Wyoming News In Brief From Wyoming State News Service
June events include a STAD Tournament and a 4-State Fair at Douglas Saratoga forms a Comme Club Riverton to build a 70000 dollar Mason ic temple Burns votes bonds for a 20000 dollar school Emmer Products reorganized in Cheyenne More than 22000000 dollars of Wyoming insurance written in 1916 Byrne sells 17000 bonds for a light and power plant for 17495 Lauder Commercial Club votes 4000 for improvement J J Scott named postmaster at Hammond Wyoming ranks fifth in enlistment of men Memorial Day exercises draw large crowds Cheyenne women campaign against red light oil interest grows along Shell creek to Hayttville Guards exempt from June 5 registration Three oil claim jumpers freed in Lauder Bulgarian bean planters pass Cheyenne en route to California Woodmen subscribe 100000 Liberty bonds Cripple Creek officials seize 7 tons of ore valued 15000 to 20100 Big Horn Petroleum takes over 400 acre tract near Greybull Shell Creek Dome fields developed Duane Cody drowned fishing 175 oil companies file incorporations since Jan 1 1917 J C Cameron jailed for white slavery Mildred Norwood linked to crime Car crash near Hillsdale injures and kills Templeton and Bowman Passengers plead guilty to anti pass law violation Major Cavender reports a Cody company expected Greybull Refining Company makes first well in Elk Basin Field Strong weather improves road access to drillers
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Saratoga
Riverton
Burns
Jackson Hole
Engineers’ Corps
Evanston
Emmer Products Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Byrne
Lauder Commercial Club
J. J. Scott
Hammond
M. G.thier
Tom Chrisman
Sweetwater
Splitrock
Shell Creek
Hayttville
National Guard
R. Anderson
Lauder
Tidball
Laramie
Winter
St. Louis
California
United States
Liberty
Woodmen of
R. N. la Fontaine
Mutual Oil Company
Salt Creek
Hjorth
Oil & Gas Company of
Douglas
Dallas Field
Lander
Cripple Creek
Tony Cuaz
Big Horn Petroleum Company
Greybull
Shell Creek Dome
Frank Black
Dee Phillips
Cody
J. C. Cameron
Judge River
Mildred Norwood
Cameron
Butaw
Ala
William Wiseman
Hillsdale
Myrtle Bowman
Ray White
Sam Massaro
Cavender
Greybull Refining Company
Elk Basin
Wik
Lincoln county docket ends with multiple sentences
Lincoln county District Court finished its criminal docket with six sentences. James Woods was acquitted of cattle killing. Patrick Delaney received 30 to 99 years for a statutory offense against his stepdaughter Margaret Demain. Mat Chrej pled guilty to second degree murder and got 20 years. Dan Crafton drew one to five years for manslaughter. Hiram Blacker got one to five years for cattle theft. Two youths, Miller and Hooper, were sent to the State Industrial School after robbing a local saloon. Civil cases remain, including James Haddenham’s £20,000 claim against Kemmerer Coal Co. under the new workmen’s compensation law.
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Western
Union News Service
Kemmerer
Wyo
Lincoln County
James Woods
John R. Arnold
Patrick Delaney
Margaret Demain
Mat Chrej
Daley
Crafton
Marbleton
Hiram Blacker
Star Valley
Miller
Hooper
State Industrial School
James Haddenham
Kemmerer Coal Company
Mining and Oil News Preview Prospects in Copper Basin Silverton Openings
Western Newspaper Union report highlights rising metal prices led by lead and silver and outlines mining activity across Arizona California and Colorado. The Yucca Company prepares to start tungsten mill while Arizona Manganese Mines plans new deposits near Aguila. Shamrock mine south of Vicksburg eyes resume operations and Cracker mine car ore shipments top $6,000. Copper Basin exploration expands near Prescott with heightened interest alongside Silverton mining progress including Guston Telescope and Congress mines. Openings at Gaston Red Mountain and Hammer tunnel work advance as the Golden Bureau lab nears completion. Caribou and other Boulder county mines gain renewed momentum as silver and ore prices climb.
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Yucca Company
Arizona Manganese Mines Company
Aguila
Shamrock
Promosa Range
Vicksburg
Critic
Mineral Valley
Salome
Copper
Prescott
Silverton
Gaston
Red Mountain
Ouray
King of Carbonates
Westcliff
William Garston
Colorado Springs
Grand Valley
Hammer
George Watson
Breckenridge
R. B. Moore
Bureau of Mines
Wonder
Congress
Sunnyside Mining and Milling Company
Ejkton
Cripple Creek
Carnduff
Duncan
Lesses
Granite Gold Mining Company
Dead Pine
Boulder County
Caribou
Wyoming bankers seek 50000 advance for state defense work
Representative bankers forming the finance committee of the State Council of Defense request Wyoming banks to advance 50000 to cover administration costs for the council over the next two years. They rely on reimbursement from the Fifteenth Legislature when it convenes in January 1919.
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Cheyenne
State Council of Defense
Wyoming
One Dead Six Hurt in Lodge Grass Collision
One dead and six injured after head on crash between Burlington passenger train No. 42 and a light engine at Lodge Grass Montana. Burling ton passenger brakeman L. Erickson of this city is dead Conductor H. S. Hammond is seriously injured and five passengers are slightly hurt.
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Sheridan
L. Erickson
Burlington
H. 5
Hammond
Lodge Grass
Mont
Casper Approves City Hall and Utilities Bond Issue
A special election authorized bonds totaling 270000 dollars to fund Casper's new city hall and the extension of water and storm sewer service, securing the planned city improvements.
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Casper
Penn Wyoming Case Settled in Cheyenne
United States Court accepted a 765000 dollar bid for the Penn Wyoming property after eleven prior sales. The sale includes bonds of Saratoga and Encampment Railway, Ferrigs Haggerty mine, United Smelters, Tramway Company, Encampment Light and Water Works, and several others.
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Penn-Wyoming
Cheyenne
Penn- Wyoming
United States
Saratoga & Encampment Railway Company
Ferrigs- Haggerty
United Smelters
The
Tramway Company
Rich copper silver ore strike near Carrizozo New Mexico
George C Hopkins reports a rich copper silver ore vein four feet thick at eighty five feet depth south of Carrizozo with ore valued at several hundred dollars per ton. Developers push work on Jones and Winters claims in eastern Santa Fe county with three shifts in a tunnel. Bethlehem Copper contracts for ten drill holes in Grant county to test porphyry copper rock with surface outcrops up to 200 feet wide and copper grades from one half to 1 percent. High grade copper pockets and four ounces per ton ore found in surface iron. Drilling planned to test Dry Creek structure and Big Muddy field near Lander where five hundred company extends pipeline from 350 barrel well. Schoonamaker ranch near Lander yields oil as new producer.
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George C. Hopkins
Carrizozo
Jones
Bethlehem Copper Company
Santa Fé
P. T. Evers
Sam Simon
Grant County
Big Muddy
Five Hundred Company
Lander
Schoonamaker Ranch
One Man Lends Farmers 15000 in Goshen County
Cheyenne T G Powers chairman of the Goshen county council of the national defense reports exceptional progress in his work in that section according to a report received by the state Council of National Defense One man has loaned nearly 15000 to farmers of that community to aid their farm work.
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Cheyenne
T. G. Powers
Goshen County
Woman Fires on Husband in Dental Office
Mrs Arthur Teakell, angered by a request to see their children, tried to shoot her husband at a dental office. A single shot missed and she was disarmed by Dr Hawthorne before a second attempt. The couple has been separated for a year.
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Lusk
Arthur Teakell
Hawthorne
Teakel
French in Algeria Streets Decked With Soldiers in Colorful Uniforms
In Oran the streets overflow with French soldiers and colonial troops, alongside exotic units from Indo China and Arab regiments. The Boulevard Seguin scene shows cafes crowded with uniforms, while Oran serves as France’s key naval base near the Straits of Gibraltar and a hub for convalescents and troops between campaigns.
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Oran
France
Algeria
Indo-China
Chasseurs d'Afrique
Desert
Straits of Gibraltar
Slag bricks eyed for cheap paving in 1915
J. B. Shaw of Alfred New York told the American Ceramic Society that blasting furnace slag bricks can be made at 5 to 7 dollars per thousand and sold for about 35 dollars per thousand. He cites 16 million tons of slag annually available in the United States after reserving 2 million tons for cement, yielding about 2 billion bricks for 1000 miles of 50 foot roads each year. Heat and air exclusion are required to avoid brittleness. Ellwood Hendrick.
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American Ceramic Society
J. B. Shaw
Alfred
N. Y
United States
Ellwood Hendrick
Signboards in Japan and the rise of written signs
The article notes uncertainty about when signboards began in Japan but suggests it followed the advent of writing. It describes Japanese writing as signs for the eye rather than sounds, compares it to Chinese, and cites a Kamakura era reference to officials setting door plates for name and occupation as early evidence of signs.
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Japan
Anys
Nakayamen
Coligny
Cincimate Enquirer
Kamperor Godaigo
Two or More Fabrics In One Gown A Fashion Trend
A fashion note promotes thrift by mixing two or more fabrics in gowns to stretch resources. Remodeling old dresses into current styles is encouraged, with georgette crepe over a silk skirt and wnderbodice as a sample. Jabot designs emphasize lace and net for freshness and easy care.
New Wash Skirts Expand Dry Goods Line
The Dry Goods Economist notes new wash skirts added to the line, mostly in plain white cotton and linen with a fair portion of novelty effects. All white skirts in simple lines are by far the most common choice.
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Dry Goods
Jabot fashion craze drives gown remakes and gowns
The article notes amateur designers remix gowns using mixed materials while ne cks and jabots steal attention in dry goods stores. Jabots sell themselves, drawing crowds as women seek stylish net lace pieces and novelty cottons in prints, stripes, or checks.
The Successful Combination in Figure Fabrics
The piece emphasizes that figured fabrics should be paired with plain materials, warning that garments built only from twists and curves are weak. It urges women to use plain fabrics as foundations, asserting skilled combinations create successful costumes.
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