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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
4
Notice from a Wyoming newspaper detailing second class matter status, subscription rates for one year six months and three months, advertising rates for display and local readers, and copy deadlines. It notes obituaries and cards of thanks, and that all copy must arrive by Wednesday for current issue publication.
Encampment residents urge establishing a high school center with Encampment as the district hub. They argue current schooling ends at eighth grade, forcing families to send children away. A local high school could stop out-of-town costs and advance education, with action before the upcoming school year.
The Record will go late Wednesday after each week to catch star routes leaving Encampment Thursday. All copy for advertising must reach this office no later than Tuesday afternoon.
The announcement calls for state residents to apply for forest ranger jobs at 1100 a year with potential promotions to deputy supervisor and supervisor. Duties include enforcing forest laws, building roads and trails, fighting fires, estimating timber, and managing grazing. Rangers often own pack animals and receive furnished headquarters. winter furloughs mean no year round employment, with priority to furloughed workers for next season. Information available from the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington or district forester in Denver.
Deputy Sheriff Glenn Scott of Saratoga arrested Carl Loomm of Rawlins on larceny charges for stealing a diamond belonging to a girl. Loomm wore a ring, quarreled with the owner, and was taken to Saratoga after the incident. Read the ads in the Record.
The inmate in the next cell reports awakening once or twice as O Leary hanged himself using a rope and pillow setup. Coroner Bennett rules death by own action with no inquest. O Leary, a long time Wyoming resident, had a history of jealousy and earlier shooting incidents in the area.
The Wyoming state census underestimated growth due to poll tax evasion. An Interior Department report cites 95,000 land entries as settlers, suggesting about 15,000 actual settlers on public lands in the year, highlighting discrepancies between state and federal counts.
Sheriff Rivera of Rawlins and deputies Denison Bradford and Glenn Scott of Saratoga raided Hanna Sunday night arresting thirty men for gambling and bootlegging. They seized and destroyed the gambling outfit including tables cards and ships.
W T Peryam builds a large lodging addition on the ranch to house guests. EK M Benson plans charcoal production in two pits for local needs. Dozens of tents sprout as developers arrive daily. Kalkman contracts lumber for a widat market on Free mad avenue. Guthrie from Salt Lake City plans a restaurant and lodging house. Bowron from Colorado opens a layoury tent business on the riverbank. Bernard McCaffrey of Denver supervises town company surveys. Fourteen buildings are under construction with more due after lumber arrives. Pillon and Sherrod from Michigan pair with Hop T R Smith to enter general merchandise, with a 30 by 60 foot building to be raised at corner area. Tillou oversees business management. architect Reynolds supervises erection.
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