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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
13
The text notes the chapter meets on the second and fourth Fridays in Fellows Hall with visiting members welcome. Secretary Mire Marie is listed along with Mra TL Stewart as contacts.
A Treasury Department letter to the Wyoming Governor urges state action to authorize farm loan bonds from Federal Land Banks as legal investments. It stresses greater farm credit at lower interest if states pass the suggested laws and outlines districts and banks under the 1916 act. G McAdoo signs as secretary, urging immediate state cooperation.
Bishop F C Cranney of Smoot arrived in Kemmerer after three days traveling from Star Valley to Cokeville. He, Roe Hale the mail carrier and his son faced ten foot drifts and heavy snow on Montpelier road. They used three teams to break path, shoveling in places. Valley hay supplies worry stockmen as storms persist.
Parley Baldwin, cashier of the Freedom bank, is working night and day to catch up after a death in the family sent him south to southern Utah. He says additional help will be put to work soon as the backlog is cleared.
The town of Freedom Progressive That Freedom in Btar Valley rapidly expands as the post office installs 36 new lock boxes. Demand was so strong that all boxes were rented in a single day.
Geo. Bleckert of Raymond stopped at Cokeville on his way to the ranch after weeks in Salt Lake City. A telegram said his stock at the ranch was in bad shape. He planned to return to Salt Lake City for the winter and noted road blockades delayed travel. En route via McCammon, hotels and restaurants were out of food, and at No. 4 diner he found the same. He eventually managed a meal after reaching Cokeville.
W. Mun holland, a prominent Flat Nection businessman, announces Granger will own a new electric and water works system. The project aims to fit into the community, with completion in early spring.
The district Forester and Secretary of Agriculture announce a 25 percent fee increase for livestock grazing in the Intermountain National Forests during 1917. Receipts from grazing are expected to rise from about $362,000 in 1916 to at least $450,000 in 1917, with 35 percent of forest resource revenues now returned to States and Counties for roads and schools.
The office of Justice Tom Hall heard a suit brought by Joe Fuller an undertaker of Cokeville against Ed Hansen. Fuller won judgment in a case centering on the purchase of a casket for Dan Hansen, who was shot in 1912. The ruling highlighted the tragedy surrounding Hansen's death.
Miss Amy Frink head of the Domestic Science department at the local high school resigns effective April 1. Mina Frink will move to Newman Grove Nebraska. Miss Frink has been an efficient teacher and her departure is noted with regret. Miss Ethel Pfeiffer may fill the vacancy after Frink leaves. Pfeiffer, daughter of Frank and Mrs Pfeiffer, recently graduated from the University of Wyoming with home economics specialization.
Harry W. Fox was re elected president of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor and W A James will serve another term as secretary treasurer for 1917. Both are Cheyenne. Other officers elected include Hugh Mcleod and five vice presidents covering districts one through five.
Boston wool business reports weaker demand with manufacturers cutting purchases as buyers expect lower prices. Many sellers hesitate, anticipating little to no gain, while Western speculation stalls. Foreign markets offer firmness to Americans but England tightens under government supply controls.
A reader testimonial from Fred Simons of Arapahoe Wyse claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured his back pain and kidney trouble after weeks of suffering. The ad asserts price and dealer availability with Milburn Co. in Buffalo.
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