Mountain Lion Killed Near Bald Mountain During Hunt
Dispatch from Medicine Bow National Forest reports Charles Plummer of Medicine Bow Lodge observed a large mountain lion near the cedar creek sheep corrals on Bald mountain. Jack Kenneday and son, with dogs, chased the lion for six miles before his son shot it. The animal showed damage from prior encounters and killed a porcupine. Several other lions were rumored in the area and drilling news follows as Southwest Petroleum tests the Saratoga field.
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Medicine Bow National Forest
Laramie
Charles Plummer
Plummer & Company
Medicine Bow Lodge
Brush Creek
Plummer
Cedar Creek
Bald Mountain
Jack Kenneday
Mr. Plummer
Kenneday
Mr. Kenneday
Ben
Southwest Petroleum Company
Saratoga
Earl Scott
Rock River
Mr. Scott
Railroad Schedule Changes Time in Local Service
A new schedule went into effect on the local railroad last week. The northbound train leaves Encampment at 6:00 a.m. and reaches Saratoga at 7:45 a.m. then Walcott at 9:25 a.m. Returning, Walcott departs 10:30 a.m., arrives Saratoga 12:20 p.m., and Encampment 2:00 p.m. daily except Sunday. The line had been late since the Union Pacific takeover on November 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enocampment
Saratoga
Walcott
Hecampment
Union Pacific
Cattle Stock Purchases Debut for War Finance Plan
Last Saturday the local dairy association board approved 18 membership applications and 179 cows for stock through the War Finance Corporation. A city hall meeting today will finalize the first deal, elect officers, and arrange financing to buy dairy stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Association Board
War Finance Corporation
H. P. Flohr
Shorthorna Col. Brands
Ben Bashore
H. Neiswender
Harry Pantle
J, L. Hawkins
Wm. Flohr
A. A. Wolfard
Philip Plohr
Bert Oldman
I Rutledge Bros
Ae IC
Community Christmas Tree at City Hall Friday Night
The town will host a community Christmas tree at the city hall Friday night under the Sunday school. A program directed by local ladies and children will feature a treat for children and Santa Claus. Funds were solicited by several town ladies over the past ten days for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Trainmaster Inspecting Encampment Branch Foremen
Trainmaster C. C. Gudgel visits Encampment to inspect section foremen and ensure awareness of duties under new management. A. J. Chidester files for 200 acres of homestead land, 160 relinquished, amid Wyoming weather notes. Rainy spell reduces mountain snow, risking next year irrigation.
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C. C. Gudgel
Laramine
A. J. Chidester
Ta ‘Gunn
Wyoming
Encampment School Notes Highlight Attendance and Transport
The Rawlins Republic an notes recount Encampment school events on November 23 with a successful play at city hall raising funds for library books and Victrola records. A new school truck aids distant pupils, delivering them dry and promptly. Certificates of award were issued for three months of perfect attendance to multiple students including Margaret Clements and Ruth Parr.
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Rawlins
Margaret Clements
Ruth Parr
Alfred Berg
George Hunter
Grace Hunter
Mildred Bashore
Francis Johnson
Lulu Berg
Elizabeth Reed
Clyde Wagoner
Local Notes On Families and School Changes
Mr and Mrs J J Wirth and daughter Mable visited relatives in Utah for several weeks. Ed dy Parkison made second yearly proof on Beaver Creek desert claims before the local commissioner. Kiloy Boyd from Laramie high school returned home for holiday vacation. Miss Mainie Brown joined Saratoga youths for a Saturday night dance and visits. Dunkard school closed as J L Gunn resigns. Miss Lakue Davis of Chattanooga Penn weighs 76 pounds after Tanlac and now weighs over 100. Soldier Dine Co Miss Wlorence Jorney returns from Laramie to spend holidays with her parents on Indian Creek.
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Mildred Pattison
Laramie
Ed. A. Parkison
J. J. Wirth
Miss Mable
Utah
Ed.dy Parkison
Beaver Creel
Kiloy Boyd
University High School
Lakue Davis
Chattanooga
Penn
Soldier Dine Co
Wlorence Jorney
Indian Creek
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J.H. Schmidt
James R. Little
United States
Encampment
Stace M. Sawyer
Maternity
Anita Scott
W. H. Cox
Idaho
Lordier Drug Co
City Hall
May Allison
Danny
State Bank
Cuas
H. Saxncer
F. H. Hearey
H. A. Huser
Medicine Bow Forest
Big Creek
Healey Ranch
Candict
Donald Rankin
Blacksmith
L. A. Cunningham
Riverside, Wyoming
UGAL
Mainie Brown
J. L.gunn
Dunkard
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