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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
11
In a thirty three year career in active newspaper work a veteran notes that a strong business requires ongoing advertising. He cites a Chicago Journal of Commerce slogan from over thirty years ago as the best he has seen for building and maintaining a healthy business through persistent ads.
Tennant was absent Monday afternoon. Eunice Murray was absent Tuesday afternoon. George Kuntzman was absent two days last week. Harry Fisher and Robert Pennock were absent last Friday.
The American Legion post in Rock River holds its second annual ball next Tuesday February 22 inviting all ex service men. The Echo recipient receives a complimentary ticket via Royal A. Young editor of the Rock River Review and Legion adjutant.
The Newark Ohio Advance reports a Boston News Bureau study showing wide price variation across stores for standard cotton goods. Prices differed up to 25 percent, with some stores offering substantial reductions to cash buyers. The piece urges shoppers to read newspaper ads to uncover unusually good value and negotiate better buys.
Mr and Mrs Harry Hunter hosted a dinner at the Plains for legislative figures during the season. Guests included Representative Harry A Hunter of Big Creek Senator W W Daley and Mrs Daley Representative C P Story Sheridan Representative A S Mercer Hyattville Representative P W Jenkins Fremont County R H Alcorn Rawlins L A Williams Hanna George Sisson Saratoga McKillip Saratoga Ivan Hadsell Kleber Hadsell Rawlins and other Carbon county delegates.
Willard Elliott of Rich Charter Oak Copper visits Encampment with family and friends. Claude Thompson settles east of town moving in for good. Mrs Shields arrives from Cheyenne to visit Parkison family. F D Bridges hosts Miss Heald visiting his brothers at Bridges ranch. Louis Berg reports four men employed at French Creek camp with five feet of snow. Tourtelot seeks recovery break in Lincoln Nebraska. Royal Neighbors card party earns praise with a full house and refreshments.
Notice given for grazing permits to graze cattle horses and sheep within the Hayden region during 1941. Applications must be filed in Encampment before March 1 1921. Information and forms available from James Blackhall supervisor.
H P Flohr and L A Cunningham visit town from their ranches for trading and socializing. Geo O Baker and daughter Ollie join friends at the Encampment stores. Encampment workers cover for ill and absent staff. A visit from Joe Johnston to Rawlins to work in a coal mine is noted, with nearby Encampment crews also employed. A thunderstorm brings rain snow and a brief cold snap, yet residents anticipate an early spring despite lingering flurries.
Sunshine Rebekah Lodge No 20 meets on the first and third Tuesdays monthly at the I O O F hall with visitors invited. Royal Neighbors Sunshine Camp No 4004 meets on the second Thursday each month with Oracle Mus H. Be Baut as Recorder.
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