Boy 11 fatally injures by firing unloaded pistol in Cumberland
William Edwards, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. T L Edwards of Cumberland, discharged a .38 caliber revolver while it was thought unloaded. The bullet struck his forehead and lodged at the back of the neck. He was treated locally and at L A M hospital and is resting easily with a hopeful recovery. A younger brother briefly burned a hand during the incident. Parents insist the shooting was accidental due to careless handling, not a self harm act.
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Cumberland
William
T. L. Edwards
Edwards
Kelly Resigns as Clerk of Court Forbes to Replace
William H. Kelly resigns as clerk of the supreme court. Fred Forbes to be appointed in his place. Kelly served many years with satisfactory service. Wesly is named as court messenger and familiar with duties. appointment greeted with congratulations.
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Kelly
Forbes
William H. Kelly
Ate Supreme Court
Fred & Forbes
Mr. Kelly
Wesly
Tom Lux Fined for Wife Beating in Justice Court
Tom Lux paid a $112 fine after a wife beating charge. earlier reports show a sentence of 11,450 or three years in county jail, with Lux paying the fine and being released. The account notes a harsh incident and a cautious outlook on future conduct.
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Tom Lux
Lui
Justice Vows
Bees Lee
Scouts Seek Help From Men in Kemmerer County Work
A meeting is planned at Kemmerer High School at 7 30 p m to organize local man representation for county scout work. All men able to attend are urged to participate and assist in administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shere
Kemmerer
Maf
Juar
Adminster
May 4 State Conventions Lead To National Delegates
Fragmented OCR notes describe political conventions on May 4 with Republican and Democratic events in different cities. Delegates will be instructed for the national convention, with expected primaries and nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Republic
Tate
Il i Casper
Bhorldan
Local switchmen strike disrupts Kemmerer coal fields
Eighteen switchmen quit the Kemmerer yard halting most area mines including Cumberland Union Pacific and Diamond Coke and Coal at Glencoe Oakley and Diamondville. The action leaves 1 175 men unemployed and risks daily wage losses and reduced coal output as leaders discuss locator rights and Placer Mining law implications.
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Kemmerer
Kemmerer District
Union Pacific
Cumberland
Diamond Coke & Coal Mines
Glencoe
Oakley
Diamondville
Kermmarar Coal Co Mina
Brention
Kemmerer Coal Company
Mr. Gompers
A. P. of T
Funeral of Annie Fritzel Held Sunday
The funeral for Annie Fritzel a 12 year old girl of Bublet was held Sunday at 2 pm at the Catholic church with interment in the Catholic cemetery. She died from burns received when a boiling coffee pot overturned at home several weeks earlier while in Sublet she had been cared for at L A M hospital. Her father remains in Joanne hospital from a broken leg suffered at work in the mine.
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Annie
John Fritzel
Bublet
Sublet
Joanne Hospital
Good Roads Committee Travels to Cheyenne for Highway Funding
The local good roads association reports after meeting Governor Carey and the State Highway Commission in Cheyenne that $10,000 from Federal Aid can be matched locally to fund Kemmerer Slate Creek road work. A convict gang may dig near Kemmerer with a Catepillar unit moving south from Big Piney toward Slate Creek within six weeks.
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Good Roads Association
Carey
State Highway Commission
Andrew Morrow
W. J. Witherspoon
Platt Wilson
Cheyenne
McCalman
Highway Commission
Kemmerer
Slate Creeek
Mead
Cokeville Star Valley Road
Lewis
Lincoln County
Big Piney
Slate Creek
Idaho Man Gets Contract for School Building
The School Board awarded to Robert Paysee of Burley Idaho the contract for a new wing to the high school. Work must start by September and includes remodeling, enlarged boiler and plumbing facilities, and a one story brick shop building. Total project cost 64614 dollars including steel already purchased.
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Robert Paysee
Burley
Idaho
Sapphire Street Closure Sought by City Council
At a recent informal meeting the mayor, city council and school board discussed closing the street between the High and Grade schools. Professor Burch cited speeding drivers as the reason for safety concerns and the council plans to act at the next meeting proceeding under statute to restrict traffic to pedestrians.
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Burch
Trix
Emerald Street
Glencoe Boy Breaks Leg While Playing Ball
Andrew Chursick aged 10, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Chursick of Glencoe, suffered a broken leg during a game Monday and was taken to TL C M hospital for treatment.
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Andrew
Andrew Chursick
Glencoe
TL. C. M. Hospital
Teachers Leaving in Wake of Salary Hikes
Supt Burelstaxi reports many teaching positions will be vacant next fall despite salary increases. Ruth McPherson and Ada Collins have accepted offers elsewhere, while Professor R M Porter and other local teachers may stay. Only two University of Wyoming graduates in state normal dept will be avail able. demand for about a thousand new teachers looms statewide.
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Inens
R. M. Porter
Kemmerer
Burch
Th State University
Wyoming
Tim
New Wyoming Fair Price Commissioner Named
Attorney General Palmer appoints Harry Hoffman state fair price commissioner with Cheyenne headquarters. He will organize a state toll price commission and oversee district committees to curb exhorbitant rates, reporting violators to U S district attorney L Rigdon in Cheyenne.
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Harry ©. Hoffman
Palmer
Cheyenne
Harry C. Hoffman
United States
L. Rigdon
R. Hoffman
ClaimFiled Against Amos W Smith Estate Over Livestock
A filing in the District Court by the guardian of May Frances Smith alleges the Amos W Smith estate owes the widow several hundred thousand dollars. The claim cites ownership of 250 cattle and five head of horses branded Triangle, with Smith allegedly placing his brand after her confinement in 1895, seeking current value and an accounting from executors of the Smith estate. Mrs. Smith remains in Evanston insane hospital with improved condition since last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos W. Smith
District Court
Frances Smith
Smith
44 Barge Oil Company to Start Drilling Soon
W H Stout represents the La Barge Oil Company an outfit mainly of Salt Lake capitalists in the city for the past two weeks. Soon as funds are arranged he will travel to the La Barge fields to finalize drilling on holdings in sections 6 and 7 town 28 range 112 west. The company plans to ship in a standard rig to thoroughly test the holdings.
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W. H. Stout
la Barge Oil Go
Salt Lake Caplainlsta
Fondares
Funeral for Antone Shifter Follows Cumberland Mine Death
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 from the Mayer Hardware & Furniture Company porch for Antone Shifter, 45, killed at Cumberland’s No. 2 mine. A parade of several hundred followed a funeral train from Cumberland and Sublet. Shifter, member of the Austrian Society, NOPD, and U M W A, was interred at Kame Merer Cemetery.
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Mmerer Hardware & Furniture Co
Otelick
Romplin
Ayton
Tyra
Cumberland
Cumsberland
Sublet
Austeian Soulvly
NOPD
Ales
Belue
Pune
Joe Smith in Town Checks on Flock Headed to Lambing Grounds
Joe Smith, noted flock noster, arrived in the city. His sheep, wintered on Buckboard bottoms below Green River City, head to lambing grounds west of the city. He says the flock wintered in good shape but the trail conditions are rough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Green River City
Adeville
Mr. Smith
Mining Towns League Organizing Meeting Scheduled
Letters sent to surrounding mining camps invite participation in forming a Mining Towns League. The meeting is set in the office of Justice J. W. Glanow on Sunday May 8 to finalize plans for a regional baseball league including Kem Morer and nearby towns. The movement has broad support across the district.
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Callin
J. W. Glaenow
Puiseee
Tome
Kem
Morer
Winky
Aaron
Fane
Tha
Longue
Cumbey
Glan Jay
Diarnundeinie
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Howe
Canillia
District Court Room
Ivan 8. Jones
W. F. Kahl
Frank E. Hilton
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Congress
Department of the Interior
Annie Fritzel
American Legion
Good Roads Committee
Tsumi
Muyed Iahals
National
Retail Clothiers’ Association
Department of Justion
A. W. Smith
Evanston Hospital
Barge Oil Company
Antone Shifrer
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