Lincoln County cattle deal ties Chicago investors to Big Piney names
Chicago capitalists push to buy large cattle interests in Lincoln County with Al Osterbout of Bis Piney and Jack Baum of Chicago tied to a 6200,000 deal through Guil Whitman of Big Piney. Swift Packing Co. backing may finance one party as Billy Sutton’s holdings and Ed Sutton property issues loom. Whitman Co. frequently buys cattle from Wyoming and regards Lincoln County as prime stock country.
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Chicago
Lincoln County
al Osterbout
Bis Piney
Jack
Dave Baum
Guil Whitman
Big Piney
Bauns Proviers
Swift
Swift Packing Company
Kanaan City
Lew
Linton County
Billy” Kutton
Daniel
Baume and Gull
Aly
Billy
Sutton Place
Ed Sutton
Billy Bags
Lipcots County
Gwit & Company
Wyoming
Ligcoln County
Weet
Jadment
Gare
Kemmerer Anold Detained After Strange Behavior at Depot
Anold, apparently temporarily deranged, alighted from No. 17 at the local depot and attracted attention with odd statements. He claimed to be Michael Banks from the soldiers home at Leavenworth Kansas and challenged Dr. J B Sta to assess his condition.
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Anold
No. 17
Pth
Michael Banks
Leavenworth
Kansas
J. BR. Sta
Cokeville Opera House Under Construction Completion Soon
New Opera House in Cokeville nears completion with seating for 360 and stage for 18, 12, and 17. It will lack dressing rooms and toilets, serving as a dancing venue for Cokeville residents.
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Cokevilla Bow
Bea & Bow Opera House
Town
Stow House
Cokeville
Pioneer Dies Near Fort Bridger After 90 Years in Section
Mrs Martha McBride wife of James McBride longtime Diamondville Cumberland Sublet and other communities resident died Thanksgiving morning at her ranch near Fort Bridger Vista county aged 50. The funeral was held in Kemmerer attended by many pioneers with services at the M E Church.
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James McBride
Thin Section
Ft. Bridger
Kemmerer
Martha McBride
Jas.McBride
Diamondville
Cumberland
Sublet
Ft. Hridger
Vista County
Funeror
H. &. ‘Brackler
Jetery
M. E. ‘Cbureh
McBride
Wales
Frontier
McBrides
Sire
Funers
Néuct
Sretediet
Ciy
E. F. Clower
John Webster
Hus
Grif Devis
Gublet
Nelee
Mra. W. Martin
Homedale
Idebo
W. Weldman
Ivey Vickers
Big Rush On for Locations in the New Oil District
The County Clerk reports unprecedented oil claim interest following news that Plains Oil Company of Kansas City has linked with LaBarge area stockmen to develop the LaBarge Oil Fields. Notices to locate must be filed and development must begin within six months, with expenditures of at least 100 dollars. A Dutch John Claims group filed Nov 24, including L. B. Maupin and Mary Lay. Over a thousand acres are in Fossil Oil & Gas Mining District, with a rig expected soon. Oil activity has drawn many prospectors to Lincoln County, with L. Price and Casper field observers noted as potential leaders in LaBarge ventures.
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Plains Oil Company of
Kansas City
LaBarge
Kemmerer
L. B. Maupin
Florence Wilson
J. BR. McMinn
Mary Lay
F. 2. Rumph
Ruth Maupin
Koes
Fosall Oil & Gal
Short
Lincoln County
L. Price
Casper 1
Believes Oil Boom Will Pan Out In LaBarge Region
F. J. Anderson of Woodruff Utah visited Kemmerer on business. He is interested in LaBarge oil prospects and a local stockholder in the Emmerer Coal Company states he believes the Seesaee oil boom in this region will prove substantial, noting his long interest and thorough field investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Anderson
Woodruff, Utan
Kemmerer
Anderson
LaBarge
Tieremerer Coal Company
Elected Member Athletic Board Re-elected at Cheyenne
Principal B H Davis of Kern High School Athletics attended the State Teachers Association in Cheyenne. The high school athletic association includes districts statewide. Davis represents Lincoln Uinta Sweetwater and Carbon counties on the board.
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B. H. Davis
Kern High School
State Teachers’ Association
Cheyenne
High School Athletic Association
Mr. Davis
Lincoln
Uinta
Sweetwater
Carbon
Ten Day Vacation Declared by School Board
The school board approves a ten day vacation from December 2 to January 4. Many teachers living nearby plan to go home during the break.
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Cariatmas
Lefton Trip Aud Witherspoon and Heits to Overland Train
Lefton Trip aud Witherspoon and Albert Heits of Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co. depart Friday for Salt Lake City with about 60 dealers. They will join an Overland factory train to Denver from Salt Lake City where 500 dealers will be attached. The tour lasts about a week.
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Aud Witherspoon
Albert Heits
Kemmerer Hardware and Furniture Co
Orm
Sast Lake City
Te ‘Overland
Denver
Salt Lake Ciy
Wyoming Teachers Association meeting signals major school reform
Wyoming educators from Kemmerer Diamondville and Big Piney returned from Cheyenne where the Wyoming State Teachers Association discussed a School Code Committee report. The proposed reforms would create a State Board of Education and strengthen the Department of Public Instruction, with the legislature expected to enact changes next January.
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Joseph K. Burch
B. H. Davis
Kemmerer
A. L. Burgoon
Diamondville
H. H. Moyer
Big Piney
Cheyenne
Wyoming State ‘Teachers’ Association
School Code Committee
Wyoming
Becauss
Code Committee
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senate
State Department of Public Instruction
Conroy Mine Rebuilt Under Rock Springs Company
E F Annis, superintendent of the Rock Springs Fuel Company at Conroy, reports 70 men at work rebuilding the mine after deterioration from Meuse. Three shifts are operating on improvement while others mine coal, with several hundred tons already produced. The former ghost town now bustles with a boarding house and miners families housed.
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E. F. Annis
Rock Springs
Conroy
Meuse
Going East as Becks Plan Winter World Journey
Oscar Beck and his wife from Big Piney were in Kemmerer early this week and plan to depart today for Omaha. Beck will accompany a cattle shipment belonging to himself James Mickelson and Amos Smith bound for Omaha markets. They will travel through Omaha Kansas City Denver and Cheyenne visiting business interests and farms in Town. Alex Bertagnolli also visited La Barge on Monday.
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Oscar Beck
Big Piney
Kemmerer
Omaha
Mr. Beck
James Mickelson
Amos Smith
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Billy Sutton
New Opera House
Pioneer
Olver Twichell
Viola
First National Bank
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Washler
D. C
Simak
Patina
Belors
Correst
New Oil District
Fossil Company Organized
Fielde
la Barge
Orge
Leasors
Lefton
Alex Bertagnolli
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