Wyoming oil revenue to fund schools and roads
State officials report that Wyoming oil operations yielded more than 1 million in March and about 4 000 per day in daily revenue. The funds flow into permanent investment accounts and may be used for schools and roads, with debate on creating a separate state fund and directing revenues under constitutional limits. Legislation next session will decide expenditure.
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Kemmeres
Etiow
Nant Fen
Five Landa
Iho Crea
Ares
Staler
Iis
Howeer
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Sitovel Clubs Do Road Work in Basin Wyoming
Basin Wyoming readers learn of a county movement to form Shovel Clubs in each community. Car owners pledge to carry a shovel and devote half an hour on road trips to fill ruts or perform road work with no assessments or expenses. Organizers aim to mobilize nearly every local car owner in the county.
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Ford Dealers
Ford Service Organization
Piney Crescent to Spud in Soon
F C Freeman manager of Piney Crescent Oil announced during a visit here last week that Piney Crescent would spud in before the month was over. Freeman also serves as a director of Big Piney Oil Refining company.
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F. C. Freeman
Piney Crescent Oil Company
Piney Crescent
Mr. Freeman
Big Piney Oil Refining Company
New U S Coal Map Off Press
The United States Geological Survey distributes a large 41 by 7 foot map detailing United States coal fields. It uses two color series to classify seven coal grades including anthracite and bituminous types. The map lists cities railroads and other features and costs $1 or 60 cents each when five or more are ordered.
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United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
United States
Geological Survey
Big Piney Number 1 Down 900 Feet Report
The Big Piney O and Refining Company reports its Well Number 1 at 900 feet down, with a barge test underway and preparatory drilling expected this week. Field notes mention materials arriving for the well and a wet sound observed by Me Jones.
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Big Piney
Big Piney O. and Refining Company
Jones
Buy Your Piano or Player From the Manufacturer
A compact advertisement urges readers to buy directly from the manufacturer to save money on pianos or player-pianos. The copy is fragmentary but promotes direct purchase as a cost-saving option for music buyers.
Haldwin Manuale Player Pianon Odd Writings At Sea
A fragmented OCR item mentions a man named Haldwin and a peculiar phrase about a player piano and wartime or maritime setting. The readable words point to a historical note or catalog entry without clear dates or locations. Further readable details are insufficient to establish a full incident or event.
Baldwin Piano Co at 1634 California Street Denver
The Baldwin Piano Company located at 1634 California Street in Denver Colorado operates as a retail piano outlet. The notice lists the address for customer access and service interactions with the company.
Lincoln County Road Projects Planned For June Bids
Cheyenne May 26 Contracts totaling 200 000 for seven Wyoming counties road construction will be awarded June 15 by the highway commission. Lincoln county seeks bids for the Cokeville Star Valley road third section south of Smoot four miles long with grading installation and six wooden bridges. The awards will push under way road improvements statewide to 4 200.
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Cheyenne
Camera
Astute Highway Commission
Lincoln County
Cokeville Star Valley
Smoot
Highway Department
Right Thinking to End Unrest at Lone School Event
Editor Frank Sumner Burrage of the Laramie Republican urged substitution of thought love honesty and faith to end unrest. He spoke to Diamondville students at Finn Hall during the Eleventh Annual School Exhibition and Promotion Exercises and also at Kemmerer High School commencement.
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Frank Sumner Burrage
Laramie Republian
Diamondville
Finn Hall
Burrage
Kemmerer
H. H. Moyer
Edna Scott
Florence McPhie
Stella Rathbun
Janet Vicars
Hattie Wainwright
Ralph Rosenberg
Charles Essman
Henry van Dyke
Margaret Neilson
Phelan Proposes U S Oil Board
Washington reports President Wilson informed the senate of Britain’s petroleum policy aiming to exclude aliens from oil control, aid pioneering firms, and restrict British held stocks. Senator Kelan introduces a US Oil Corporation modeled on the shipping board to spur American overseas development. London notes a Shell all British control scheme with a British majority directorate led by Sir John Cowang, signaling US-Shell competition.
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Washington
Great Britain
Senate
Wilson
State Department
the United States Oil Corporation
The
Shipping Board
United States
Kelan
California
London
Daily Mail
Shell Oil Group
Mesopotamia
Dgreement
Royal Dutel Group
John Cowang
United States of America
Standard
America
Territory Thought Worthless Prove Territory Thought Worthless Dallas
Oil field activity in the midcontinent slows as test efforts seek new territory to expand already productive pools. Oklahoma yields 246000 barrels daily, Kansas 86000, Homer Louisiana 80000, Burkburnett 4000, Eastlam Stephenyranger 75000, Gulf Coast 70000, Bull Bayou 20000. Recent finds northwest of Burkburnett bring 500 to 2000 barrels, challenging prior belief that the region was worthless.
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Dallas
Oklahom
Kansas
Homer
Burkburnett
Eastlam Stepheny-Ranger
Gulf Coast
Bull Bayou
Jose
Wyoming Bishop to Represent Diocese in Rome Mission
Bishop P A McGovern of Wyoming presided at St Patrick's services in Kemmerer and led communion in English and Slavic churches in Green River. He notes Kemmerer church improvements and plans an August mission to Rome as Wyom ing representative in a Western Europe tour to report to the diocese every ten years.
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P. A. McGovern
Wyoming
Kemmerer
Green River
McGovern
Rome
Europe
Texan Invents Camera Aid for Fishing Oil Wells
In oil well fishing the task to locate lost tools is costly and time consuming. A Ranger Texas inventor Ben Dodge develops a closeup camera in a tube with electric light and clockwork timing to capture snaps from deep wells, promising significant time and money savings for operators.
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Camera Hia Beer
Ben Dodge
Ranger
Texan
Jesuit Patiters Set to Lecture Across Region
Father MA Taney head of the Missionary Band of the Jesuit Fathers of Chicago will lecture in June at Patrick's Cathedral Renner. The series runs the week of June 6 with readings and public talks in the Catholic NWN tradition.
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Father MA
Taney
Misionary
Jenuit Fathers of
Chicago
Theodore N Vail Remembered As Great Leader Of Industry
Theodore Newton Vail is dead and remembered as a masterful leader whose vision helped shape American telegraph and telephone service. The obituary notes his rise from humble beginnings, his role as railway mail service head, Bell system leadership, and his lasting impact on public service, innovation, and industry wide reforms.
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Theodore Newton Vail
New York City
Johns Hopking Hospital
Baltimore
J. B. Thayer
H. B. Thayer
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Denver
Ben 8. Read
Mountain States Company
Mountain States Group
Vail
Washington
American Bell Telephone Company
Monitor
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Sitovel Clubs
Kammorer
U.S. Coal Map Off Press
Bryan
Paylin Morgaalne
Tiveey
Tully Grampuntees
Haldwin
Baldwin Piano Co
Coloralo
Highway Commission
Laramie
Phelan
U. S
OWL Board
United States Oil Corporation
Wasitington
Georne Washieton
Seville
Lhemi
Ubert
Ubert Foyurippee Ef All In Ae Iweny: Hine At Wibeavne
Ceuine Worhington
Andelitiiene
Bishop M’govern
Tere
Pine, Wyoming
Committee On Appropriations
Edmunds
Vermont
James Burnie Beck
Kentucky
Theodore N. Vail
Caroll County
Ohio
New Jersey
Morristown
Theodore N
Morristown Academy
Morse
Marti
McMurtry
Snc
Chinacote
Az Eady
McMurty Nukes
Eicher
Faker and
Varalah Makore
Aremnoe
Caterade
Pioneer Supply CO
M’murtay Paints and Varnishes
Kemmerer, Wyo
Ford
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