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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
A San Praneiscn correspondent criticizes sensational ad placements on fences and calls for restraint in reporting on gold crazes and lynching rumors. The piece denounces uncredited claims about July Coleman’s murder and defends the Cheyenne Tribune and The Camera against alleged misstatements.
Aliee Reynolds of Saline County Missouri died mid day Monday after a long illness largely due to asthma. The obituary notes southern parentage, a Confederate-era family, and devotion of daughters Virginia and her sister. Special mention goes to granddaughters and the large grieving clan. Funeral services were held at the family home with Rev Hills officiating and a public interment in the Evanston cemetery.
News of Walter C Yos capture spreads through the Piney country after a lengthy hunt for the man linked to stealing valuable horses. Rewards totaling hundreds of dollars funded by ranchers and detective agencies were issued nationwide as efforts intensified. Yos was arrested in Wichita and jailed in Evanston on July 24, with the hunt continuing for accomplices and other horse thieves to bring them to justice.
Local residents report travel and visits with multiple names and towns. Brown went to Cokeville on business, Ella Peterson returned from Murray Utah, Miss Girton Smith returns to Salt Lake City, and Thondssueddon came from Denver. Plans include trips to Chicago New York and Yellowstone with various family and community events noted.
Citizens of Rock Springs confronted the Water Company to suspend watering limits under an order. Company workers began unplugging sprinklers and closing pipes, starting at depot parks and extending to private homes, then faced arrest on a malicious destruction warrant. The mayor secured a withdrawal of the order, allowing limited water use for two hours in the evening.
The steamer Comet recently hinached at Green River completed its first trip to Wood ninety miles south in eight hours downstream and 33 hours returning. It is a lith boat well equipped, with potential for freight service on the northern river and New York Eastfork tributaries, signaling possible profit from future freighting if navigation succeeds. JA Hubbell and Mrs Hubbell arrived from Fossil for business. Hubbell reports his brother, interested in off wells, is on the coast and due back next week.
In Pinedale many townsfolk and visitors discuss haying, cattle, and supplies. T. M. Bannon moves from Reclamation Service to the Forestry Service, heading Wind River National Forest. Bill Moreland returns from Dallas Elks meeting with reports on elk management and dentistry as part of a royal lodge discussion.
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