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WYOMING REPORTER
3/27/1923-12/25/1923
1924 MISSING
1/6/1925-12/22/1925
1/19/1926-12/21/1926
Edited and Published by George A. Deaton (Independent Democratic policy)
Had previously lived in Rawlins in 1909; Page 1 of notes has entries from various dates (1909-1926) concerning George A. Deaton and his life
3/26/1923-Vol. 1, No. 1-12 pages-PARCO-Producers and Refiners Corporation-developing Lost Soldier Field, long article, pg. front, col. 1&2; Hatfield Oil Company article, pg. front, col. 1; first gas tax, 4/1/1923, earmarks for roads; Rawlins Real Estate Co. organized, pg. front, col. 2; North-South Railroad, pg. front, col. 3-5; Haskell-Middle States Oil Co. ;
Matt Braig, old time freighter, found dead in Union Pacific Club room, obit, front page, col. 6; Statistics on the county: population, banks, schools, religious denominations, hotels, hospital, etc. given, front page, cols. 3-4; Aero Oil Products ad, pg. 3; Boy Scouts organized, troop no. 1, pg. 4, col. 1; women’s ward remodeled in county jail to house women-“undesirable women;” pg. 4, col. 1; Sand Hills Oil Company ad with maps, pg. 6 & 7
4/3/1923-Rawlins building boom, Front page, cols. 1 & 2, Osborne Realty Co., First National Bank, Parco Plant, Ferris Hotel; three stills taken, pg. 7, names Harry Hall and F. M. Bible; Lincoln Highway Garage, (Hudson-Essex dealer) pg. 2, col. 6 & 7; Campfire Girls organized by Miss Alice Johnson, pg. 7, col. 2, lists names of girls in group; Cullen Music Co. over Tobias Jewelry Store, pg. 9; Army and Navy Goods Store; Irving Transfer
4/10/1923-Harry hall was arrested for moonshining, pg. front, col. 1; Sundin Garage takes over Chevrolet Agency, col. 2; City Elections, col. 3-5; Dr. Raymond Barber building addition to home, col. 5; Strand Theatre, col. 7; State Parole Board, pg. 3, col. 4-5; William F. Daley, County Assessor; Foot’s Shoeshine Bootblack at the Overland shoe Shining Parlor, pg. 5, col. 5; Snowy Range Road, pg. 6, col. 2; Dr. C. W. Jeffrey returned from CA where he had had pneumonia, pg. 8, col. 1;
4/17/1923-Glen E. Moran escapee from pen in Dr. Barber’s Hudson car that he was working on at the pen, caught, front page, col. 7; James Ferguson takes Columbia Six Automobile Agency, col. 1; Rogner Studio, col. 2, article; Palace Candy Kitchen to open, col. 5; Hillard Hardware robbed of guns, col. 6-7; George Ferguson stole Tom Sun, Jr.’s suitcase goes to prison, pg. 2, col. 3; Dr. E. A. Kell arrested for breach of peace, (caused incident at Luxus Café), pg. 4, col. 3; Mrs. C. E. Ellis ode to “Old Carbon” in the 40 yrs. ago column, pg. 6, col 1-2; Mrs. F. E. Froling business, pg. 8, col. 5-6
4/23/1923-William Dean, old time rancher, found dead by Buster Rendle and Pete Olson who had gone there to pick up horses, pg. front, col. 1; Tony Bodolometi charge with gun robbery, col. 4; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Ivey to be charged for having stolen goods, col. 4; Robert Westbrook to have fund raiser for new Negro Baseball team, the Federals, col. 5; Fall rodeo, col 1-2 article on grandstand position; Producers & Refiners to drill for oil at Medicine Bow, pg. 2, col. 4;
Pages 3-7 are a list of various businesses of the time, including King Fong Café, Conyers Dairy Farm, etc. Reading Room Committee to meet re: raffle of car and appointment of Mrs. C. W. Jeffrey to Board, pg. 8, col. 3; Post Office established at Parco
5/1/1923-Prison play funds to be used to start a prison baseball team; Rawlins National Bank remodel, col 4; W. H. Stott, driller for Hatfield Oil, col.7; Joines Brothers Furniture to open, col. 7; Grant Mackay Lumber Co., 9th and Cedar; Poll taxes pg. 7, col. 4; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith, owners of Abbott Hotel leased to Neffs, pg. 8, col. 3
5/8/1923-Rawlins Country Club, front page, col. 3-5, 4 miles west of town, known as Smiley Springs, 9 hole course; enlargement to refinery, col. 3; Palace Candy Kitchen, owned by August Ward, open, col.4; description of Country Club, pg. 2, col. 2; new flights by airmail pilots, pg. 7, col. 7, article; Jack Knight and H. P. Lewis mail pilots, pg. 7, col. 1
5/15/1923-Moonshine raid, front page, col, 1-2, 25 arrested; Claude Kittell blows wife’s head off (Dr. Neva Mott), then kills self, her previous husband killed himself 2.5 yrs. ago in Rawlins (905 West Buffalo), article, front page, cols. 3-5; North-South Railroad being surveyed by Haskell Co., cols, 6-7; Joines Bros. new location, pg. 2, 6-7; Bob Meldrum of Walcott visits in town, pg. 3, col. 2; H. Larsen will move Osborne Building for Dennis O’Melia, pg. 3, col. 2;
Rawlins Reading Room (Library) received 100 volumes from estate library of John C. Friend, pg. 6, col. 3;
5/22/1923-George Reid died, obituary, came in 1882, was a Union Pacific Conductor and later worked for J. H. Clause, Front, col. 3-4; J. J. Cashman builds 9 new bridges for Parco on their new road north of Ferris Dome, col. 6; Map of Lost Soldier Oil Field, pg. 5, Sand Hills Major Oil Co.; Constitution and By Laws of Rawlins Reading Room (library)
5/29/1923-Brandells Orchestra, front?, col. 2; Judge Tidball sentences moonshiners, col. 4; Daley Building begun, col. 4; Rawlins Union Pacific Baseball Team, col. 5; Rawlins Federals lost to Wyoming State Penitentiary Team
6/5/1923-Rawlins Spring stages a comeback due to new blasting, had been reduced years ago due to blasting, col. 1; Masonic Blue Lodge installs officers, col. 3; freight and express train wreck 9 miles east of town-no injuries, col. 4; Country Club Board elected, col. 3-5, Parco Construction Company owned by Rawlins men: Bitterson, Shaw, Cartwright, front, col. 7; Brandelle Orchestra schedule, pg. 3, col. 4-5; Aero Filling Station, new, pg. 5, col. 4-7, 100 block East 5th; The Virginian movie to film in Laramie and Medicine Bow, pg. 6
6/12/1923-A. R. Cowly obituary listed, died at his daughter’s, Mrs. Edith Harrison. He came in 1888; Anderson Brothers Army Goods, col. 4; Hatfield Oil Co. strikes good flow of gas, 10 miles south of town on 8 mile lake, col. 6-7; City Pavilion to open on 5th and Buffalo, southeast for dances, col. 7; A. & R. Junk Co., col. 4-5; H. Larsen installs 20 ton scales for weighing heavy oil loads, pg. 3, col. 1; J. Swilling opens Merchant Tailor Shop; Jeff’s Taxi takes over Luzus Café aand will run both, pg. 3, col.6-7; J. E. Wheeler Painting, pg. 6, col. 2-3;
Homer France buys Blydenburgh ½ interest in Blydenburgh and friend property on 4th, was the home of the Carbon County Journal and the office of the late Judge Friend, pg. 8, col. 3; contract for First National Bank
6/19/1923-George Hansen contractor for First National Bank, front, col. 4; Sunnyside Dance Pavilion where Brandie’s Winter Garden Orchestra plus others will play; Bob Ehlers to open Woolworth 5 & 10 Store, col. 3; Frank M. Johnson Motor Co. to build next to Strand Theatre, article, col. 5; Strand gets new $16,000 organ, article, col. 6-7
Charles Johnson formerly of Rawlins spent the week visiting from Denver
6/26/1923-Cars to be registered in County Clerk’s Office before getting license or disposing of, front, col. 5; Parco opens new field on Simpson ridge and old town site of Carbon, hit oil at 640 feet, col. 6-7; Sunnyside Pavilion opens at Fair Ground, advertisement, pg. 5; A. C. Ayala selling Groom house with 8 lots and horse corral, pg. 6, col 4-5;
James Hansen, proprietor of Hansen-Ferguson Sheep Co., pg. 8, col. 2
7/3/1923-P. J. Johnson and John Bangs, owners of the Strand, announce concert of their organ, article, pg. front, col. 1-3; article on the Strand; Sheriff Sanders and deputies capture three stills in Pass Creek arrested George Marshall, article, pg. front, col. 4; Street and son sporting Goods Store, 200 block Cedar, pg. 3, col. 3
7/10/1923-Friek, Reid and Co. lease acreage in east yards for Oil Wells Supply Co. , front pg., col. 1; George Kidder and W. C. Lawrence opened an auto laundry (car wash, oil and lube), col. 1; J. J. Cullen to open optical and music store in his building that had been leased to A. A. Tobias, article, front, pg., col. 5; Shirt contract at old pen, col. 5, article; James Kasper, Tailor, col. 7; The Sweetland Ice Cream and Drinks Store 116 4th, pg. 5, col. 3-4; Auto-Stage Rawlins to Casper via Bair Oil Camps schedule to Casper article, pg. 6, col. 3-4; Old Pen Shirt contract, pg. 7, col. 4; A. A. Tobias to go into business in Daley Building when completed
7/17/1923-Country Club House nearly done by H. Larsen, article, pg. 8, col. 3; Frank J. Keefe, license inspector resigns article, front pg., col. 4; Sheriff A. A. Sanders to pick up L. M. Bonas-wanted for passing bad checks, col. 4; Notes on Brandie’s orchestra Pavilion, Strand Theatre, automobile traffic, gas taxes, front page, col 5; D. W. Griffith, noted movie film producer damaged his Pierce-Arrow Car this side of Hanna; repaired in Rawlins, col. 6; Wool Growers Convention here for 1st time in 15 yrs, col. 6; Cullen’s Music and Optical Store opens, col. 4-6;
7/24/1923-H. J. Cashman completes bridges, 1 over the Muddy in the Whiskey Gap district and 1 over Dry Creek, south of Rawlins, col. 2; William Brownley who ran Annex Rooming House was killed by lightening, col. 3; Dr. Barber’s reception room addition completed, col. 3; cloudburst of 2-3” rain washed tracks out at Wamsutter, residents forced to higher ground, other incidents, article; Mrs. F. E. Froling and Miss Helen McMicken went to Denver to purchase goods for stock for Rawlins Art Needle Works Gift shop-to open in McMicken building on Buffalo, now being built, front page, col. 6
Ye Olde Towne Hall opens skating rink, article, front page, col. 2; ad for Ferris Fountian Room (ice cream parlor # 3 in town), pg. 4
7/31/1923-U. S. Marshal, R. J. Allen arrests Pass Creek rancher Jim Dickinson, charged with having still, article, front page, Col. 1; Annual Woolgrowers Convention starts to go three days; Mildred Wannamaker pleads guilty to having too many husbands, article, pg. front, col. 2; Pen Shirt Factory contract, long article, pg. front, col. 6, includes information on rumors on prisoners being whipped to death, not true re: Warden Hadsell;
Mike Quealey, Elk Mountain nephew of P. J. Quealy of Kemmerer, dies of heart failure in Hanna Bank, obituary, front pg., col. 6; P & R Natural Gas Company gets city contract for natural gas, article, front pg, col. 6
7/31/1923-Roller Skating every night at Olde Town Halle, 5th and Buffalo, pg. 3; Ads: Palace Candy Co., Ayala fight; Reliance Shirt Co., Mr. Rader here with conference with warden, pg. 6, col. 1; Drs. George W. and Jean Taggart opened offices in Cullen Bldg, front, col. 1-2;
8/7/1923-Billie Hildreth, dies at 100, obituary, buried in G. A. R. plot of the Rawlins Cemetery, front, col. 1-2; President Harding dies of food poisoning; new Union Pacific Station for VICO 14 miles east of Rawlins for the Utah Oil Refining Co.; more on oil from Lost soldier field and Bair Oil and VICO, pg. 4, col. 1; Boxing held at Pen, pg. 5, col. 3; Fire burns, Joines Bros. Furniture, pg. 5, col. 5; Stockgrowers Bank of Dixon closed and turned over to the State Bank examiner, pg. 10, col. 3, troubles blamed on slump in cattle market; Roy Melbone reopens Blue Bird Café, pg. 10, col. 3
8/14/1923-Dr. G. H. Maghee commits suicide by shooting self in Aguilar, CO, internment at Rawlins Cemetery, obit front pg., col. 2; E. W. “Teddy” Hughes buys lg. acreage in Mahoney Dome, long article, front pg., col. 3-4; Three bridges to be built: span over Medicine Bow River at Elk Mountain, Pass Creek 12 miles S. E. of Walcott and over Mill Creek north of Elk Mountain, front page, col. 1;
One mile of Lincoln Highway through refinery at Parco will be first paving except through Rock Springs, front, col. 5; H. Larsen building new Frick Ried Supply Co. Warehouse, will carry oil well supplies, front, col. 5;
Boomerang Café being done by Nick Camets & George Pappas, pg. 3
8/21/1923-H. Larsen has completed moving the fairgrounds grandstand from north side to the south side of the race track and is now making a new entrance in the southwest corner, front page, col 5-6; C. A. Good buys business of cleaning plant from A. C. Allison, front, col. 6; C. H. Anderson in town, sold Old Opera House to Johnson and Bangs, article, front pg., col. 1
8/28/1923-Photographer Hugh J. Rogner found dead in office, natural causes, obituary, front page, col. 1-2, remains shipped to Iowa to next of kin, front page, col1-2; Dr. Thomas G. Maghee, Lander reports that his wife, Evelyn Baldwin Maghee died. Been in poor health and unable to attend funeral of son Griff, front pg. col. 6; Rendle-Toole wedding at uncle’s home in Savery, pg. 2, col. 2; Sam Ivey buys Jones Dray business, pg. 3, col. 3; Charles Dow, editor of the Snake River Sentinel reports things look good agriculturally in the valley; C. W. Street note, pg. 8, col. 3
9/4/1923-Clifford Mann received stay of execution by hanging (for murder), front pg. col. 3-4; R. W. Duncan starts bus business with runs from Rawlins to Parco, article, front, col. 3; Bair Oil Co. offices moved, article, pg. front, pg. 3;
R. D. “Bob” Ehlers opens new variety store, article, front pg., col. 5-6; Frank M. Johnson had new garage completed, article, front pg. col. 6; “A Cowpuncher’s Dream” movie made in Rawlins with local talent, article front page, cols. 5-6; ad for movie pg. 4, lists local people and parts played
William Earl Phifer, manager for Frick-Reid Supply Co., died, pg. 6, col. 3; Sam Wo Chinese Hand Laundry ad, pg. 8, col. 3-4;
9/11/1923-Albert Barrett and James Martin escaped from prison from pen chapel, front pg., col. 1-2; Odd Fellows gets new addition by H. Larsen at 4th and Cedar, article listed details, front pg., col. 3; M. F. Cassidy, former parish priest visits, pg. 2, col. 1; E. J. Berryman opens barber shop at Parco; James Little/owner-editor of Encampment Echo sells paper to E. D. Seekins, Little will focus on ranching, pg. 6, col. 1; George E. Barber reopens Rogner Photo Studio, pg. 10, col. 3
9/18/1923-Terrible train wreck in the yards opposite H. Larsen Lumber: East bound freight ran away at Hadsell and brings 42 loaded and 17 empty cars crashing into a switch engine. R. L. Lovell, head brakeman on freight attempted to set hand brakes right up to the time of the crash, front pg. col. 1-2; break in men caught by Night Policeman Eugene McCarthy, front pg. col. 2; First floor of Odd Fellows to be occupied by W. Z. Robertson for Jewelry Store, front pg., col. 4; W. J. Brown is reopening jewelry store in McMicken building; Errol J. Cantlin and W. E. Miller, to be tried for murder of Mrs. J. D. Newcomb at Casper, pg. 6, col. 2-3; Dr. R. H. Campbell, new dentist in Daley Building, front pg., col. 1;
9/25/1923-Clyde Patterson kills J. W. Peeler with 5 shots, turns self in, article front pg., col. 1-2;
Mrs. Tolliver to open new hotel upstairs in the Daley Building, front pg., col. 2; Piggly-Wiggly to open store in France bldg. on West Buffalo, front pg., col. 5;
Fire destroys shirt factory at old pen; Bill Carlisle reported fire, front pg., col 5-6, long article; George Beaver’s basement broken into, front pg., col. 4; Bunker Hill Oil Co., Mrs. Gertrude Merrell, Secretary
10/2/1923-Rans notes “to our shame.” City trustees hearing on permit for Colored church on south side protested by new home builders, newspaper suggests setting aside area for their houses and churches, front page, col. 1-2; Bob Meldrum hospitalized from fall from a building at Walcott, front pg., col. 3; Drs. Taggart and Taggart, chiropractors move offices to Osborne Building, front pg., col. 4; L. C. Larsen brought family in from Ranch for the winter, built new house in Park Hill, pg. 10, col. 2.
10/9/1923-Clifford Mann, prisoner, has sentence commuted to life, has mind of 11 yr. old, front pg., col. 1-2; Clifford Briggs, Negro janitor, arrested and sentenced to pen for theft of money from bank and shoes from Mosher’s four days after crime, front pg., col. 4; aftermath of pen fire and disposition of material, front pg., col. 5-6; William Bauer hurt working on water tank south of town, front pg., col. 4
10/16/1923-Feds raid Boomerang Building and seize whiskey and wine of pepsin, front pg., col. 2; Charles Dew, editor of Snake River Sentinel at Baggs; Lewis Carr Butler aka James C. Butler arrested last week in Denver for criminal contribution to the $80,000 smash of the Rock River bank, made false entries as cashier, front pg., col. 2;
H. Larsen building new store next to F. M. Johnson Garage on Lincoln Highway, devoted to paint and hardware, pg.10, col. 2
10/23/1923-Newspaper gets new intertype machine, front pg. picture; Daley building leases nearly complete: A. A. Tobias, Hays-Hilliard Hardware; J. C. Penney Co; Drs. McLean and Looney; Dr. R. H. Campbell, dentist; Mr. Daley and Mr. Whittum; Mrs. S. E. Tolliver and assistants will have 32 rooms for the New Hotel, front pg., col. 3 & 4; New store being built by Anna Gormerly on 200 block of 4th, will be Art and Floral Dept. and the Miller Music Co., pg. 6, col. 1; Ex-policeman Steve B. Hart? gives his version of stopping Gus Fleischli at 4th and Cedar for speeding by shooting at front wheel, pg. 8, col. 1
10/30/1923-Coal and booze from same mine-Abe Reeves, Jr. and Oscar Dennen? arrested last week at the Armstrong Coal Mine south of town, as pen convicts who hauled the coal came back drunk, front pg., col 1; Mrs. S. E. Tolliver sells newly opened hotel to Harry Matias of Cheyenne where he runs the Albany Hotel, will call this one the New Albany, front pg., col. 2; PARCO is one year old, front pg, col. 6; William G. Forney, Platte Valley Rancher, dies at home, came to Carbon County in 1868, obituary, pg. 5, col. 6; Drs. McLean and Looney move to Daley Building, pg. 10, col. 3; Piggly Wiggly Store increasing size by Homer France, pg. 10, col. 4;
11/6/ 1923-Debate held on where should new Junior High be located; H. J. Cashman, contractor, will finish new shirt factory in a few days (at old pen), fireproof, front pg. col. 6-7; Moose Club meeting; new improvement to New Albany, pg. 4, col. 1; Palace Candy Co. installed 22 foot soda fountain, pg. 4, col. 1; Barnhart moves embroidery shop to Front St., pg. 8, col. 2; Mary Hall is bookkeeper for Martinez Electric; T. A. Ready improves Front Street store, pg. 8, col. 2
11/13/1923-Night classes at high school for foreigners and for those needing to finish high school, front pg., col. 1-2; J. C. Penney in Rawlins was 3rd store in chain, came 10 yrs. ago; Ralph Levon and Mr. Goodwin make copper strike near Walcott, relied on information from Malachi Dillon. He was here for the summer looking after interests. Dillon told Levon and Goodwin a story of copper samples which is recorded in the paper, front page, col. 6 & 7, the 1923 samples were “good native copper, besides good value in gold and silver.”
Business news: Soren Hanson and Lee Rankin opens Hansen Meat market, pg. 2, col. 5; Mrs. J. C. Tweed, dressmaking, 704 West Buffalo house in the rear; Ferris Chili Parlor;
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Johnson, caretakers of the county farm at Dixon brought inmate to be sent to Evanston, pg. 8, col. 2; Andres Blickfeldt and family, former residents, visiting his sister, Mrs. Ed Rogers; Harvey Childs back from CA and opens barber shop, pg. 8, col. 7.
11/20/1923-Hatfield Co. to erect 2nd rig at 8 Mile; N. R. Eastman died in ID, left Rawlins in 1911; F. J. Meyers of Lead, SD buys Rogner Studio from estate administrator, A. J. Rosier, buys equipment and lease on building, article, front pg., col. 3; City Meat market manager, Jake Ziegler, got 2 elk from elk ranch near Slater, will butcher and sell, front pg., col. 4; P & R Corp. get new well at Bell Springs on Separation Flats, 16 miles from Rawlins, front pg., col. 6 & 7; Rawlins-Casper Bus to operate by Robert Duncan of Rawlins, pg. 6, col. 3
11/27/1923-Rawlins National Bank has alarm installed; George Wren died in CA & buried in Catholic Cemetery, Rawlins, obituary, front pg., col. 2; Fort Steele hotel burned to ground, front pg., col. 2; phone service extended to Park Hill, Larson and Merrell additions by line foreman, E. J. Taylor, front pg., front pg., col. 4;
State Humane Officer, H. E. Harris, Attorney McMicken, Hanna Deputy Evan Jones take 6 half-starved children from Finnish step-mother’s shack in the Leo vicinity, article, front pg., col. 6 & 7; Postal Telegraph Co. of Denver moves office, article, pg. 6, col. 2; Grand opening of New Albany Hotel, pg. 6, advertisement
12/4/1923-Ted O’Melia, picture in paper, to be in play; Ferris Hotel bought by George W. Fleming, article, front page, col. 1 & 2; A. J. Rosier, attorney; Harry Evans recovered from nervous breakdown in California and back at his Rawlins Bakery, pg. 5, col. 2; Pictorial advertisement of First National Bank being built, pg. 6; Stockgrowers National Bank of Medicine Bow closes, another livestock related business closure, pg. 8, col. 3
12/11/1923-McPherson and Campbell open a plumbing shop on North 4th; new water line from Sage Creek nearing destination. 27 miles done and 5 to go, front pg., col. 1-2 article; Mrs. J. J. Cullen and sons James and ? sell Cullen McPherson Sheep Co. to Mr. Graves, article, front pg., col. 3; Rawlins Plumbing and Heating moved from Front St. to Osborne Block; Rawlins Reading Room to be opened day after Christmas and New Year’s, schedule given, front pg., col. 5, 621 borrowers;
William T. Shaffer, Carbon Co pioneer newspaper man committed suicide, front pg., col. 5, article; Pat Gallagher starts Economy Furniture 100 block West 5th, article, front pg., col. 6; Many business articles pgs, 4, 10,11, 14
12/18/1923-More on Sage Creek, front pg.; N. E. Nowles of Piggly Wiggly buys Beard & Picketts Cash and Carry Store, front pg., col. 4; Hays-Hilliard get electric sign; Phillips Floral Dept. and Miller Music Co to move into New Gormely Building, pg. 4, col. 2; Producers and Refiners Corp. building water line in Bell Springs Section, pg. 10; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Harrington take over Ferris Fountain Room in Ferris Hotel, pg. 12, col. 2
12/25/1923-Frank Mahoney won Victrola from Palace Candy Co., front pg., col. 2; The Rawhide, RHS paper by students started, pg. 8
RANS STATES THAT 1924 WAS MISSING, IT IS LISTED ON
newspapers.wyo.gov
July only, check the library’s holdings
WYOMING REPORTER
1/6/1925-12/22/1925
These newspapers must be at the library or newspaper office as they are not online
1/6/1925-Pictorial article “First woman governor, inaugurated
1/5/1925, Cheyenne; New county officers take seats: A.A. Sanders replaced as sheriff by George E. Austin. He appoints Frank Lemoine undersheriff, and Dan Thomas as jailer, article, front page, col. 1-2; Chamber of Commerce has new secretary; Basketball teams names given, front pg., col. 6-7;
Mrs. Theo Kazmerchak moves millinery to 409 West Buffalo; Railroad ties to be loaded cars at Encampment; Prison boxing-Bill Carlisle vs. Shaner, article, pg. 4, col. 5-7; article on penitentiary as rehabilitation, pg. 6, col. 1
1/13/1925-A. A. MacKay opens women’s tonsorial parlor, front, col. 3; Carbon Co. legislature- W. W. Daley, state Senator, R. H. Alcorn, W. H. Sanger, and W. R. Rummell, representatives, front pg., col. 5; L. K. Jones Furniture, 111 N. 5th
Streeter Reinhart, (one with the Hole in the Wall Gang at Powder Wash) has been employed at the Producers and Refiners camp at Mahoney Dome , pg. 8, col. 1
1/20/1925-High School Building to go to bid for $275,000, front page, col. 1-2; Tom Thomas died north of cemetery, committed suicide. Story on front pg., col. 3; newly organized Carbon Co. Fish and Game Association hired with 10 game wardens, front, col. 5; Kazmerchak Jewelry robber caught in act, article, front, col. 5; Chamber of Commerce and camp ground, front pg., col. 6-7; I. M. Conness protests the junking of the Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, gives sketch of history of the railroad and seeks help from state to keep it, front pg., col.6-7; Sheep industry looks good, pg. 4, col. 4; Carl Aman, Man. Of E. Mosher’s Store, pg. 8, col. 3, Mrs. W. A. Reed moves dressmaking shop to Ferguson building, 2nd floor
1/27/1925-Bid for high school to Ernest White of Idaho Falls, to be built on the Blydenburgh property, 2 stories, ground floor, fireproof brick, etc. to be completed 1/7/1925, front pg., col. 1-2; Wyoming State Prison Dramatic club, front, col. 1; I. W. Dinsmore opens own real estate in the Strand Theater; Attorneys L. E. Armstrong and Elery for the Platte Valley residents to keep the Saratoga Railroad. A receiver will be appointed to run railroad until Morse Bros. sells, front pg., col. 5, article; Peter Johnson obituary, died from cirrhosis of the liver, came from Denmark at age 5, worked for Union Pacific, survived by sons Morley and Arnold, daughters, Mrs. Charles Johnson and Mrs. J. C. Miller, article, front page, col. 6-7; Proposed new theater to be built the Columbia, with the Rawlins Public Library to be occupied in the west part, article, front page, col. 6-7
2/3/1925-Rendle Building completed-old Stock Growers Bank Building now owned by F. W. Rendle, remodeled, article, front pg., col. 3; new electric sign for Cullen Commercial Co. Meat Market, front pg., col. 4; First State Bank of Baggs, closes doors, front page, col. 5; N. J. Lerum of Helgate Coal Mine, hit by coal car, severely injured, front, col. 5; Idaho representative offers congressional bill to fix the name “Oregon Trail,”article, pg. 3, col. 5, article; Arapahoe Indians taking part in movie, article, pg. 3, col. 4; Pacific Fruit Express Co. completes ice harvest, 95,000 tons of ice gathered by 130 men, article, pg. 4, col. 5; J. W. Wisda, County Engineer moves office to First National Bank, at Osborne Bldg. for 9 years, pg. 8, col. 1;
I. S. Bartlett obituary, 87 yrs old died, pioneer newspaper man, wrote 3 vol. set of History of Wyoming, article, pg. 8, col. 2; pg. 8, col. 5-6, Rans notes that the old pen had interesting copy “play ball;”
2/10/1925-Rainbow Dry cleaners, front, col. 1; campground to be built by Chamber of Commerce at south of the Rodeo Park, article, front, col. 2; Former Sheriff Sanders arrests? Con man C. H. Howard, real name Howard D. Linsley, passing himself off as a business man who had been held up in Rock Springs to gain sympathy, article, front page, col. 3
2/19/1925-Permission given to build campground, front, col. 5; Rex Theater motion picture show to open 2/14/1925-located in Old Opera House on 4th, front, col. 6; High School Bonds: Martinez Electric gets wiring; Long of SLC gets plumbing and heating, front, col. 7; Jesse Osborne fell from trapeze doing gym exercises in office at the Driverless Ford office, front, col. 7; Saratoga to Encampment Rocky Mountain Highway, pg. 3, col. 3; Americanization Dept. of the Women’s Club teach classes, Mrs. O. E. Ekdahl, and Mrs. L. E. Armstrong commended
2/17/1925- Harry Brodine, new manager of Piggly Wiggly, front, col. 1; Fire at old Cullen house, 314 West buffalo, front, col. 2, article; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller in fire, he was hospitalized; John G. Ramsey, died, ran Cosgriff Bros. at Fort Steele in 1906, brother of J. M. Rumsey, front pg., col. 3; Death of Gertrude Huntington Merrell 2/17/1925, sick for 4 wks., front pg., col. 4; Critique of prison play, pg. 2, col 5-7; C. J. Dhouge home built, pg. 8, col. 1; Judge Tidball appointed C. H. Fitzpatrick of Carbon Co. Title Co. to be permanent receiver of the First State Bank of Baggs, pg. 8, col. 2; M. H. Walk, new assistant sales manager of Standard Savings and Loan organized, pg. 8, col. 2; K. O. A. radio station to give weather for Wyoming due to efforts of Sen. John B. Kendrick, pg. 8, col. 2;
2/24/1925-Mrs. Laura Heath sister of Gertrude Merrell to continue her business, front, col. 1; Johnson and Bangs own both the Rex Theater and the Strand. Rex will carry less expensive movies, serials, etc., front, col. 4; William Kirk, gunsmith selling business to Nels Hoaglund and C. O. Barnes of Sunnyside addition, Kirk will move to Mexico with a mining co., front, col. 4; W. P. Fitzgerald of Platte Valley to excavate for the high school, front, col. 4, old Blydenburgh house to be moved off site; Parco Bus Line sold to Gus Fleischli and M. E. Armstrong, article, front, col. 5; Red Cross moved from Mrs. Merrell’s office to Community and Welfare Dept. of the Elk Home. Mrs. Belle Welch to be in charge of the work of accepting clothing to give to the needy, front, col. 6; Boney Ernest celebrates 80th birthday at Alcova home with many well-wishers, spent afternoon telling of his experiences, pg. 2, col. 3; Ad and photo of Ollie I. Skratthult, famous comedian to appear at the North Star Hall, pg. 3; Cherokee Dairy west of Rawlins soliciting for customers, pg. 4, ad
3/3/1925-Ferguson Mercantile buys City Market from Jacob Ziegler, article, front, col. 2; Wyoming-Montana Railroad incorporate, will finish work on the North South Railroad from Montana. Will connect with Union Pacific near Rawlins and eventually tie in with Moffat Railroad at Craig, CO. (Rans states, “big dream.”) front, col. 4; front, col. 5; convict Ray Raymond attempted to escape prison, broke arm and other injuries, pg. 8, col. 2; Gov. Nellie Ross urges Congress to pass joint resolution making the Oregon Trail a federal highway, , pg. 8, col. 3; Game and Fish Commission signed into law, 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats to serve, pg. 8, col. 4
3/10/1925-Sweetland Rooms run by Mrs. Pete Olsen sold to Mrs. May Leahy. Mrs. Olsen will spend summer at ranch with husband Pete, front, col. 3; Frank Vigil shot Mrs. Laura Trujillo mistakenly while aiming to shoot Rosie Jaramillo, whom he killed. Sheriff Austin and Rubie Rivera tracked him, but lost him, article, front, col. 2-5; Elks Welfare Committee fed 250 small kids, Warden Hadsell provided program for... [truncated due to length]Collection
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