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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
4
On behalf of the citizens of Encampment, thanks are extended to outside people and especially the ranchers for liberal support and contributions to the Fish Fry celebration. Without rancher aid the two days’ celebration would be impossible to hold.
Advertising rates listed include display per column inch at 25 cents weekly with a 25-cent minimum, local readers at 6 cents per line weekly with a 20-cent minimum. Obituaries and notices with profit are charged at local reader rates and must have cash with copy. Display copy due by Wednesday forenoon. local readers by Wednesday afternoon. All ads run and are charged until canceled.
Dr. Bingham checked Beaver ranches on Tuesday. Laura Stout spent Wednesday night with Alice Toothaker. Bert Rose reports a thriving potato crop on his dry farm. Mrs. WN Toothaker visited Mrs. RH Platt and Mrs. WR Hunter. Harry Anderson returned from Encampment after a week in a garage. Currants on the Hayden ranch attractively heavy with red berries. The Big Creek Franks camp dissolved last Wednesday and moved to Encampment to join the Fish Fry gathering.
Nuff Sed Club entertained last Wednesday night with games and a party procession through the yard in the dark. Refreshments followed as Miss Ann Tique played piano and guests sang ending with Home Sweet Home. A piece of cake disappeared as Mr Serr vanished through the doorway. A Shrader family of Wichita Falls, Texas, is in Encampment prospecting.
Sealed bids for Engelmann spruce and fir timber on a 19 acre area within the Gaint Creek watershed in the Medicine Bow National Forest Wyoming will be received by the Forest Supervisor Encampment up to a specified date. Estimated volume about 135000 feet B M live timber plus small paved and damaged trees. Contact Encampment for full sale conditions and bid submission details.
The annual value of farm woodlot products in the United States exceeds 195 million dollars. More people vacation on National Forests this summer, often driving long distances to camp in public playgrounds. A rabies epidemic carried by infected coyotes is spreading eastward through Utah, with a rabid coyote killed within thirty miles of Salt Lake City.
Nutt of Leon Iowa is in the area this week surveying the county with the aim of finding a suitable site. He plans a thorough inspection and may consider multiple locations before making a decision.
I E A Durham trustee in bankruptcy of Amos Steele smith warns Samuel Weaver and all interested parties that due to failure to contribute 100 dollars per year for labor on the Tecumseh Number Four Lode Mining Claim in Battle Lake District Carbon Wyoming and as recorded in Rawlins county records the interests may be forfeited to the subscriber under 2824 RS US if payment is not made within ninety days after publication A D Downam smith W H Taylor attorney August 7 1016
Andrew Rasmussen expresses gratitude to friends for support in the primaries that led to the Republican nomination for a four year county commissioner term.
Boyd Bros offer cleaning pressing and repair to refresh old clothes and make them look new. An outing party including Mia E CO Rhoades and daughters Marguerite Myrtle Genevieve Dorothy Bergersen of Cheyenne and Fred Hopka spent the latter part of last week at Battle Lake.
Carbon County Fair features a 9:00 a m opening, baseball game Saratoga vs Rawlins, and multiple races with top purses from 40 to 150 dollars. Events include nail driving, potato and novelty races, bucking contests, dancing, lectures, and a grand masked carnival ball with flour prizes for best loaves.
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