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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
5
Lodge No. 19 A F and A M meets in Masonic hall every Wednesday at 8 oclock Visitors invited W M Endenart W M C Burke Secretary
Encampment Chapter No 17 O E F holds its second Tuesday evening meetings in the Masonic hall. Visitors invited. Also Platte Valley Lodge No 341 meets Saturdays at O O F hall. J W Fisner N G and James R Luree Secretary invite visiting brothers. Women of Woodcraft Encampment Circle No 510 meets first Thursday afternoon monthly led by Mary C Heaton G N and Grace M Baker Clerk. Royal Neighbors Sunshine Camp No 3064 meets second Thursday monthly led by Mary A Wirertn Oracle and Jennik Horka Recorder.
Church directory lists regular Sunday services at 5 00 PM and Sunday School at 3 00 PM with Christian Endeavor at 7 00 PM Rev R R Manguis pastor Sr James Courcch Services in reading room during winter Wa Haupt Presbyterian in charge inviting all readers to attend.
Daily schedules list trains from Walcott to Saratoga and Encampment with arrival and departure times. Train No 2 runs north daily at 3 30 p m with 4 45 p m final, Train No 1 runs south from Walcott at 9 15 a m arriving Saratoga early morning and continuing to Encampment.
D N Bird visits from his ranch on Sunday. Mrs J H Nesbitt ill with grip for two weeks. J H Schmidt reports harness repairs ready for spring work. Edith Danbar returned from Cheyenne after dental work. No hunting or trespassing on Canyon ranches under Wilcox & Son. Nellie V Reynolds to Iowa to stay with a sick mother. Wanted a boy 14 or 15 to learn the printer's trade. Encampment Record thanks George Kuuteman and G W Plummer for payments. G W Holden delivered wood.
C A Finley reports a Morning Star claim vein now averages about 20 percent copper near Grand Encampment. The piece notes local irrigation potential and future growth from sugar beet farming in the eastern valley, highlighting life in the town.
The Free Reading Room expands its collection by twenty five books on Sunday January 23 with more expected soon. Readers may request loans for shut ins and should return books promptly, one to two weeks. The list includes works by Augusta E Wilson Kate Meredith Dickens Twain and others. The reading room hours are Friday noon to Sunday. lamps have been replaced and Rochester-type gas lamps used in the interim. Wa Hauer proprietor.
The act details preferential 90 day entry rights for eligible applicants in adjoining lands, equitable divisions by the secretary of the interior for multi claimant tracts, and surface rights reserves. Water holes not designated, stock driveways may be set, and narrow corridors under one fourth mile may be reserved for range movement. Mrs. J E Anderson travels to Laramie to visit her mother while Mr. Anderson attends Fox Park.
J 43 Parr was seen at his ranch last Saturday and James G Dettinger with wife returned from Denver stock show. Fred Hopka suffers the grip but remains on the job at Parkison store. A two act drama Among the Breakers will be at city hall tonight. An $860 Geo Stock self player piano is offered with cash trade or livestock or real estate.
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