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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
4
General Fund warrants paid street and fund warrants paid interest on warrants paid salary Fund warrants Balance on hand January 1919 Attest John Mason Town Clerk Deputy date from Ganeary Illman Brown.
Democratic and Republican factions clash over wool tariff policy as Congress faces a likely tariff bill. Some Democrats push free wool, others favor tariff-for-revenue or varied bases, while party unity remains elusive. Republicans largely split on modest cuts or maintaining current rates, with both sides citing cost of production and regional differences, including western and Ohio interests, in shaping the debate. Local notes mention Wyoming delegation discussions and a market day at Kew Market.
Wyoming National Forest official James E. Jewell and Ranger Glidden J. Barstow travel from Afton to Kemmerer for hearings on grazing permits. Jewell plans meetings with cattlemen in Big Piney and aims to broaden allotments. He emphasizes in-person outreach to small stockholders and notes possible grazing cuts from Washington with unclear amounts. The Boreas herd size is expected to remain 216,268 sheep and 10,000 cattle and horses.
Victor Smith returned from Salt Lake City with machinery for the Kemmerer planing mill and expects operations to begin in Kemmerer this year. The new Kemmerer brick block on Pine Avenue is advancing rapidly with completion hoped before spring as Smith travels to Rock Springs for a week to ten days while brickwork finishes.
Fragmentary OCR reports Mise Katethunith leaving a Framtier school post and planning to retire in Branston, with Briiish denying future candidacy in politics. Also mentions a pastry advertisement by Kemmeres Haber during a woke condition.
J C Penny spent days in Kemmerer overseeing Golden Rose interests. He reports the past year was exceptionally strong. The Kemmerer store led a record year, and the two stores in seven western states together posted over 1.75 million dollars in business. Penny plans further openings in Colorado and expects to extend success to other markets.
Evanston clothing merchant Mr L Kastor visited Kemmerer over Sunday and Monday on business ahead of an eastern buying trip. He will buy for W Peterson clothing store and, with Donald McAllister, saw local Kemmerer Masons optimistic about obtaining a charter. Kastor plans two months of travel to Boston and New York markets.
A Village Courtesy Deputy Marshal Alex Scott, amid city snow plow work, was praised as snow removal eased by city administration. At the latest town meeting his salary was increased from $T to $85 per month, a gesture described as well deserved by residents.
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