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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
9
General Fund warrants paid Street and Fand warrants paid interest on warrants paid salary Fund warrants Balance on hand January 1919 Total Attest: John Mason Town Clerk Ilman Brown deputy from Ganeary dated January authority shows town financial actions and balance by month and year
Democratic factions clash over wool duties as some demand free wool while others push for reduced rates or revenue-based tariffs. Republicans share uncertainty with figures from the tariff board questioned for not weighing western woolgrower costs and investments. Wyoming delegates weigh in as the debate rages, amid mentions of Underwood and tariff strategies.
Supervisor James E. Jewell of the Wyoming National Forest, based at Afton, travels through Kemmerer en route to Big Piney to consult cattlemen on allotments and broader grazing areas. He is joined by Ranger Glidden J. Barstow and expects hearings there before returning to Kemmerer next Sunday. Jewell aims to meet stockholders in person, noting Washington instructions for grazing reductions but unclear on amounts. The Boreas sheep and cattle stock numbers mirror last year at 216,268 plus 10,000 cattle and horses.
Victor Smith returned from Salt Lake last week to purchase machinery for the Kemmerer planing mill project and anticipates starting in Kemmerer this year. The new Kemmerer brick block on Pine Avenue is rapidly advancing, with completion expected before spring. Smith travels to Rock Springs Saturday for a week to ten days while brick work finishes on this building.
Mise Katethunith, former head of the Framtier schools, spent the bulli days in Branston and will retire there tomorrow. Mise Briiish says she will not seek political office again this year and nothing will tempt her back into politics. The echo of Kempmerer’s woke condition is mentioned in local school reports.
J C Penny spent several days in Kemmerer last week managing Golden Rose interests in the area. He says the past year was among his best in business and Kemmerer stores led the district in sales. Their two stores across western states exceeded 1.75 million dollars in business. He then planned to move to Colorado to consider opening new stores this year.
Evanston clothing merchant Mr L Kastor visited Kemmerer over Sunday and Monday on business before a buying trip to the East. He plans purchases for W Peterson clothing in Kemmerer and and joined Kemmerer Masons hoping to obtain a charter. Kastor will spend two months abroad visiting Boston and New York markets.
In early week snow mornings Village Deputy Marshal Alex Scott led city plow efforts, lifting spirits while clearing sidewalks. At the last town meeting his salary was raised from $T to $85 per month, a deserved increase praised by residents.
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