Basin fire dept organized and other Wyoming notes
Western Newspaper Union reports diverse Wyoming items from Oct 20 events to oil and rail milestones. Cokeville lights, Basin fire dept creation, Sir Demmon suicide near Sheridan, Dixon water plant, Elkhorn gusher, Washakie hotel contract, and draft mobilizations. Local labor, rail wrecks, taxicab union, Pyramid La Barge well, and oil output trends through 1916 show state activity and war mobilization context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cokeville
Basin
Sir Demmon
Sheridan
Dixon
J. M. Jones
Colter
Elkhorn
Big Muddy
Coulson
Worland
Washakie
Thermopolis
Wyoming Tax Roll Gains Signal Oil Boom in Natrona
Wyoming's total assessed valuation rose from 1916 to 1917 by 19.9 million dollars to 247.5 million. Oil development in Natrona County fueled growth, while Laramie County remained the wealthiest. County figures list Albany to Weston with Natrona at 19,074,466.67 and Laramie at 25,190,856.37.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Robert B. Forsyth
Natrona County
Laramie County
Laramie
Albany
Big Horn
Csescseaees
Cecenses
Poon
Converne
Hot Springs
Johnson
Lincoln
Natrona
Esscevevnues
Niobrara
Park
Mining and Oil News Highlights From Bisbee to Oatman
The Jerome Portland mine in Bisbee is praised as top in the district while Holbrook near oil and gas fields attracts interest. Oatman properties Mohawk Central Telluride and Sunnyside face drilling. 1,800 new workers have reached Bisbee since August. Silver and copper gains boost producers like Anaconda. Telluride builds a tram, and Embargo camp opens rich ore. San Juan region, flotation plants, Fairview tunnel progress near Gunnison, and Spar vein lease hint at fluor spar output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Jerome-Portland
Bisbee
Holbrook
Oatman
Telluride
Ophir Loop
Carbonero
Ophir
Telluride Iron Foundry
Sunnyside
del Norte
A. H. Leonard
Silverton
San Juan
Fairview
Irwin
Gunnison
Idaho Springs
Leopold Sternberger
Pendleton Lode
Engineers Corporation of Boulder
Mining Engineers
Barstow
Red Mountain District
Railroad Man Stabbed to Death in Cheyenne
W. M. Bates a 45 year old section hand working at Dale Creek was found murdered on the Colorado and Southern tracks between Thames and O'Neil streets. He had seven knife wounds near the heart and the body was still warm when discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
W. M. Bates
Dale Creek
Colorado & Southern
Thames and
O'Neil Streets
Two Slayings Shock Cheyenne in Brief Violence
In Cheyenne two men were killed in a single day with a third fatal incident in two days. John Clark, a Black man, slashed Deacon Jones across the face and throat, severing the jugular vein. Jones died within fifteen minutes and Clark was arrested ten minutes after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
John Clark
Jones
Clark
Mining Activity Advances Across New Mexico Camps
In Mogollon a new strike on the 300 foot level east of the Johnson mine opens three feet of ore above average quality. Bethlehem Copper at Steins employs twenty on development work while Oaks Company erects new ore bins at Maud 8 to handle higher output. Incorporation papers filed for Old Soldier Mining Milling and Development Company with 1.5 million capital, 891 thousand paid in. Socorro property reports a deepening high grade ore body on the 1100 foot level, widening value and local satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Mogollon
Bethlehem Copper Company
Steins
Oaks Company
Maud 8
Old Soldier Mining, Milling and Development Company
Johnson Mine
Socorro
Beet Dump Projects Start in Worland District
C Shirk begins a beet dump at Durkee and a second dump is planned at Rairden. The Woestenburg bridge over the Big Horn is being rushed to completion to align with beet haul times. Factory work progresses smoothly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worland
C. Shirk
Durkee
Rairden
Woestenburg
Big Horn
Pyramid Oil Well Drills at 3,000 Feet Near Kemmerer
In Lincoln county Wyoming the Pyramid Oil & Refining Syndicate completed a 3,000 foot well in the Pyramid La Barge field about 35 miles north of Kemmerer. An 84 foot derrick and standard rig have been set, signaling its place on the oil map and expanding the La Barge field’s significance.
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Third
Wyoming Infantry
Casper
State Guard
Camp Greene
North Carolina
Liggett
Walter 8. Parker
R. P. Parker
Sheridan Post Office
Washington
United States
France
First Cavalry
Fort D. A. Russell
Cheyenne
Glenrock Ol
Big Muddy
United States Geological Survey
Kemmerer
Pyramid Oil & Refining Syndicate
Lincoln County
Pyramid-La
LaBarge
Wyoming
Wyoming refinery site purchase near Lander reported
Wind River Petroleum Company bought a site three miles downstream from Lander for a refinery. Powder River dome attracts operators arriving for discoveries in virgin territory. Two companies Midwest and Ohio employ about 100 men in the Muddy field, other firms add to the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Wind River Petroleum Company
Lander
Powder River Dome
Virgin Territory
Midwest Ag
Ohio
Names can be changed without court permission in wartime era
The article argues that individuals may legally change their names without court approval. It cites Smith v United States Casualty Co and examples like Balzac, Voltaire, Lincoln, and Grant to show historic and literary figures adopting new names. It notes courts affirm the sufficiency of self-chosen names, but advises formal court action to create permanent evidence.
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Smith
United States Casualty Company
N. Y
New York State
Vann
Court of Appeals
Honore de Balzac
Guez
Balzac
Voltaire
Herbert Lythe
Maurice Barrymore
Bridget O'Toole
Rosa d’Erina
John H. Broadribb
Henry Irving
Samuel L. Clemens
Charles R. Browne
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
John Rowlands
Henry M. Stanley
James B. Matthews
James B. Taylor
James
Brander Matthews
Bayard Taylor
Jacob W. Reid
Whitelaw Reid
Larke
General Grant
Grant
Hiram Ulysses
West Point
Hamer
Ulysses Sidney Grant
Military Academy
A. S. Grant
Cleveland
Stephen G. Cleveland
Stephen
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Wollman
New York Times
Bryan and Ralston Entertain Bryan in Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan visited Indianapolis and was entertained at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston. Mrs. Bryan joined her husband, and guests enjoyed Bryan's stories amid lighthearted humor about the nickname Brandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Indianapolis
Samuel M. Ralston
Mr. Ralston
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Brandy
Hote Severin
Brandy
Mr Ralston
British Army Lawyers See Notable Casualties and Decorations
The British legal profession has supplied 2,860 solicitors and 1,870 articled clerks to serve with the colors. Thus far, 581 have appeared in casualty lists and 217 have been decorated for distinguished service.
Russian Socialism and the War Split in Russia
Henry N. Hall discusses Russia after the revolution and links the army retreat and czarist collapse to class-struggle socialism. Abraham Cahan explains how the term means more than labor versus capital and notes the war has fractured socialist movements, especially in Russia, amid revolution and conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Hall
Russia
Abraham Cahan
Daily
Forward
Great East Side
Socialist Party
Surgeon General Bans Pop and Peanut Snacks at Camps
The Surgeon General, Blue, orders edible nicknacks such as hot dogs peanuts lemonade and ice cream cones removed from public menus at cantonments near Anniston Georgia to keep soldiers in peak health. He aims to curb pop and peanut vendors seen near camps to reduce stomach trouble and preserve duties, though his authority currently covers camps near Anniston.
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Blue
Surgeon General Blue
Anniston
Bliss Leads War Effort as Acting General Staff Chief
Major General Tasker H. Bliss, born December 31, 1853 in Pennsylvania, serves as acting chief of the general staff during Gen. Hugh L. Scott’s absence. He oversees planning and execution of U S Army participation in the great war and previously governed Mindanao in the Philippines before being succeeded by Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, now commanding American forces in France.
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Tasker H. Bliss
Pennsylvania
Hugh L. Scott
Russia
Blis i
United States
General Bliss
Mindanao
Philippine
John J. Pershing
France
Original Bird Man Foulois A Pioneer of Army Aviation
Maj Benjamin D Foulois, early U S military aviator, helped found and lead U S Army air forces. He flew at signal school in 1907 08 and piloted the government dirigible at Fort Myer St Joseph Missouri and Omaha. He later operated first Army airplanes at San Antonio and conducted border reconnaissance in 1911 before later service on the Mexican frontier and in World War I aviation organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army
United States
Ths
United States Army
Fort Myer
St. Joseph
Omaha
San Antdnio
Mexico
Germany
Major Foulate
Washington
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Dwyer
Scottish Rite Masons
Orin Junction
American Lake
Wash
Eost Evanston
Richard Gilbert
Congo
Battle Lake
Finnigan
Guernsey
Moorecroft
McGovern
J. T. Nicholson
Newcastle
Alven Nelson
University of Wyoming
C. I. Duniway
Rawlins
Ferdinand H. Hancock
Grass Creek
Royality
Tisdale Companies
Consolidated Royalty Oil Company
Richard H. Scott
Wyoming Supreme Court
Wyoming Constitutional Convention
Supreme Court
Meeteetse
E. D. Scovel
Big Horn Basin
Lloyd B
Marine Service
Honolulu
Frank
Glenn
K Company
Ben Perry
Robert Hammond
Ethel Hammond
Frank Williams
Rawlirs
Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York
London
St. Louis
West
Montana
Anaconda
Colorado
New Mexico
TN Tame Line
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