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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
16
A chaotic court session featured multiple cases including divorce petitions, probation reviews, and burglary pleas. Judge confronted by cases involving Arnold, Vince, and others as a lively docket proceeded with continuances and sentencing. Four prisoners remained jailed awaiting the next term.
The Red Cross reported about 2,000 members enrolled in a city drive that closed last night. Details indicate substantial local support and a strong turnout, with organizers noting momentum for future campaigns.
The board of County Commissioners will convene next week with five new officers taking oaths and entering duties. Andrew Morrow and James Budge are named for four year and two year terms, while Oakley becomes sheriff following the death of Sheriff Pan Bell. New county officials include a county superintendent and attorney, with several appointments to fill posts and terms across the county.
Fragmented notice suggests Colonie and WE Me Po tee participate in a Wichita Falls event with a focus on upcoming trials and short term planning. The text references a 10 ort je date and a dive with Mr Colonie P ote Diving, indicating preparatory steps for future activities.
Local voters face hurdles in moving Viola School from its current site on Lac Barge to Chapel Creek. Critics cite snow barriers for children and question the site's suitability and cost. Attorney Jones discussed the matter with Karl Ines in Kenmore, as officials seek to carry out the mandate from last spring's election.
Frontier residents Mr and Mrs John Marishinsky and Miss Marishinsky are ordered to testify before the Federal Grand Jury on the sixth of the month. Andrew Kirko is charged with a White Slave act violation for enticing the seventeen year old girl to accompany him to Butte where they reportedly lived as husband and wife.
The casualty list includes Lincoln County men John J. Plucki of Bedford and Leroy Bosworth of Soviet both wounded. No details on injury extent have been released and records indicate they were sent to the Tedford Ward for treatment. The notice notes a prior listing and notes the manager at Pruntler Supply Co before he joined the army.
The Kemmerer orchestra, a Kemmerer group famed as among the best in the southern part of the state, has been engaged to provide formal music for dances all week but has cancelled some past engagements due to current commitments.
The Moose Lodge hosted a large dance last Saturday night drawing about 120 couples who enjoyed hospitality and lively performances by the noted entertainment group. The event was considered a decided success and left attendees upbeat about future gatherings.
Two more influenza deaths occurred in Star Valley this past week, George K Angiony of Afton and Mrs J Astle of Grover. Angiony was 20, child of Mr and Mrs Richard Angnesy, Astle 44, died at home with husband and children nearby. The illness appears to have run its course in Star Valley as the emergency hospital, run by Wyong Moral? chapter, has been maintained. One Red Cross seed seed? discontinued. Many residents remain ill though none reported as seriously ill.
Prominent Cokeville ranchers Steve Bartek and William Julian visited Kemmerer on Friday and Saturday to conduct business and tour Triangle Park and the tall buildings. Bartek noted the flu epidemic delayed his trip but he came to arrange proper entertainment for friends during the woolgrow era convention starting Friday and Saturday.
The Rathbun family is mentioned in a report describing a serious illness affecting Mrs. Rathbun and Mr Rathbun. Bert Rathbun traveled from Big Piney to aid his brother's family and soon fell ill along with his wife. The Dan Rathbun and the Flos, residents of Piney, are also involved.
An infant died after a journey by covered wagon with Ashborne transferred from Afton to Big Piney. The caravan traveled from Star Valley to Cokeville, Kemmerer, and on to Big Piney via Opal arriving a week earlier. A subsequent warning arrived the following Saturday amid confusion.
The text reports a widespread illness affecting residents in the valley area near Jackson Hole. Dr CW Mell and others work tirelessly to care for affected individuals across the county, with the situation described as not encouraging and many cases noted.
U S Marsal Brennan of Evanston arrived in Kemmerer on the Monday morning train from Cheyenne with three women in custody. Judge Riner recently sentenced Margaret Mitchell to three months in the Lincoln county jail and Gladys Burcher and Pearl Cole to thirty days each. The women were returned to the Cheyenne detachment after the transport.
The camera yesterday quoted Dr Madera reporting eight or nine flu cases in Cokeville with six at the Stofers home and one at Frank May home. Mr L A Woodward and Mrs Jack Larson are among the afflicted but none are seriously ill.
Two minor freight wrecks occurred about the same hour Saturday at Cokeville and Granger. In Cokeville one car was seriously damaged and tracks were blocked for hours with a wrecker from Kemmerer clearing them. In Granger one car was damaged and merchandise contents destroyed, injuring Don James Walton of Pocatello who leaped from a nearby vehicle.
A group of about a dozen young men living in Kemmerer and vicinity held a late night party to celebrate the end of quarantine. They visited the Lance and the Kemmerer Hotel Cato for a banqueting session that stretched into morning hours. A remark about the long commute home prompted laughter as they underestimated train speeds, imagining it would take three days to reach home from a one mile distance.
An attachment suit was filed in the District Court Saturday by J. A Quealy Coal Company against Alme Stonebraker of Elkol to recover about 350.00. Sheriff Collett took possession of a Vitrola and a Reo automobile, and the case will be heard at the next District Court term. Dr Montrose and Mr and Mrs Baker traveled from their Daniel homes to Kemmerer Saturday and returned yesterday.
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