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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1921
Page
12
Advertising rates listed: display 25 cents per space column inch per week local 10 cents per line per week. Obituaries cards of thanks announcements of entertainments where admission is charged or profit realized are charged the same as other advertising.
About twenty bronchos a bucking bull and an unmanageable cow will be invited by the Frontier committee to Cheyenne for the July 26 27 28 29 festival. Scouts surveyed Rocky Mountain celebrations selection focuses on animals near the Frontier Days standard. More than 100 outlaws already listed. Top hand riders may attend as spectators. A letter from Lin and Santewy mentions recovery from injuries after a kitchen incident and another letter notes a crutch user still improving.
Local and personal items list moves and visits in Encampment. Residents report repairs, farming, timber work, and forest service activity. Church services, lodge installations, and travels to Casper, Wyoming, and Dayton, Ohio are noted along with town developments and long-time residents’ reflections.
A county roundup mentions Mr and Mrs EF L Chamberlain I from Cow Creek homestead in town. Harry Pantle visited from his ranch in the valley. J J Finch and Reed Wiehy, forest ranger at Big Creek, were in town on business as rain slows alfalfa cutting and helps dry farmers. Notice lists Amos Wilcox of Encampment Wyoming filing for final land proof at Encampment on August 27 1921 with witnesses from Encampment.
Congress members and families will view moving pictures highlighting Reclamation Service projects, including Shoshone and North Platte, at a White House lawn party hosted by President and Mrs Harding. The screening features a Blanchard lecture and an amplifier for clear sound, with a later public showing planned.
Martin R. Johnson of Saratoga Wyoming filing notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish claim to his homestead entry for Si Y Seethen 27 Township ts N R 85 W 6th Principal Meridian, before U.S. Commissioner Robert I. Martin at Saratoga on August 1921. Witnesses Frank T. Jones Encampment Carl Walford Encampment John J. Pulkerson Saratoga Walter J. Baur Saratoga.
Monthly neighbor gathering schedule indicates meetings held the second Thursday afternoon each month at Woodcraf Encampment Circle. Officials Amy H Lowpien G N Gaeack M Dagen appear as clerks and recorders for the Naval Neighbors Sunshine Camp Ne organization.
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