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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
12
A brief notice listing reading notices and insertion rules in brevier type. It notes 10 cents per line for cards of thanks and resolutions, with per line pricing for legal notices and per line insertions.
The nation supports Wilson's idea of a league of nations as European leaders back the plan. Congress debates formation with political opposition seen as a risk to postwar unity. In Utah, Liberty Potash advances prosperity plans linked to mineral development. Rock Springs and Kemmerer investors, led by A Kendall and P J Quealy, propel efforts.
In 1914 a new potash supply push grows in Utah and Wyoming as several plants operate and an $11 million corporation forms to supply domestic needs. A Green River Wyoming plant line with rail indorsements aims to finish quickly, promising employment and regional industrial growth.
The new Board of County Commissioners will tackle neglected Southern roads as a priority. Key routes from Opal through Kemmerer Diamondville Gage to Cokeville need attention along with Kemmerer North Big Piney and Cokeville Afton projects. Strong county finances support expanded road work and a consistent building policy is urged.
Fiorida becomes the fifteenth state to ratify the federal prohibition amendment as the Legislature votes 58 to 0 in favor. Across fifteen states voting so far, 1487 support ratification to 245 oppose, a margin over four to one. Next-year sessions will consider remaining states as ratification nears certain passage. Wyoming appears likely to approve with a smaller majority, not unanimity.
Washington D C December 23 The forest and foresters who left the United States for France to supply timber for allied armies will not miss Christmas cheer. The American Forestry Association welfare fund contributed over 20000 to provide Christmas remembrances for the men of the 10th and 20th engineer regiments. The March Aviation Field near Riverside California shows aviation training yields few fatal accidents with little danger despite the glow of total flight.
The Utah Supreme Court reversed a Weber County District Court ruling on about $90000 in stock issued to directors Draney Ryan and Gosling of the Lincoln Kemmerer Coal Company. The decision validates the stock and could reinstate the directors' control of the company, with a petition for rehearing to follow. The case involves the Lincoln Kemmerer mine near Kemmerer and ongoing litigation in Lincoln County over a lease cancellation by Rosepp and Co. of Salt Lake City.
Bryant Meare of Jackson is listed among recent casualties. A comrade’s letter says Meare was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel while carrying ammunition to a machine gun company believed recruited in Lincoln County.
Tod James, famed Lincoln County trapper, crawled into a bear den near Middle Piney Lake after snow collapsed beneath him. The brown bear lunged as he fired, and James fatally struck the animal with his remaining bullets, a rare peril in his many years of mountain hunting.
Alarm spread in Emmerer last Friday as several influenza cases appeared in the P. J. Quealy and Dr. W. A. Hocker households. Mahlon Quealy first fell ill, followed by six year old Pat and another daughter. At the Hocker residence Mr and Mrs F J Long also contracted the flu but are improving. No other cases were reported and none were considered dangerous.
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