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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
1
President A B Dahl calls the Saratoga Valley Stock Growers Association annual meeting for Friday June 3 at 2 30 p m in the city hall. The business session will be followed by social events and the big evening dance. Members are urged to attend to discuss vital industry issues after a challenging year.
The county superintendent awarded certificates to Lulu Berg Jack Murray James Clements Leonard Bashore and Evertt Dotson for perfect attendance across the three months ending April 22. HW Kolling family expected to arrive in Encampment for the summer tomorrow from York Nebraska.
Mrs H P Flohr planned a surprise party for her husband last week. Six cars carried twenty six Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and a few town friends to the ranch Friday evening. Mr Flohr, just home from work, heard Who done dot after the guests arrived. Neighbors gathered for conversation music and dancing. A midnight repast followed and hymns were sung as guests departed, noting such gatherings improve communities and neighborly relations.
Rawlins Republican reports bond election turnout light with about 30 percent voting. In county results the bonds carry by five to one or more, though country precincts may shift the ratio. Some precincts like Brush Creek and French Creek vote entirely against bonds. Cheyenne state returns suggest bonds carry statewide by six to ten to one, with the south supporting as strongly as the north.
Announcement states new Echo subscriptions are $1.00 for the balance of 1921. With over seven months left, the rate is under two dollars per year. Open to new readers and can be sent to others anywhere until next January. A trial subscription to the Echo is urged for interested homesteaders and friends.
The Wyoming Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on June 2 in Saratoga regarding the Saratoga and Encampment Railroad request to reduce service from daily to three times weekly. The case follows delays in deciding whether to abandon the line and notes ongoing talks with Union Pacific to keep it operating.
The land office at Cheyenne reports the south half of the southeast quarter of section 10 in township 14 north, range 84 west, restored to entry under the federal water power act. Applicants must grant the government rights for future land use related to the power site. Ex servicemen receive preference from June 10 to August 12, with filing possible in the 20 days before June 10. If unclaimed by August 12, the land opens to general applicants with the same government rights, and prior settlers’ settlement rights are respected but post-restoration settlers receive no preference.
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