Wyoming state news items reflect a busy period in towns
A roundup of developments across Wyoming includes the Scot ish Rite Masons midwinter meeting in Cheyenne and Casper seeking 500 carpenters, new banks, depots and shops for Greybull, closing freight houses in Cheyenne, a $250 liquor theft at a Kemmerer saloon, changing farm ownership in Pine Bluffs, wage boosts for Casper painters, and plans for Casper to form an American Mining Congress chapter.
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Greybull
Kemmerer
Pine Bluffs
Casper
American Mining Congress
Etna
Cheyenne
American Lake
Wyoming Whisky Tax Likely Tops Western States
More than 1,000,000 in war tax will be collected on whisky stored in Wyoming liquor houses and warehouses. A 2.10 per gallon levy on 500,000 gallons will fall to Wyoming owners, with tax agents active in locating stored whisky shipped from Utah. Wyoming likely contributes the largest federal war tax among western states relative to population.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
United States
Wyoming
Harvey H. Slusslers
Federal
Denver
Colorado
Utah
Federal Internal Revenue
Mining and Oil News in Western States
Prices for metals and ore shifts across New York St Louis Boulder and Colorado. Mines report resumed Cananea operations at Douglas and rising production at Calumet Arizona Copper. Silver and lead prospects expand with new plants and by products studied at Mesa shale and Grand Valley tests. Liberty bond funds raised 75000 in Casper. Interstate Oil secures Kansas acreage near a producing well.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Cananea
Douglas
Calumet & Arizona Copper Company
Silver King
Superior
Grand Valley
Mesa County
Bezant
Leavenworth Gulch
Central
Thomas Johnson
Two Brothers
New Era
Freeland
Clear Creek County
Robert Kane
Brad Cowles
Frisco
Dally
Colorado Central Nine
Baoulder County
Gilpin
Patriotism and Youth Farm Clubs Promote Good Citizenship
A feature highlights Wisconsin and Southern youths in corn, canning, garden clubs teaching hard work and national service. It cites Heiron Block and George Ferris raising record corn yields and seed supply, plus Billy Minter winning $100 in a vacant lot contest at age ten, profit showing gardening value.
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Wisconsin
Heiron Block
Rochester
George Ferris
Little Suamico
Wis
South
United States
South Carolina
Acre
Alabama
Billy Minter
Austin
Tex
Billy
Ten Wyoming Masons Receive Honorary Degrees in Washington
The Supreme Council of the Thirty third Degree conferred honorary degrees on ten Wyoming Masons in Washington, D C in appreciation of their Scottish Rite services. Half the honorees are Cheyenne Masons including George C. Rafter and William A. Riner. Other recipients hail from Douglas Laramie Sheridan Lander Torrington and Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Government sues Diamond Coal over coal lands in Wyoming
United States Attorney Charles L. Rigdon files in federal court seeking recovery of 2283 acres near Kemmerer and Diamondville Wyoming from the Diamond Coal and Coke Company Utah concern. The suit alleges eighteen workers filed claims then sold land to the company for a nominal sum and seeks more than 1 million dollars for coal mined over twenty years.
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Cheyenne
Kemmerer
Diamondville
Wyo
United States District
Charles L. Rigdon
Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Utah
Hammonds Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Cheyenne a District Court jury found Robert Hammonds guilty of first degree murder for killing his wife Ethel Hammonds on September 19. The verdict was returned after deliberations in the case.
Coal Mine Increases Output at Glenrock
The Vulcan coal mine east of Glenrock will raise its daily output to 100 tonges to meet local coal demand.
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Glenrock
Vulcan
Here
Soldiers at Fort D. A. Russell subscribe to Liberty bonds
Soldiers at Fort D. A. Russell Cheyenne Wyoming have subscribed to more than 235000 dollars of Liberty bonds, reflecting strong wartime support from the servicemen stationed there.
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Fort Russell
Boye Bay
Liberty Bonds
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort D. A. Russell
Oil Money in Liberty Bonds for Wyoming Oil Fields
Secretary Lane arranged for investment in Liberty bonds totaling over $600,000, deposited in escrow in Denver Cheyenne and Casper banks with oil operators in Salt Creek and Grass Creek Wyoming. Proceeds from oil sales were impounded pending land title determinations under a government contract.
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Cheyenne
Lane
Liberty Bonds
National Banks
Denver
Casper
Salt Creek
Grass Creek
Wyoming
New Mexico Mining Notes Across Golden Kingston and Mogollon
In Golden the Santa Fe Gold Dredging Co plans a December 1 start for a hydraulic plant. A large ore strike hit the Lady Franklin group at Kingston as silver rose. American Smelting and Refining Co paid 350,000 for Phelps-Dodge option on Organ district property, with 30,000 already paid. Oaks Co ships 17 ore from Deep Down in Mogollon, boosting Cakes Central group output. Auto truck transport under study due to burro shortages.
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Golden
Santa Fe
Lady Franklin Group
Kingston
N. M
Organ
Phelps-Dodge Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
the Oaks Company
Mogollon
Cakes Central Group
Pershing Subscribes for Liberty Bonds in Cheyenne
Gen John J Pershing and his son Warren subscribed for Liberty bonds through a Cheyenne bank credited to their district. Senator Warren announced the drive from Cheyenne Liberty Day on October 24 raising the city over the minimum allotment by 162200, part of a $1080000 total.
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Pershing
Cheyenne
John J. Pershing
France
Warren
United States
Clearmont Freight House Burns in High Wind
A major freight house in Clearmont was destroyed by a fire driven by high winds. The blaze endangered nearby town and a line of freight cars on the track. No injuries were reported.
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Clearmont
Children Run Amusement Park Aboard Swing
Neighborhood children start a small amusement company as a business and playground. The owners take turns riding the new swing while one girl protests she is denied her turn and threatens to tell her mother. George dismisses the demand claiming they do not operate on a tell mamma plan.
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George
Mamma
Indianapolis News
Swatting the Garbage Can Campaign Gains in Cities
Reports from cities show food conservationists cutting household waste in six percent in New York during one month and twenty percent in other big cities. The savings reach 3,000 tons of food products in the metropolis, a figure suggesting nationwide gains and encouraging city governments to push the effort to curb living costs.
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New York
Syracuse Journal
Woman Kills Thirteen Rattlers on Local Homestead
A homemaker near here killed thirteen rattlesnakes in one day after locating a nest. The snakes were large and each had about ten rattles.
Akron Oil and Gas drills in Big Muddy field well
Rumors circulate that Akron Oil and Gas Company has brought in its second well. The Pathfinder well 36-34-76 in the Big Muddy field has been straightened and drilling proceeds satisfactorily. Midwest drillers struck productive slate at 1,400 feet in the joint operation of New York Oil and Murtle Companies.
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William Park
Park Hotel
Rock Springs
Edward Walsh
Gilbert Hanlon
Leslie Oil Company
Thermopolis
Arthur K. Lee
Warm Springs Company
Alex Haulpank
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Sheridan
Clearmont
A. D. Hawkenson
Kinnear Ranch
Pilot
Big Wind River
Harvey Bloom
Kinnear Place
Plunkett Well
Hudson
Carmania Company
Big Muddy
Wyoming
Cody
Col. Cody
Buffalo Will
Akron Oil and Gas Company
New York Ol
Murtle
Black and White fall for green Brown in sale
A chatty man recalls a town tale of a white man and a black man who tried to con Brown with a white horse. Brown outsmarted them, taking all their money, leaving Black and White blue with frustration.
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Brown
Right Idea in War Seriousness Cited
A quoted remark highlights how seriously the war is being treated. The speaker prefers early decisive action over later regret.
Japan's War Profits Big Say Doctor Sees Gains From War
Doctor Iyemaga, a semiofficial Japanese government representative in New York, speaks at a National Security League event about Japan's wartime profits. He notes Japan entered the war under the Anglo Japanese alliance and has since profited, with trade, mills, shipyards, and factory output surging. Bank clearings and stock values rise while discount rates fall.
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Iyemaga
New York City
National Security League
Japan
Asia
Far East
Potato King Heads Government Potato Division
Lou D. Sweet of Colorado, known as the Potato King, is appointed head of the potato division of the food administration. He will gather and systematize information on growers and crops to prevent price manipulation while the price-fixing commission sets potato prices. Sweet’s lands lie in the irrigated Rocky Mountain region. he also serves as president of the Potato Association of America.
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Lou D. Sweet
Colorado
Sweet
Potato Division of
Food Administration
Potato Association of America
Rocky Mountains
Soukhomlinoff Case Echoes War Strain and Ambition
In Petrograd a Russian ex-minister stands on trial as debate swirls over his motive. Officials say he aided the enemy for money and in part to please his wife who, it is alleged, rose from Kiev waitress to widow of influence. The man was a major general and minister of war, showing the tight link between military rank and high office in Russia.
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Soukhomlinoff
Russia
John H. Snodgrass
Moscow
Petrograd
Mme. Soukhomlinoff
Kiev
Canada’s Grand Old Man Sir Wilfrid Laurier Leader in Conscription Debate
The Right Honorable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, age seventy six, heads Canada’s Liberal Party amid the conscription controversy. Renowned as a silver tongue figure, Laurier rose from colonial premier to overseas statesman after a 1870 England visit, earning knighthoods and honorary degrees. His leadership hinges on reconciling western liberals to conscription.
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Wilfrid Laurier
K. C
Liberal Party
Quebec
Canada
England
Great Britain
Wilfrid
Michael and George
Oxford
Camtridge
Western Canada
Agala
Premiek
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