Players with a Past Draw Big League Attention
The piece notes a surge of interest in players with prior big league experience who struggled to stick, highlighting Bobby Wallace’s signing by the Cardinals as a vivid example. Major league owners seek veterans returning from failures, with teams like the Cardinals showing renewed willingness to gamble on seasoned players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Wallace
Seon
Bobby Wat Ce
Cardinals
Bobby Wallice
WMS
Catda
Nin
Wallace
Heber Wallice
Tohet
Tage Farm
Ping Bendis
Thrift Day message urges daily thrift and purpose
The piece promotes Thrift Day on February third as a yearly prompt to start prudent living. It urges readers to stop delaying thrift, set goals to save, work, and improve health, and to turn good intentions into lasting habits for future opportunity. The excerpt includes quotes about progress and cites Franklin, noting Thrift Day as a catalyst for personal and national advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tean
Franklin
Eastern representative reports oil prospects and samples
Mr Perkins toured oil fields and will stock on the trip east. He visited the Fonail field and the Idaho Wyoming well brought in a few weeks ago. Lincoln Wyoming plans drilling soon and he collected high grade oil samples to show eastern friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming Petroleum Company
Mr. Perkins
Fonail Feld
Lincoln-Wyoming Company
Idaho-Wyoming
Oil Land Suit Prompts Cheyenne Court Action
Abner Davis of the Pyramid Syndicate sues over one quarter section in Fossil district claiming lease rights after drilling began. The case centers on Northwest quarter of Section 23, Range 117 West, near the Idaho Wyoming Oil Co well site, with deputies involved in posturing, trespass arrests, and a request for a permanent injunction to restrain interference with operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Cheyenne
Abner Davis
Pyramillil Syndicate
Fossil District
Range 117
Davis
J. R. McMinn
Idaho- Wyoming OM Company
Hillyer
Pyramid Company
Coan
Empto
Angus McDougall
Fell
Daevis
Missult
Stumpf sets up in Salt Lake City offices for Lackey Oil venture
A. F. Stumpf, fiscal agent for the Lackey Oil Company, has moved into new offices in the Boston building in Salt Lake City with Chas. Lackey adjoining. A Camera reporter learned the company already has two rigs on the road and will drill at the first opportunity in spring. Stumpf predicts five rigs by June and several flowing wells by September 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Stumpf
Lackey Ol Company
Boston
Salt Lake City
Chas. Lackey
Stumpf
Lincoln county oil fields touted by Mining and Oil Record boosters
Editor Frank Kingsland and associate Mr. Bunker promote Lincoln county oil fields through their Western News Survey and Mining and Oil Record. Kingsland, former Salt Lake Telegram mining editor, and Bunker, veteran reporter, expect a visitor soon as they back strong field prospects and intelligent coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kingaland
Mining and Oil Record
Mr. Bunker
Lincoln ,County
Kingsland
Western News Sureaw
Mining and
Ol Record
Lincoln County Felda
Bunker Ha
Kequmarer
Polaris Petroleum leases Dry Piney field to Clare Hamilton
J Buss of Polaris Petroleum announced to a Camera representative that Clare Hamilton has taken a lease on the Dry Piney field holdings. Hamilton, famed for promoting Domibo Wyoming and Stec Rone, must have a rig on the field near Big Piney by April 1 with drilling starting by June 1. Eight leases have been issued in the Big Piney fields including costello of Filer Idaho and H F Woodfull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lr J. Buss
Polaris Petroleum Corporation
Clare Hamilton
Wyoming
Polarix Company
Hamilton
Domibo-Wyoming
Stec Rone
Cheper
Lipcol
Iis
Polaris
Big Piney
C. Costello
Filer
Idaho
Linsola-Wycoming Petroleum Arperation
Eldorado of & Refiring
H. F. Woodfull
Dr WK
Opie & Co
Chicago
Claude Hamilton
Lackey Oil Rigs Mrs Charles Lackey in Hospital
Mrs Charles Lackey wife of a noted local oil man was operated on at St Marks Hospital in East Lake City in the latter part of last week. Appendicitis was the ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lackey
Loral
St. Marks Hospital
East Lake City
For Sale Rural Properties in Wyoming Region
For sale listings describe several houses with varying rooms and features. Prices range from 1,600,001 to 2,500, with options including a 206x100 lot, a 50x140 lot, corner lots with lawn and barn, and four and six room homes with modern fixtures. Additional properties include a dairy building, warehouse, and a furnished house. A deeded ranch with fruit trees, water, and fencing is offered with favorable terms. Also advertised is a 240 acre rental with buildings, fencing, and livestock, plus a comprehensive farm setup suitable for a hardworking purchaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enah
Wyoming
Texas Oil Scout Visits Kemmerer Field
Texas Oil Company agent Gorham of Denver visited the Kemmerer area this week. He showed keen interest in the Idaho Wyoming Oil Company’s recently brought in well and discussed geology and prospects, indicating plans to stay briefly and return later for further field inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forham
Denver
Kemmerer
Idaho-Wyoming Oil Company
Gorham
Texas Old Company
Bin
Femin
Moyer
Othar Felda
Feld
Texas Oil Company
Oil firm opens El Dorado offices in Rowe building
The week saw new offices opened by Cronin of El Dorado Oil & Refining in a building owned by K. R. Rowe and vacated by Engineer J. B. Lloyd. The firm, headquartered in Denver, is led by Ridgley, with holdings in Dry Piney and Fossil districts. Rigs are en route to accelerate drilling, including shallow wells in Fossil field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. R. Rowe
J. B. Lloyd
Cronin
Eldorado Oil & Refining
Feenne
Hilliard 3. Ridgleys
Casper Men Visit Casper Oil Interest In Fossil Field
A. P. F. McCarty of Casper and oil men from the area toured Kemmerer last week. He leased Fossil field holdings from Orlando Curtis and others, plans spring development. Government bulletin from 1915 on Fossil prospects cited, but locals lack access. McCarty spoke at the off men’s meeting and discussed leasing bills in Congress. He is treasurer of Elkhorn Oil and active in Midwest ventures, signaling Casper fields as a regional focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. PF. McCarty
Casper
Kemmoarer
Beccame
McCarty
Orland Do Curtis
Oklahoma
Congress
Elkhorn Oil Company
Midwest
Kemmerer
Los Angeles Investor Lyons Studies Lincoln County Oil
L. dy Lyons of Los Angeles California arrives in Kemmerer this week to investigate oil prospects in Lincoln County. Lyons, a wealthy Imperial Valley rancher, delegates say California interests are following the local oil venture while no details are shared publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Dy Lyons
Los Angeles
California
Kemmerer
Lyons
Imperial Valley
Lincoln County
Van Buskirk Plans Rigs for Dry Piney Drilling
O. D. Van Buskirk of Pocatello Idaho has bought rigs for development in the Dry Piney country early next spring. His holdings lie within 17 feet of the Cretaceous well. He is an experienced oil man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. van Buskirk
Pocatello Idaho
Enthusiastic Prospects Highlight Lincoln County Drilling
Jonges expresses strong optimism about upcoming prospects in Lincoln County. His father drilled the second well ever in the famed Pennsylvania field, underscoring a legacy of early oil exploration and local mining activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonges
Lincoln County
Pennsylvania
Opal People Gather at Fonte Nelle Ranch Dance
A lively Saturday evening at Howard Holden's ranch near Kemmerer drew Opal people and local ranch folk invited by Mr and Mrs Holden. The event featured dancing and music in a cordial country gathering at the Fonte nelle ranch home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Holden
Fontenelle
Unload Standard Rig Arrives at Fossil Field Site
A standard rig owned by Wood Oil Development Co reaches Fossil oil field from Pennsylvania factory. It holds capacity between 2000 and 3000 feet and will be injected shortly, says W J Wood secretary and general manager. Also Fron Hor home economics club plans its first meeting at Frontier school house Saturday at 2 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Oil Development Company
Pennsylvania
Fron. Hor
Frontier School
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U. S
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Louis 13. Westholder
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Rock Springs
E& Mantel
Duck Hak
Twiehel
Mere Vachel
Mr. Twichel Foseen
Mr. Twichel
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McKay Grocery Store
Ape Lewis Jett
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San Pranciwen
F. E. Curtis
Kemmerer, Wyo
U. S. Court
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Domino-Wyoming
Big Piney Holdings
J. M. Mott
New Oil Company
van Buskirk
Wood Oil & Development CO
Fonsi
Idaho-Wyoming Ol Company
Domino-Wyoming Oil Company
Powder River Junction
Canber
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Keybull- Torchight
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