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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1903
Page
9
Brevities from Kemmerer mingle with Albany county county clerk talk and local visits. Old-timer gains, new business openings, and a hotel incident color this patchwork of small-town events. Police, courts, and commerce mix with travel and social notes from Montpelier to Opal.
Regular council session held at 4 o clock p m with Mayor J Casey and Councilmen Smith O Connell present. Minutes of previous meeting approved. Communication from Lewin Henderson on sewer water measurement received. Reports from town officers read and placed on file including marshal, license, justice, and treasurer for March 1903 1908 with balances and receipts noted.
The Fossil Oil Fields at Beatrice Nebraska reports progress with an rng rig drilling. Idaho Wyoming Oil Company drilled yesterday and works all shifts to reach deeper depths. A. Hubbell of Hub Griffin arrives from Angeles saying Globe Ot Co ordered machinery and expects it on ground by early May.
The stockholders of a development company will meet at First National Bank on Wednesday April 6 at 7:30 p.m. to elect trustees and transact other business. The meeting will consider the March cash disposition and related monthly actions as stated by Pres't S. Avumy and Sec'y apr. L125.
Portrays a 1903 railway sale notice listing Rock Springs Wye May 6 1903 as the origin. It states reduced rates to May 14 and May 6 with a return limit of May 8 1903 and directs inquiries to D S Lowarr local agent for the Short Line Railroad Company.
An ordinance relating to opium joints and premises was read three times and passed on a 3-2 vote with Mayor Casey and Councilmen Stith Connell in favor. Absent were Councilmen Gayoo and Corti. The mayor was empowered to place and warrants drawn on the treasurer to cover the action for Peter Naglin and Ben Gibbs. Adjournment followed.
The ordinance forbids keeping or using any premises or enclosure for the purpose of smoking opium or propamition thereof within the town limits. It imposes fines up to $25 and imprisonment up to one year for offenders and bans aiding or abetting such activities. Signed by Mayor John A. Carily and the town clerk.
Fragmented OCR reads like a local sports blurb. Chas Henderson the Drag gist is noted as caller. The piece mentions Wes and Bura’s Car Urcers and a sweep in an event at a venue referenced as Sa Arties Salves, likely a misread.
An Underwood typewriter, lightly used, is offered cheap at the Camera office. The item is listed among other notices including a coroner’s call to Spring Valley over a found dead man in a sealed box car with wounds and a broken pin noted. A young girl near American Fork, Utah was killed by a train while crossing the road with a fretting team nearby.
The Deseret News reports a secretive Southern Pacific cut off disaster claim. An engine and 16 flat cars laden with rock sank into mire near Weber to Provo lines while fill was laid. Officials hushed the incident while locals joke about asbestos dispatches and fiery rail lore.
The mayor of Kemmerer Wyoming proclaims a regular annual election on May 12 for one mayor and two councilmen. Polling will be at the city hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The notice is dated April 4 and signed by Mayor J G Casny and Town Clerk Lown.
An old notice extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a sure preventive against pneumonia resulting from colds and grip. It asserts the remedy shortens illness, reduces danger, and is safe for use, urging readers to obtain it from dealers.
Final proof notice for Desert Land sale by W. Sammou Konuuerer. Incomplete OCR text references a Hawk bar with mirror and bar bottles, plus phonemaed inoliasdask, making details unclear.
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