, 1924-12-17
MEETEETSE

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(Delayed)
w. F. MCGEE of Sheets fiat passed
thru our city Thursday on his way
to the Southfork sawmill for a load
OF lumber. He will build a new
barn on his ranch.
G. w. Hurlbut, the Wood river
rancher. made a trip to town on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smith re-
turned home Thursday afternoon
from a few days s%ojourn in Billings.
Mr.. Smith underwent a minor op-
Grafton on his nose and Is
ing rapidly.
Henry Henderson, who has been
"mucker in chief" at the Stone
wall coal mine for the past three
months. last Saturday severed his
connections with the mine and came
to town for a few days. Henry
thinks all work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy.
Earl A. Lewis and his partner.
who are poisoning wolves and coy
otes on the upper Greybull, were
In town Sunday and Monday getting
supplies for their camp. They have
been very successful and are well
pleased with their location.
L. j. Kahn of Great Falls, Mon
tana, was a guest at the Overland
Monday night.
Bill Darling was down from the
IT ranch Monday, doing a little
tinltering on the electric light plant.
Last Monday Miss Maybeth Will
liams brought Mrs. Salway into
town that she could be in attend
ance at her lectures and class work
in applied psychology. She has a
large class of men and women who
are very much interested in the
subject and are DESTROYS of max
ing all the advancement possible
during the winter.
Willie Slack and his father were
in town Monday getting a few gro
ceries for the ranch.
Mrs. Geo. w. Hurlbut on Wood
river has been sick for the past ten
days, but is reported much better.
Sam Riley. the Sunsine basin
farmer, was in town Saturday max
ing purchases for the ranch.
Chas. Bear, who has been help
ing lilly Adams manageh is ranch
on Poverty Flat for the past three
months, has come to town for n
stay during the cold weather. Chas.
likes an indoor job during the cold
season.
Last Sunday afternoon C. O.
March steamed up his Oldsmobile
and headed for Billings for a cou-
pie of days visit. He returned home
Wednesday.
Eugene Phelps last Sunday morn
ing passed thru town for a quick
trip to the metropolis of the Vel.
lowstone valley. He returned from
Billings Monday.
Mr.. Skilton of Thermopolis and
Abe Kent of Worland have had tor
the past few weeks a crew of sur
veyors and a petroleum geologist
surveying and mapping the Sunshine
basin oil structure. They completed
their work Friday and left immedi-
ately for Thermopolis. We under
stand they finished gathering data
for a complete contour map. AS
far as we a learn they were well
pleased with their findings and no
doubt will soon be back for further
investigation of the structure. With
one well now being drilled to a good
depth, another one starting, with
possibilities of a third, would lead
a person to think that in the no
distant future the oil development
around Meeteetse will be pushed to
the limit.
Abe Kent, who has been stopping
within our city for the past three
weeks, had the misfortune last week
to step in a hole and sprain his
ankle. He will be out again In a
short time.
C. G. Lands, the Thermopolis oil
man, visited the Pitchfork oil struc-
ture last Saturday. He informed
some Of our citizens that he would