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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
12
The Encampment Record publish date appears weekly with subscription rates listed for six and three months in advance. Advertising rates include display per column inch and local reader rates by line, with minimum charges, and deadlines for copy to meet the current issue.
Publisher notes strong opposition and support in a drive to rename Encampment. They plan to interview every business person and citizen and publish reasons for and against the change. If a majority favors retaining the old name, the paper will stop pushing the issue though opinions may remain unchanged.
W M Euoglehart suggests combining En campment and Riverside into one corporation and renaming it Alpine. The plan would raise additional revenue with no extra cost if both towns cooperate, Alpine meaning high lofty ideal like the Alps.
The Encampment Record debuts as a new weekly newspaper after a three year lapse. It is published by James R Little and Lillian Little, under the Wyoming Daily Tribune.
The Record reviews Willis George Emersons latest novel The Treasure of Hidden Valley as an engaging true story set in Encampment and Carbon County. It notes Emerson lived there years ago and claims the book is based on actual happenings, urging local citizens to read it.
Miss Myrtle Austin sister of G. C. Austin died Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Deming in Victoria after a three year illness. Pneumonia and tuberculosis ended her life. G. C. Austin arranged transport with wm Rawlins to Merrill Wisconsin for burial. Mrs. Austin stayed with her husband.
Schmidt and W G Wilcox spent Sunday at Battle Lake on a fishing expedition and report snow at that place Sunday.
H D Ashley owns the first issue of the Grand Encampment Herald dated March 18 1898 Encampment Volume 1 Number 1 with an affiant on the margin and signatures EB S Drury and W C Drury. He paid a dollar for the paper and keeps it locked in his safe.
The Record aims to secure a regular correspondent in every community within Encampment's trade territory and convert the effort into a profitable pastime.
Volume 1, Number 1 of The Encampment Record arrives with editors James R. and Lillian Little. The paper aims for independence in politics and fills a gap in Encampment, Carbon county, with notable advertising.
In a personal note J H Walton business manager of the Wyoming Baily Tribune writes Your first copy was good I hope you do well signaling encouragement for the fledgling edition and future success.
Denver dated note from Wilus Emerson praising Encampment Wyoming’s new Encampment Record. Letter includes an offer for a signed autograph copy of The Treasure of Hidden Valley and a subscription paid by check. First issue praises return of local press after three years without a paper.
Keith Kimsey is among the Record's new subscribers after adding his name last Saturday.
A contract is let for a two story hotel with a sixty eight foot front on Freeman avenue corner of Sixth street in Grand Encampment. The six member investor group includes T R Smith I B E Hamilton J D Tillon L Stoker C A Showers and L Waldorff. Twelve thousand dollars will be invested and plans specify first class facilities with local builders and architects overseeing the project.
Messrs Leake and D'Biéterre with wives traveled to Rawlins on Monday and returned Tuesday. They drove the new Overland purchased last week by Ledbetter and D'eterre.
The city hall event last Saturday night drew a large crowd and featured a successful program. A dance will follow the picture next Saturday night and another show is planned for every Saturday night hereafter.
Dr. Adama leads a party of fahermen from York Nebraska who spent last week in town in search of the tinny tribe.
Mrs Horton and her sister Miss Myrtle Walters of Saratoga visited Mrs J R Bowers between trains on Monday, sharing a brief stop and social chat in transit.
On Monday at the Hohn hotel guests registered include F. B. Nelson from Cheyenne, Robert Frollansbee from Denver, and Wm. Madgett from Rainbow.
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