O. S. L. Notes Blame Train Crew For Soda Springs Wreck
Board of inquiry finds the wreathound train crew at fault for the headon collision at Soda Springs. Engineer J. E. Dean failed to apply the air and test brakes adequately before a heavy grade. Brakeman F. E. Carman did not cut air after engine coupling. Conductor Webb Workman and Brakeman Gordon did not know air was cut in before leaving Novene. Air was good. neglect caused three deaths and Oregon Short Line losses.
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Board of Inquiry
Soda Springs
J. E. Dean
F. E. Carman
Novene
Webb Workman
Gordon
Oregon
Sad Accident Near Payette and Ontario Claims Three Deaths
A mother Mrs Rosa Irwin and her two children John and Daisy were struck by train No 557 while walking along the Snake River bridge between Payette and Ontario. Mrs Irwin and the boy died, the girl injured but expected to recover. Train dispatching changes and new double track from Diamondville to Fossil were commissioned with interlocking signals in place.
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Payette
Ontario
Rosa Irwin
John
Daisy
Snake River
Om Point
Diamondville
Fossil
Heavy Traffic On The O S L Routes Strains Rail System
Heavy traffic on the O S L lines pushes the system to its limit as freight trains laden with potatoes and wheat surge through the Twin Falls and Kemmerer sectors. Crews, dispatchers, and yard workers face growing workloads and several transfers and resignations ripple through yards from Kemmerer to Pocatello. A collision near Shohone injured a moore crew with minimal damage to engines, while timetable changes may shift No 1 and No 6 trains, delaying and reordering service.
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Falla
Farmers on Piney attract eastern settlers to Lincoln county
The Big Piney Examiner reports growing interest from land hungry families entering Cottonwood and North Piney Irrigation lands. Johnnie Matthews and Chas Rathben led visitors from eastern and southern states to view the opens acres. Herman of Uinta County Irrigation Co. collected grain and vegetable samples to showcase the area’s crops and prospects.
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Lincoln County
Johnnie Matthews
Chas
Rathben
Wyoming
Herman
Kansas City
Uinta County Irrigation Co
No Financial Fear at Kemmerer Club Meeting
A Kemmerer Commercial Club gathering heard speeches from M. B. Kemmerer Frank A. Manley and W. D. Brennan all Union Pacific Coal Co officials. Kemmerer spoke on coal political and financial matters noting little concern in business circles about the tariff law’s impact and predicting steady prosperity with continued growth in burning demand despite slower advances.
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Kemmerer Commercial Club
Messrs. M
Buriton
May Lambs Sell High Vet Olson Of Cokovnie
May lambs sold after the market trip to Omaha where top lambs brought 37.25 and 40 pounds in weight. Feeders weighed 1 pounds and by 85.0. The shipment went 80 pe tops. Pete reported good eastern financial conditions with confidence high. He visited over several days with his two sons attending school in Denver.
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Vete Olson
Cokovnie
Omaha
Wight
Pete
Denver
Sheriff Brings Back Fugitive Brennan in Record Restraint
Sheriff Ed Hansen returned from Montana with Joseph Brennan of Diamondville who faced arraignment for embezzling 900 as Diamondville treasurer. Brennan pleaded not guilty and was held to the next District Court term. A habeas corpus writ freed him, but Brennan was recaptured after a governor's warrant and fugitive-from-justice charge.
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Ed. Hansen
Montana
Tack
Josph Brennan
Dimondville
R. Lew Craig
District Court
Brennan
Buttr
Meade
Helena
Oil Prospects Boosted by Barani Visit to Eastern States
Barani, a noted operator in the large Lattrge oil fields, returned from the eastern states and plans to resume field activity soon. He expresses strong confidence in finding more wells that will strike oil seeping at multiple sites, noting western fields show similar formations to Lender and Casper.
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Barlani
Lattrge
Barina
Labhirge
Pioneer of 50 Years Visits Rock Springs Visitor
John Conway, a pioneering Wyoming figure with over fifty years of influence, stayed with James Jamieson in Rock Springs last week marking his first visit in forty three years. His long memory and early state experiences intrigued locals.
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Rock Springs
John Conway
Pontenge
James Jamieson
Conway
Wyoming
Talking Pictures Come to Kemmerer First Wyoming Show
Meo Whitney reports reservations for Edison talking pictures in Kemmerer with executives from New York. Kemmerer will host Wyoming’s first exhibition of the talking pictures, featuring Balcom lab experts, nightly program changes, and a silent screen with synchronized dialogue.
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Whitney
Recvivie
Edison
Kemmerer Tarren
Westaway
JM. Hathaway
New York City
Iniines
Kemmerer
Wyoming
Thin Company
Mir
Balcom
Ediron
New Lands on Green River
Bert Road spent several days in town from his ranch Green Silver near Sandy. He reports development work on his new ranch this summer paves the way for grain crops next year and plans to plant a sizable acreage. Opening up bottom lands along the Green river has created good agricultural land to be taken up, with many new settlers expected in the region. Ike Hiteon of Leake visited Kemmerer last Thursday and brought a storm with him.
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Bert Road
Green Silver
Green River
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F, H. Chapin
Mgr
the City Drug Store
W. I
Swanson
Kemmer
Yards
South
Montpelier
George W. Smith
Tommy
Cwitchman
A. Ready
Pocatello
W. ©. Edwards
Pocatela
Tom Fos
Kommerer
Kewmerer
Nsw
Moon No. 6
Hammett
Monida
Shoehone
Estra
Habme
Nelson
Corbett
Sheriff Hansen
Ike Hiteon
Iit Leake
Hin
Kemmerer Savings Bank and Trust Company
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