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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
The Encampment Record lists subscription rates six months and three months in advance. Advertising rates are specified by display per column inch and per line. Obituaries and profit notices are charged at local reader rates with cash upfront. copy deadlines are Wednesday for display and local reader ads.
The Record explains plans to interview every business owner and citizen of Encampment and publish reasons for and against changing the town name. It invites communications and states the paper will publish findings to inform readers. If a majority favors retaining the old name, the editor will stop further debate while keeping personal opinion unchanged.
W M Euoglehart suggests merging En campment and Riverside into one corporation with a new name. It would bring added revenue without extra cost if both towns cooperate. Alpine is offered as a suggested name meaning high and lofty, though Mountain View has prior use in the state.
The Encampment Record debuts, resuming publication in Encampment after a three year gap. It is published by James R. and Lillian Little, as reported by the Wyoming Daily Tribune.
The Record received Willis George Emerson's latest novel The Treasure of Hidden Valley. The work is presented as a true story set in Encampment and Carbon County, drawn from local events from years past. Emerson once lived in the area and supposedly has access to facts that could fill several books.
Miss Myrtle Austin sister of G C Austin died at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Deming in Victoria Wyoming last Sunday about noon after a three year illness. Pneumonia led to tuberculosis and another pneumonia spell hastened her death. G C Austin met the remains Tuesday at Rawlins for shipment to Merrill Wisconsin for burial. Mrs Austin was at the deathbed but did not accompany her husband to Wisconsin.
Schmidt and W G Wilcox spent Sunday at Battle Lake on a fishing trip. They reported snow at Battle Lake that day, describing winter weather during the excursion.
H D Ashley owns the first issue of the Grand Encampment Herald Volume 1 Number 1 dated March 18, 1898. An affadavit on the margin declares it the first paper printed, signed by EB S Drury and W C Drury. Ashley paid one dollar for the paper and keeps it locked in his safe.
The Record announces a program to secure a regular correspondent in each community within Encampment’s trade area. The project aims to build local coverage and create a profitable pastime for participants, inviting interested readers to apply.
Volume 1, Number 1 of The Encampment Record arrives at the exchange table. Editors James R. Little and Lillian Little promise independence and growth for Encampment, a town long without a local newspaper in Carbon county.
Personal missive from J. H. Walton business manager of the Wyoming Baily Tribune says your first copy was good and wishes you success.
WilUS Gko Emerson writes to Encampment editors offering an autographed copy of The Treasure of Hidden Valley and invites subscription. The first Encampment Record debuts with James R. and Lillian Little as publishers, promising a nonpartisan paper after three years without a local newspaper.
Keith Kimsey is among The Record’s new subscribers, having added his name last Saturday.
A contract has been let for a magnificent hotel in Grand Encampment to serve prospectors miners investors and businessmen. Twelve thousand dollars will be invested and the two story, sixty eight foot front hotel will stand at Freeman avenue and Sixth street. Locals Stoker Waldorff Reynolds Mark oversee plans with lumber arriving and construction set to begin next week.
Messrs Leake and D'Biétére and wives traveled to Rawlins Monday and returned Tuesday. They drove the new Overland bought last week by Ledbetter and Deterre.
The picture show at city hall last Saturday night drew a good audience and a strong performance. A show is planned for every Saturday night hereafter and a dance will follow the picture next Saturday night.
Dr Adama led fahermen from York Nebraska on a weeklong quest to locate and study the tinny tribe during their stay.
The Hohn hotel logged registrations for F. B. Nelson of Cheyenne, Robert Frollansbee of Denver, and Wm. Madgett of Rainbow.
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