LaBarge Oil Field Awakens Lincoln County
Lincoln County’s LaBarge field nears drilling as the Pyramid and Plains companies prep for a first well. Will F. Kahl explains underground oil pressure and a faulted dome, while gas wells and a large rig setup promise rapid activity in Kemmerer with several executives and drill crews arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahl
New York
Bor Ianis
Pyramid and Plains
Borlants
Davis
LaBarge
LaBarge Field
Bondurant News Item Highlights Local Moves and Weather
Clare Bondurant returned from Thermopolis after oil field work. Campbell aided Van Bowlsby into the Basin with cattle. Frank Wilhelm and wife visit Green River country and plan early return. Shel 8, Baker and Theo visited Van Vieck ranch. Spring weather wavers but Meadows look strong for a good hay crop. Walter McPherson heads to Hoback anyon for road work. Gene Holt reports cattle calves smaller than last year when losses occurred. B F Bondurant’s three year-old mare badly cut entangled in a barbed wire fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bondurant
Granger hotel remodeled amid railroad construction
Augo Anderson of Granger reports remodeling the Commercial hotel at Granger at a cost of $2,000. The hotel is open as a double tracking project runs on the railroad section between Stranger and Evanston with about 75 men starting work today. Myra K. Goer, formerly at Sublet No. 6, left for Laramie to attend summer school and may not teach in the district next year while continuing her studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augo Anderson
Granger
Dusiness
Stranger
Evanston
Myra K. Goer
Sublet No. 6
Laramie
Aid the Kidneys Why will people continue to suffer
An old advertisement promotes Doan's Kidney Pills claiming relief from kidney complaints, headaches, and languor. It cites a testimonial from James Roberts of Pine Street and urges readers to seek the same remedy at city drug stores for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Drapay
Erikhe
Vrice
Foster Milburn
Wyoming Brokerage Announces Green River Petroleum Stock Secured
The Wyoming Brokerage company announces securing of Green River Petroleum stock as fiscal agent. Green River Petroleum, Wyoming incorporated for 1.5 million dollars with 1.5 million shares at 1.00 par. Officers include William M. Jeffers, Charles L. Rigdon, Frank J. Bilary, Ben F. Drayton. Field in LaBarge oil, with Union Pacific interest. Treasury stock sale at 25 cents, handled by Wyoming Brokerage. The field is deemed promising by state geologists and observers.
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LaBarge Feld
Davin
Green River Petroleum Company
Abner Davis
the Eye
Tincoln County
Pyramid Syndicate
Kemmerer
W. E. Hudson
Oklahoma City
Pyramid Company
Wyoming Brokerage Company
Wyoming
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Nebraska
Charles L. Rigdon
United States
Cheyenne
Frank J. Bilary
Bon Shoe and Clothing Company
Ben F. Drayton
Thermopolis
LaBarge
L. W.trumbull
Lewis Norton
Feld
Treasury
Wycoming
Leasing Near Opal Reports Drilling Soon by Western Union Oil
Opal vicinity leasing activity is under way as Western Union Oil Company head Leasing Near Opal A. F. Sprengler from Salt Lake City states the company will begin drilling in the county shortly. He indicates the land will be leased from local ranchmen in the area.
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Ant
A. F. Sprengler
Western Union Oil Company
Salt Lake City
Iicinity
Opal
Sprengler
Triangle Oil and Gas Company Formed in Kemmerer
A new corporation named Triangle Oil and Gas Company is formed in Kemmerer with $50,000 capital stock. Incorporators are J. R. McMinn Rt A. Hocker and Reynolds. Reynolds is listed as the agent in charge.
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Triangle Oil and Gas Company
Kemmerer
J. R. McMinn
A. Hocker
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Baseball accident injures Lincoln County miner sergeant
Sergeant Chamberlain of Company VW in Lincoln County Miners Hospital after colliding with another player while running bases at Cokeville last Friday. He is reported to be improving nicely from slight internal injuries.
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Sergeant Chamberlain
Company VW
Lincoln County Miners’ Hospital
Cokeville
Whooping Cough Remedy Endorsed by Indian Mother
Mire PH Martin of Peru Indiana reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helped her two daughters with whooping cough. The letter praises the medicine for loosening cough and aiding expectoration. The testimonial reflects early 20th century advertising style for over-the-counter remedies.
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Chamberlain
Mire
PH. Martin
Peru
Ind
Divorce Suit in District Court Faces Aless Clase Versus Frank Glass
Aless Clase sues Frank Glass of Oakley in district court for divorce ending a long pattern of domestic troubles. Glass was induced to return home three times, with the latest attempt to take two children to Pittsburgh halted by friends of the wife and an arrest for wife desertion.
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District Court
Aless Clase
Frank Glass
Oakley
Glass
Pitteburg
Pennsylvania
Land Transfers and a Wyoming Divorce Case, 1917
A list of land transfers in 1916 1917 includes many deeds in several townships and sections from 8. Thurman to Ray 8, Emma V. Brady to W. P. Redmond, and various Taft Roosevelt Wilson transactions in Bedford and surrounding areas. The State of Wyoming Lincoln County District Court Third Judicial District orders A Judson McNeil seeks absolute divorce from Virginia I. McNeil for cruelty, with the petition awaiting August 11, 1917 response. clerk Flo LaChapelle signs June 11 1917.
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David Anderson
Ray
Thurman
Emma V
Brady
W. P. Redmond
Cache Creek
Addo
Jackson
C. Lallatin
G. H. Mallory
Bedford
Wm. H. Taft
Agnes A. Romey
Joseph R. Jones
T. Roosevelt
Cora L. Sebastian
Fan
Agnes Romey
W. Wilson
Fort Land
J Wallace Moulton
Jacob Johnson
T. A. Moulton
N.r
Berleston
Welt A
W. Wieon
J. Jonms
Wee
State of
Wyoming
Tincoln
District Court
Third Judicial District
A. Judson McNeil
Virginia I. McNeil
Virginia
McNeil
Unkown
Roaring River
North Carolina
Flo LaChapelle
Jetaejytt
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Mr. Kahl, the
Man of Adventures
F. Kahl
État
LaBarge Dome
Lalarge
Joe Horlanis
Bose Riches
Bix TaBarge
Mystery Land
Ganon
Dora Ol
la Barge
Laarge
Twichel
Iather Holdings
Green River Petroleum Co
al Jeppers
Waeifie R, Rco
Neb
Frank J. Kon
Bon Shoe and Clothing Co
Wyo
Chas, L. Rigdon
United States District Attorney
Cheyenne, Wyo
Thermopolis, Wyo
Widgely
William M. Jeperas
Drayton Prank J. Bon
Chas. L. Rigdon
Vhs
Kanine City
Pyramid Ol Company
Chicago
Western Metroleum Company
Colorado Springs
Carter Oil Company
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Standard
Valen Ol Company
California
Ohio
Company of
Wyomille
LW. Trumbull
Lablarge
Alfred Reginald Schultz
United Sotive Geolitical Survey
Lafarge Ol
Ron PF Dray
Grant Creek
Wen
Busines
thinkLock
Eine
Lee
Leslie
Cue
Wyoming Brokerage Co. Fiscal Agents
Hugo Chenstein
Bondurant News
Clare Bondurant
Campbell
Pinedale
van Bowlsby
Frank Wilhelm
Green River Country
Shel
Baker
Theo
van Vieck Ranch
Walter McPherson
Hoback Anyon
Gene Holt
Cora
Bondurant
Gene
Byron Myers
la Batte Holdings
New Local Company
Jackson’s Hole
Richard Winger
Jackson, Wyoming
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