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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
1
An 11 year old, William Edwards, was shot in the forehead when he checked an unloaded revolver and fired. He was treated at L A M hospital and expected to recover. a younger brother assisted during the incident and was burned when the gun discharged.
William H. Kelly resigns as clerk of the supreme court. Fred and Forbes to be appointed in his place. Kelly served many years with satisfactory service. Wesly named court secretary and messenger and highly regarded for familiarity with the duties.
Tom Lux paid a $112 fine after a wife beating incident. he faced a higher maximum fine of $11 450 or three years in county jail but paid the lesser amount and was released. The report notes this was his first offense under the same charge.
A meeting is set for 7 30 in the evening at the high school half to organize local representative men to aid and administer the scout work of a county. All men who can attend are urged to be present.
garbled report outlines multiple parties holding state conventions on May 4 and 6 with meetings in Casper and Bhopal. principal aim is to select delegation to the national convention.
Eighteen switchmen quit in Kemmerer causing shutdowns across the district. Mines such as Cumberland Union Pacific Glencoe Diamondville and Brention suspend operations, with 1175 men out of work and daily wage losses topping $8,500. A meeting discussed public domain locator law effects and planned organizational rules.
The funeral for Annie Fritzel a 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Fritzel of Sublet was held Sunday at 2 pm from the Catholic church with interment in the Catholic cemetery The death arose from burns suffered when a boiling coffee pot overturned at home The family has other injuries with the father in Joanne hospital from a broken leg sustained at work in the mine Also note a upcoming American Legion dance on May 8.
The local good roads association committee led by Andrew Morrow W J Witherspoon and Platt Wilson returned from Cheyenne after discussions with Governor Carey and the State Highway Commission. They secured a Federal Aid Fund grant of 10000 to match local funds and outlined a six week start for surveying Kemmerer to Slate Creek and convict labor for the dug-way north of Kemmerer. A catapult outfit will be moved to the Slate Creek south of Big Piney to Kemmerer section with convicts ready within six weeks.
The School Board awarded contractor Robert Paysee of Burley Idaho the deal to construct a new wing for the high school. Work must start by September first and includes extensive remodeling, boiler and plumbing upgrades, and a one story brick shop building. Total project cost is 64614 dollars, with 5900 dollars already spent on steel.
At an informal meeting the mayor, city council and school board discussed closing the street between the high and grade schools. The plan, supported by the group, aims to curb fast driving near the schools and would allow pedestrian traffic only. Proceedings would follow statute to close the street and improve Emerald Street for residents above the schools.
Andrew Chursick ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Chursick of Glencoe suffered a broken leg while playing ball Monday. He was taken to TL. C. M. hospital where he is receiving treatment.
Supt Burelstaxi reports dozen vacancies after salary raise as several teachers accept offers from other districts. Ruth McPherson and Ada Collins will not return. Professor R M Porter and others may stay. Limited graduates from the State University difficulty filling posts. state plans expect about one thousand new teachers next year.
Harry Hoffman, state labor commissioner, appointed by Attorney General Palmer as state fair price commissioner with Cheyenne headquarters. He will organize a state toll price commission, collect and report excessive prices to U S district attorney L. Rigdon in Cheyenne, and establish local district committees to foster cooperation with national trade associations to curb price hikes.
A claim was filed in the District Court by the guardian of May Frances Smith alleging the Amos W. Smith estate owes the widow several hundred thousand dollars. The filing notes Mrs. Smith owned cattle and horses branded Triangle before an asylum confinement in 1895, while Smith allegedly placed his own brand on the cattle thereafter. An accounting is sought for the livestock value and guardianship proceeds, with Mrs. Smith now in Evanston insane hospital.
W H Stout representing La Barge Oil Co a Salt Lake capital firm in town for the past two days plans to move to the La Barge fields after funds arrive. The company holds holdings in sections 6 and 7 town 28 range 112 west and will drill a standard rig to thoroughly test the area.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 from the mining porch of the Amerer Hardware and Furniture Co for Antone Shifer killed at Cumberland No 2 mine Tuesday. The funeral was well attended with a cortege from Cumberland and Sublet, about several hundred mourners. He was 45, a member of the Austrian society, NOPD and UMWA. Interment at Kammerer cemetery under the auspices of those organizations.
Joe Smith arrives in the city with his flock formerly wintered on Buckboard bottoms below Green River City. The sheep head toward lambing grounds on the Adeville Tuts west of town. Smith says the wintering was sound but trail conditions are harsh.
Letters have been sent to surrounding mining camps calling for a movement to organize a mining towns baseball league. The meeting is to be held in Justice J. W. Glaenow's office on Sunday in May to discuss forming a league with teams from Kem and nearby towns. The proposal has local support and aims to unite the district under a formal schedule.
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