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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1917
Page
11
Banks across the county outline War Savings Stamps as a simple secure federal investment for all ages. Stamps come in 25 cent and 5 dollar denominations with thrift cards. full details cover purchase windows, certificate limits, and how value grows to maturity with guaranteed government backing.
Desperate plea highlights millions of starving children in war zones facing death from underfeeding and exposure. Call to action urges donations, listing tiny amounts that save one day to a year of life and directing gifts to The Camera of OG Children of America's Army of Belfer at Old Colony Trust Co Boston Mass.
Dr R H Sanders who has awaited government word for weeks received a call last Friday and departed the same day for Ft Wayne where he will be stationed for a period. He holds rank of second lieutenant in the medical division. His wife will live with her parents in Arkansas during the war. The Sand ers came to Kemmerer two years ago and are well liked. He was the Frontier company doctor with Hooker Stafford Sanders. Dr T H Roe, formerly of Sublet, will replace him.
At midnight a man prowled the upstairs hallway of Hotel Kemmerer. Detective Billy Knowles of the 0. 5. S. pursued him when he fled toward a fire escape. The suspect was caught on the street and jailed this morning. Christmas shoppers Lon Stepp and Alfred Hamp from Green River valley were in town Monday.
A Diamondville miner named Johnson underwent appendicitis surgery at Miners' Hospital. During the operation a pin was discovered in the appendix. The patient is recovering and retains the pin as a souvenir of the adjustment to his health.
Pocatello capital eyes Lincoln county oil as C D Van Buskirk reviews Dry Piney prospects. A Utah incorporated $500,000 company would control 480 acres near Coos holdings with geologists optimistic about La Barge anticline matching the productive heft of the Rich Muddy and Salt Creek fields.
Polaris Petroleum to place three standard rigs in Dry Piney district after leasing five sections to B A Woodruff of Oklahoma's Targent refining and oil, and to Charles K Costello of Idaho Wyoming Oil. Dr H E Opre of Chicago-Wan also secured a section and arranged a rig, all due on site by April 15th per contract terms.
The Lincoln Securities Company is incorporated to conduct a brokerage business in Kemmerer. J Parker Thompson serves as president and general manager, CG Bicker as secretary, and Howard as vice-president and seller. Mrs Howard departed Saturday for Chicago to oversee sale of Lincoln Wyoming Petroleum Co. stock.
Col W T Dick and Oscar Thomas of Imperial California arrived in Kemmerer to study the company and its holdings. They purchased stock in Lincoln Wyoming Petroleum and, impressed by Fossilfeld showings, plan a heavier investment. Both are cotton raisers from the Imperial Valley with favorable remarks on California. Canteloupes are being planted at this weapon.
Big Frank Tigner of Green River Petroleum plans to spend Christmas at his Robinson home. En route he will pause at various Kansas points seeking a standard rig to be installed on Green River holdings early next spring.
Speculation runs high over the first well drilled to 242 feet by the Idaho-Wyoming Oil Co. A pump arrived at Fonsil sta Mon recently and is to be put back into operation. Mr Horseman on the grounds reports dipping out 45 gallons in one morning without lowering the pump.
W. T. Wood of the Wood Of Development company plans to open offices in Kemmerer after returning from Tein Falls. The firm will operate from the former Kemmerer Taxi Drivers room in the Kemmerer Hotel and announce stock for sale through its fiscal agent, Kemmerer Brokerage Company. The company also plans to move into a new building soon, with subletting by the brokerage firm fronting the Bran days location.
After Standard Rig or H A Opre of Chicago has returned to Chicago and will arrange for one large standard off rig for the Big Piney field and a smaller rig for the Fossil field. Dr Opre and Chicago associates have secured leases here and expect rigs on the ground before spring at the most advantageous drilling points.
M. Pe Long formerly of the Domini Wyoming company at Casper visited Kemmerer last week with associates to study the oil field prospects. He then went to Carter and reviewed the oil situation in the area. It is reported he may secure holdings here and organize a company to drill.
George Irving of Juneau Alaska, representing several northwest capitalists, has contracted for a Polaris Petro leum holdings site in the Dry Piney field. A standard rig is to be on the ground by April 16, with delivery from Pennsylvania manufacturers by April 15. Four standard rigs are now assured for Polaris operations next spring. Wells must reach 1000 feet unless a strike is found at a lesser depth.
A group of royal parties including Dr C D Cunnington Mc Gregory and Homer Buckmeyer show interest in a large shale land tract in Sweetwater county. Some shale tested Sunday yielded one seventh high grade oil. Kenneth Jackson of Tonopah Nevada joins oil men visiting Kemmerer this week. He is linked with Nevada gold miner George and attended a Lincoln Wyoming Petroleum company directors meeting held earlier this week.
Members of the local draft board say regulants in distant county areas will receive more than the seven days allowed by law. They argue mass questionnaires sent from Kemmerer and other districts in Jackson's Hole, the Upper Grown River country, and Star Valley may require additional time for return due to limited mail service.
Isa Haddon of RAF Yancy, son of Ca. 1, returns to Kammerer from Camp Green after an on guard duty accident at the tunnel left him ineligible to serve. Private Coggina, bugler for Co. H, also ran afoul of duty but both received honorable discharges.
A year ago prominent investors in Cheyenne Casper and Omaha bought about 24 percent of Cretaceous stock and received an option to lease the companys holdings. Disputes over terms prompted a suit last Saturday seeking a court order to issue a twenty five year lease to option holders. Negotiations failed with attorneys for both sides.
Washington report outlines President Wilson's war proclamation granting Austro-Hungarian subjects in the United States relativo freedom to live and travel with restrictions on entry or exit, and possible internment for suspected enemy activity. The policy contrasts with Germans due to immigrant labor composition and allied sympathy. Also notes local business matter and a company secretary's death.
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