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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
11
Display rates are 25 cents per column inch weekly with a 25 cent minimum. Local reader rates are 10 cents per line weekly with a 2 cent minimum. Obituaries and notices with profit are charged at local reader rates. Copy and payment due to office by Wednesday for current issue. ads run until directed to stop.
Citizens urge a lasting town name beyond Encampment and plan a discussion to agree on a permanent title. They propose submitting petitions to the post office and railroad to effect the change.
The community notes Encampment can thrive without a smelter but believes revival of related enterprises would boost prosperity. They propose forming a commercial club or business men's league to promote resumed work and new ventures.
A writer explains how every southern town with 300 plus inhabitants holds a Trades Day. Merchants offer special prices and entertainment drawing farmers, stockmen, and families from far away to swap horses and hear yarns. Often held on the first Monday or last Saturday monthly, these events boost commerce and draw crowds, a boon for chambers of commerce.
A Saratoga band hired a man to print a rush job for Pish Fry. He ordered a large job and left for the 3 30 train without paying. The Record staff pursued and completed the print run on time despite the missing payment. The man is described as red headed and claiming to head The Lyceum Trio.
A reflective local note debates changing a historic mining camp name to avoid offense and save pride. The writer suggests the change brings satisfaction to some residents, implying social and financial benefits without detailing any specific plan or group.
A live commercial club aims to develop natural resources behind Encampment, arguing there is no reason a city of several thousand inhabitants cannot emerge in a short time.
Two teenage robbers from Portland and Tillamook were captured after a spree that started in Walcott and Green River and ended in Wheatland. They stole a Studebaker Six in Salt Lake City and raided Phifer and Campbell garages, taking guns, groceries, fishing gear, and clothing. Sheriff Roach and Dr. Phifer pursued them. a gunpoint standoff halted the escape and led to arrests.
Over 17 years ago E M Kenson plans a Fifth street house and family move. Cummings Fridley erect homes at Mc Caffrey Fifth. Eberhart Smith Veach Miller from Ellinwood plan property here. W C Henry & Co relocate from Cripple Creek with bank and broker services. new Freeman avenue building to be expanded 12 feet. Rawlins dealer A Saracen vaults into town stock on McCaffrey street. St Patrick’s Day celebration and next Friday dance. New boarding house for H D Ashley on Reoming Street. 14 rooms, up to 20 occupants. Price and Lender S complete Freeman avenue store with drugs and stationery. Price arrives from Kansas, Lordier rooms pharmacian and assayer. First National Bank of Grand Encampment underway with charter, fixtures, and Denver trip for final arrangements. bank to open in about ten days.
A call urges residents to revive and reorganize the chamber of commerce to promote town upbuilding. It stresses unity, set aside past disagreements, and urges harmonious citizen effort to foster community growth.
In a terse note the town faces competing factions pulling in different directions, signaling a split community outlook and potential local friction as groups vie for influence.
A group advocates mobilizing resources to support a city of thousands. They vow to organize into a band of pushers and continue pressing until their goal is achieved.
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