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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
7
The governor proclaims April 96 1912 as Arbor Day urging students to plant trees and flowers at homes schools parks farms and along irrigation ditches to beautify Wyoming. The Great Seal is affixed in Cheyenne on the 38th day of 1012 by Frank L. Hoax Secretary of State.
Jake Milleson of Opal was arrested last week and brought before Rosenberg charged with destroying a signal block by tampering with the Oregon Short Line railroad signal system. The incident disrupted the line and caused rain to fall in the area as witnesses noted the disturbance near the block and the Windower En signal involved in the damage.
Voroner T. B. Carnahan was in Kemmerer on Thursday en route to Evanston to take a relative to the asylum. He plans to begin work on a new brick residence in Kemmerer mid month, with two laid out back of Stanley Brauimer’s, a four room brick on one lot and possibly two more on the adjacent, all for rent. The Great Majestic range is advertised as lasting longer than a cheap stove. Kem Hardware and Furniture Co. carries a full line of goods.
A attended meeting of superintendents and principals faced train delays but heard lectures by educators like E. Fow Exranea and Mr. Quealy’s family move. Topics covered education reform, past and future craft training, and the link between schooling and livelihoods. New officers were elected with A. L. Burgoon presiding. next session to be at Sheridan in Christmas vacation.
About a dozen Lincoln county teachers traveled to Kemmerer on Friday and Saturday to sit for state school examinations required for certificates. Mrs. Iva Thomas Irish, county superintendent, was ill, so her brother Win. H. Thomas acted as deputy superintendent and conducted the exams. The proceedings went off smoothly with strong interest from participants. A full attendee list is not available.
A new oil rig arrived in Opal last week and will be moved to the LaBarge Oil field. The existing setup is outbound, while the new rigs are slated to depart and be deployed this week as interest in developing the field grows.
HL Baker manager of the Golden Rule Store in Cumberland was in Kemmerer Friday. A Philippine veteran with the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers, he comes to the West from St Paul and is regarded as energetic and a rising business man.
Advices from the upper Green River Valley report a hay shortage as ranges near Big Piney and Pinedale stay snowbound and haystacks dwindle. Large cattle interests near Big Piney have exhausted supplies. hay sells for nine dollars a ton in stacks while many ranchers began December feeding, weakening stock ahead of any spring range. Feeding delays threaten cattle strength when turned out to grazing dead grass under late-season snow.
The Board of County Commissioners sought an apology from CAMERA for prior concerns about Cokeville road conditions. Road Supervisor Jack Matthews sent a crew to Sugg canyon last Wednesday to fix the worst spots so travel can begin after snow. The project aims to restore the road for teams and automobiles this season as winter ends, with Ken Hardware and Furniture Co offering a closing sale on Colonial Mirrors.
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