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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
9
The Cheyenne paper recalls a recent poultry show with thorebreds present and notes the new Washington prohibition law allows two quarts of whiskey and twelve quarts of beer every twenty days per person with a permit. It discusses licensing, revenue hopes, and opposition to ending liquor licenses amid national debates.
The North Carolina faces action near Tripoli Syria to take aboard English and French consuls and residents. Italy has ordered battleships to stand by and aid the American ship if needed, a move praised as a splendid spirit by the American people.
Governor Spry urged Washington to let westerners settle and fend for themselves on public lands. He argued the army of agents harasses settlers, branding diligent filers as criminals, harming settlement and souring eastern opinions of western land seekers.
Local reflection on traveling salesmen from wholesale and commission firms visiting Kemmerer. Their cheerful calls during the holiday season boost stock orders and ease busy merchants, with a wish for a prosperous new year.
A Cheyenne Daily Tribune cartoon by John T. McCutcheon portrays an army of the unemployed in winter garb outside a Free Coffee House. The piece argues factory closures and tariff policy under a Democratic administration created destitution and a “war tax” in peacetime, contrasting with Republican tariff protection.
The Kemmerer county division and seat question is urged to study building a courthouse rather than continuing rents. Proponents cite annual rent around 160 dollars plus fireproof records protection, suggesting bonds or phased construction with road work funded, and urging legislative help if needed. The piece frames it as a business decision for taxpayers.
Burke H Sinclair editor and manager of The Sheridan Daily Enterprise resigns to become private secretary to Governor Kendrick. He will keep his stake in the paper and no policy change is expected. Sinclair is praised for education and judgment and is son of Professor Sinclair of Laramie.
J. OU Cresger, principal of the State Normal, arrived in Kemmerer on Saturday with Supt. J. B. Bureh. They took train 17 in the afternoon and planned to attend the community institute at Afton and Fairview after leaving Montpelier.
The county clerk's office handled a large volume of instruments, about 4300 this year, near 188 last year and similar to 1913. Fees for the year will near $3,000, while Harrison's performance is noted by his strong re election vote. A Christmas night dance hosted by the Young People's Republican Club was well attended and enjoyable.
The Natrona County Tribune led December 10 with a 44 page Christmas issue, five sections and rich town county articles. Other papers including Rock Springs Advisor-News and Hig Piney Examiner followed with Christmas covers, ads and local news, praising generous advertiser support and festive reading.
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