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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
10
Advertising rates per column inch and per line are listed with minimum charges. Obituaries and notices earning profit are charged at local reader rates with cash due with copy. Display ads must reach the office by Wednesday for current issue, and all ads run until discontinued.
In the rush to press early last week several social functions and items were initially overlooked. The paper now states it will publish any news received to avoid omissions in future editions.
A couple seeks saddle winners for their feed and care record. The notice requests guidance on preferred saddle types and care details to improve product presentation and record accuracy.
The Carbon County Journal argues that settling broad acres with farmers will increase forage and sheep capacity. Ira B. Casteel backs cultivating one acre for more feed than ten uncultivated. Critics claim market limits, but the article notes stock feeding as the strongest market for grains and grasses and urges replication of Colorado and Wheatland practices in Carbon county.
In a personal letter, R. H. Alcorn editor of the Rawlins Republican praises the Record’s improvements and vows Republican cooperation for the Encampment valley and other parts of the county.
The Christian Endeavor meeting last Sunday evening was led by Adrian Wolfard as appointed leader with Miss Jessie Cunningham sick. Next Sunday the topic is How to Exterminate the Saloon led by Mrs. Adrian Wolfard assisted by Harlan Nickell.
A church bulletin notes George Washington’s infant baptism at the Episcopal church and his long service as a vestryman at Truro parish. It mentions his presidential pew in Philadelphia’s Christchurch and invites readers to learn about Christ and the sacraments from Wa H Haupr in his 30th year of licensing.
Mr Estes of Denver sent fifteen new books and Mrs Farquhar of Pottsville two. Titles include Tales of the Road and The History of Mr Polly. Encampment Reading Room hours limited to Saturday noon to Sunday 3 pm for two weeks. Books loaned free with two week return unless special permission. Also sales for a saddle pony and other items. Address J H Allen Encampment Wyoming phone 078s 801s- and a mail order subscription from H A Dunlap McGill Nevada.
Department of the Interior notice records Alfred Williamson of Encampment Wyoming filing final five year proof to claim land described in his 1911 homestead entry. Proof to be shown before James R. Little, U.S. commissioner in Encampment on March 16, 1916. Witnesses: John J. Williams, Harry Wirth, Charles T. Fait, John Wambaker, all of Encampment.
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