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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for display per column inch at 25 cents weekly with a 25 cent minimum. Local readers and per line rates set at 10 cents weekly with a 20 cent minimum. Obituaries and notices with profit are charged at local reader rates. Copy must be prepaid and reach the office by Wednesday forenoon for current issue. local reader ads by Wednesday afternoon. Ads run and are charged until discontinued.
A 1916 letter from Terra Bella California writer Bare R Crus praises Encampment Wyoming and its Record newspaper. He recalls editor days at Grand Encampment Herald and expresses a desire for Encampment’s prosperity and a possible mailing list inclusion.
S L Willis opens a saloon at Battle Lake linked to the Palace. Wm Hadaman in charge. Jerris and Deal buy a quarter interest in the Rufedeha copper mine for 35000 dollars. The district sees rising mining activity with new shafts, increasing property values, and plans for a robust 1899. Mary Bohn expands to larger quarters. Rambler mine reports a 170 foot shaft with a new five foot vein of native copper ore. Sheep men dispute cattle boundaries as sheep encroach on cattle territory.
Encampment dairy and truck farmers could turn free southern Carbon county land into a thriving center for thousands of farmers and ranchers. The piece urges reviving the idle creamery, expanding milk shipments, and boosting local industry while noting Star Valley creameries in Afton and Freedom produced millions of pounds of milk and dairy products in 1915 before a fire. It also mentions hoped mining revival near Pearl, Colorado in Wyoming and renewed interest from Salt Lake.
The entry records a list of names and locations including D M McKensie Salt Lake K L Clark Sargent Colorado H A Spiedel Rock Island Iino KR BR Biggs Saratoga Mark Edick Big Creek O K Searles Denver. The fragmented OCR reads as a roster or guest ledger with multiple initials and place names.
The electric light plant shut down late last week because river water was too low to supply power as ice jammed the river. After pumps were installed it was found the pipeline froze, making the shutdown permanent for the winter.
The Record seeks regular correspondents and representatives in every community within Encampment’s trade area. We provide stationery and postage and pay commission on all business secured. A mining section is desired if correspondents can be secured district wide. Communications on any subject are welcomed and paid.
No more picture shows will be given this winter because the electric light plant is frozen up and there is no power to run the machine. Gradually we are being convinced that it is really winter time.
French notes recount a busy social week with Mr. and Mrs. Healey guests at the Sanger ranch and visits by Chas H Sanger and wife, Parkison, Ames, and others on Brush creek. A severe snow storm left about eighteen inches in ruts, while a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Schoonmaker drew Healey and F H Healey.
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