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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1902
Page
9
Community items report a campaign effort for mayor and council seats at the opera house, a town official examining local records, and plans for upcoming events. Other notes mention a new corral construction, a visiting prospector, a dramatic company success, and religious preaching plans in the area.
The News Register reports activity at the Consoli well in the O Consoli field with drill tests showing solid cretaceous formation at 814 feet. Bailey notes 40 feet of solid rock reached by Tuesday night and optimism persists for future developments. The Idaho Wyoming operations paused awaiting casing arrival as three companies compete for a producing well at Hilliard Spring Valley and Fos sil sites with rigs all at similar depths.
Figures from the Cheyenne Tribune show Wyoming’s wool clip this year at 31 1100 000 pounds valued around 3 500 000 dollars. Uinta county reports 4 090 000 pounds. Herders flock to Fossil for lambing and shearing with W S Post rebuilding a new corral to host up to 150 000 sheep. Business stays brisk for six to sixty days amid oil prospects and frontier activity.
A 1902 Kemmerer letter declares the writer will sever ties with the Democratic Party and support Republican principles from Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, with intent to explain later. The note also mentions a rheumatic ailment treated by Chamberlain's Pain Balm, claiming relief after two applications.
Two Japanese laborers working on the Short Line ballast were struck by switch engine 686 in the Kemmerer yards. One man died instantly and the other, who lost both legs, died at noon. An inquest exonerated the switch engine crew and the Oregon Short Line Railroad company of blame.
A mass meeting at the Kemmerer opera house on Tuesday April 29 at 4 pm nominates one mayoral candidate and two councilmen for the May 12 election. Also notes a Salt Lake death of James E. O'Brien at 28, formerly Kemmerer bookkeeper and town clerk, with funeral in Salt Lake City. Adds ad for Post’s tableware sale and a health ad praising Electric Bitters for malaria and related ailments.
The annual meeting will be held at the First National Bank of Kemmerer on Wednesday evening May 7 1902 at 7 o clock for the purpose of electing nine trustees and transacting other business. W S Avesy president D S Lawrie secretary.
The Dimondville murder of Eugene Turner last December yielded a manslaughter verdict for Thos Sanford. Witnesses testified Sanford and his alleged wife ran a restaurant while his misdeed involved accusations of jealousy and an argument with Turner. A Missouri witness claimed a prior marriage to the woman and elopement with Sanford after a short marriage. George Johnson faced assault charges in a separate incident with bystanders at a Dow nmondvelle salon. The State v Jack Monard was adjourned for lack of action, and Staner v Cane Langley was noted in the county records.
Proclamation issued by Mayor J. G. Casny announcing election measures and designations. Town Clerk D. Lownie attests the document.
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