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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1915
Page
1
The article reports a trainload of 36 cars carrying ninety horses from Oregon and nearby regions to Huntington for assembly and shipment to England. It notes high demand, destruction of wild herds, and horse meat being used for army rations, with horses broken for military work and the asset value rising for owners.
The Kemmerer Fire Department held a New Year dance at the Lyceum theatre. Attendees enjoyed ornate hall decorations, the Kemmerer orchestra playing top dance music, and a well attended punch service. The firemen’s dances are noted for entertainment and anticipation builds for the next event.
Government livestock inspector James Healy spent days in southwestern Wyoming addressing root and mouth disease in sheep. State representatives patrol lines as strict quarantine aims to keep the illness from spreading.
The Camere office has collected many keys over the past year and invites owners to claim them. Also other unclaimed articles are available for retrieval, with owners urged to come in and inspect the collection.
Deloney and family left Wednesday for Evanston where Mrs. Deloney and the children will visit while Mr. Deloney travels to Cheyenne for the upcoming legislative session to which he was elected in November. Mrs. Deloney and the children plan visits in Ogden before returning home.
The arm of Steinperger and Schwalbe, painters and paperbangers, dissolves with Mr Schwalle taking over the business and retaining the old rotation in the building near the Lincoln County garage. Mr Steinberger will open a new shop and reside in Kemmerer, after years of excellent work and reputation.
Miss Hesse Lepmer hosted the Seniors at Mrs Ivan Jones’s home on a Wednesday evening. Prof Grover won the gentlewiga line. Mary Mack claimed a ladies prize, a tramk matt, as guests enjoyed a delicious line and light refreshments before departing content.
Desert snow shortage concerns Hock County sheepmen as range conditions may limit forage next spring. Sheehan, a pioneer Wyoming rancher, travels from Rock Springs to Opal and plans to return to Rongis after dealing with a stalled Thornton ranch purchase. He reports steers at Omaha netting $7.25 and cows $7.10.
Joby E. Erwin traveled from Jackson Hole Sunday to attend his final county board meeting. He notes little new snow since arrival, just enough on the Teton pass to travel, and asserts there is still time for more snow to fall in the hills.
Maley and Mack with Tartiats presented rapid fire comedy and eccentric dancing to a large Sunday night audience. They offered new material and delivered it well, with a stunt that seemed fresh for the vaudeville stage.
J D Wright manager of Morris Mercantile Co Green River store sold the stock to Rt E Durbin of Ft Collings Cole. Durbin and his wife arrived Friday and have taken over the business as shown by the double page ad in the week's issue.
In Kemmerer the town ushered in the new year with whistles bells and fireworks. Residents stayed up for midnight noises or were awakened to cheer the new year as bells rang and cannons boomed.
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