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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
4
J A Reed and W M Englehart with J KE Anderson were in Rawlins on Wednesday for business related to the Coles estate. Reed and Englehart returned that evening, while Anderson traveled to Laramie and then escorted his family to Encampment on Saturday.
Rates listed for display and local reader ads with per inch and per line charges. Obituaries and profit notices billed at local rates with cash with copy. Display ads due by Wednesday for current issue. ads run until ordered discontinued.
Beaver Creek Dramatic club presents a four act comedy Josiah's Courtship at City Hall this Saturday night. Local theater schedule notes a light evening of entertainment with community performers and a simple stage setup.
George Peryam, a business visitor in Encampment on Tuesday, arranged preliminaries for the farmers institute to be held there on Friday April 7. He also enrolled his name on the Record's subscription books during the visit.
Seventeen years old Brig Young toured Saratoga for business. Reports of fifty mountain sheep near Ragged Top with no hunting. Mail stage delayed four hours after getting stuck on Cow Creek. pulled out next day. J D Tillon and T R Smith shipped two carloads to Grand Encampment store while in Chicago. Clemmons and Crockham paused Meta mine operations due to water, shaft at eighty five feet, ore vein five feet wide. ore rich with silver and copper, promising bond payoff. Rawlins and Grand Encampment line buys Concord coaches and horses. planning to start when snow clears. A buck outruns a coyote in snow. game warden George Garroutte intervenes but coyote kills the deer. venison hidden and coyotes trapped for a fine pelt. Harry Hunter returns as business sorter to Encampment. Frank Bridges visits Brush Creek sawmill. Mayor Ed Parkison tests gasoline in spring.
Miss Lela Fothergill spent Saturday on Beaver visiting friends and attending the play. Mrs J R Rollman returned home on Beaver last Saturday and is recovering rapidly. A letter from Rev Marquis at Cody says he has organized two Sunday schools and has six or seven Sundays engaged ahead, and he is getting well into his work.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Encampment City Board up to April 8, 1916 for remodeling and additions to the city hall. Four units include vestibule front entrance stage loft and dining room, new city office, plumbing and sewerage, and firemen's club room. Bids may be for whole or part with bond of 50 percent required. Plans available at city clerk's office after March 27, 1916. Mayor Kp Parkison and Clerk James R Livre signs.
R. A. Day county commissioner visited last week to inspect the bridge spanning the Platte River, noting its condition while the Sara toga school term continued through the winter.
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