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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
13
Wyoming lawmakers prepare to fund schools and roads from oil land leasing. State officials expect $200,000 from past production and $600,000 to $800,000 yearly from future output. Funds will aid construction, school support, and other public educational aims.
Cheyenne May 19. The state highway department investigates a proposed road connecting Kemmerer with the Opal Marbleton road to the east. The study seeks needed improvements and approximate costs, promising mileage savings for Marbleton and northern points, and a direct Kemmerer to east route.
J PB Ranch Company at Juckson's Hale reports extensive upgrades with a large crew building banks, fuel sheds, barns, living quarters, and a permanent water supply. Five surveyors map two Gros Ventre ditches to irrigate about 1500 acres, with plans spanning several months.
Governor Robert D. Carey declares May 17 to 22 as American Legion Week to recruit veterans of World War I statewide. The notice urges all eligible ex servicemen and women in Wyoming to join and support the organization carrying forward its patriotic aims and memory of the Great War.
A California gusher at Yarnell No 4 in Richfield caused a massive fire that destroyed the derrick and equipment, burning for miles and soaking orange groves with oil. Losses are estimated near $75 000 plus thousands more to damaged orchards and land values. The incident may curb future citrus leases by oil firms. Also the Illinois State Highway Department awarded contracts for 39 miles of highways totaling 1 262 187.
The Wyoming state highway department completed pins for marking all proposed state routes and prepares sign production. Signs will be white with black lettering, show town names, mileages, and route numbers, plus county mile posts. Signs aid travelers by route numbers, not town names. highway associations will continue their marking efforts. Erection starts after route determinations and sign surveys.
Denver geologist Charles Weldon Tomlinson notes oil interest in La Barge Dry Piney for Denver enterprises. At Big Piney Thoustein Club, several oilmen forecast development surpassing expectations, pledging support for Rock Springs road. Reports cite 400 acre lease by Midwest in Upton field and a good Osage well by Custer Hiway Oil Co. near section 1, drilled to 610 feet. Alaska eyes a boom as prospecting exceeds a million acres with government geologists noting potential under the region. Wyoming participants express confidence in Teak Well, while Alaska markets loom for fishing fleets and shipping industries.
Change to devote his whole time to Casper-Osage Oil Co., where he is secretary. Possible royalty reduction reported from Washington. Osage oil field activity increases daily. Standard Oil to build seventeen tank steamers to bring oil to the United States from abroad. Copper Basin and Lost Bolder fields tested for oil. Prospects in Colorado and Wyoming attract strong financial interest. Lusk refinery runs at full capacity producing high grade gasoline. Piping from Big Horn district to Butte and Montana for fuel. Thermopolis reports three wells on Hamilton dome delivering crude. Sheridan citizens form a company to operate in Moorcroft oil field.
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