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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
3
A newspaper ad promotes a renewal or new subscription plan offering the Camera at 2.00 per year plus four specified magazines for a total of 2.25 for a full year. Subscribers receive Home Life, Woman's World, and Better Farming along with the Camera, with the offer open to old subscribers and new readers alike.
December first brought 156 freight bills at Loral Station, far surpassing prior records and signaling continued growth in Oregon Route Line freight. The local office notes increases from 350 dollars monthly five years ago to about 1100 dollars now, a rise exceeding two hundred percent, with hints the company may need to hire more staff soon.
Prospective tenants of the new Triangle building received approval from Lincoln Lumber Company early this week. The facility, with newly erected features, will open soon and connect two structures into a single building via a stairway entrance. Several current tenants including W. Pitt er and Dr. Hocker plan vacating their spaces.
Big Piney schools superintendent H H Moyer arrived in Kemmerer after attending the State Teachers Convention in Cheyenne. He planned to spend Christmas in Kemmerer and departed for Big Piney Monday morning after a brief Kemmerer stay. The Cheyenne meeting was reported successful and royally attended by visitors.
Steve Bartek, a Cokeville area homesteader, visited Kemeter with his wife and family. He met a young foreigner formerly in Frontier mines, spoke of taking up a homestead years ago to prove European resilience, and noted hay and cattle as his specialty with readiness to prove up his claim.
A Saturday night dance is announced at Cook's place with music and refreshments expected. Details are limited in the readable text, but the event is described as a social gathering in the community venue.
Opal resident Chet Chrisman, a well known pioneer, strolled Kemmerer streets last Saturday visiting friends including the Camera. His long residency and outspoken views on public affairs, expressed in his characteristic manner, drew interest from locals and columnists alike.
Edward Cheetwood, about 45, was shot and killed last Thursday by his hunting companion Oscar Payne six miles west of Ford Road house in Lincoln county. Payne, perched on a lava rock ridge, fired accidentally, striking Cheetwood in the shoulder. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. the body to be shipped to Kansas City for burial.
A cave in on North Front Street in front of the Grand Theatre shut off traffic after a 15 foot by 20 foot column gave way over an old coal excavation. A passing fire truck moments before is suspected to have caused vibrations. No injuries reported. this is Rock Springs' first significant cave-in in years.
Court House notes list land patents and warranty deeds filed in the county clerk’s office during the past week. Entries include transfers in sections and townships, dates from 1905 to 1916, with grantees and grantors such as Star Valley Livestock Co and James A. Anderson, and values noted like 1.00 and 2660 dollars.
Gregor Strucel is now proprietor of the Miners' Exchange Saloon after taking charge on the first of the month. Martin Begush, who sold the saloon, moved into the Kemmerer bar the same day to run his saloon business there. The deal was arranged weeks earlier.
A high grade piano arrives in Kemmerer and is offered for sale. The item is advertised in The Camera with a subscription rate of $2.00 per year.
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