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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
10
State Game Warden W. T. Judkins cites a prosperous 1919 with total receipts $20,756.52 after disbursements. fish and license sales total $82,761.50, a record. Moose, elk, deer and other game numbers rise. 111 arrests for game-law violations, 84 convictions, and guides earned $15,507.75.
The bodies of John Cameron and Alfred McCourt were found in a refrigerator car at Butte Montana. Word says they were returning to Rock Springs for burial and likely suffocated by fumes from charcoal burners inside the car.
Lincoln county grants two oil leases to C L Rigdon of Cheyenne and Green River Petroleum company. Rigdon secures all of section 12 26 11 35 while Green River covers section 16 27 11 38. Ridley takes lease on section 14 26 11 38, per Baker, public lands commissioner.
In Creper, three employees from the Midwest and Standard Refining companies died within twelve hours of pneumonia. The deaths follow a period of prevalent illness affecting the town, with authorities investigating potential outbreak conditions and calling for public health precautions.
There is now in France a large force of technical men to record mark and beautify the graves of American fighters in the cemeteries. The second contingent of the Registration Service of the army is on its way to engage in the work. This group comprises forty eight civilians including supervisory embalmers draftsmen inspectors surveyors clerks and typists.
The Democratic party honors two women marking a historic step as women assume visible roles in preparations for a national convention. Genner Bran chairs the Women’s bureau and M EL Fey serves on the national committee for California, each given duties for the upcoming event.
The suffrage amendment is unanimously ratified as Wyoming’s first special legislative session ends at 10 66 pm last Tuesday. Wyoming becomes the 27th state to ratify. The session approved irrigation district formation and a $10 000 relief fund for disabled veterans, with total session costs and appropriations totaling $18 850. Governor Carey gives a closing address. Senator Cranney’s seat issue is raised but he explains his absence due to his wife’s health and hopes to resume participation soon.
Census takers employ aeroplanes, yachts, rowboats, canoes, flivvers, mule teams, and snowshoes across the United States for the 1920 census. The article notes extensive use from Florida islands to Hawaiian waters and northern snowbound regions, with enumerator duties interwoven with rescues in central New York.
Miss Eunice G. Anderson announces Governor Carey and officials secured Sergeant Robert C. Pennewill s collection for the Wyoming State Museum. The large, varied trove includes German and American uniforms, weapons, a dugout blanket with insignia, 450 wartime photos, maps, pamphlets, and more. Estimated value cited as possibly 10 000 though acquired for reimbursement of Pennewill s expenses. The exhibit opened with the Pershing reception and drew hundreds of visitors.
Near Owego a census taker on snowshoes arrived at a farm where the sick man of the house and starving family needed aid more than data collection. He helped with chores cleared a path through deep snow and organized the place before resuming his rounds.
Hon. W. C. Irvine of Towe, a leading cattleman, became the first Wyomingite to file a income tax return. He visited the Cheyenne internal revenue district headquarters where Collector Leslie A. Miller assisted with his form, a task Irvine admitted he thought he could not perform.
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