Fire department reorganized in Encampment
About 30 men met at the city hall last Saturday to reorganize the Encampment fire department which had dwindled to five members. Art Ferry was elected chief with Denver Suttles as assistant chief and T B Haines as secretary. Claude Thompson became treasurer and Frank Boyd captain no 1 with Earl Boyd captain no 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Ferry
Denver Suttles Assis
Tant
T. B. Haines
Claude Thompson Treasuer
Frank Boyd
Wake Up Call on Encampment Roads and Civic Spirit
A public appeal urges Encampment merchants and residents to back road improvements. The writer warns that without broad participation the town will fall behind neighbors, stressing that every dollar invested in good roads benefits farmers and ranchers and boosts local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hopka
J. A Blackhall
Support of Home Paper Urges Community Backing
The article argues towns thrive when the home paper is valued and read by all. Merchants should educate residents to look to local papers for announcements, while citizens and housewives telegraph news to the office. It stresses reader engagement boosts both paper and business.
Card of Thanks for support during illness and bereavement
We sincerely thank friends and relatives for kindness sympathy and assistance during the sickness and loss of our beloved wife and mother Martin Farrell and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Farrell
Brush Creek Cattle Movements and Local Calls Mentioned
Brush Creek locals report C A Cook moved about 300 head from Brush Creek ranch to Harry Moore ranch for feeding. D S Stout moved 50 head from Smith ranch to Brush Creek. Tilton buys Summer's ranch from Bridges and Stout. Roads were poor hindering travel and schooling was interrupted by severe snow and sledding conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Cook
Brush Creek
Harry Moore Ranch
D.S. Stout
Smith Ranch
Tilton
Bridges
Stout
Edgar Lee
Loretta Wiant
Elk Mountain
Penn Wyom ing Property to Sell Cheyenne Sale Ordered
The Penn Wyoming company’s entire property will be sold again at the federal building in Cheyenne on April fifth with daily sales at ten in the morning and three in the afternoon until sold. Two bidders are expected to bid higher than last time, and a confirmed sale could revive Encampment and nearby mines with renewed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn-Wyoming Company
Federal
Cheyenne
Wolverine Mines To Resume Work After Boiler Installations
Joe Johnson Denver Suttles Joe Ledbetter and Hank Fravers were down from the Wolverine this week awaiting boilers. The Denver Mining Bulletin reports ore running about five percent copper from 82 to 5 per ton in gold and some silver. Shipments go to Denver and Omaha with prospects for heavy upcoming activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Johnson
Denver
U S News Roundup on War Plans and Local Events
Reports from the era note Harvard turning to a training camp if war escalates two men killed a sentry at Fort Williams and two thousand workers depart St Louis toward Mexico. Congress debated conscription while Cuba reunites with a federal regiment and a Philadelphia woman enters navy service as chief yeoman.
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Fort Williams
Good Roads Meeting Elects Rollman to county body's session
At the city hall last Saturday a small but eager group discussed road needs. Rollman was chosen to represent the Encampment valley at the county commissioners meeting on March fifth to press for withdrawing roads from public lands and other road issues. The group planned to reconvene March 31 to formalize the organization and address further business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollman
Recital by Rosa Boyd and pupils at Encampment city hall
Miss Rosa Boyd leads a spring 1917 recital at Encampment city hall on April 7 featuring piano solos vocal numbers and readings by her pupils including Misses Boyd Hunter Heaton Hilliard Parkison and Lochie Boyd Shown works include Bloom and Blossom Waltz Vesper Bells The Palms and The Robin's Song with duets trios and readings by a group of young artists and accompanying staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Boyd
Encampment City Hall
Lophie
Mildred Parkison
Love
Hunter and Boyd
Robin
Miss Lochie Boyd
Household Hints and Recipes Proposed for New Paper Department
Readers suggest starting a household hints and recipes department in The Record. The paper would welcome true and tested recipes and tips from readers across the country to aid housekeepers and thrifty bachelors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilis Hoon
Realord
Beaver Creek Community News Highlights Daily Life
Beav er Creek residents report everyday events from ranch life to town trips. Harry and Bill Anderson bathe at the Anderson ranch while Miss Boyd recovers from a sprained ankle after Saturday's town trip. Nels Anderson family plans to move to town for summer living as Mrs Hayden spends an afternoon with Mrs Toothaker. A horse at the Anderson ranch toppled from a snow bank injuring itself, then recovers. Mrs Flohr sends a cake to Beaver Creek school as teachers and pupils recall her kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Boyd
Nels Anderson
Beaver Creek School
H. P. Flohr
George Eberhart Weds in Ellinwood Kansas
The popular contractor George Eberhart has married on the twentieth of this month in Ellinwood Kansas. The bride’s name is not yet learned. Friends here extend best wishes for a long, happy marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eberhart
Ellinwood
Kansas
Mediation Talks Delayed as Germany Pressed to End Offensive
Foreign Affairs declares no mediation proposals will be considered until Germany abandons its ruthless campaign. In Panama natives report two Germans drawing military maps near the canal. The former Czarina is linked to a plot for Russians to seek a separate peace with Germany. The U S recognizes the new Russian government while German officials vow to pursue victory at any cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Panama
Chame
Bejues
Canal
Czarina
Russia
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John Yoakum
Alrs Condict
Miss Allen
Towia
Ra Barkhurst
Archie Anderson
Young's
Milt Ames
Condict’s
Tenmile
Laramie
Mrs. Snoover
Penn-Wyoming
Wolverine
U. S
Harvard
St Louis
Mexico
Champ Clark
Speper
Actional House
U.S
Sento Me Kellar
Tenn
Fend
Federal Regiment
Liretta Walsh
Philadelphia
Arkansas
America
Pittsfield Mass
New York
Trewd
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Boyd, Hunter and Heaton
Miss Hilliard
Master Eldon
Parkison
Boyd
Dreamland
Alice
Piano Ssalo
Miss Heaton
Rusaway
Miss Catherine Hanson
Away To the Meadows
Misses Alice, Rosa and
Lochie Boyd
Jimmy
Will Kuntzman
Slumber Boat
Dancing Butterflies
Alice, Rosa and
Reading
Piano Ouet
Creat and Heaton
Part
Lodian
Iome
Frances
Keaton
Travelit
Lella Hunter
Pete
Marion
Crout
Household Department
Beaver Creek News
Harry
Bill Anderson
Anderson Ranch
Charles Hayden
Miss Boyd
Flobr Ranch
Mr. Larkin
Parkison House
Mrs. Hayden
Mrs. Toothaker
Foreign Affairs
Europe
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