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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
9
J R Rollman of Encampment unveils a surface operated automatic automobile gate with a center lever and sliding spring actuation. The patent pending device closes itself after a car passes, uses weights on posts, and could be manufactured for about 30 dollars, aiming for wide market appeal and potential wealth for the inventor.
Plade Valley Lodge No. 34 O F elected R Siebers as N G Louis Berg as V G Z T Carver re elected secretary James G Dettinger re elected treasurer IT C Platt named trustee for three years After business two candidates received second and third degrees Rebekah ladies served lunch and members planned more initiations tonight urging attendance to confer the Initiatory degree.
Masons at Decampment Lodge No. 19 A F and A M elected officers for the coming year at the regular Wednesday meeting Byron Tillon remains W M A J Ferry S W W M Englehart re elected treasurer W C Burke re elected secretary Installation set for the next regular meeting Wednesday night December 21 Harry Anderson handled business in Encampment Saturday at his Beaver Creek ranch and attended the daily meeting J B Stout from Brownlee ranch delivered a carload of Jersey cows he recently bought in Colorado for personal use.
A large gathering at the city hall heard Elwood E. Davis outline the dairy industry and fielded questions. A seven-member board was elected to process applications at Encampment State Bank and draft stock plans funded by War Finance Corporation credit. Local ranchers north of Carbon County are urged to visit the board to join.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Encampment State Bank will be held at the bank offices in Encampment Wyoming on Monday January 9 1922 at 10 oclock a m F H Hearey cashier Doc Culleton returns from Laramie where he spent two weeks visiting.
Reports from two beet sample lots analyzed for sugar content show Wyoming beets surpassing distant samples. Proposals call for repealing land and entry barriers to open 640 acre homesteads and restore grazing withdrawals to entry, aiding settlers and veterans.
An excerpt from the Mountain States Banker discusses Johnstown Colorado and its dairy history. It notes early bankers and businessmen importing eastern purebred stock to build local herds, with a First National Bank role in funding and promoting dairying. Holsteins dominate the area as dairying profits grow.
Johnstown district dairy records show high producing cows under official tester Walter Guerkink. In 31 days ending October 31, 1921, 869 cows yielded 7745 pounds milk and 26.6 pounds butterfat per cow, with 68 cows over 40 pounds fat and 25 over 50 pounds. Overall average profit per cow over feed costs was 0.05 dollars.
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