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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
7
The Echo apologizes for a delayed weekly print run using leftovers from last week due to paper shortages. It pledges extra paper for emergencies and notes upcoming local holiday events including church trees, a firemen’s dance at city hall, Beaver Creek Sunday school play, and Encampment school dances and suppers.
Reports from Cheyenne and Laramie indicate severe fuel shortages. Most businesses except bakeries, meat markets and grocers closed or limited hours 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Schools churches theaters and amusements shut until relief arrives. Mrs Shields planned to visit Cheyenne but officials advised staying in encampment if possible. Beaver Creek notes arrived late for this week.
Do you want a home and farm near Encampment? Thousands of acres of rich loam land await homestead entry within 3 to 30 miles, suitable for grain hay potatoes and vegetables. Irrigation projects like Big Creek may boost value. 160 acre entries allowed for irrigated land, 320 or 640 acres for non irrigated or grazing.
Local tidbits list visiting neighbors and ranch entries from Encampment Wyoming including Ben Bashore J J Parr Louis Guest and others at the Stock Growers' Association meeting and dance. It mentions pork for sale by D Bridges and a telephone for gathering news plus church and school notices and the upcoming IOOF encampment meeting.
About a ton of fresh pork for sale at 2 cents a pound is listed by F. D. Bridges twelve miles east of Encampment at the Rollman ranch. The blizzard and cold disrupted canal work by A. J. Ferry and R. F. Boyd while cattle and coal trades shift. Local residents including A. J. Chidester, D. L. Condon, L. A. Cunningham, Geo. Kuntaman, J. W. Clements, and Dave Bashore are mentioned with business and town notes. a December 18 horse sale is posted and a school disruption due to the storm is noted.
Encampment Lodge No 19 A B M meets in Masonic hall on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Visitors welcome. W M J R Rollman and Secretary W C Burke provide contact for details.
The regular Eastern Star meeting was dispensed with Tuesday night due to a blinaured Lihat storm raging since Saturday, canceling planned proceedings and delaying community events.
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