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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
2
Local fraternal orders announce welcoming visiting Knights and members at Fellows Hall and Odd Fellows hall with meetings on Thursdays and third Saturdays. Separate land office notices list homestead filings in Wyoming with witnesses and final proof dates.
State officials warn all water appropriation permit holders whose right to beneficial use expired before February 21 1917 to file proof of use with the Division Superintendent by February 21 197% The notice notes forfeiture of the right if proof is not submitted JAS BO TRUE State Engineer Cheyenne Wyoming July 20 1917
Notice from Lincoln County Wyoming probate court asks all creditors of James Hebdon deceased to present claims with vouchers to Leo Nelson administrator at Kemmerer within six months of letters issued July 14 1917 or be barred. Claims not filed within one year from letters are forever barred. Dated July 1917. LEO NELSON Administrator. A ROKK Attorney.
A brief medical note warns of misery from stomach and liver distress. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablet as a trial remedy claiming relief with a single dose.
The article calls for storage facilities for farmers in Wyoming and emphasizes the draft aiding the poor, national defense through education, and patriotism. It urges landlords to provide grain storage, urges high school attendance and college paths, and praises efficient farming as key to victory.
Ed Pay was arrested in Green River by Sheriff J R Mc Minn and brought before Justice Tom Holland for a preliminary hearing. He waived the hearing and was bound over for $2500 to the November session of the Matoriot court. The suspect passed through Star Valley and Cokeville after issuing several fraudulent checks. Frank A Roberts of Roberts Mercantile testified as a witness in Kemmerer on Saturday.
William Danvers expects within days twelve blooded Leicester ewes from England at a price of 1200 dollars with British government insurance to New York City. He also plans to bring seventy head of fine stock from Tiinolx to add to the herd.
Women of Kemmerer gathered 160 soldiers for a chicken dinner at I. C. C. F. hall. The event featured patriotic hymns and speeches by Rev. Reader and Rev. Lynch, with Capt. Waugh praising both units and the machine gun company receiving care kits from the hosts.
A crowd of prominent Big Piney residents toured Kemmerer streets last Saturday. Attendees included Guy Jaycox Fred Bunker Charles Lackey George Booker Willie Nichols Everette Smith and wife Mrs H L Budd Walter Yose Grover Treopa and Tom O Neil. O Neil notes light rain prior to his levy. You and True Po departed for Salt Lake City to drive back Rubke for the Big Piney garage.
Mr. S Derrick and George Fields stopped in Kemmerer on a Western Wyoming motor trip. Fields is touring the region with North Western Auto Supply Co, linked to offices in Billings Montana and Pocatello Idaho. The firm publishes The Auto Graphic and is expanding westward. Fontenelle residents Miss Emma Herschler Miss Helen Shonts Miss Lucy Kits enjoyed several days in Kemmerer visiting Mina Herschler.
Diamondville residents join visitors at Ideal Beach for a Sunday outing. The roster includes A. M. King, T. L. Stewart, Andy McVicara Jr, Wm. McVicara, Archi Neil, Jos. Clark, Robi Barron, Mat Rronskole, John Matiba, John Kochegar, and Miss Serafina Facinelli of Rock Springs visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Carollo.
A fragment notes a person traveling from Balt Lake to join her husband who is employed by the Mountain Trading Company.
The Tribune auto section features logging and mapping of Lincoln County roads from Kemmerer to Evanston and Kemmerer to Gran. It notes fair to poor segments due to side washes and frequent use by ranchers and Salt Lakers. Sheep country warns of high wool prices and large lambing season. Burgeon returned from Laramie after summer school.
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