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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
8
A letter from R Tuomas of Box 722 requests information about potential mining sites. The writer expresses willingness to investigate any copper or gold mining opportunities and thanks the recipient for favors in advance while apologizing for the intrusion.
A severe storm on Pass creek, Allen ranch, 12 miles east of Saratoga, struck 20 year old Raymond Ault while mowing hay. He was knocked from the seat, walked home dazed, and by midnight became paralyzed on one side. A Saratoga doctor treated him as his condition varied.
A party from Encampment Wyoming arrived in Jackson on Sunday and set up camp west of town. Harry Anderson mounted Spot the Frontier Association bucking steer on Monday but was thrown on the first jump, then again on the next attempt. He conceded defeat and said he would back Spot against any rider.
Gus Anderson called at the Record office last Saturday and left a couple dollars to assist in keeping the mill running.
The Sneddon family living opposite the O S L roundhouse has the father mother and eldest son jailed while several younger children under 12 are temporarily placed with the state humane society. The father was drunk and abused the children, the mother allegedly indulged in partying, while the son over 20 faces a statutory charge. The father was briefly tried and released after claiming he was provoked by his wife.
Des Moines Hat ranch owner W R Ruffcorn, visiting the valley on a hunting trip, was accidentally shot by a companion at about twenty five yards while pheasant hunting. Three No 7 pellets struck him: one in the scalp, one in the right ear lobe, and one in the left eye through the eyelid. He was rushed to Saratoga for pellet removal and is not yet able to look along his shotgun rib.
Charlie Watson and wife along with a party of Rawlins fishermen arrived Saturday and traveled to the Platte fish house for their outing.
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