Pages of the Past

100 years ago
October 26, 1923
The tendency on the part of some of our farmers to dispose of their cows is said to be due to a shortage of feed. Hay is said to be rather scarce and at a good price in this section. Around Manderson it is being sold in the stack at $12.50, while in this neighborhood it has been offered at $9 and $10. Over on the Powell flat they are getting $13 for it baled. One thing which has hit our hay crop is the damage from rain, but advices from a Kansas City hay firm are to the effect that the condition exists all over the west.
Drillers for the Olympus Oil Company, drilling at the location east of Manderson on Saturday last, brought in a water well when they struck a strong flow of water in the Greybull sand.
75 years ago
October 22, 1948
The Hyattville Girl Scouts met at the school house Wednesday to plan a Halloween dance. Attending the meeting were Mrs. Boyd Straight, Mrs. Harold Misomelius and Mrs. George Warfel, leaders, and Josephine Cornett, Sharon Kinder, JoJean Thomas, Molly Cornett, Pat Patterson, Sharon Warfel, Kathy Morris, Alice Morris, Anne Morris, Bonnie Terry, Elizabeth Misomelius, Nancy Morris, Georgia Warfield, Phyliss Caines and Frances Frederick.
Councilman Bill Scott suffered painful burns Saturday when relighting a gas water heater which had gone out. Gas from the extinguished pilot light accumulated in the heater and flared unexpectedly when ignited, burning Mr. Scott’s right hand and forearm with such intensity that medical treatment was required. The burns, though troublesome, were not serious.
A pellet, believed to have been fired from a 17-caliber air rifle or a .22-caliber weapon, Saturday night pierced a window in the Reuben Reifschneider residence in southern Basin. The missel embedded itself in a wall opposite the window.
50 years ago
October 26, 1973
Patricia Brown, a Basin High School junior, was chosen FHA girl of the month by the members of her chapter. She was selected on the basis of outstanding organization and leadership at the FHA booth during Basin’s football season.
Earl McClanahan, new pastor of the First Baptist Church, is expected to arrive in Basin with his wife late this week to assume his duties on November 1. He succeeds the Rev. Floyd Ellison who retired last summer. McClanahan will be ordained later in Basin.
Marriage licenses:
William Edward Stoelk and Constance Beth Henderson, both of Basin.
25 years ago
October 22, 1998
Four Riverside High School teachers, Rebecca Allred, Tony Anson, Lisa Gray and John Tate, have been included in the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1998.
There have been some changes at Antelope Bute Ski Area on top the Big Horn Mountains. This year skiers will get the use of new runs, a lodge that has undergone a major facelift and updated chair lifts. The Bighorn lift, which carries skiers to the top of the mountain, has been redesigned; instead of having to ski up a small hill to get on the lift, the loading platform is now level with the base.
The Big Horn County Commissioners voted this month to purchase the emergency Enhanced 911 equipment that county residents have been contributing to for the past five years.