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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
4
Notice on second class matter registration at Encampment Wyoming with ad rates. Display ads 25 cents per column inch per week, minimum 2 cents local readers per line per week, minimum 20 cents. Obituaries and profit notices priced at local rates. cash with copy. Copy for display ads due by Wednesday forenoon for current issue. local readers due by Wednesday afternoon. Ads run until discontinued.
The Record lists advertising rules for political notices with paid placements and marks such ads paid. It notes Kemmerer Camera editor C Watt Brandon sold the paper, Robert R. Rose new proprietor, and previews Maron Olsen's Lyceum appearance and a city hall picture show with accompanying entertainment notices.
Announcements will run continuously until the August primaries with fixed rates. State officers 25 dollars, county officers 10 dollars, precinct officers 5 dollars. Cash must accompany the order and the rule will not be deviated under any circumstances.
Road Supervisor candidate B. T. Carrott of Saratoga Wyoming announces intent to seek election in Carbon County East District subject to the Republican primary.
St James Church holds Third Sunday after Easter with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 10:30 a.m. to avoid clashing with Presbyterians, then a 1:30 p.m. service at Hopins school house on Cow Creek. Rector Wa Havey invites all to attend.
The Grand Encampment region eyes a large copper and gold development within two and a half miles of town as investors and operators push expansion. Charter Oak mine's output remains strong under J B Hassett with plans to add two more claims likely to exceed current riches. Col D Frank Powell of St Paul arrived to survey options, purchasing the Daisies claims on North Fork. The copper syndicate seeks Ferris Haggarty, with a likely transfer from Standard Oil within a month, while Rawlins bank cashier J A Rendle reports Wall Street interest and a new $900,000 cash offer at 9 cents a share.
After consultation directors Ferris and Miller propose to New York interests a short option on stock at one dollar a share or a lump sum of one million dollars for the property. The decision reflects a cautious stance amid fluctuating demand and market interest.
We thank friends and neighbors for many acts of kindness shown during the illness and death of our little boy. May you receive like kindness in time of need is our wish, Mr and Mrs F D Princes.
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