Kemmerer Chamber Banquet Hints at Barbecue Plans
At a War period meeting of the Kemmerer Chamber of Commerce in City hall on Monday evening, Abner Davis of Pyramid Oil and Refining Syndicate announced a host barbecue in Kemmerer due to travel restrictions. A lunch banquet followed as residents celebrated with a la carte servings. The session covered next year’s Chautauqua, county road improvements, and emergency bridge funds. Laura Winter, Lincoln County Home Demonstrator, slated to address local women’s clubs in Kemmerer. Hawke, once Kemmerer Golden Rule manager, now a J C Penney buyer in New York, noted.
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Kemmerar Chamber of Commerce
Thore
Ft Bualness
Abner Davia
Pyramid Oil and Refining Syndicate
King Winter
Kemmerer
LaBarge
Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Thamsher of Commerce
Chamber of
Commerce
Embree
Ciudha
Piney
Wood Roads
Laura F Winter
Lincoln County
Afton
Red Cross Society
Misa Winter
Demonstratone
Hawke
Kemmerer Golden Rule
New York
J. Penney Company
Kemmerer City Anticipates Mail and Express Delivery Changes
Commissioners plan to discuss city mail delivery next week amid low apparent demand in Kemmerer. The executive committee will investigate and report. City express delivery, noted in smaller towns, prompted the secretary to be asked to contact the express company about installation. E L Smith resigned as secretary citing lack of time, and the committee was empowered to hire a new secretary with adequate remuneration.
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Kemmerer
Executive Committee
Chamber
E. L. Smith
Spudding In Witnessed by Hundreds at Pyramid Oil Well
Hundreds braved snow and rain in Kemmerer and nearby areas to witness the spudding in of Pyramid Oil and Refining Syndicate’s first well. The launch, delayed by weather, drew praise from attendees including Joe Barant and Abner Davis. The LaBarge field is set for rapid development with six men operating a standard rig and a forecast of at least 50 rigs by year end.
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Kemmerer
Pyramid Oil & Refining Syndicate
Green Fiver Valley
LaBarge
Fontenelle
Ofl
Lincoln County
Oliver Twlehol
Joe Barlani
Field
Abner Davis
Pyramide Oil and Refining Syndicate
Lafarge O11
Jooxe
Pyramid Holdings
Joe Barrant
Denver
Taunts Spark Idaho Shooting Affray Near Raymond
Wesley Herzog, 21, was wounded when Bam Widmer fired a shotgun during a taunting incident at Hall ranch near Raymond Idaho. Widmer fled with friends to Montpelier hospital where Herzog lay badly wounded, possibly losing an arm. authorities awaited further action as the case moved toward trial.
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Wesley Herzog
Raymond
Idaho
Bam Widemer
Herzog
Widmer
Taunters
Hall Ranch
Fraymond
Taunte
Gaing
Maraog
Rirsulla
Har Qog
Sheulier
Montpelie
Lynn of
Antelty
Mountpelier
Caetainour
Elvenin
Hersog
Widmerle
New Fossil Company Drills Deep for Oil in Fossil Field
A new consolidated oil company forms to drill in the Fossil field with J. J. Horseman in charge of the Idaho Wyoming rig. He reports a 110 foot hole showing high grade oil and anticipates pay quantities at 500 feet, possibly drilling to 1500 feet. Federal experts say the oil could be the highest grade, over 90 percent gasoline. The well sits a mile from the railroad with a favorable grade for piping.
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J. J. Herseman
Idaho-Wyoming
Horseman
Tulsa Oil Man Visits Kemmerer For LaBarge Company
Tulsa oil executive Dr. Hanna of LaBarge Oil Company, with wide holdings in the LaBarge field, arrived from Colorado Springs to oversee interests in Kemmerer. He reports validated valuable holdings and plans to start real development next spring, noting Casper’s rapid growth from the oil boom. He will return to Kemmerer early next spring.
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St. H. Hanna
laBarge Ol Company
Kemmerer
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Hanna
Nurse Nellie Smedley Dies After Surgery
Miss Nellie Smedley a nurse at the Lincoln Miners' hospital died Saturday morning following an appendicitis operation performed a week earlier. A 30 year old resident of Army Wyoming she had been with the institution about a year and a half. Despite signs of recovery the operation was followed by sudden stomach trouble leading to her death. Her parents traveled from Wyoming to arrange the burial with services held yesterday at the Mormon Church in Evanston. Dr L B Kindall and five sisters nurses attended the funeral as floral tributes came from friends and the miners union at Frontier.
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Nellie Smediey
Lincoln Miners’ Hospital
Xudder
Robertson
Milla
Berquist
Miss Goddard
Johnson
Evanston
Aid for Home Steaders Under New Law Aimed at Loan Access
Representative Charles Dillon of South Dakota promotes a law allowing final proof after one year from entry to aid western homesteaders after crop failures. Farmers may borrow against lands by pledging one eighth to one ninth area for harvest, with 1917 season relief anticipated.
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Charles VI. Dillon
South Dakota
Dillon
First cattle sale of Hamafork ranchers to ship to Oklahoma
Two Hamafork ranchers, K turue and Ed Button, will ship carloads of cattle to Oklahoma early next week. The sale marks one of the first concerted efforts to move cattle from the county to markets, with the stock contracted for delivery soon.
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K. Turue
Ed Button
Hamafork Ranchinin
Oovaha
Art Cette der Pawn
Temporary Relief for Kemnerer Big Piney Road
During the Cheyenne visit by Commissioners Budge and Peterson, plans were set to place Lincoln County roads on temporary state highway status with funding under the new highway law. Bridges will be installed at four points on the Kemmerer Big Piney road, with construction contracted to Atwood of Big Piney. Survey work on Lincoln County roads receiving state field benefits should be complete by winter, including the Cokeville to Lower Star Valley route and the Wilson Moran project in Jacksons Hole. A Snake River Bridge repair is funded with state Highway funds contingent on county matching funds.
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Budge
Peterson
Cheyenne
State Highway Commission
Lincoln
Kemmerer-Big Piney
Atwood
Big Piney
EB. Steveson
Kemmerer
Steveson
Lincoln County
Cokeville
Lower Star Valley
Jackson's Hole
Snake River
Wilson
Funct
Man Killed by Train on Granger Section Gang
A Granger section gang member was killed yesterday when a train struck the speeder the workers were riding. He had just begun work for the railroad the same day. Reports say the crew delayed removing the speeder from the track and the victim was attempting to move the car when death occurred.
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Section
Granger
Five Trains of Soldiers Pass Through Kemmerer En Route East
Five trains carrying drafted men from Idaho passed Kemmerer yesterday on their way to a training camp in the east. Civilians along the routes gave eager welcomes to the soldiers, who traveled in convoy to join the war effort.
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U. S
Idaho
Kemmerer
Bridge and road plans for Jackson’s Hole and state funds
Mudsioners agreed to repair the bridge with a contract set at the coming board meeting. Kent construction work on the Big Viney Kemmerer and Wilson Moran roads will begin next spring, with new state and county funds available. Wyoming’s national highway fund share is 782000 for the next fiscal year, prompting counties to match sums to qualify for the grant.
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Kent
Big Viney-Kemmerer
Wilson-Moran
Accordiig
Steveson
Wyoming
National Highway Fund
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NEW Fossil Company
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