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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
8
A historic notice from Encampment Wyoming outlines subscription rates and advertising pricing. It lists one year six months three months and single copy costs, and states display ad rates as 26 cents per column inch per week with locals and obituary notices charged similarly.
Residents of southern Carbon county condemn years of unequal funding and neglected infrastructure, citing deplorable roads and a dilapidated Encampment River bridge at Riverside. They urge the county to prioritize improvements and regular school visits by the county superintendent, pledging to vote for change in the upcoming election. The Echo traditionally backs the Republican ticket.
Beaver Creek items list residents visiting neighbors and logging crews returning from hills. Sunday school at Rev Clough’s featured infant baptisms Ronald Wolford and Clinton Anderson as 75 attendees gathered for a box supper to raise library funds. Community groups and families, including Anderson, Wolfard, Hayden, and Forney, are noted with travel between Encampment Saratoga Cheyenne and Rawlins.
A long list of residents and visitors mingles with ranch updates and road meeting notes. Names include Louis Hopkins, A J Ferry, Al Anderson, Roy Dettinger, Amos Wilcox, Chas Terwilliger, Harry Pantle, Geo A Baker, Dick Martin, Dick Pelz, D N Bird, Ben Bashore, Elmer Francis, R M Martin, Emery Miller, Dick Post, Neiswender, Henry Pantle, J W Fisher, Mrs I Brands, Al Laroy, J T McShane, KF Gibert, Vickers, Geo Murphy, and others. Events cover road meetings, lodge attendance, ranch movements, traveling to Cheyenne and Denver, and a birth at Riverside yesterday. Mrs Brands and students head to Cheyenne for school duties, Murphy shifts to Boulder for railroad wrecking work, and beaver creek logging camp activity noted.
In a shared sentiment, residents express that politics will be secondary this fall. They claim to voice the majority view of voters, promising to support the candidate who serves their interests and leave political maneuvering to politicians.
John W. Winner and other ranchers attended Saturday’s Encampment valley meeting. Kilvin Tilton and Alfred E. Manor left for Denver on Charter Oak mine business. Manor plans to sell household goods here next Saturday before returning to Indiana. Mrs. Blackhall hosted a luncheon with a long list of guests. A planned city hall basketball night ended as a social dance due to missing Prof. Gilbert. L. A. Cunningham from Riverside offered to sharpen tools for the road association. Fireman’s dance date moved to Saturday. box supper and hog show auction mentioned. needlework and weekly visits noted. Mrs. Anderson’s guests included Mesdames Parr, Parkison, Thompson, Lattle.
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