Lincoln County Tax Collections Remain Strong Despite Market Slump
Lincoln County tax receipts show steady inflows with more than eighty percent of state taxes paid by year end and total county revenue from rail and coal interests exceeding one third of all taxes. Major payers include Oregon Short Line Railroad Company Kemmerer Coal Co Diamond Coal and Coke Union Pacific Coal and several coal firms, with a new eight percent penalty on delinquent taxes starting January 1.
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Tanner
Bess
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Kemmerer Coal Co Y
Ly Company
Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Enanty
Moody Bible Institute graduates English class of 57
A graduating class of twenty seven men and twenty five women representing sixteen states and four volunteer counties received their diplomas December 23 at the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago for completion of their course. Fifteen graduates volunteered for further mission work. The fall term ended with 1,100 in attendance at the institute’s day sales.
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Rer
Moody Bible Instiuie
Chicago
Ciftyatwe
Pioneer Laid Away to Rest in L. D. S. Church
Frederick Fenn longtime rancher and stock raiser dies aged 74 in Kemmerer Wyoming. Funeral conducted at rural L D S church by Elder John McPhee with addresses by Elders Fred Hancey and Andrew Esston. Pallbearers listed. interment at Oquirrh cemetery. widow and children survive along with relatives in Idaho and Wyoming.
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Frederick Fenn
John McPhee
Fred Hancey
Andrew Esston
Dick Brown
George Williams
David Nolnen
James Wilken
N. J. Peterson
Ocu
Hancey
Deeased
David Fenn
Jay Fenn
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mra Ferguson
Good‘ing
Ruth Barton
Basin
Wyoming
England
C. M. Bospital
William
William Fenn
Kemmerer
Fenn
Thia Vieini
Iris
Daughter of D A Reavill Married in Denver
Cards announced the marriage of Misa Robb Reavill to John Crowe Ransom. The ceremony occurred at the Reavill home in Denver. The couple have ties to Rock Springs and Denver, with Mr Reavill retiring from law and Mrs Ransom educated at Walcott School in Denver and Danahall and Wesley College in Massachusetts. Ransom is a professor at Andapais University in Nashville Tennessee.
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Misa Robb Reavill
John Crowe Ransom
D. A. Reavill
Reavill
Denver
Rock Springs
Firemen Have Big Dance at Kemmerer Year’s Eve
The Firemen's Annual dance drew a full crowd at the Lyceum hall as Kemmerer welcomed the new year with a long evening of dancing. The event, boasting strong turnout, continued past the whistle signal for the new year and netted the firemen a substantial sum.
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Kemmerer
Lyceum Hall
Community Nurses Boost Health in Uinta County
The Evanston Times notes Miss Donivan will join Kemmerer as a Red Cross community nurse. Since March first, Uinta County has benefited from school health work by Misa Wickland, home hygiene classes, a baby booth at Bridger Valley fair, and ongoing nurse presence in Evanston schools. The program emphasizes self care, hygiene, and sanitation, with dental care highlighted as a needed area.
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Kemmerer
Donivan
The
Red Cross
Evanston Times
Uinta
Misa Wickland
Bridger Valley
Evanston
Chicago
Little Mothers Club
Little Father's Club
United States
Salt Lake
Health survey 70 to be made in Lincoln county
Miss Viola Nohr a graduate nurse sent by the Wyoming Public Health Association arrives in Kemmerer to begin a health survey of Lincoln county. She will spend a week there and three weeks in other parts of the county followed by a statewide survey to seek funding for a tuberculosis sanitarium. She recently completed a Natrona county survey reporting 62 TB cases and found 32 in Park and Niobrara counties during separate trips. Her work is at no state expense and follows the Christmas seal drive.
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Viola
Nobr
Wyoming Public Health Association
Kemmerer
Lincoln County
Mrs Chas P Budd Dies After Illness
Mrs. Chas P Budd died at the home of Dr and Mrs Stafford Monday at 3 pm after over two months of illness. She suffered a severe cold in late October, recovered then fell ill again in November and December. Dr Stafford Dr Geo L Sellon of Broken Bow Neb and Dr M J Goldberg attended. She moved to Kemmerer for care and has been at the Staffords since early December. Family and relatives were with her through Christmas. Continued on back page.
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Chas. P, Budd
Former Kemmerer Lawyer Visits Old Home
Ralph W. Smith, once a Kemmerer attorney from 1910 to 1914, is making a stop in Kemmerer on his way from Denver to Sacramento. He served as a first lieutenant during World War I, training in officers camps and stationed in Washington before serving in Canada until after the armistice.
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Kemmerer
Ralph W. Smith
Denver
Sacramento
Smith
Lincoln County
California
United States
Mr Smith
Washington
Ater
Canada
Time extended for assessment work in placer mining
The congressional resolution signed by the President extends the 1920 assessment work on placer mining locations to July 1, 1921, without exempting holders from the law. It requires a notice of intention to hold claims be filed with local recorder to gain benefits, saving rights of many Wyoming and mountain state claimants who had not completed annual work.
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Washington
Wyoming
Prominent Kemmerer Drug Store Changes Hands
One of Kemmerer’s pioneer businesses transfers ownership as City Drug Store, run by O A Christmas for 13 years, is sold to W J Witherspoon and Jas Witherspoon. Stock and fixtures move to the Sweet Shop location by mid month amid extensive alterations. Jim Witherspoon expected to lead continued success under new management.
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Kemmerer
O. A. Christmas
W. J
Jas. Witherspoon
Columbia Club Sweet Shop
Witherspoons
Utah
C. A. Christmas
City Drug Store
James Wotherspoon
Nierly
Max Thuvideon
Witherspoon
Tures
Tv Sweet Phop
Bome
Thetures
Jim
Emer
Kemmeder
Pivoner Busines
Montpelier
Gyon
Hoyt
Little Lackey Girl Ill in Critical Condition
Charla LacKey, four, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Lackey, lies critically ill at Kemmerer Hotel with pneumonia. Dr Gohlberg reports her condition serious but notes excellent chance of recovery as witnesses attend her daily care.
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Charla
Chas
15th Annual Stock Show Opens in Denver January 15
The 15th annual stock show opens January 15 in Denver running to January 22. Entries closed December 20 with 1,711 filings across cattle horses sheep and swine. A new corn show is added and a swine building costing 320 000 is erected. Nine horse performances and four 1000 purses draw high profile bidders. Demented up upcoming autos parade nightly and a packed program promises education and extensive exhibits.
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Rocky Mountain
Denver
Colorado Farm Bureau Oficers
United
Lula Long Combs
O. H. Leman
Chicago
Belle Beach
New York
D. A
Kemmerer High to Meet Green River in Friday Night Clash
Kemmerer High School basket shooters prepare to face Green River High School Friday night in the school gym. Coach Gibbons leads the locals in practice and a 27-16 alumni scrimmage win over a team led by alumnus Jimmie McNamara and Bert Jones. The students and alumni claim honors are even after a 28-42 alumni victory, with a rematch likely soon.
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Kemmerer High School
Green River
Gibbons
Jimmie McNamara
Bert Jones
BE Rosenberg
Steve Jacoletth
Sam Rows
Clarence
Chas Exsman
Meeting of Kemmerer Post No. 17 Comrades
Members of the Kemmerer Post No 17 American Legion are urged to attend a town hall meeting Monday evening January 10 at 8 o clock. The session will approve the post constitution and by laws and present any business. Nonmembers who seek to join are welcome.
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Kemmerer Pout No. 17
The
American Legion
At & l
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