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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
16
The state adopts a patrol system to maintain state highways by counties using proportional assessed valuation. Patrolmen oversee stretches of road with graders and tools, report to maintenance foremen, and work to repair damage promptly after rain to ensure cost efficiency and timely upkeep.
The readable fragments reference a remedy and related claims but lack coherent details on purpose, origin, or outcomes. No verifiable entities or events are present to summarize with confidence.
South Dakota game warden IL C Hawley attempted to move three moose from Jackson Hole to South Dakota. Two died en route after sleigh transport and train haul. Wyoming warden Judkins found elk transfer hindered by railroad strike and bad roads and abandoned the plan.
U S Attorney C L Rigdon spent last week in Kemmerer on legal business. He has been retained by the Colletti brothers to assist in prosecuting Louis Magnetti for the November shooting of Jim Colletti.
Cashier Frank Pfeiffer of the First National Bank returns from Long Beach California with Mrs Pfeiffer and Miss Marjorie who will stay until July before joining him at home. He enjoyed the vacation and met several former Lime residents now living in California.
A delegation of 21 businessmen from New Fork East Fork and Green River traveled to Rock Springs to meet state highway officials about a connecting road from Eden to Hoback canyon. A wood roads organization formed to lobby Sweetwater county commissioners Landers Fremont County Good Roads association and state highway officials. The group urged rapid construction to improve access to Jackson’s Hole.
Pullman rates rise for sleeping cars marking the first increase since the prewar era. The upper berth price lifts to 20 percent above the preempt rate, minimum berth goes from $1.50 to $2.00, and private car per diem climbs from $45 to $54 and from $60 to $70. The stepper privilege on Pullman tickets is eliminated.
Pert Carollo sold 600 head of stock cattle last week from his Randolph, Texas area ranch. The herd was bought by General Watts and Sait, with a reserve of about 25 000 dollars. The cattle delivery to new owners is due around May 10.
The LC M Hospital is undergoing renovation with work including chemical stripping painting and general refurbishment. The project covers areas across the hospital and aims to modernize the facility.
Local update notes a shipment of yellow corn received by Jif in Mountaly Trading Dianwalville. The delivery details list quantities and involved parties, highlighting regional trade activity and supply movement.
Local business leaders and Western Union officials in Kemmerer discuss securing an up town telegraph office with a long term lease and $20000 in fixtures. McClintock. Witherspoon. Sloan say growth and service demand prompt move. Businessmen pledge efforts to secure suitable rooms in the central district.
Pete Paskin of Cumberland, wounded last week by John La Varsk, was brought to L C M hospital. Doctors say he will recover after a through bullet passage through the right arm and lodging near the breast bone was located and removed by X ray. The shooting arose from an old feud.
A man identified as La Varsk was arrested following a shooting that left the victim injured. He remains in county jail awaiting action on charges to be filed as police proceed with the investigation.
Helen Kushnair of Frontier underwent an appendicitis operation at L A M hospital Monday evening. Dr. Stafford performed the procedure. The patient was in serious condition and the outcome remains undetermined.
After talks between the local switchmen and a Pocatello brotherhood, a local yard employee resumed work last Thursday morning. The prior car shortage from the walkout had halted coal mine operations in the district, but is now relieved with all mines operating at full speed.
The Democratic Central Committee of Lincoln County calls a county convention in Kemmerer on May 4, 1920 at 8:00 p.m. in the District Court room to elect eight delegates to the State Democratic Convention in Lander on May 10, 1920. Committeemen urged to attend. James P. Rosenberg, Chairman. Kemmerer Wyoming April 5, 1920.
An advice note suggests relief from constipation and indigestion with Chamberlain’s Tablets. The copy emphasizes prompt effective treatment and ease of use as a path to happiness.
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