Forest Regiment recruits woodsmen for service in France
A woodsmen and mill workers regiment is being organized for early service in France as part of the American Engineers Reserve Corps. Recruits aged 18 to 40, U.S. citizens or intent to become, will work behind the lines on timber and lumber needs, with pay scales listed and travel paid from enlistment. Fred R. Johnson will enlist men in Encampment. Forest Supervisor Blackhall to accept enlistment. women over 18 urged to register at the city ball next Tuesday July 17.
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France
United States
Fred R. Johnson
Denver
Woods
Blackhall
Roy Riford
Food Conservation Training Camps Begin At University
The first training camp for food conservation opened July 2 at the university, with more camps planned in northern areas as volunteer lists are completed. Mrs. R. A. Morton of Cheyenne and Henrietta Kolshorn of Laramie coordinate volunteers, with fifteen women already offering help. The National Defense Council funds a trained demonstrator per county for a week of canning and drying, while preliminary training is provided by the university’s extension division.
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University
R. A. Morton
Cheyenne
Henrietta Kolshorn
Laramie
Council For National Defense
Division of Extension
Medicine Bow Lodge to Open July Fifteenth
Announcement states Medicine Bow Lodge at upper Brush Creek will open to the public on Sunday July 15. Some buildings may not be fully finished but guest accommodations will be available, with most details to be completed in a few weeks. The camp offers pleasant surroundings and prime fishing, expected to attract tourists and local weekend visitors. Saratoga Sur, Mrs Louis J Sims and her son Richard of Oakland arrived in Encampment Monday to spend the summer with sister 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 Knowledge To Help Friends Save Food
The most helpful women will share information and discoveries with friends to assist them in conserving food, promoting practical tips and collective resilience.
Fire damages storage building owned by J E Anderson
A fire destroyed a storage and work room adjoining the Anderson property on a Wednesday forenoon. Mrs. Anderson had recently vulcanized in the building, and authorities suspect the fire started there. Tools and stock were damaged, but firefighters confined the blaze to the single structure. A faulty fire plug gasket caused water loss, prompting calls for regular drills and a weekly firemen’s drill to train volunteers and engage the town.
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J. E. Anderson
Anderson
Cullen Little
Wyoming and U S Crop Report July Wheat and Hay Prices
Government Crop Report summarizes July 1 forecasts for Wyoming and the United States. It covers winter and spring wheat oats potatoes and hay, with production figures and price averages for current and prior year, including state and national totals and per bushel and per ton prices.
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Wyoming
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hay
Jacksons Hole Tale Of Two Traveling Men In Wild West Vein
Two travelers arrive in Jacksons Hole with one a seasoned rider and the other a lone tenderfoot. The tenderfoot packs a small cannon and a pistol, avoids dangers, and survives a store robbery with bandits. He leaves next morning, happy to reach safety by rail, as local press notes a rough frontier humor. Mr and Moe, B C Riefwood daughter Myrtle and Dorothy Bridges visit the Lite homestead Wear for an outing, town report.
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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 of Atlantic City Dies at Jubilee Dedication
Buck Greatrix of Atlantic City Wyoming earned a unique record by living in two territories one state and three counties without ever changing his domicile. He arrived west in 1865, settled in 1869, saw Atlantic City shift from Carter County Dakota Territory to Sweetwater then Fremont counties, and finally Wyoming statehood in 1890.
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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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