15 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1909
Page
1
In kkenmeier Wyoming on April 5 1800 the council reviewed minutes and approved reports. Notable items include liquor license action and reimbursements for street repairs and salaries. several names appear among officers and merchants as part of the day’s accounts.
Public instruction head A L Cook finishes distributing schoolland-derived funds from public lands across Utah counties by enrollment figures. Total enrollment reaches about 57,000 with the apportionment reflecting each county’s share of schoolchildren and resulting per-child amounts. The arrangement demonstrates the established approach to funding schools to ensure statewide access.
Clarence T. Johnston summarizes two years of water permit activity in Wyoming. Areas diverted amount to 1,135,240.55 acres at an estimated cost. The report lists department officers in four districts along with land under canal construction and completed works, plus portraits and views. Encampment, Wyoming promotional note for ranch land sales included.
Judge David Bagley of Granger oversees a near 230 acre plow effort with four horses, building irrigation for 1 400 acres. Seed from Eric country, 80 feet higher than Granger, 2000 pounds ready for planting. Formaldehyde treatment planned to prevent smut. Bagley backs the venture. invites Western Wyoming farmers to visit.
Notice warns flockmasters that circular No. 26 from March 15 requires all sheep in Wyoming to be dipped once in April under state authority. It notes fees and exceptions, and mentions that dipping rules may be annulled or altered by county authorities.
The new branding law requires compiling and publishing a state Brand book listing brands for horses cattle sheep and other livestock with the location on the animal. Mr Durbin says stockmen must register brands and county clerks describe existing brands in their counties while the book is prepared for sale to the public.
A violent attack near Melia Jeep in Big Horn County killed Joseph Ademan Joe Enge and Joe Laker owners of the Huck. A band of masked horsemen raided the sheep camp setting fire to a wagon where two bodies lay and dispersed the flock, with several herders captured or scattered in the night. Authorities seek the perpetrators uncertain if all will escape, while the incident shocks Wyoming as past hostilities fade. George Spencer reports the Elk Coal Company stockholders meeting in Salt Lake City approved plans for a briquetting plant and new directors J M Jensen Bath A L Wyatt W P Funk and Spencer with Jensen reappointed president.
The International Consolidated Oil Company of Spring Valley reports a Prichard oil rig will reach the area in the latter part of the month and be installed on their property one mile east of Kemmerer. Work in the oil fields is expected to open soon with a busy spring ahead.
H George Nichols of Cokevalle loses eyesight after a harness mending accident. A wall clip drives into his eye and doctors fear no recovery. He already lost the other eye eight years ago and now the Nichols family, who also endured the loss of their daughter Gladys last summer, receives community sympathy.
Montpelier voters chose a mix of party candidates last Tuesday. Winners include Mayor Frank Jones Democrat City Clerk W J Ryan Democrat Treasurer Fred Marion Hep Police Judge S P Stanley Republican Engineer Edward Marder Republican Councilmen for first ward J M Phelps and John J Jones reps and wardMike Malone and BE I Quyon Democrats third ward Wm M Roberts and Richard Dirou Hepa.
Jack Canoy of Big Piney returned from St Louis with his bride Miss Marie Bertalott of Unangeville. After a brief wedding in Freeport they planned to move to a ranch near the Lafe Gettin hore camp and begin improving it.
Carbon County Wool Growers' Association had charged Sheriff McCourt of Sweetwater County. County commissioners met Tuesday, examined the case, and adopted a unanimous resolution finding him not guilty of all charges. Fred Burt has taken over duties from Perry Mendricks and is actively continuing with regular work and spring elevating.
Ordinance No 60 appropriates funds for the fiscal year beginning May 1 and ending April 30. It sets the general fund and Mayor's contingency line items and repeals conflicting ordinances. The ordinance takes effect immediately after passage by the town council and is approved by Mayor W. Hoeker.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a public notice from Evanston about land sale or deal. It references March and Davin Hague with unclear details and likely a property transaction notice.
Beginning last week the Rawlins Republican will appear as a weekly, a change long contemplated. The shift signals a new publishing cadence for the paper and its community coverage.
The Saratoga Observer notes rising political tensions in town debates over morals, business, and progress affecting residents and community leadership.
The governor names three provisional Park County commissioners and sets up temporary headquarters for the new county. A special election on May 4 is called to reject county officials and organize long term governance.
The Sheridan Enterprise hints Cheyenne should delay backing a new court house. It writes Wyoming plans may relocate the state capital to a more central site, potentially leaving Cheyenne with the old capitol building for courthouse use and calls it a favorable prospect.
Secretary Wilson bans bleached white flour prompting mills to shift to golden flour. Officials argue white flour lacks nutrients and harms teeth while its bleaching and indigestibility are cited as reasons for the change.
The last legislature increased district judge salaries but Judge Carpenter, sworn in just before the law, may not receive any raise during his six year term. If true, this creates an injustice to current judges and suggests the law’s intent is being evaded.
James K. Moore Jr awarded a contract to supply 235000 pounds of beef to the Shoshone Indians at an average of 4.23 per hundred pounds this year, down from 4.48 last year as cattle prices rise. The notable price drop raises concern that last year's profits may have been excessive.
City council acts at last meeting to regulate traveling cinema shows citing broken films and old material. Ordinance requires fireproof screens and specific lamp dimensions for public viewing to protect permanent theaters in the town.
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