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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
10
Fragmentary notice references D E S cheating claims and names Mr and Mrs T La Stewart and Mrs Matic with dates or events unclear. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the unreadable OCR snippet.
Fragmented OCR text references regular events and meetings with unclear details. Mentions Sunday gatherings at 2 PM and Thursday meetings, plus names like Kemmerer and Hayes, but many words are garbled making precise facts uncertain.
Applicants including P J Quealy John Hay and T S Taliaferro pressed their cases at a joint meeting of the State land board and the State University trustees over university oil lands. The trustees upheld the land board leases saying the action was legal while signaling future leasing by the university and foreshadowing possible lawsuits from independent claimants seeking competitive bidding.
The army department broadcasts posters calling men under 45 to enlist with special inducements for pharmacists musicians bandsmen electricians clerks bakers cooks barbers teamsters carpenters blacksmiths horseshoers and other mechanics. Postmasters like John McNamara received Denver recruiting letters asking for ready lists of local youths. A patriotic card distributed by the post office asks men to consider answering America’s call.
The Union Pacific railroad begins major Wyoming construction for summer. Materials arrive and camps are formed as thousands of workers are recruited. Tunneling of Shurovan hill near Cheyenne will use over two thousand men and several camps along the tracks. Grading and double tracking extend statewide with many crews laying tracks between Pine Bluff and Archer slabs east of Cheyenne and near Wayne junctions.
An ex deputy visited HC and Oakley to discuss a matter with attorney Thoman. The visitor, a prominent automobile man Vak ley, traveled from Star Valley via Montpedier and encountered an incident that delayed the trip.
After serving since 1911, State Land Commissioner Hopkins resigned due to ill health. Ray B. Lee of Cheyenne was named to fill the vacancy. Hopkins had told Governor Kendrick of his plans earlier, and during his tenure the office added over 5 million dollars to the permanent school fund and oil lease income rose to about 100 thousand annually. Hopkins will resume his Cheyenne law practice after a vacation.
A funeral notice reports Sigmund Kahn did not arrive in Ogden last Wednesday to be at his father's bedside. Abraham Leon Kohn, aged 88, died at 4 50 am at the family residence after a life as a merchant and pioneer in Ogden. Survived by wife Rosa and children including Kil A Kohn and Stuart M Kohn, the obituary traces a career from Avatria to Jackson Tennessee Kansas City Ogden and highlights leadership in the local Jewish community.
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