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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
12
July events listed for Wyoming include a Cheyenne press meeting, State Fair in Douglas, and Contier Days amid a busy period. Local updates cover Laramie mayor change, Burns post office upgrade, oil drilling expansions, and a typhoid outbreak linked to contaminated well water in Powell.
With five towns left to report, Wyoming contributions to the Red Cross total 268391.50. A Bell Telephone Company gift adds 500000 to the mercy fund, with Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph receiving 20000 and Wyoming credited 1200.
Active development continues at the Navajo mine north of Vicksburg with manager DeLay driving the drift along the main vein in Salome district. At Pinal Development the winze in the intermediate tunnel now intersects ore across, with copper content about 20 percent. The Gold Hills Gold Mining Company reports booming prospects at its Success mine, three and a half miles southeast of Guadalupe, and near the Colorado river bars, work will shift to recover rich gold values near the Grand Canyon of Arizona in Navajo County MO.
Governor Gunter announces a July 7 mobilization order affecting 3,952 guardsmen with farming exemptions until Aug 1. Special session opens July 18 to consider appropriations and revenue measures. Remaining 1,500 troops to reach war strength by Aug 5. draft possible for any shortfall. Local guards to protect critical infrastructure. some units to report to central mobilization camp.
In Cheyenne Wyoming six defendants were convicted after a ten day trial of an interstate stolen gold conspiracy. Daniel Mc Leod George Heber Charles Daniels William High Dennis Sullivan and Frank Cochrane were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government and of conspiring to commit a government offense. Cochrane Sullivan Heber and Daniels also were convicted of using the United States mails to carry out fraud. Acquittals went to Benjamin Fuller Victor Peterson Rudy Weisgarber Cripple Creek and Oro Chrane Victor.
Acting Governor Frank L. Hout designates Thursday July 17 as registration day for Wyoming women. All women are urged to register at voting precincts for wartime service. An estimated 25 000 to 30 000 women will register. registration overseen by the women's department of the Wyoming Council of Defense.
Cheyenne officials and county officers across Wyoming were appointed to county exemption boards. Major R. Anderson, adjutant general of the National Guard, named sheriffs, county clerks, county physicians where no such officers exist, to serve in all twenty one counties.
Colorado mining activity accelerates with Fremont and Custer county mines rejoining production due to copper prices. In Idaho Springs and Park county districts, development and mill upgrades proceed. Molybdenum Queen at Ophir to build a 50 ton daily mill. tungsten shipments to New York rise. Spencer mountain plant planned by Consolidated Leasing. Leadville drainage tunnel and Clark tunnel developments advance. Leadville and Silverton districts see sustained high grade ore from Fanny Rawlins vein with recent shipments.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Wolfgang Heine saying the chancellor is prepared to conclude a peace without annexations or indemnities in the west or east, after abandoning hopes of a separate peace with Russia. French attacks near Mont Haut and Mont Camillet were repulsed with heavy losses. artillery duels continue northeast of Soissons. Gompers denial of AFL role in East St. Louis riots triggered Roosevelt rebuke at Carnegie Hall honoring the Russian mission to the U.S.
Fred Klink sold his Wyoming clip totaling 120000 pounds at 676 per pound, the highest price on record. He is a major lamb feeder in the West and has completed marketing 76000 head, with some sales as high as 21 dollars per owt.
The unveiling occurred July 4 under D. A. R. auspices in Laramie with chapters from Laramie Greeley and Fort Collins. The monument marks the Wyoming Colorado boundary along the Fort Collins Laramie road once used by stages and coaches between 1862 and 1868.
Ted Larson aged 17 drowned while bathing with companions at Willis Spear ranch when seized by cramps. Local officials reported the accident occurred during a swimming outing on the ranch premises.
Casper oil operators including major U S concerns filed protests against a food control bill provision that would let the president commandeer oil resources and set a fixed price of 98 cents a barrel. They argue the move would burden oil companies while crude meanwhile trades from 1.40 to 1 800 a barrel.
The Arizona New Mexico Development Company expands with Clifton headquarters. Burro Mountain Copper adds 500 acres to Tyrone holdings in Grand county. Carlisle mine at Steeple Rock now fully pumped with 650‑foot level being cleared. Phelps Dodge buys Victor American coal properties in Gallup area. Eighty five Mining receives two flotation units at Lordsburg as a 300‑ton mill is planned. Empire Smelting at Deming runs at half capacity with 60 tons daily. 800 tons ore in yard and 43 workers. Lead production about 12 tons per day.
Wyoming report notes Ed R Wynn has found a mica ledge south of Hudson and begins development. The Lost Springs area sees renewed activity as local men organize. Cheyenne River Oil resumes drilling on its basin lease about forty miles northwest of Douglas.
Tidens Tegn of Christiana reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Benguela by a German submarine. The event occurred off Copenhagen as described in the Danish paper’s account.
The Arizona copper workers strike expands to Jerome as 260 men quit Friday in response to an LW.W. call. The district appeals for troops. Former Governor Hunt arrives as federal mediator to handle the situation at Globe where federal troops guard. Charles Moyer in Denver predicts the strike will end through Hunt’s efforts.
The article notes parrots excel at using their claws to grasp food, a trait not common in other birds. It contrasts with monkeys, elephants, and owls, and questions whether their claw use is imitative. It also mentions beak shape suggesting feeding aid and compares the parrot to humans in emergence from birth.
The Dundee Advertiser notes London Hairdressers Association efforts to end tipping, predicting jubilation for tips’ victims and regret for profiteers. It recalls 1785 complaints of tips at inns, detailing daily tips to waiter hostler chambermaid bootjack and breakfast and dinner charges totaling five shillings a day.
In India, newspapers and presses require a 6000 rupee bond from owners to prove loyalty to the British gov ernment. Papers cannot publish India’s true issues or war news contrary to British interests, or risk confiscation, suppression, and editor imprisonment. Noted figures like J C Bose and Rabindranath Tagore faced harassment for sympathy with India’s cause.
A wartime note links molasses to shell production as blackstrap molasses, used for explosives, becomes essential and expensive. The demand, especially from Louisiana, drives prices to about four times their two year ago level, reflecting a booming, global energy drive.
A western university professor combines a lawn sprinkler with a dismantled lawn mower to create a moving sprinkler. The sprinkler is clamped to the mower under a long crossbar, with blades removed and a long pole extending the reach beyond the water. This setup allows moving the device while water runs, avoiding wetting the operator.
Market notes from New York St Louis Boulder and California list metal prices for lead silver copper spelter and tungsten concentrates with per unit values. Crude ores and refined metals show varied rates. Butter potatoes and poultry prices appear across regions with regional quotes for Ark Okla California and springs fowls.
Boston wool on varying qualities and territories with prices per lot, including No 1 staple at 1.72 to 1.75, and values for fine stay, blood combing, and clothing wools. Chicago wheat prices for No 2 red at 2.15 and other grades around 1.90 to 2.15, with lard and ribbed prices listed. notes on various commodities and market timers.
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