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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
3
E. S usrom Chapter announces meetings on the second and fourth Fridays in Fellows Hall. Visiting members welcomed. Secretary Mire Marie TL Stewart confirms details.
Treasury Department letter to Governor urges Wyoming to enact a state law enabling farm loan bonds from Federal Land Banks to be legal investments for trust funds. It stresses expanded farm credit at lower interest, notes districts and twelve Federal Land Banks, and asks for immediate state action and cooperation from officials. G McAdoo signs as Secretary.
Bishop F C Cranney of Smoot arrived in Kemmerer recounting a three day trek from Star Valley to the Cokeville halfway house. Roe Hale the mail carrier and his son aided with three horse teams through ten foot drifts, one team leading the sleigh to break the road. The Montpelier road remained closed due to heavy snowfall. Cranney notes double last year’s snow and valley stockmen face hay shortages as storms worsen.
Parley Baldwin, cashier of the Freedom bank, is working nights and days to catch up after being called to southern Utah due to a death in the family. He says extra help will be put to work soon to reduce the backlog.
Within Bihar Valley the town of Freedom Progressive That Freedom grows rapidly as the post office adds 36 new lock boxes. Demand was so high they were all rented in a single day.
Geo. Bleckert of Raymond spent weeks in Salt Lake City and on a return to his ranch found stock in poor shape. A telegram said meals were scarce from Salt Lake City to Cokeville. He faced road blockades and in McCammon hotels were out of food before reaching No. 4 diner. He planned to return to Salt Lake City for the winter after a brief visit.
Time reports Granger will own a new electric water works system to improve community utilities. W Mun Holland, a prominent Flat Nection business figure, will fit into the project with the utility to be completed by early spring.
The district Forester reports the Secretary of Agriculture will raise grazing fees in the Intermountain National Forests by 25 percent in 1917. The plan originally slated a 32.13 percent rise annually for three years, but the decision calls for annual reviews to adjust future increases. 1916 receipts from livestock grazing in the Intermountain District totaled about $362,000, with the 1917 increase pushing expected receipts to at least $450,000, boosting state and county returns for road and school funds by 25 percent.
A Cokeville undertaker Joe Fuller sued Ed Hansen over a casket purchase connected to Dan Hansen’s 1912 death. The Justice Tom Hall office heard the case last week and Fuller won judgment. The trial highlighted the tragedy of Dan Hansen’s death.
Miss Amy Frink, head of the Domestic Science department at the local high school, has resigned effective April 1. Mina Frink will return to Newman Grove Nebraska. Miss Ethel Pfeiffer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Pfeiffer, is expected to take the vacancy after graduating from the University of Wyoming with home economics specialization.
The Wyoming State Federation of Labor re elected Harry W Fox as president and W A James to serve as secretary treasurer for the year starting March 1 1917 Both are from Cheyenne Also elected were Hugh Mcleod and five district vice presidents George C Davis Wm Leonard Dick Helm and Jas J Motto with districts one through five respectively.
The Boston wool trade reports limited weekly demand with buyers discounting further gains. Dealers expect potential price declines, noting a halt in West speculative activity and reluctance from eastern buyers to meet high grower asks. Foreign markets show firmness to American buyers, while England faces easing due to government supply controls.
A reader from Arapahoe, Wyoming reports relief from back pain and kidney troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial cites reduced pains within a short time and credits the remedy for restoring comfort, noting the product price and retailer details.
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