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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
11
The document records its status as second class matter entered August 12 1915 at the Encampment Wyoming post office under the March 3 1879 act.
Advertising rates listed for display and local readers with per inch and per line charges. Notices paid at regular local reader rates with cash due with copy. Display ads must reach the office by Wednesday forenoon, local readers by Wednesday afternoon. Ads run until you order cancellation.
The notice outlines continuous political announcements through the August primaries with set rates for state officers at 25 dollars, county officers at 10 dollars, and precinct officers at 5 dollars. Cash must accompany each order and no deviations will be made.
B. T. Cannots of Sarainga Wyoming announces candidacy for Carbon county supervisor in the Republican primary, subject to party action.
The data shows state averages for May 1 this year and last year across crops and livestock. Wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, hay and eggs are listed with prices in various units. The United States averages follow for wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, hay, cotton and eggs, reflecting shifts in price year over year.
The city hall program offers an All Around Mistake two reel comedy and Her Three Mothers three reel drama along with One on Mother one reel Rex comedy for a Saturday night show.
St James Church holds Fourth Sunday after Waster with Sunday school at 945 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon will be delivered by the Rev. F.C. Smith, dean of the Rawlins convocation. The rector will substitute at Rawlins during this time. We urge all to attend.
The Beagle boulder mystery ends as a brown quartz exposure reveals a gold vein near Bea gle Gulch. Col D Frank Powell of St Paul owns the Hillside copper prospect nearby and may gain a rich gold mine instead. Miners and employers in the district seek skilled workers as demand outpaces supply. The Grand Encampment river rises rapidly causing regional concern along the Platte. Local traffic lines struggle to handle increasing demand for stage and freight routes.
A replevin suit filed Monday by James R. Little against H. D. Ashley to recover the city council minute book was withdrawn Wednesday evening after the defendant delivered the book to the plaintiff. The plaintiff paid the court costs. The text also mentions Merer E HW Lonke visiting North Park and Frank Jones arriving from North Park.
Town council canvassed May 9 1916 city election results with Mayor Ed H Parkison and councilmen. Certificates of election issued for mayor and council, minutes note protest about removal of minute book, and adjournment to organize officers. G W Culver may move to Fort Collins for law practice. Varkison visited Bowling Green.
Busy week with garden planting. Martin Farrell returned from Encampment Saturday. Fred Boynton visited at the Cook sanch last week. I M Sanger Charles H Sanger and family Fred Healey Maurice Healey and wives attended the Encampment Saturday evening to see the movies, returning Sunday morning. Mrs I M Sanger went to Saratoga to visit her daughter Mrs Wiegand and will travel to Windsor Colorado to visit her niece Mrs A E Adcock.
Beavercreek residents report irrigation efforts by ranchers. The Anderson family spent circus day in Rawlins. Ruth Platt will be away for several weeks. Two Schmidt saddles were bought by Clyde Lowrey and Edwin Hayden. W N Toothaker left May 11 for Atlantic City to join Wm Platt of Beavercreek and attend the general assembly as delegates in St. Louis.
Walter Leake returned Monday from McGill Nevada where he and several Encampment boys went hoping to find jobs. He reports little work available there with many men for every job and none of the boys from here secured employment.
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