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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
9
Four Pullman coaches carrying directors and stockholders of the Rich Charter Oak Copper company are due in Encampment this morning. They will attend the stockholders meeting, visit the Charter Oak mine west of town, and then tour Yellowstone park for pleasure alongside business. A full account will run next week.
Mr and Mrs T Z Smith left for Encampment then California visiting Los Angeles and Delano. They learned their daughter Miss Gertrude Smith wed Fred C Porter Sunday morning at Delano. Porter is an American Express agent and later with D P Smith grocery. They will reside in Los Angeles where Porter works for Cudahy Packing.
James R. Lirriis owner posts a strict notice four miles west of Encampment on Cow Creek banning shooting fishing and trespassing without permission. Prosecution threatened. permission required from Lirriis or Mr. Chamberlain on the property.
Encampment public schools opened Monday with average attendance. Principal Miss Helene Morris runs grades seven through high school while Miss May Elliott handles the lower grades. Classes run 9 a.m. to 12 and 1 to 4 p.m. Families have moved in from the country to educate their children and more are planning to move. The community expects a good school year and urges patron support.
Mrs Ed Wood and her son Earl are both at Ivinson Hospital in Laramie with typhoid fever. they were called to Encampment by the illness of Mrs Wood's mother and both contracted the disease after her case was diagnosed.
M E Pickett of Rawlins has been appointed secretary of the Wyoming Livestock Board with headquarters in Cheyenne replacing Charles B Boyce who resigned. Pickett has long county service and previously sheriff livestock inspector and deputy prison warden. Also note Mr and Mrs Irvin Brands returned from Laramie after Mrs Brands Tonsil and adenoid removal procedure with a smooth recovery.
Arch ie G Anderson lists seed wheat and rye for sale while Roy ce Boyd returns from trips to Laramie and Cheyenne. Various residents visit Pearl Colorado, attend meetings, sale small items at Chidester community auction and work on city projects.
Len Stewary, a former Encampment Herald employee, writes from Clay Center Nebraska recalling Encampment memories and reporting the Rich Charter Oak Mining Co. revival plans for its September stockholders meeting. He includes a $2.50 subscription check and wishes the Encampment Echo continued success.
School opened with 30 students across grades from first to high school. Beginners include Vivien Kennicott Lorna Hopkins James Clements Carlton Astley Mildred Bashore Cordelia Parr Helen Bashore Leonard Bashore Alfred Berg Hroest Benson. Dr. W A Adan visited from Denver for tonsil and adenoid operations. Mr Forney leased Ralph Plate line on Beaver Creek and the I O Platt ranch.
City council met with Mayor Healey in attendance. Sewer committee to supply 2600 feet of pipe and advertise for bids. Sidewalk trade established on Freeman avenue between Sixth street and Emerson Blvd. Bills paid include Encampment Echo 55.00 Metcalf 20.25 Burke 15.00 Metcalf 4.00 Hunter 29.40. Council adjourned.
Notice from W E Truron forbidding any fishing or shooting on the ranch and warning trespassers to stay off the property. The sign marks a private boundary with a clear prohibition.
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