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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
10
Wyoming reports a broad range of wartime efforts and local developments. Oil exchanges planned in Cody Cheyenne and Riverton refinery expansion. patrols and guards grow as volunteers enlist. Farm aid seed supplies and drought relief accompany road and church projects while military mobilization and defense preparations continue across the state. Local incidents include a Casper stabbing recovery and Worland shooting fines.
Governor Frank L Houx issues a war mobilization proclamation urging Wyoming boys over 14 who attend school to enroll for agricultural labor during summer vacation. Schools will list willing youths and submit names to the Wyoming Council for National Defense. compensation for youths is arranged.
The Wyoming Defense Council discussed calling a special Legislature session to appropriate funds to boost food production in Wyoming. Dean Henry G. Knight of the State University urged the governor to issue the call.
Harold Sweeney fourteen year old son of J B E Sweeney an engineer attempted to invent a bomb for Germany by filling a bicycle pump with powder and lighting a fuse. The blast sent brass fragments into his knee requiring surgical removal of the brass fragments embedded in his knee bone.
About four thousand miners in the Wyoming district gain 7 to 8 cents a ton under an agreement between United Mine Workers of America representatives and Southern Wyoming coal operators. The deal covers all coal mined in the district.
Gillette area tragedy as 14-year-old Ralph Smith shoots his brother Henry Smith Jr. with a gun at the 41 ranch southwest of Gillette. The victim was the 14-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Smith.
Sheridan K W Shag Wilson brokered a deal in which M R Newinger of Dayton sells to Joseph T Brown Land & Cattle Company of Birney the Thex herd of about 2000 cattle on Otter Creek range. Delivery planned between June 16 and August 16 for a purchase price not disclosed.
President Wilson orders a selective draft under the 1917 war act. Men aged 21 to 30 must register between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on June 6 1917, with exceptions for certain officers and service personnel. The proclamation outlines registration by mail or agent, penalties for noncompliance, and duties for state and local officials.
New York report states the Denver and Rio Grande railroad must cover the Western Pacific bond issue of 50 million dollars and pay 82.27 million due on the bonds to the Equitable Trust Company as ruled by Judge Hand in federal court.
The National Geographic Society notes scientists have developed cost reducing methods to extract nitrogen from air and coal, enabling independent nitrate supply. Advances promise cheaper nitrogen for farming and national defense, potentially doubling grain yields for American farmers amid a growing world population.
An ancient iron monument in Delhi remains rust free without a protective covering. A rediscovery by an Indian artisan could save shipowners millions by preventing hull corrosion, a secret touted at a London steel and iron meeting and praised by the chairman for future advantage.
An argument contrasts white bread with whole wheat bread, noting a dog or a man cannot live long on white bread alone while whole wheat can sustain longer use. It claims many overeat white bread and imagine they are well fed, while still essentially starving.
A dialogue questions whether women should work with high explosives. Brown doubts a wife would take the job but would push her mother to pursue it, highlighting cautious attitudes toward women in dangerous occupations.
Sammie asks what an egotist is and a response begins with a definition but trails into garbled text and foreign phrases. The incomplete dialogue suggests a lesson on self regard amid a confusing reply.
Market notes list prices forMetals including lead 10c bid bar silver 74c, copper casting brand 26.62, Spelter 9.22, tungsten concentrates 60 percent 17.00 per unit, crude ores 60 percent 16.00, 26 percent 9.40 12.00, 10 percent 8.70 1.00 per unit.
The report details rapid mining expansion across Arizona and Colorado. Copper mines in Globe and Wallapai district development near Kingman, increased output and new mills. Silver, molybdenum, and oil ventures expand, with large dividends at Wellington Mines and rising fortunes for key firms and districts.
In New Mexico, old Bullard Peak mines near Silver City see renewed life while Magdalena district ores may profit from a Waldo plant. Copper Jack Mining of Dona Ana forms with $500000 capitalization. Empire Zinc employs 150 at Hanover mill and ships 1000 tons sulphides plus 250 tons high grade carbonate monthly. Major deal sees 1700 acres of Burro mountain copper claims optioned by Chicago and El Paso capitalists. Vernon field near Glenrock to host 3-4 rigs. Sparks Butte area sees Eastern oil interest near Douglas. Superior Oil wells Kik Basin Elk Basin and Ohio Oil doubles Sage Creek production north of Lander.
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