21 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
1
Strong movement grows to form a Kemmerer Chamber of Commerce as local business leaders push for regional promotion. A live wire booster club is urged to advertise county resources, attract industry, and coordinate efforts for the upcoming Chautauqua and Carnegie library projects.
Chas McDonald, a youth from Big Piney, suffered frozen limbs while pitching hay. He underwent surgery at a focal hospital last Thursday, losing part of a foot, with hands badly affected. James Mickelson contributed 15 dollars, the county 20, and funds raised to send him to California, where his father lives. he departed last Monday.
Mrs Charles Avery and Mr and Mrs Charles Avery host a Washington's Birthday luncheon Thursday guests include Mr and Mrs Roy Mason Dr and Mrs Sanders Miss Adelaide Le Fevre and Miss Anna Sanders A local booster crowd urges a five wire Chamber of Commerce to drum up business and road funds to attract a plant and a boost for federal road money in Lincoln County
Wyoming weekly invites names of ten living Lincoln County pioneer settlers with brief 300 word sketches of their stirring experiences. Submit oldest residents from each county section. first submitter of a name with manuscript earns a year’s subscription. Up to three picks per section expected.
In Cumberland a man named Kosenen was arrested after stabbing John Lark during a christening. Lark, under escort, defended himself from the drunk assailant who drew a knife and fled. Kosenen faced aggravated assault charges and was fined. Two robbers later hit the Miners' Exchange saloon, threatening bartender Frank Lark, seizing cash and valuables, then fleeing. Both suspects were captured and pled guilty at a preliminary hearing, awaiting penitentiary sentencing.
Matt Cire, Dan Parker, and P Ohama, three Lincoln County murderers sentenced long ago, were brought back from Hawlins Penitentiary to await the May term of the county court for new trials as ordered by the Supreme Court. Sheriff McMinn escorted other inmates to the penitentiary following Judge Arnold's sentences.
A Bartra, a miner, suffered a severe leg injury after slipping beside a coal car in a mine. The wheel crushed a bone below the knee, risking amputation. He is at home now, awaiting medical care from a doctor who is trying to save the limb.
The local high school team is set for two games in Rock Springs next Sunday night. Several players will travel with the squad and expectations are high for two competitive contests. This marks the start of the season for the squad with the first road trip of the year.
Lincoln County is poised to spend about 100000 on highways next year under the new highway law passed by the Fourteenth legislature. The county has already set aside 45000 for highways, and with matching state and federal funds, plus forest road aid, total expenditure could reach 100000. The plan replaces a fragmented system with a state highway commission and expert supervision, enabling coordinated, supervised road building and prohibiting county or town bridges over five feet without state specifications.
Bishop John Hendry Stevenson of Diamondville dies suddenly at 43 from heart disease linked to long rheumatism while serving as an engineer and church leader. He was born in Scotland in 1864 and moved west in 1883 joining the Moravian Church community. He was set as a bishop in 1908 and leaves five children and a widow.
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