wheat 3 19 million versus 2 09 million. US spring 276 million. oats US 1 450 million. hay all 1 95 million tons with year earlier 1 21 million. price comparisons shown for several commodities.
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Wyoming
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hay
Jacksons Hole hosts traveling men and wild west misadventure
Two men arrive in Jacksons Hole, one a seasoned traveler, the other a novice described as the early tenderfoot. The latter carries a small cannon, faces threats from bandits, snakes, and poaching, and endures a failed robbery before leaving for the railroad. In town, Mr and Moe Riefowood and daughters Myrtle and Dorothy Bridges spend a weekend at the Lite homestead west of town.
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Jackson's Hole
Jackson’s Hole
Yellow Journal
Wilson
Jackson
Sitle Courier
Mr. and
Moe
B.C. Rie Fewood
Myrtle
Dorothy Hridges
Buck Greatrix Lived In Two Territories Without Moving
Atlantic City resident Buck Greatrix, of Wyoming, is noted for living in two territories, one state, and three counties without changing his domicile. He settled in Atlantic City in 1869, witnessed territorial changes from Carter to Sweetwater to Fremont, and Wyoming’s statehood in 1890 as part of Cheyenne’s Golden Jubilee.
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Buck” Greatrix
Atlantic City
Wyoming
Jim Baker
Greatrix
Carter County
Dakota Territory
Sweetwater County
Fremont
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the Forest Regiment
W.C. Sutton, Chm
Government
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