1911 Coal Production Seen Falling Slightly From 1910
The 1911 coal output in the United States likely slipped 4 to 6 percent from 1910’s level, totaling an estimated 410 to 484 million short tons when including anthracite. Weak demand and low prices pressured the bituminous sector, with rail shipments and coke production affected, spurring calls for federal supervision and tighter industry control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edward W. Parker
United Mistereological Garvey
Belgium
Morthers
Cansa
Boosting Spirit at Big Piney Commercial Club Meeting
The Big Piney Examiner urges the Commercial Club to convene a meeting before spring to align members and others on welfare for Big Piney. Topics include rounds transportation facilities and imperial matters to develop the region through united effort. J F McNulty Co advertises funeral directors with caskets and goods in Kemmerer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Commercial
Piney
Commercial Cisbo
Big Piney
Eckie
J. F. McNulty & Co
Futaral Directors
Phone 106
Kemmerer
Freight Rate Reductions Shift Burden From Shippers
Merchants in Salt Lake City secure a lower Union Pacific freight schedule effective January 2, cutting rates across Wyoming Utah and Idaho. The Kemmerer corridor shows reductions of 11 to 90 percent, with the Missouri River points including Omaha Sioux City and Kansas City highlighted as key shipping hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Kemmerer
Stanley Brammer
Mimimippi River Pointe
Missouri River Pointe
Denver
Colorado Pointe
Missouri River
Omaha
Sioux City
Kansas City
Need of a Phosphate Law
The article notes uncertain whether phosphate rock on public land should be entered under lode or placer law, signaling a need for legislation. It cites broader phosphate deposits and a forthcoming leasing law to utilize this mineral fertiliser for current and future needs, quoting Thirty second Amana Rayert of the US Geological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana Rayert
United States Geological Survey
Womanly Wisdom and Household Tips from the Era
A fragmented column offers practical homemaking advice on mood, chores, and food. Tips include using salt in rinse water to prevent laundry fading, soaking peeled apples to prevent browning, partial cooking beef for varied doneness, cleaning with a shoe brush, and frying raw potato slices in hot fat for light, crisp results.
Elk in Jackson Hole Wyoming Report Highlights Decline and Relief Plans
A Department of Agriculture pamphlet summarizes Edward A. Preble and D C Mowlin findings on elk in Jackson Hole. It cites a Wyoming Legislature memorial, a $20,000 appropriation for feeding elk, winter refuge proposals, and estimates of starvation and hunter and wolf kill rates.
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Department of Agriculture
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Edward A. Preble
Biological Survey
D. C. Mowlin
J. Wryotming
Congress
Montana
Ule
Bradbury Promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer Role
Earl Bradbury has returned to resume duties as assistant chief engineer for Union Pacific Quarry, after his recent promotion to the position. He has been stationed in the city to fulfill these duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bradbury
Union Pacific Qualry
Bone
Apple Baked Apple and Pan Tips From Farm Journal
The excerpt gives kitchen advice on frying pan use and turning results, cleaning lamp chimneys by steaming rather than water, and polishing. It adds a reflective note on broad reading improving empathy and sharing experiences, ending with a recipe idea to bake an apple with sugar in water for tenderness.
Wyoming resurveys funded by congressman’s proposal
On January 4 Congressman Mendell introduced a bill in the lower house to appropriate fifty thousand dollars for the Interior Secretary to conduct examinations and retracements of public land lines in Wyoming.
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Congressman Mendell
Congress
Wyoming
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Can't Register Sheep Brands
Attorney General Preston informs the state livestock commission that the board lacks authority to register sheep brands. He notes the statute requires registering brands, and marks painted on sheep may not qualify as brands. An official opinion may later reverse this view.
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Preston
State Livestock Commission
State Board
The
Livestock Commission
Carbon County Journal
New Coal Chutes to Remodel Kemmerer Yards
General Superintendent E B Manson and Superintendent A B Stavenson of the Oregon Short Line with a Chicago engineer visited Kemmerer and arranged new steel automatic coal chutes east of the old ones destroyed by fire. The chutes will handle 100 tons and mark the start of major improvements, with work to begin in spring. The company may extend lines in western Wyoming, potentially lengthening the Sublet branch and improving Green River valley rail connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E B. C. Manson
A. B. Stavenson
Oregon Short Line
Chicago
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Green River Valley
Farmer Norris W Griggs Visits Town
Norris W Griggs, once a prosperous rancher near Bix Piney, is in town this week on business. He moved from Wyoming to Utah in 1909 but returned to Wyoming to buy a Fort Bridger area ranch after his eldest son Percy needed two operations. Percy remains ill but is improving after leaving Utah. Griggs says Bridger country has top farms with thriving grain and garden vegetables.
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Norris W. Griggs
Bix Piney
Mr. Griggs
Wyoming
Utah
Percy
Fort Bridger
Bridger Country
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Mississippi
Frank BE. Curtis
Hdw
Fern Co
Jackson’s Hole
Keke
Gros Ventre
Upper Great Centre
Jackwm
Washington Department
Bradbury
Kemmerer Yards
Joe Pellegrinis
Ness
Banking Principles
Kemmerer Savings Bank and Trust Company
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