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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
9
Johnson Reservoir company members form a permanent body in Encampment. J C Rankin becomes president with William D Esterre as VP and D N Bird as secretary treasurer. Dr Bird awarded the contract to build ditch dam and headgate. Reservoir spans about 405 acres north of Encampment with capacity 10 000 acre feet.
Casper dentist Dr J W Bingham promoted the Wyokans Oil Co with holdings in Salt Creek field. On Saturday the company brought in a 1500 barrel gusher boosting his income beyond dentistry. John Delaney was in Wheatland earlier in the week.
Married at Rawlins Joe Hunter and Pearl Meredith, popular Encampment residents, returned home Sunday after a ceremony. A party in Terwilliger ranch hospitality led to a jail spike when the groom allegedly drank too freely, but he was released and the couple headed to Walden, Colorado, then home to Terwilliger ranch.
The ladies aid will hold a social meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs T E Kames. All members and others interested are asked to attend to discuss and arrange an entertainment for November.
Dispatch notes congress protected soldier land claimants and entrymen with waivers on residence and cultivation during service. Provisions extend to heirs if a service death occurs and apply to mineral claimants, with filings to be certified by commanding officers. Remaining gaps to be addressed in December session. Green cards go to 4th contingent. entraining between 17 and 20 this month. local board unsure of exact numbers.
A regular Wyoming blizzard hit Encampment Wednesday morning with snow falling all day and night leaving several inches on the ground. Gale winds hinder outdoor work and residents feel the impact after weeks of pleasant weather. Edgar Vane, recently in Denver for neuritis treatment, was brought back to Encampment by his mother and is improving but still unable to move about.
Miss Pearl Meredith and Joe Hunter wed in Rawlins with Pearl’s sister Mrs. Howard Larkin present. The couple will live on the lower Terwilliger ranch. Beaver residents, including Mr and Mrs Adrian Wolford Mr and Mrs Harry Anderson and others, visited Encampment and nearby homes this week as community events continue.
The Citizens Coal company organized by local business men is leasing land from Union Pacific near the old McCord mine to open a coal mine. A 5-foot vein of first class coal exists, and work to ready the mine and road for winter marketing should take about three weeks. J A Phillips leads the project at the mine.
A surprise party was held at Miss Mabel Wirths home last Friday night October 1 9 for her twelfth birthday. Guests included Sylvia Oldman Dorothy Parr Ruth Parr Katherine Hopka Helen Hopka Ada Cunningham Myrtle Rhoades Bert Oldman Rewark Coram Kim Coram Wilmer Cunningham and Pearl Bowers.
Joe Munz and Jamily, long residents of Encampment, returned to Saratoga last week to settle permanently. Mr. Munn plans to re-enter the dairy business.
Clay Propst known as Dad Propst dies suddenly last Friday morning from a hemorrhage while working near Bull Springs. Born February 18 1870 in Scott County Iowa he moved to Wyoming at age twelve and lived in Encampment most of his life. He was a genial man who enjoyed hunting and social life with Rawlins residents. Funeral services were held Monday conducted by Rev Kenington of the MKE church with pallbearers J B Cassidy L F Findeisen W P Mulls Barney Fitzpatrick J M Daily and Jas Bracken. He leaves his mother Mrs S L Willis a brother Lee Propst and many friends across the county. Ira Casteel of Denver is visiting Encampment.
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