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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
5
The Encampment Record lists advertising rates per column inch with minimum charges and deadlines for display and local reader ads. It includes a cautions section, quotations, and a note about land in driveway paths, plus a boastful line about the newspaper’s telephone contact and a misattributed Filipino remark.
Claimants are urged to act quickly to file under the 640 acre law to secure land before another party. Authorities warn that timely action protects rights and prevents loss of potential trademarks interests in the disputed property.
The Department of Agriculture provides a recipe to poison prairie dogs using strychnine mixed with water starch soda syrup and saccharine. The treated oats are spread over ground near holes with care to avoid loose earth and to protect cattle. The method notes timing, effectiveness, and safety considerations for livestock.
The Encampment pipeline supplying power to the electric light plant is in its annual freeze up. Lights dimmed for several nights and on Saturday the stereopticon could not run. By Sunday there were no lights due to inadequate electricity until weather thaws the line.
The Redpath Bureau in Denver reports cancellations of engagements with the Fairchild Sisters due to heavy snow in Saratoga and travel issues. A future date may be arranged. a regretful note from Th Redpath Bureau and Stallings Realty Company accompanies ads.
A lively feature reel and comedy screened Saturday night at the local picture show. Also offered for sale or trade is a Remington typewriter offered by the Record Office at a good bargain.
Washington January 12 Democrats on the house rules committee abandon plans to close the inquiry and recommit the Wood resolution amid taunts they failed to investigate a stock market leak involving President Wilson's peace note.
In Washington on January 12 the House Rules Committee, led by Chairman Henry, released a Democratic majority report saying no evidence supports charges of a leak. Representative Wood claimed he acted to uncover stock market profit from inside information, while Wilson nominated William Phillip and Breckinridge Long for assistant secretary roles.
Register Will Reid of the Cheyenne land office reports fees totaling 14442.60 in five days, signaling a rush of settlers filing entries under the six acre homestead law. Fees vary from eight dollars for 40 acres to twenty eight dollars for a full section. Between one and four persons file for a full section. many 320 acre holders file for 420 acres to complete a section.
For the week starting January 14 the Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions expect generally fair weather. Local snows are possible Wednesday and Thursday in the north, with snow and rain in the south. temperatures will run below seasonal averages according to forecaster E H Bowie.
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