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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
2
A fragmentary notice mentions individuals and events with distorted names and dates. It references D. Es as cheater, biting incidents, and a fellowship or meeting involving Mr and Mrs T La Stewart and Mrs Matic, but exact roles and context remain unclear.
Fragmented text lists routine gatherings with a few times and locations. Mentions Sunday at 2 pm, weekly Thursday meetings, a St. place, and names such as Kemmerer and Hayes. Content unclear but indicates church and community events with fixed schedules.
At a joint meeting of the State land board and the State University board of trustees the fate of university oil lands was debated. Applicants including P J Quealy John Hay and T S Taliaferro alleged the state land board illegally leased the lands though the trustees argued leases were valid. The trustees upheld the land board leases and future leasing would be by the trustees, raising possible suits by applicants and concerns over noncompetitive leasing benefiting corporations.
Army department broadcasts posters urging men under 45 to enlist with special inducements for pharmacists musicians clans electricians bakers cooks barbers teamsters carpenters blacksmiths and other mechanics. Denver recruiters ask postmasters to list local eligible men and a home card urges readers to consider America and defend the Republic with readiness.
The Union Pacific railroad is preparing for major Wyoming construction this summer. Materials arrive and camps are planned as thousands of workers join shovel and drill crews. Tunneling on Shurovan hill west of Cheyenne will employ over two thousand men, with grading and double tracking projects statewide from Pine Bluff to Archers Slab and beyond.
Ex deputy and prominent auto figure Vak ley visits HC and Oakley as administrator of a state. They travel from Star Valley to discuss a matter with Attorney Thoman Olena of Montpedier. A reported incident en route caused travel delay while crossing the canon.
HOPKINS resigns from his post as State Land Commissioner effective due to ill health. Ray BE. Lee of Cheyenne was appointed to fill the vacancy by Governor Kendrick. Hopkins notes his earlier intent to resign, and during his term the office added over 5 million dollars to the permanent school fund and oil lease income rose to about 100 thousand dollars annually. He will return to private practice in Cheyenne after a vacation.
A funeral notice records the death of Abraham Leon Kohn aged 88 at the Ogden residence after a career spanning Jackson Tennessee Kansas City and Ogden. Survived by wife Roma Kohn daughter Mes Nathan H Janney and many children and grandchildren with ties to Jewish society in Ogden and business ventures in wholesale and retail hardware.
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