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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
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The writer urges a change from Encampment to a more lasting town name. They explain encampment means a camp or place for troops and argue the town has outgrown a camp identity. They propose community discussion and then petitions to the post office and railroad to enact a permanent name change.
The town notes Encampment can prosper without a smelter but believes restoration of those enterprises would boost prosperity. It urges forming a commercial club or business men’s league to resume work and attract new ventures.
In the southern states every town with 300 plus residents hosts a Trades Day. Merchants offer special prices and entertainment draws farmers, stockmen, and traders from far away. Often held on the first Monday or last Saturday, these events draw crowds, swap stories and goods, and boost local business. The writer, who has started several Trades Days, says they are enduring fixtures and potent for chamber commerce work.
A Saratoga band engagement led to a rushed printing job for the Record. A red headed man, claiming to head The Lyceum Trio, ordered a fat job and promised to take it on the 3:30 train, then vanished without payment. The paper printed the item anyway and warns printers to beware.
A compact remark reflects nostalgia and practical concerns about dropping the old mining camp name. The speaker hints that changing it cost and may bring satisfaction to some, while others may resist.
A live commercial club aiding development of natural resources near Encampment foresees rapid growth, arguing the area could support a city of several thousand in a short time.
In a spree linked to Walcott and Wheatland, two youths Howard Simpson of Tillamook and Victor McCorskey of Portland, both 17 and 18, stole a Studebaker Six car and plundered stores and garages from Salt Lake City to Green River and Walcott. They were chased by Sheriff A S Roach after a 3 a.m break in at Dr Phifer’s garage and were captured near Wendover following a breakfast stop. $
Over 17 years ago E M Kenson plans a Fifth Street home and to bring his family. Cummings and Fridley build at Mc Caffrey and Fifth next to the White Dog. Eberhart Smith Veach and Miller from Ellinwood Kansas relocate and buy property. W C Henry Co moves from Cripple Creek, enlarges Freeman avenue office. A Saracen Rawlins lumber dealer sets up stock on McCaffrey Street, building under way. St Patrick’s Day celebrated with green bunting and dancing, next Friday another dance announced. H D Ashley from LeMara Iowa completes a fourteen room reoming house ready for twenty, already many applicants. Prices and Lender S finish Freeman avenue store with drugs and stationery, Price resident physician builds practice. wife and family arrive. Lordier registered pharmacist from Cripple Creek runs a well equipped assaying office. First National Bank of Grand Encampment planned. BD W Thomas and P A Johnston survey charter and arrangements. They travel to Denver via Rawlins for final steps, expect bank opening in about ten days.
A call to revive the chamber of commerce and reorganize as needed to lift the town. The plea urges forgetting past disagreements, promoting unity among citizens, and collective effort for upbuilding and prosperity of the town and community.
A fragmented town faces strife as two factions pull in opposite directions. The text notes deep community rifts and incomplete cooperation, signaling potential leadership struggles and public dissent within the small municipality.
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